Astros Minor League Recap: July 18th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (55-41) lost 12-2 (BOX SCORE)
Sneed started for Fresno last night but struggled allowing 8 runs in 4 innings of work. He was relieved by Emanuel who allowed 2 runs in his 3 innings. Alvarez got Fresno on the board with a solo HR in 7th. They picked up another run on a groundout in the 8th but that is all they would get. Ferrell struck out 4 over 2 innings, though he allowed 2 runs as well.
Note: Ferrell has 43 K in 31.0 innings this season.
- Derek Fisher, RF: 0-for-3, R
- AJ Reed, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (61-34) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Not very often do you outhit your opponent 12-11 and lose 4-1, but Corpus Christi did last night. Bielak got the start and allowed 2 runs over 5.2 innings. The Hooks only managed to score one run on a De Goti RBI single in the 8th. Scheetz and Blanco allowed a run each in relief as the Hooks lost 4-1.
Note: Bielak has a 1.74 ERA with 94 K in 77.2 innings this season.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, BB
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB, SB
- Alex De Goti, 2B: 3-for-4, RBI, SB
- Andy Pineda, LF: 2-for-4
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-42) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)
Well pitched game in Buies Creek last night. Bailey started for Buies Creek and tossed 5 no-hit innings before being pulled. He was relieved by Valdez who allowed 1 hit and no runs over his 4 innings of work. The game went to extras and Sanabria held Salem scoreless in the top of the 10th. In the bottom of the inning, Julks won it with a walk-off sac fly.
Note: Bailey has a 1.80 ERA with 50 K in 50 innings over his last 10 outings.
- Corey Julks, LF: 0-for-4, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, 2 SB
- Bryan De La Cruz, DH: 1-for-3, 2B
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 0-for-4, R
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3, 2B
- Brandon Bailey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (53-42) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Mushinski started for Quad Cities and lasted 4.2 innings while allowing 1 run. The River Bandits got on the board in the 2nd on a Shaver sac fly. Quad Cities took the lead in the 6th on a Taylor RBI single. Solomon relieved Mushinski and was very good going 3.1 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. Collado closed it out with a scoreless 9th.
Note: Solomon has a 2.11 ERA with 85 K in 72.2 innings this season.
- Seth Beer, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 0-for-1, RBI, BB
- Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-2, 2B, BB
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Peter Solomon, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (18-14) lost 11-5 (BOX SCORE)
- Austin Dennis, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Alex McKenna, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
- Alex Holderbach, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Carlos Machado, DH: 2-for-3, 2B, BB
- Devin Conn, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Luis De Paula, RHP: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- J.P. France, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (4.71 ERA)
CC: Hector Perez (4.50 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Cesar Rosado (4.25 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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