Astros Minor League Recap: August 20th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (72-54) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (76-48) OFF
A+: Buies Creek Astros (70-53) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (72-55) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Abreu started and had his first rough outing of the season allowing 4 runs 5.2 innings, though he did strike out 8. The offense first got on the board in the 4th inning on Shaver and Angarita run scoring singles. In the 5th inning Taylor connected on a 3 run HR, his 8th of the season. Schreiber added a solo HR in the 6th, which would end up being the game winning run. Feldmann struck out 4 over the final 2 innings picking up the save.
Note: Abreu has 77 K in 48.1 innings this season.
- Marty Costes, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Colton Shaver, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-3, R
- Scott Schreiber, DH: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Bryan Abreu, RHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
- Tanner Duncan, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (34-27) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Austin Dennis, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB, SB
- Andy Pineda, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI
- Alex Holderbach, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Logan Mattix, CF: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Oscar Campos, DH: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Layne Henderson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
GCL Notables:
- Juan Ramirez, LF: 2-for-5, R, 3B
- Freudis Nova, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Alfredi Jimenez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Ernesto Jaquez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Framber Valdez (4.15 ERA)
CC: Brandon Bailey (5.19 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Luis Garcia (2.89 ERA)
TRI: Brett Daniels (2.31 ERA)
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