Astros Minor League Recap: July 13th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (52-39) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno fell behind early as Hauschild allowed 3 runs in the first inning as he retired just one batter. Fresno tied it up in the 2nd getting 3 runs on a Stubbs RBI single and Tanielu 2 run single. Tacoma responded with 4 runs over the 3rd and 4th inning but Fresno would tie it again scoring 4 runs in the 5th on a Tanielu RBI single and Fisher 3 run HR. Tacoma picked up a run in the 8th to take an 8-7 lead and Fresno went down in order in the 9th as they lost 8-7.
Note: Deetz has 27 K in 13.2 innings this season.
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-4, R
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (59-31) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez started for the Hooks and was very good tossing 6 shutout innings while striking out 10. Corpus Christi picked up 1 run in the first inning on a Rojas sac fly. They added an insurance run in the 7th on a Quintana RBI double. Scheetz allowed a run after relieving Valdez but Ferrell was able to come on in the 9th and get the last out to pick up the save.
Note: Valdez has a 2.88 ERA with 14 BB/57 K in 50 IP over his last 10 outings.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, SB
- Josh Rojas, LF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, 3B
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (52-40) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Buies Creek. They got on the board in the first inning on a Dawson RBI single, but Winston-Salem responded with 3 of their own. That is all Javier would allowed though as he went 7 innings and struck out 8. Buies Creek countered with 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a Matijevic 3 run HR. Dawson added a solo HR in the 3rd to make it 5-3. A Duarte RBI single in the 7th put Buies Creek up 6-3. Winston-Salem would rally though scoring 3 runs off of Balaguer to tie it in the 9th and 1 run in the 10th to walk if off.
Note: Javier has 108 K in 79.2 innings this season.
- Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-5, R
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, SB
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4
- Jake Meyers, DH: 2-for-4
- Cristian Javier, RHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 0.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (51-40) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Rosado started for Quad Cities and lasted only 2 innings as he allowed 3 runs. The River Bandits picked up 2 in the 6th on a Costes solo HR and Schreiber RBI double. They would get 2 more in the 8th on a Shaver 2 run HR to tie the game at 4. The game would go to extra innings and the River Bandits picked up a run in the 10th on a Taylor RBI single. Unfortunately, Dayton scored 2 in the 9th on an error to walk it off and win 6-5.
Note: Collado has 31 K in 21 innings this season.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-6, 2B
- Marty Costes, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 2-for-5, 3B, RBI
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 3-for-5, 2B
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (15-12) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Alex McKenna, DH: 1-for-4, 2B
- Ramiro Rodriguez, RF: 3-for-3, R, 2B, 3B
- Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (4.22 ERA)
CC: Ryan Hartman (3.00 ERA)
BC: Jose Hernandez (-.– ERA)
QC: Leovanny Rodriguez (3.23 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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