Astros Minor League Recap: April 30th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (17-8) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE)
David Paulino made his first outing of the season last night and allowed 3 runs, 2 earned runs in 3 innings of work. Fresno fell behind 3-0 but the offense came to play. They got 3 runs in the third on a Reed bases loaded HBP, Davis groundout, and Stubbs RBI single. In the 4th they would pick up 3 more runs on Tucker RBI double and White 2 run HR. The offense put the game out of reach in he 8th getting 3 more runs on a Ferguson 2 run double and Reed RBI single. Tucker capped a solid day at the plate with a 2 run double in the 9th. The bullpen was solid with Thornton and Hoyt having good outings.
Note: Tucker is hitting .293 with .828 OPS and 17 RBI in 22 games this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, BB
- Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- J.D. Davis, DH: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-5, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B
- David Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (15-9) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough game for the Corpus Christi offense. Hartman got the start and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5.1 innings while striking out 7. Benedetti got the Hooks on the board with a solo HR in the 7th to make it 1-1. Unfortunately, the offense was unable to get anything else going and fell 2-1 in 12 innings.
Note: Hartman has a 1.83 ERA with 4 BB/22 K in 19.2 innings this season.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-5, BB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-5
- Carmen Benedetti, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (16-8) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (10-12) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (-.– ERA)
CC: TBD
BC: Carson LaRue (0.46 ERA)
QC: Tyler Ivey (4.58 ERA)
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