Astros Minor League Recap: July 30th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-45) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Ritchie has third multi-hit game in a row.
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, BB
- AJ Reed, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-4, R
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
- Josh James, RHP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (HOLD)
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (66-41) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Valdez strikes out a career-high 12 batters in the win.
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 3-for-4, R, RBI
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 2-for-3
- Josh Rojas, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-3, R
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 7.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K (WIN)
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros were off
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-47) lost 8-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: River Bandits no-hit through 8.2 innings
- David Hensley, SS: 1-for-4
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 0-for-2, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 0-for-2, BB
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, BB, 5 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (24-18) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: ValleyCats score three runs in the top of the eighth inning to break 3-3 tie.
- Alex Holderbach, 1B: 2-for-3, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
- Andy Pineda, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Mark Moclair, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, R, ER, 3 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- J.P. France, RHP: 1.2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Off
CC: Corbin Martin (6-1, 2.65)
BC: TBD
QC: Leovanny Rodriguez (4-3, 3.11)
TRI: TBD
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