Astros Minor League Recap: August 14th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (70-51) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez made his first AAA start last night and started really well not allowing a run through the first five innings. He struggled a bit in the 6th and gave up 3 runs before being pulled. The offense gave him a nice lead to work with though with Davis connecting on a 3 run HR in the 4th. Fresno picked up 2 more in the 5th on a Mayfield sac fly and Davis RBI single. De Goti scored on a wild pitch in the 6th to give Fresno their 6th run. The bullpen was solid tossing 3.1 scoreless innings. Devenski made a rehab appearance and allowed 2 hits and no runs over 0.2 innings.
Note: Straw is 61-for-69 in stolen base attempts this year.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB, 3 SB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- J.D. Davis, RF: 2-for-3, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 0-for-3, BB
- Alex De Goti, 3B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Chris Devenski, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Matt Ramsey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (74-46) won 10-6 (BOX SCORE)
Whitley made his return from the DL and tossed 2 scoreless innings before being pulled. The offense scored early and often getting a run in the first on a Toro RBI double and 3 in the 2nd on a Benedetti 2 run single and another run scoring on an error. In the 3rd inning the Hooks picked up 1 run on a McCormick RBI single and then picked up 3 more in the 4th on a Sierra solo HR, Benedetti sac fly, and Rojas RBI triple. Ferrell relieved Whitley and struck out 5 over 2 innings. The Hooks added a little more insurance on a Toro RBI double and McCormick sac fly. Bailey pitched the last 5 innings allowing 5 runs but was still able to get the save.
Note: Toro is hitting .351 with 7 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-5, R
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 1-for-3, R, 3 RBI, BB
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Josh Rojas, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 3B, RBI, SB
- Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-5, R
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Brandon Bailey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (67-51) won 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
The Astros offense got off to a nice start scoring 4 runs in the 1st inning on a Beer RBI single, Robinson RBI single and Adams 2 run HR. They picked up 2 more in the 2nd on a Meyers 2 run HR. Hernandez started for Buies Creek and pitched well allowing just 1 run over 5 innings. The offense got some insurance in the 5th on a Bohanek RBI single and 2 more in the 6th on a Duarte RBI groundout and Beer RBI single. The bullpen struggled a bit allowing 5 runs but in the end they were able to hold on for the 9-6 win.
Note: Robinson is hitting .374 with 2 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Seth Beer, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Jake Adams, 1B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Cody Bohanek, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jose Hernandez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (69-52) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
Abreu got the start and continued his domination of the Midwest League as he tossed 6 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts. Mattix got the River Bandits on the board with a 2 run double in the 2nd inning. Sierra added a 2 run HR in the 4th to make it 4-0. In the 6th inning Shaver connected on a solo HR to expand the lead to 5-0. The bullpen of Castellanos and Paulino tossed 2 scoreless innings to close it.
Note: Abreu has a 0.34 ERA with 7 BB/47 K in 26.2 innings for Quad Cities.
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 1-for-5, 2B
- Marty Costes, RF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Logan Mattix, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Bryan Abreu, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (32-23) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (3.53 ERA)
CC: Brock Dykxhoorn (3.13 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Luis Garcia (3.00 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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