Astros Minor League Recap: September 4th, 2017
The final day of minor league baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night as they closed out their regular seasons.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (77-65) won 9-7 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Reed finished the season with 34 HR (Fresno record) and 104 RBI in 127 games.
- Rico Noel, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Colin Walsh, SS: 2-for-4, BB
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Preston Tucker, DH: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 2-for-3, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (67-71) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Tucker hit .333 with 3 HR, 13 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 7.2 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (74-65) lost 10-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Dawson hit .341 over his last 10 games and .327 in 13 High-A games.
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 2-for-4, R
- Rodrigo Ayarza, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-4, 2
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (79-59) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Sandoval has 78 K in 61.2 innings this season.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Wander Franco, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Bryan De La Cruz, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Michael Feliz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Nathan Thompson, LHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Robert Corniel, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Devon Carr, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (34-39)
Game 1 – won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
- Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-3, R
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Luis Ramirez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Game 2 – lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
- Andy Pineda, LF: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ian Hardman, RHP: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Ben Smith, LHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
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