Astros Minor League Recap: July 3rd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (49-35) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
Sneed started for Fresno last night and continued his solid pitching tossing 6.1 scoreless innings while striking out 7. The offense got the scoring started on a Davis RBI single in the first inning. Fresno picked up 2 more in the 2nd on a Nunez sac fly and Tucker RBI groundout. Kemmer led off the 3rd with a HR to make it 4-0. Tanielu added an RBI double in the 8th to make it 5-0. Bushers and Ferrell both had scoreless outings in relief to close it out.
Note: Sneed has a 2.33 ERA with 13 BB/66 K in 64.2 innings over his last 10 outings.
- Myles Straw, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 0-for-5, RBI
- J.D. Davis, DH: 1-for-5, RBI
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, SB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (52-29) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a Quintana 3 run HR in the first inning. Perez got the start and matched a career high with 7 innings and allowed 1 run. Alvarez added an RBI single in the 3rd inning to give the Hooks another run. Sierra relieved Perez and closed it out with 2 scoreless innings.
Note: Perez has a 2.10 ERA with 75 K in 64.1 innings this season.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-3, R, SB
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (46-36) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey started for Buies Creek last night and ran into some trouble in the 3rd inning allowing 3 runs on a 3 run HR. Overall he allowed 4 runs in 5.1 innings. Buies Creek picked up 2 runs in the 3rd on Dawson and Duarte RBI doubles. Unfortunately, the offense was unable to score again as Buies Creek dropped this one 4-2.
Note: Julks is hitting .391 in 13 High-A games.
- Corey Julks, LF: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 3B, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, 2 SB
- Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB, SB
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (46-36) suspended 1-1 (BOX SCORE)
The Quad Cities River Bandits Twitter page advised the game will probably be resumed during August.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B
- Seth Beer, RF: 1-for-1, BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-2, R
- David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (9-9) lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-4, SB
- Alex McKenna, CF: 0-for-2, BB
- Trey Dawson, SS: 0-for-3, BB
- Austin Dennis, LF: 1-for-3, SB
- Mark Moclair, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Riley Cabral, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (4.87 ERA)
CC: Jorge Alcala (2.53 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Enoli Paredes (1.50 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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