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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