Astros Minor League Recap: July 1st, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (48-34) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
James started for Fresno and had an interesting state line. He struck out 12 over 5 innings while allowing just 1 hit, but he allowed 3 runs and walked 4. The offense was only able to pick up one run in the first inning on a Davis sac fly. They had 10 hits and 4 walks but were 0-for-9 with RISP. Also, Tucker was tossed early in the game for arguing balls and strikes.
Note: Straw is hitting .385 in 15 AAA games.
- Myles Straw, RF: 4-for-5, R, SB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 0-for-1, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-4, RBI
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 3-for-3, BB
- Tim Federowicz, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-4
- Josh James, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 12 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (50-29) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks scored early getting a run in the 2nd inning on a Rojas solo HR, a run in the 3rd on an Alvarez RBI single, and a run in the 4th on a Pineda solo HR. Martin got the start and was very good allowing 1 earned run over 6 innings of work. Pineda would add another HR, this time a 2 runs shot to make it 5-2. Smith and Winkelman had scoreless outings in relief to close it out.
Note: Martin has a 1.85 ERA with 65 K in 68 innings this season.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 3-for-3, 2 BB, SB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, SB
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alex De Goti, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Andy Pineda, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Corbin Martin, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Joe Smith, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (46-34) won 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rodgers made another rehab appearance and was solid allowing 1 run over 4 innings. Buies Creek would tie the game in the 5th on a Duarte solo HR. In the 8th inning, Duarte had an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-1. Adcock pitched the final 5 innings without allowing a run to pickup the win.
Note: Duarte is hitting .444 with 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Corey Julks, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Cody Bohanek, DH: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-2, BB
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Brett Adcock, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (45-36) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities got on the board in the 3rd on an RBI single from Beer. Lacroix added a sac fly in the 4th. Solomon started for Quad Cities and allowed 2 runs over 5 innings. Taylor connected on a solo HR in the 6th inning to give Quad Cities a 3-2 lead. Mushinski and Feldmann closed it out with scoreless outings.
Note: Solomon has a 2.27 ERA with 49 K in 43.2 innings over his last 10 outings.
- Seth Beer, 1B: 4-for-5, RBI
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Peter Solomon, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (8-8) lost 9-8 (BOX SCORE)
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 0-for-4, R, BB, 3 SB
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Gilberto Celestino, RF: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 SB
- Trey Dawson, 2B: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Carlos Machado, DH: 2-for-5
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Riley Carbal, RHP: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Hansel Paulino, LHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Brett Conine, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Luis De Paula, RHP: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brock Dykxhoorn (3.82 ERA)
CC: Ryan Hartman (3.09 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: TBD
TRI: Jose Hernandez (1.93 ERA)
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