Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (75-54) won 15-1 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno put a whooping on Sacramento last night. Reed got the scoring started with an RBI single in the first inning. The offense put up 4 more runs in the 2nd on a De Goti RBI double, Straw RBI double, and Tucker 2 run HR. In the third inning, they got a solo HR from David and an RBI double from Alvarez. Reed added a 2 run HR in the 4th inning, his 26th of the season. Rodgers started and allowed 1 run over 6 innings. Fresno tacked on some insurance in the 8th scoring 6 runs on a based loaded walk to Reed, Davis RBI single, Fisher 2 run double, and Alvarez 2 run single. The bullpen was solid closing out the game with 3 scoreless innings.
Note: Tucker is hitting .488 with 6 HR, 15 RBI over his last 9 AAA games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 4-for-6, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-6, R
- AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Derek Fisher, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Alex De Goti, SS: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Matt Ramsey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (77-50) lost 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the offense as they managed just 3 hits. Bielak started and was very good allowing 1 run over 6 innings while striking out 7. Unfortunately the offense was unable to get him any support as they lost 5-0.
Note: Bielak has a 2.09 ERA with 128 K in 112 innings this season.
- Brian McCann, DH: 1-for-3
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 2-for-4, 2B
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (73-53) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)
Saldana got the start and pitched really well allowing 1 run over 6 innings while striking out 7. Matijevic put the Astros on the board with a sac fly in the 2nd inning. The game was tied 1-1 heading into the 8th when Buies Creek took the lead with a De La Cruz bases loaded walk and a Beer grand slam. The picked up 3 more runs in the 9th on a Matijevic and De La Cruz RBI single and a Beer RBI groundout. LaRue closed the game out with 3 scorleess innings.
Note: Beer has 3 HR, 11 RBI over his last 9 games.
- Corey Julks, RF: 0-for-3, 2 R, 3 BB, SB
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Seth Beer, DH: 2-for-5, R, HR, 5 RBI, BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-4, BB
- Cody Bohanek, 2B: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (74-56) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rodriguez started for Quad Cities and allowed 1 run over 6.1 innings. The offense started really slow and entered the 9th down 1-0. With 2 outs in the 9th, Salazar tied the game with an RBI single. Quad Cities would take the lead in the 10th on a Taylor RBI single. Castellanos picked up the save with a scoreless 9th.
Note: Costes is hitting .351 over his last 10 games.
- Chandler Taylor, CF: 2-for-5, 3B, RBI
- Scott Schreiber, RF: 1-for-5, 2B
- Alfredo Angarita, 3B: 2-for-4, R
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-4
- Cesar Salazar, C: 2-for-4, RBI
- Trey Dawson, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- J.P. France, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (37-27) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Carlos Machado, DH: 4-for-5, R, RBI, SB
- Nathan Perry, 1B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Logan Mattix, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2 SB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Jose Alberto Rivera, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Jose Bravo, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
GCL Notables
- Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (3.96 ERA)
CC: Forrest Whitley (3.76 ERA)
BC: Gabriel Valdez (3.31 ERA)
QC: Edgardo Sandoval (3.32 ERA)
TRI: Austin Hansen (1.40 ERA)
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