Astros Minor League Recap: July 23rd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (58-43) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (63-37) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Bielak started for the Hooks and went 4.1 innings allowing 2 runs. The offense struggled last night managing just 1 run on a McCormick RBI double in the 2nd. Scheetz and Garza had scoreless outings in relief but the offense was unable to get anything else going as they lost 2-1.
Note: Scheetz has a 2.32 ERA and 69 K in 50.1 innings this season.
- Josh Rojas, DH: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, BB
- Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI
- Carmen Benedetti, LF: 1-for-4, SB
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Kit Scheetz, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (57-44) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
Rough outing for Valdez as he allowed 5 runs in 5 innings of work. Matijevic got the Astros on the board in the 3rd inning with a 2 run HR. Buies Creek would got to the 9th down 8-2 but got a run on another Matijevic HR and Adams RBI double. Their comeback fell short though as they dropped this one 8-4.
Note: Matijevic has 17 2B, 13 HR in 68 games this season.
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-45) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Solomon started for Quad Cities and while he picked up the win, he struggled a bit allowed 4 runs over 5 innings. He was relieved by Mushinski who tossed 3 scoreless innings in relief. The River Bandits broke the game open in the 3rd inning scoring 6 runs on a Hensley RBI single, Taylor RBI walk, Papierski RBI walk, Schreiber RBI walk, Lacroix RBI HBP and a Mattix sac fly. This was all they needed to wrap up the 7-4 win.
Note: Beer is hitting .326 with 1.001 OPS in 34 games this season.
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-5, R
- Seth Beer, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- David Hensley, SS: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Jonathan Lacroix, DH: 0-for-3, RBI
- Logan Mattix, CF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Peter Solomon, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (20-15) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Josh James (3.51 ERA)
CC: Brett Adcock (0.00 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: OFF
TRI: TBD
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