Astros Minor League Recap: July 15th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 15th, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (54-39) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)

Rodgers made his first AAA start since April 19th, 2017. He went 4.1 innings and allowed 3 runs. Fresno jumped out to an early lead scoring 3 runs in the first inning with a Fisher solo HR, Davis RBI single, and Mayfield RBI single. Tanielu added a sac fly in the 3rd for Fresno’s 4th run of the night. The Grizzlies picked up another run in the 7th on a Jones sac fly. Dykxhoorn tossed 3.2 scoreless innings in relief and McCurry tossed a perfect 9th to pick up the save.

Note: Davis is hitting .341 with 3 HR, 9 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-4, R, BB
• AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, BB
• J.D. Davis, LF: 2-for-4, RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Taylor Jones, DH: 0-for-4, RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-4, RBI
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 0-for-3, RBI

• Brady Rodgers, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (60-32) lost 9-7 (BOX SCORE)

Martin started for the Hooks and had his first rough outing in a while allowing 7 hits and 3 runs in 4 innings of work. The Hooks had an early lead when they picked up 2 runs in the first on a Cesar 2 run double. De Goti tied the game at 3 on a solo HR in the 4th. Quintana continued his hot hitting with a solo HR in the 6th. Corpus Christi and Frisco exchanged runs over the final 4 innings but the Hooks bullpen was unable to maintain the lead as Ferrell and Pinales allowed multiple runs. Benedetti added a solo HR in the 7th and De Goti had a 2 run double in the 8th but it wasn’t enough.

Note: Quintana is hitting .444 with 6 HR, 19 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-4, R, BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, SB
• Josh Rojas, LF: 1-for-5, R
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Corbin Martin, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (53-41) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

LaRue got the start for Buies Creek and struggled allowing 8 hits and 5 runs in 4 innings. After falling behind 5-0 the Astros would rally scoring 2 in the 5th on an Arauz RBI double and another run scoring on the error. Dawson added a solo HR in the 6th and Canelon added a solo HR in the 7th to make it 5-4. Ivey relieved LaRue and pitched well allowing 1 run over 4 innings with 7 strikeouts. Unfortunately, Buies Creek was unable to score again.

Note: Ivey has 18 BB/91 K in 75.2 innings this season.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jake Adams, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Carlos Canelon, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (52-41) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)

Solis got the start and was solid allowing just 2 hits in 5.2 scoreless innings. Hensley got the River Bandits on the board with a 2 run HR in the 2nd inning. Shaver added a 2 run HR in the 3rd to make it 4-0. The scoring continued with Mattix driving in a run with a single in the 4th. Beer added a little more insurance with a solo HR in the 7th inning. Abreu relieved Solis was great striking out 6 in 3.1 no-hit innings.

Note: Solis has allowed 3 ER over his last 22.1 innings while striking out 24.

• Marty Costes, CF: 2-for-5
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Seth Beer, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Colton Shaver, 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-4, R
• David Hensley, 2B: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, 2B
• Logan Mattix, DH: 1-for-4, RBI

• Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Bryan Abreu, RHP: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (17-12) won 11-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Gilberto Celestino, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Alex McKenna, CF: 2-for-5
• Trey Dawson, SS: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Austin Dennis, DH: 3-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Michael Wielansky, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
• Alex Holderbach, C: 3-for-3, 2 R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, BB

• J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Brett Daniels, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Jacob Billingsley, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• J.P. France, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Luis De Paula, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (3.28 ERA)

CC: Akeem Bostick (3.81 ERA)

BC: Abdiel Saldana (3.01 ERA)

QC: Chad Donato (0.64 ERA)

TRI: Carlos Hiraldo (3.86 ERA)

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