Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (45-28) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
The game got away early for Fresno as Hauschild allowed 6 runs in the first two innings. Fresno tried to rally back getting 3 runs in the 4th on a 3 run HR and one in the 5th on a Reed RBI single. Fresno would get another run in the 8th on a Nunez RBI single but would drop this one 7-5.
Note: Tucker is hitting .413 with 15 RBI in 18 games in June
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 3-for-5, R
- AJ Reed, 1B: 3-for-5, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 2.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (47-26) won 4-0 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez started and tossed 4 shutout innings throwing 48 pitches before being pulled. After Hill tossed a scoreless 5th, Perez came in and threw 3 scorless innings himself. de Oleo got the Hooks on the board with a 2 run HR in the 5th. Corpus Christi got some insurance on a McCormick RBI double in the 7th and a Cesar little league HR in the 8th (triple and scored on error). This extended his hitting streak to 39 games. Ferrell closed it out striking out 2 in a perfect 9th.
Note: Ferrell last 12 outings – 15 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 22 K
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-4
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 3B
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
- Framber Valdez , LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (38-33) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey started for Buies Creek but struggled allowing 4 runs, 2 earned over 4.2 innings. Matijevic got the Astros on the board with a solo HR in the first inning, his 9th of the season. LaRue pitched 3 innings in relief allowing 3 runs to widen the deficit. Buies Creek would get a run in the 9th on a Duarte RBI single but would fall 7-2.
Note: Matijevic is slugging .553 with 12 2B, 9 HR in 50 games this season.
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-32) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Solis made his 5th start of the season and this one was his best yet as he allowing just 1 run over 5 innings. The River Bandits tied it in the 7th with Mattix scoring on a wild pitch. Solis was relieved by Ramirez who allowed 2 runs in 3 innings and Aquino allowed a run in the 9th and that was the difference in the 4-1 lost.
Note: De La Cruz is hitting .361 with 7 RBI, 6 BB/5 K over his last 10 games.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 0-for-1, 3 BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Logan Mattix, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (4-4) lost 11-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-4, R
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 3-for-5, R, 3 2B, SB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B
- Juan Pineda, 3B: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, BB
- Austin Dennis, RF: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
- Andy Pineda, DH: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Juan Robles, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, LHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Mark Moclair, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Luis De Paula, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: GM1 – Trent Thornton (2.88 ERA); GM 2 – Rogelio Armenteros (3.47 ERA)
CC: Akeem Bostick (3.09 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Patrick Sandoval (2.79 ERA)
TRI: Bryan Abreu (1.80 ERA)
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