Astros Minor League Recap: July 20th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 20th, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (57-41) won 8-5 (BOX SCORE)

Dykxhoorn started for Fresno last night and turned in a quality start allowing 3 runs, 2 earned in 6 innings of work. Fresno got on the board quick scoring 2 runs in the first inning on a Reed sac fly and Jones RBI double. Reed added an RBI double in the 3rd for the Grizzlies 3rd run. Fresno picked up 2 more in the 5th on a Stubbs RBI triple and White RBI single. Reed capped off the scoring with a 3 run HR in the 7th. Deetz was great in relief but Giles struggled allowing two hits and a walk while retiring just one batter. Fresno won it fairly easily though 8-5.

Note: Marisnick is hitting .406 with 1.361 OPS in 9 games in AAA.

• Jake Marisnick, RF: 4-for-4, 4 R, 2B, 3B, BB, SB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-5, R, 3B, RBI
• Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-2, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB
• AJ Reed, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Ken Giles, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (62-35) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks jumped out to an early lead in this one scoring 2 runs in the first on on a Toro 2 run triple. They got two more in the 2nd on a Wrenn RBI groundout and a Quintana steal of home. Ryan Hartman started for the Hooks and allowed 1 run over 5 innings of work. Winkelman followed him with 3 scoreless innings and Pinales closed it out with a scoreless 9th.

Note: Hartman has a 2.85 ERA with 21 BB/100 K in 85.1 innings this season.

• Andy Pineda, LF: 1-for-4, SB
• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 0-for-3, R, SB
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 1-for-4, 2B

• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (55-43) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Ivey got the start for Buies Creek and dominated this game. He struck out 9 over the first 4 innings and finished with 13 strikeouts over 7 innings. He allowed 1 run, which came on a sac fly in his final inning. The Astros got on the board on an Adams RBI groundout in the 2nd. Adams then added a 2 run HR in the 4th to make it 3-0. De La Cruz added some insurance with a 2 run single in the 8th. Ramirez closed the game out with 2 scoreless innings.

Note: Ivey has a 3.27 ERA with 19 BB/104 K in 82.2 innings this season.

• J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, SB
• Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, SB
• Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, SB
• Cody Bohanek, 2B: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 13 K
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (53-44) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Solis got the start and allowed 2 runs over his 5.2 innings of work. The River Bandits got on the board in the 4th on a Lacroix RBI single. The bullpen was unable to keep the game close as Garcia and Castellanos allowed multiple runs. Quad Cities did pick up 1 run in the 8th on a Beer RBI groundout but that is all they would get as they lost 7-2.

Note: Beer is hitting .316 with 9 2B, 6 HR, 20 RBI in 32 games this season.

• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
• Seth Beer, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Ruben Castro, C: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
• David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Logan Mattix, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Luis Garcia, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (19-15) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Gilberto Celestino, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
• Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI
• Austin Dennis, 2B: 1-for-4, R, SB
• Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 2-for-4
• Carlos Machado, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-3, R

• Alex House, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Brett Daniels, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Jacob Billingsley, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Brady Rodgers (6.23 ERA)

CC: Corbin Martin (2.64 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: TBD

TRI: TBD

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