Astros Minor League Recap: July 2nd

Astros Minor League Recap: July 2nd, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (48-35) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Dykxhoorn bounced back nicely from a rough start last time to go 7 innings allowing just 1 run last night. Kemmer got Fresno on the board with a solo HR in the 4th. Davis connected on a solo HR in the 6th to give Fresno a 2-1 lead. The game would stay 2-1 until the 9th. Guduan came in to close it out but allowed Sacramento to tie it with a run. Fresno picked up a run in the top of the 10th on a Straw RBI fielder’s choice. McCurry got his shot to close it out but Sacramento was able to score 2 runs to walk it off for the 4-3 win.

Note: Straw is hitting .400 over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, SB
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (51-29) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Hartman has been pitching well of late and it continued last night as he went 6 innings allowing just 1 run and striking out 8. The Hooks got on the board on a Cesar RBI single in the first. That is the only run they would score through the first 8 innings as they entered the 9th down 2-1. In the 9th they rallied for 6 runs on a McCormick RBI single, Wrenn RBI groundout, Cesar RBI single, Alvarez 2 run HR (12) and Quintana solo HR (4). Ferrell was solid in relief and Pinales tossed a scoreless 9th to seal the win.

Note: Hartman has a 2.96 ERA with 16 BB/83 K in 70.0 innings this season.

• Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI, SB
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Alex De Goti, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
• Andy Pineda, LF: 2-for-3, 2B, BB

• Ryan Hartman, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (46-35) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Perez started for Buies Creek and had another strong outing striking out 7 over 5 innings while allowing 2 runs. The big key is the zero walks. That is back to back starts for him with no walks. Meyers got Buies Creek on the board with a solo HR in the 3rd inning. The Astros would tie it on a Toro RBI groundout in the 7th. Unfortunately, Carolina got a run right back off Javier (1 ER in 2.1 innings) and eventually won 3-2.

Note: Perez last 5 outings – 1.40 ERA, 25.2 IP, 16 H, 4 ER, 6 BB, 34 K

• Osvaldo Duarte, LF: 2-for-4, BB
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Jake Meyers, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB

• Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
• Cristian Javier, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (46-36) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Rodriguez started for Quad Cities and was solid allowing only 2 runs in 5 innings. Quad Cities got on the board in the 2nd inning when Mattix doubled and scored on an error. The River Bandits picked up 2 more runs in the 4th on a Shaver RBI double and Schreiber RBI double. Beer doubled and scored on a Shaver RBI single in the 8th to make it 4-2. Rosado picked up the save tossing 4 scoreless innings to close it.

Note: Beer is hitting .323 with 5 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI in 16 games this season.

• Seth Beer, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Logan Mattix, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• Colton Shaver, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Scott Schreiber, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, 2B

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (WIN)
• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (9-8) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
• Gilberto Celestino, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
• Trey Dawson, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB

• Jose Hernandez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Ian Hardman, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Cy Sneed (3.33 ERA)

CC: Framber Valdez (4.86 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Jairo Solis (3.10 ERA)

TRI: Mark Moclair (9.00 ERA)

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