Astros Minor League Recap: June 30th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (48-33) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Armenteros was on the mound for the Grizzlies and pitched well early on tossing 5 scoreless innings but allowed 3 runs in the 6th. Kemmer got the Grizzlies on the board with an RBI double in the 2nd inning. Davis connected on a 2 run HR in the 3rd inning. Davis wasn’t done as he would add a solo HR in the 5th. The bullpen was solid going 4 innings without allowing a run including really good outings from Deetz and McCurry.
Note: Straw is hitting .350 in 14 AAA games.
- Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (49-29) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Whitley started for the Hooks and while the overall line didn’t look great (3 ER in 4 IP), all 3 runs came on a HR in the first inning. Overall he struck out 5 in his 4 innings of work. Alvarez got the Hooks on the board with a solo HR in the 2nd inning, his 11th HR of the season. Alvarez added an RBI double in the 6th to make it 3-2. The Hooks would take the lead in the 7th scoring 3 runs on a McCormick 2 run single and another run scoring on a wild pitch. Bielak made his AA debut and pitched well tossing 4.2 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts. Pinales came on to get the last out and pick up the save.
Note: Alvarez is hitting .370 with 5 HR, 14 RBI in 11 June games.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-3, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Andy Pineda, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (45-34) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
Bailey started for Buies Creek and put together a strong outing allowing 2 runs over 6.1 innings while striking out 7. Buies Creek was down 2-0 in the 6th but that is when they started to rally. Robinson got them on the board with a solo HR in the 6th. In the 7th, they picked up 3 runs on a Dawson RBI double, Duarte RBI triple, and Adams RBI single. Buies Creek would get some more insurance scoring 3 more in the 8th on a Toro sac fly, Dawson RBI double, and De La Cruz RBI single. Valdez closed it out with a scoreless 9th.
Note: Julks is hitting .385 in 10 High-A games.
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Corey Julks, LF: 2-for-4, R
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-4, RBI, SB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Brandon Bailey, RHP: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (44-36) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Donato made his debut for Quad Cities last night and was very good striking out 7 over 6 innings while allowing just 1 run. Lacroix got the River Bandits on the board with a solo HR in the 3rd. The game would stay tied 1-1 until the 8th inning when the River Bandits picked up 2 runs on a run scoring wild pitch and Sierra RBI single. Sanabria closed it out with 3 scoreless innings.
Note: Donato has a 0.41 ERA and 4 BB/28 K in 4 starts this season.
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Marty Costes, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Michael Papierski, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Chad Donato, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (8-7) won 9-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, SB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-5, 3B
- Gilberto Celestino, RF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- Austin Dennis, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Juan Pineda, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Michael Wielansky, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Trey Dawson, SS: 4-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Jose Carrillo, DH: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, SB
- Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Josh James (3.20 ERA)
CC: TBD
BC: TBD
QC: Peter Solomon (2.44 ERA)
TRI: Luis Garcia (0.00 ERA)
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