Astros Minor League Recap: June 18th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (43-27) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE)
James started for Fresno last night and pitched very well allowing just 1 run over 6 innings of work. The offense scored early and often getting a run in the first on a Davis RBI double. The Grizzlies picked up 2 runs in the 4th with a run scoring on a wild pitch and a Kemmer sac fly. In the 5th inning Fresno executed a double steal with Straw stealing home. Fresno picked up 2 more in the 6th with a run scoring on a wild pitch and a Kemmer RBI double. The Grizzlies put the game out of reach scoring 3 in the 8th on a Straw RBI single and Reed 2 run HR, his 17th of the season.
Note: Tucker is hitting .457 with 8 RBI over his last 8 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 3-for-5, 3 R, RBI, SB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 3-for-5, SB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Tim Federowicz, C: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Derek Fisher, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Josh James, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Chris Nunn, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (43-26) won 12-0 (BOX SCORE)
Whitley started for the Hooks and continued to pitch like we all expect tossing 4 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The Hooks offense started early scoring 3 runs in the first on a Ritchie 2 run single and De Goti RBI double. Rojas joined the party with an RBI double in the 2nd. In the 3rd inning the Hooks scored 3 more runs on a McCormick 2 run triple and another run scoring on a wild pitch. The Hooks picked up another run in the 4th on an Alvarez RBI single. Alvarez continued with his home run stroke connecting on a 3 run HR in the 8th inning. Bostick closed the game out with 4 scoreless innings. With the win, the Hooks clinched the Texas League South Division first half title.
Note: Alvarez is hitting .308 with with 8 HR, 33 RBI in 29 games this season.
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-6, 2 R
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 3-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3B, BB
- Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI
- Anibal Sierra, DH: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-32) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-30) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-2) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-5, R
- Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-4, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 0-for-2, 3 R, 2 BB, SB
- Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-3, 3 RBI
- Jose Carrillo, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Bryan Abreu, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Ian Hardman, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brock Dykxhoorn (2.28 ERA)
CC: Yoanys Quiala (5.43 ERA)
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
TRI: TBD
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