Astros Minor League Recap: July 19th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (56-41) won 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Hauschild got the start but struggled allowing 6 runs over 5.2 innings. Fresno got on the board in the 5th on a Nunez 2 run HR. They picked up another in the 6th on a Ritchie bases loaded walk to make it 6-3. The Grizzlies took a 7-6 lead in the 8th when Fisher hit a go-ahead grans slam. Sacramento scored 1 in the 9th to tie it but Nunez had a sac fly in the 10th to win it.
Note: Fisher has 3 HR, 11 RBI over his last 10 games for Fresno.
- Myles Straw, RF: 1-for-5, R
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-3, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-5, R
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-2, R, RBI, 3 BB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ken Giles, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (61-35) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough offensive game for the Hooks. Perez started and allowed 3 runs in his 4.2 innings. The Hooks only picked up 1 run which came on a De Goti RBI single in the 7th. Adcock tossed 3 scoreless innings in his AA debut.
Note: Adcock has allowed just 32 hits in 70.1 innings this season.
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Hector Perez, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-43) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Javier started for Buies Creek and allowed 2 runs over 5 innings. Buies Creek only scored 1 run which came in the first inning on a De La Cruz RBI single. Hernandez allowed 2 runs, 1 earned over 4 innings. Unfortunately, the offense was unable to get anything else going as they lost 4-1.
Note: Javier has a 1.91 ERA with 111 K in 84.2 innings this season.
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Carlos Canelon, C: 3-for-4
- Cristian Javier, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Jose Hernandez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (53-43) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Rosado got the start for Quad Cities and was very good tossing 5 no-hit innings. The River Bandits picked up 2 runs in the 3rd on an Angarita solo HR and Taylor RBI double. Rodriguez relieved Rosado and allowed 5 runs in his 4 innings of work as Quad Cities dropped this one 5-2.
Note: Beer has a .983 OPS in 31 games this season.
- Alfredo Angarita, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Seth Beer, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Chandler Taylor, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-4, 2B
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (19-14) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Alex McKenna, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-5, R
- Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Austin Dennis, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Michael Wielansky, SS: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Cody Deason, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brock Dykxhoorn (2.92 ERA)
CC: Ryan Hartman (2.91 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: TBD
TRI: TBD
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