Astros Minor League Recap: July 22nd

Astros Minor League Recap: July 22nd, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (58-43) won 10-4 (BOX SCORE)

Thornton got the start and dominated striking out 10 over 5 innings while allowing just 1 run. Mayfield got the scoring started with a solo HR in the 2nd. The Grizzlies scored 4 runs in the 4th on a Tanielu RBI single, Stubbs 2 run double, and Straw RBI single. White added a solo HR in the 7th, his 14th of the season. A White RBI groundout and Fisher RBI single capped the scoring for the Grizzlies. Giles, Guduan, and Deetz closed it out with scoreless outings.

Note: Mayfield is hitting .353 over his last 9 games.

• Derek Fisher, LF: 2-for-5, RBI
• Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-5, 2B
• Jack Mayfield, SS: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-3, RBI, BB

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K (WIN)
• Buddy Boshers, LHP: 0.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Ken Giles, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (63-36) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Bostick started for the Hooks and was really good allowing 1 unearned run over 5 innings while striking out 6. The Hooks got on the board first with a steal of home in the 3rd inning. Alcala relieved Bostick and allowed 3 runs in just 0.2 innings. Blanco relieved Alcala and allowed 4 runs himself. Corpus Christi picked up 2 runs in the 7th on a Benedetti 2 run HR and another in the 8th on on a Sierra groundout. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get anything else going and lost 8-4.

Note: De Goti is hitting .467 with 6 RBI over his last 9 games.

• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, 2B, SB
• Josh Rojas, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB, 2 SB
• Randy Cesar, DH: 2-for-5, SB
• Alex De Goti, 2B: 4-for-4, R, 2B, SB
• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 0-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (57-43) won 10-3 (BOX SCORE)

Crazy game in Buies Creek yesterday. The Astros jumped out to a 7-0 lead scoring all 7 in the 3rd inning on a Meyers RBI double, Duarte RBI single, Dawson RBI double, and a Robinson grand slam. Sandoval started and allowed 2 runs in 5 innings of work. Saldana relieved Sandoval and allowed 5 runs as Down East tied it at 7. Robinson came through again in the 8th with a 3 run HR, his 2nd of the game. McKee picked up the save with a scoreless 9th.

Note: Robinson is hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI over his last 6 games.

• Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-3, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• Jake Adams, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Jake Meyers, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI

• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (54-45) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Donato started for the River Bandits and allowed 4 runs in 4 innings of work. Quad Cities got on the board in the 3rd on a Beer solo HR, his 7th, and a Shaver RBI single. The River Bandits tied it in the 6th getting 2 runs on a Sierra RBI double and Mattix sac fly. Duncan allowed 2 runs to West Michigan in the 7th and the offense was unable to respond losing 6-4.

Note: Beer is hitting .326 with 1.001 OPS in 34 games this season.

• Seth Beer, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-5, R
• Colton Shaver, 1B: 2-for-5, RBI
• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, R
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, SB

• Chad Donato, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Tanner Duncan, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (20-15) won 10-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
• Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Austin Dennis, DH: 1-for-1, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
• Alex Holderbach, 1B: 0-for-1, 2 R, BB
• Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Cesar Salazar, C: 3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI
• Michael Wielansky, 3B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB

• Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: OFF

CC: Brandon Bielak (0.82 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Peter Solomon (2.11 ERA)

TRI: OFF

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