Astros Minor League Recap: July 24th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (59-43) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
James started for Fresno last night and was dominant striking out 11 over 6 innings while allowing just 1 unearned run. Fresno got their first run of the night in the 3rd inning on a White RBI single. In the bottom of the 6th, Tanielu came through with an RBI single to put them up 2-1. Ferrell, Giles, and McCurry all had scoreless outings in relief to close it.
Note: James has a 3.01 ERA with 139 K in 86.2 innings this season.
- Derek Fisher, DH: 1-for-2, 2 BB, SB
- Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-3, R, SB
- Josh James, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 11 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Ken Giles, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (63-38) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Adcock made his first AA start allowing 3 runs in 4 innings, with all 3 runs coming in the first. Quintana got the Hooks on the board with a solo HR in the 3rd. Perez relieved Adcock and tossed 5 scoreless innings allowing just 1 hit. The Hooks tied the game in the 8th on a Jones 2 run single. Unfortunately, they lost in in the 10th on a walk-off walk.
Note: Quintana is hitting .364 with 5 HR, 13 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Abraham Toro, DH: 1-for-5, 2B
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (57-44) POSTPONED
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-45) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (21-15) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Gilberto Celestino, RF: 2-for-4, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Cesar Salazar, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Ramiro Rodriguez, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Carlos Machado, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Mark Moclair, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- J.P. France, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cy Sneed (3.72 ERA)
CC: Framber Valdez (4.26 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Leovanny Rodriguez (3.38 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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