Astros Minor League Recap: August 17th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 17th, 2018

Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (71-53) won 8-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Davis his hitting .455 with 7 HR, 20 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B
• Derek Fisher, LF: 4-for-5, R, 2B
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 0-for-4, 2 RBI
• AJ Reed, DH: 1-for-5, R
• J.D. Davis, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
• Chris Devenski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Matt Ramsey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (75-46) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Toro is hitting .424 over his current 9 game hitting streak.

• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Josh Rojas, 1B: 0-for-4, R, RBI
• Chas McCormick, LF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-2, RBI

• Brandon Bielak, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Brett Adcock, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (69-52) lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Duarte is hitting .325 over his last 10 games.

• Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-4
• Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 2-for-4
• Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-4
• Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 1-for-4, 2B

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (70-54) lost 8-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Collado has a 1.80 ERA with 44 K in 35 innings this season.

• Colton Shaver, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Marty Costes, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Chandler Taylor, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Alfredo Angarita, 3B: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, RBI

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (33-25) lost 11-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Trey Dawson, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• Carlos Machado, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Logan Mattix, LF: 1-for-4, SB

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Riley Cabral, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Josh James (3.47 ERA)

CC: Corbin Martin (2.79 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Edgardo Sandoval (1.50 ERA)

TRI: TBD

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