Astros Minor League Recap: August 22nd

Astros Minor League Recap: August 22nd, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (74-54) won 10-8 (BOX SCORE)

Dykxhoorn started for Fresno but got roughed up allowing 7 runs in 5 innings. The offense got onto the board in the first inning when a run scored on a double play. They would get 2 more in the third on a Mayfield RBI double and Davis sac fly. Perez relieved Dykxhoorn and allowed 1 run in his 2 innings of work. In the 7th inning, Tucker connected on a solo HR, his 18th of the season. The game would move to the 9th with Fresno down 8-4. Fresno put together a big rally in the 9th though. The Grizzlies loaded the bases with no outs and Tucker hit a grand slam to tie the game at 8. They then got bases loaded walks to Alvarez and Ritchie to take a 10-8 lead. McCurry pitched a scoreless 9th to pick up the save.

Note: Tucker is hitting .419 with 6 HR, 15 RBI over his last 10 AAA games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, 2 R, 2 BB
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, BB, SB
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 0-for-4, RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
• Cionel Perez, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K  (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (77-49) won 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks scored early and often in this one. The scoring got started on a Benedetti RBI single in the first inning. In the 2nd inning Dawson connected on a solo shot, his 14th of the season. The Hooks would put up a crooked number in the 3rd scoring 6 runs on a Toro sac fly, McCormick RBI single, Rojas sac fly, and Dawson 3 run HR. Devenski made a rehab start and allowed a run in 1 inning, though he did strike out the side. Rojas added another sac fly in the 4th for a little more insurance. The bullpen struggled allowing 7 runs over the final 8 innings but were able to hold on for the 9-8 win.

Note: Dawson is hitting .286 with 5 HR in 18 AA games.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB
• Brian McCann, C: 0-for-3, BB
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI
• Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Josh Rojas, SS: 0-for-2, 2 RBI
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB

• Chris Devenski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (72-53) won 12-7 (BOX SCORE)

Rough night for Javier on the mound as he allowed 5 runs in just 2.2 innings. The offense came out on fire though getting on the board in the first thanks to a Matijevic solo HR. In the third, the offense erupted for 9 runs on a Julks RBI double, Matijevic 2 run HR, Adams solo HR, Canelon RBI single, and Julks grand slam. Beer added a 2 run HR in the 6th, his 9th of the season. The bullpen allowed a couple of runs but was able to hold on for the 12-7 win.

Note: Paredes has a 1.15 ERA with 91 K in 70.1 innings this season.

• Corey Julks, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, SB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
• Seth Beer, DH: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Colton Shaver, 3B: 2-for-4, R
• Cody Bohanek, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Carlos Canelon, C: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Enoli Paredes, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (73-56) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Tough loss for Quad Cities. Rosado started and allowed 3 runs over 4.2 innings. The offense would battle back though scoring 1 in in the 5th when a run scored on an error and another in the 6th on a Papierski RBI single. They would rally for 3 more in the 7th on a Lacroix RBI single, Hensely sac fly, and Angarita sac fly. They held a 5-3 lead into the 9th but Wisconson rallied scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win it.

Note: Costes is hitting .351 over his last 10 games.

• Marty Costes, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Chandler Taylor, CF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-4, R, BB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-5, RBI
• David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Alfredo Angarita, DH: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 3-for-4
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, RBI

• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (36-27) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

• Drew Ferguson, RF: 2-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Carlos Machado, LF: 3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Nathan Perry, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-4, RBI
• Michael Wielansky, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, 3B, RBI, BB, SB
• Juan Pineda, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI

• Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Brady Rodgers (7.71 ERA)

CC: Brandon Bielak (2.15 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Leovanny Rodriguez (4.08 ERA)

TRI: R.J. Freure (0.44 ERA)

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