Astros Minor League Recap: July 27th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (61-44) lost 15-4 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the Fresno pitching. Dykxhoorn got the start and allowed 6 runs over 3.1 innings. The bullpen struggled behind him too. Guduan was charged with 2 runs, Giles was charged with 4 runs, and Ferrell was charged with 3 runs. The offense got a run in the first on a Fisher solo HR and another in the 2nd on a Mayfield solo HR. Tanielu added an RBI double in the 4th and White added an RBI single in the 4th for their 4th run. That is all they would score as this one ended in a blowout.
Note: Marisnick is hitting .333 over his last 10 games.
- Jake Marisnick, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Derek Fisher, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 3.1 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Ken Giles, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Antonio Nunez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (63-40) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Bostick got the start and while he struck out 8, he allowed 4 runs in 4 innings. The offense was quiet for most of the night until Benedetti got them on the board with a 3 run HR in the 5th. Garza tossed 3 scoreless innings in relief but the offense was unable to complete the comeback losing 5-3.
Note: Benedetti is hitting .364 with 3 HR, 9 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Carmen Benedetti, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Randy Cesar, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (58-45) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (57-46)
Game 1 – won 11-10 (BOX SCORE) – completion of the game on 07/26
- Marty Costes, CF: 1-for-7, 2 R, 2B
- Seth Beer, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
- David Hensley, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-6, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Game 2 – lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Bukauskas got the start and pitched well initially but ended up allowing 2 runs over 4.1 innings with 7 strikeouts, though one run scored after he was pulled. The River Bandits got on the board in the first on a Hensley RBI single and got another run in the 3rd with a run scoring on a double play. Sandoval relieved JB and allowed 2 runs himself as Quad Cities fell 4-2.
Note: Bukauskas has 23 K in 17.2 innings since returning from the DL.
- Marty Costes, LF: 0-for-3, 2 R, BB
- David Hensley, 2B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 0-for-3, BB, SB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, BB
- J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (22-16) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (10.57 ERA)
CC: TBD
BC: TBD
QC: Bryan Abreu (0.00 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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