Astros Minor League Recap: July 16th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (54-40) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Armenteros started for Fresno last night and despite allowing 9 hits, he had a quality start allowing 3 runs in 6 innings. Fresno tied the game in the 4th getting 3 runs on a Davis 2 run double and Nunez RBI single. Sacramento retook the lead getting a run in the 8th but the Grizzlies were unable to respond as they lost 4-3.
Note: Armenteros has a 2.59 ERA over his last 10 outings.
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-2, BB, SB
- J.D. Davis, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 3-for-4, RBI, SB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (60-33) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks jumped out to an early lead scoring 2 runs in the first inning on two wild pitches. Bostick started for the Hooks but struggled a bit allowed 5 runs in 6 innings with 3 of those runs coming in the 6th inning. The Hooks picked up a run in the 8th on a Benedetti bases loaded walk but they left the bases loaded and were unable to score again as they lost 5-3.
Note: Pineda is hitting .375 in 12 AA games.
- Andy Pineda, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Abraham Toro, DH: 0-for-1, 2 BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (53-42) lost 12-10 (BOX SCORE)
Wild game last night. Duarte got the Astros on the board in the first with an RBI single and Meyers added a sac fly in the 2nd to make it 2-0. A Robinson RBI single and Meyers RBI single in the 4th made it 4-0. Saldana got the start and allowed 2 runs over 4.1 innings. Buies Creek picked up 3 runs in the 7th on a Adams 2 run double and Robinson RBI single. At this point they were up 8-2 but WInston-Salem rallied for 6th in the 7th to tie. Buies Creek retook the lead in the 10th on a Matjevic 2 run single. Winston-Salem rallied again though scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the inning as they won in a walk-off.
Note: Robinson is hitting .333 over his last 10 games.
- Jake Meyers, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 3-for-6, R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 0-for-4, R, 2 BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 3-for-6, R, 2 2B
- Cody Bohanek, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Jake Adams, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-5, R
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (52-42) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities scored first in this one getting a run in the 2nd inning on an error. Donato got the start but allowed 4 runs in 3 innings of work. The River Bandits picked up 2 runs in the 4th on a Hensley 2 run double. Paredes relieved Donato and tossed 3 scoreless innings. They took the lead in the 6th on a Taylor solo HR and a Papierski RBI single. Unfotunately Duncan couldn’t hold the lead as he gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th as Bowling Green won 6-5.
Note: Paredes has a 1.46 ERA with 71 K in 55.2 innings this season.
- Seth Beer, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Marty Costes, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- David Hensley, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, RBI
- Chad Donato, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
- Enoli Paredes, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Tanner Duncan, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (18-12) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Gilberto Celestino, LF: 1-for-4
- Trey Dawson, SS: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Michael Wielansky, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-4, RBI
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Josh James (3.40 ERA)
CC: Jorge Alcala (3.09 ERA)
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
TRI: TBD
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