Astros Minor League Recap: July 29th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 29th, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (62-45) lost 5-4 in 11 innings (BOX SCORE)

Note: Ritchie is hitting .367 in his last 10 games for Fresno.

• Jamie Ritchie, C: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
• A.J. Reed, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
• Jake Marisnick, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Derek Fisher, LF: 1-for-5, RBI
• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Trent Thornton, RHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 7 K

• Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 K (LOSS)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (65-41) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Benedetti has hit safely in 8 of his last 10 games

• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B
• Josh Rojas, LF: 1-for-2, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B

• Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, K (WIN)
• Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (59-47) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: De La Cruz has hits in 10 of 11 and is hitting .406 in that span.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4
• Corey Julks, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB

• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-46) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Beer is currently on a 15-game hitting streak dating back to July 13th.

• Colton Shaver, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI
• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, RBI
• Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-3, 2 RBI
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, RBI
• Seth Beer, 1B: 1-for-4, R

• Luis Garcia, RHP: 4.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, K (WIN)
• Parker Mushinski, LHP: 4.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 3 K
• Tanner Duncan, RHP: 1.0 IP, K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (23-18)

Game 1 – lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: ValleyCats shutout for the second game in a row.

• Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-2, BB
• Austin Dennis, RF: 1-for-3
• Trey Dawson, DH: 1-for-3

• Brett Daniels, RHP: 4.0 IP, H, R, ER, 5 K
• Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Alex House, RHP: 2.0 IP, H, R, 0 ER, 2 K (LOSS)

Game 2 – won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Encarnacion draws game-winning walk in bottom of 8th.

• Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-4, RBI
• Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Austin Dennis, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
• Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B

• Tim Hardy, LHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, R, ER, BB, 4 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Josh James (4-4, 3.18)

CC: Framber Valdez (3-4, 4.13)

BC: Off

QC: Cesar Rosado (4-2, 4.16)

TRI: TBD

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