Astros Minor League Recap: July 9th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below. I had limited time to write so this will be a quick recap.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (52-37) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (57-30) won 15-6 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Toro is hitting .471 with 2 HR, 11 RBI over his last 5 games.
- Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-6, R, 2B
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- Josh Rojas, 1B: 1-for-3, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB, SB
- Randy Cesar, DH: 2-for-6, 2B, 3 RBI
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 3-for-5, R, 2B
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 3-for-3, 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI
- Andy Pineda, LF: 3-for-5, 2B
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (50-38) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Duarte is hitting .410 with 3 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-5, R
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, 2B
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (49-39) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Beer is hitting .357 with 5 HR, 17 RBI in 23 games this season.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 3-for-5, R
- Seth Beer, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-4, R,
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Tanner Duncan, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (14-10) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Trey Dawson, DH: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 4-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- Alex McKenna, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Carlos Machado, LF: 2-for-4, R
- J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Cody Deason, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Brett Daniels, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: OFF
BC: TBD
QC: OFF
TRI: OFF
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