Astros Minor League Recap: June 19th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (44-27) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Dykxhoorn has been very good for Fresno since his promotion to AAA and last night was no different has he went 7 innings allowing 2 runs while striking out 8. The offense got on the board with 3 runs in the 4th on a Kemmer RBI single and Nunez 2 run double. They picked up another run in the 5th on a bases loaded walk to Stubbs. A Reed RBI groundout in the 9th added some insurance. McCurry allowed a run in the 9th but still picked up the save.
Note: Tucker is hitting .487 with 5 2B, 8 RBI, 4 BB/5 SO over his last 9 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 0-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (44-26) won 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
Another strong offensive performance for the Hooks. They fell behind 4-0 but got on the board in the 4th on De Goti sac fly. The Hooks would score 3 runs in the 5th on a McCormick RBI double, Wrenn RBI double, and Alvarez RBI single. San Antonio got 6 runs off of Quiala but the Hooks would tie it up in the top of the 6th on a Sierra RBI double. Corpus Christi ended up scoring 1 run in each of the final 3 innings on a Jones solo HR and a run scoring on an error and groundout. The bullpen of Ferrell and Scheetz tossed 4.2 scoreless innings to close it out.
Note: Alvarez is hitting .320 with with 8 HR, 34 RBI in 30 games this season.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 3-for-5, RBI
- Randy Cesar, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- Alex De Goti, 3B: 0-for-4, R, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, BB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Yoanys Quiala , RHP: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-32) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-30) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-3) lost 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Seth Beer, LF: 2-for-3
- Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 0-for-2, RBI
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Riley Cabral, RHP: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: Ryan Hartman (3.47 ERA)
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
TRI: Chad Donato (0.00 ERA)
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