Astros Minor League Recap: June 17th

Astros Minor League Recap: June 17th, 2018

Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (42-27) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Armenteros starts for Fresno last night and was solid allowing just 1 run over his 5 innings of work. The Grizzlies got on the board in the 6th on a Mayfield RBI double and Tanielu RBI single. Fresno got some insurance in the 9th inning getting 4 runs with a run scoring on a wild pitch, a run scoring on an error, and a Davis 2 run double. The bullpen was solid tossing four scoreless innings.

Note: McCurry has a 1.88 ERA with 15 K in 14.1 innings over his last 10 outings.

• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, SB
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
• J.D. Davis, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R

• Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (42-26) won 8-6 (BOX SCORE)

Perez started for the Hooks and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs with 6 strikeouts. Corpus Christi entered the 6th inning down 2-0 but tied the game on an Alvarez 2 run HR. After San Antonio took the lead in the bottom of the 6th, the Hooks scored 4 in the top of the 7th on a Sierra RBI single, Wrenn RBI single, Rojas RBI single and Alvarez RBI single. San Antonio tied it up at 6 but the Hooks would rally again scoring twice on a Rojas RBI single and another run scoring on an error. Ferrell tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to close it out as he picked up the win.

Note: Ferrell last 10 outings – 0.00 ERA, 13.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 18 K

• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI

• Cionel Perez, LHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Framber Valdez, LHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-32) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Another rough day for the Buies Creek offense. They picked up a run in the first on a Matijevic RBI double. Bailey started for Buies Creek and allowed 3 runs in the first inning. He ended up going 3.2 innings allowing those 3 runs. Adams added an RBI single in the 8th but that is all the offense would get as Buies Creek dropped this one 4-2.

Note: Matijevic has a .914 OPS in 48 games this season.

• Jake Meyers, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-2, SB
• Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, SB

• Brandon Bailey, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-30) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Quad Cities jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on a Sierra 2 run HR in the first inning. Angarita added an RBI single in the 3rd inning. Hensley and Mattix added RBI singles in the 5th inning to make it 5-1. Ramirez started for the River Bandits and allowed 1 run in 5 innings. The bullpen tossed 4 solid innings with Feldmann closing it out.

Note: Paredes has a 1.99 ERA with 41 K in 31.2 innings this season.

• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-4, R
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Roman Garcia, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 2B
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-3, R, RBI
• Logan Mattix, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI

• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Enoli Paredes, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (1-2) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-3, BB
• Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Marty Costes, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI

• Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Luis De Paula, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Josh James (2.36 ERA)

CC: Forrest Whitley (0.00 ERA)

BC: OFF

QC: OFF

TRI: TBD

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