Astros Minor League Recap: August 3rd

Astros Minor League Recap: August 3rd, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-48) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)

Rodgers started for Fresno last night and went 5.2 innings allowing 3 earned runs. Stubbs brought the Grizzlies a bit closer with a 2 run HR in the 7th. Boshers and Ferrell combined to allow 3 runs in the 8th as Nashville opened up and won 6-2.

Note: Stubbs is hitting .361 with 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Kyle Tucker, RF: 3-for-4
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Brady Rodgers, RHP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-43) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Bielak got the start for Corpus Christi last night and was solid allowing 2 runs over 5 innings with 5 strikeouts. He was relieved by Osuna who made his Astros organizational debut with a scoreless inning. The Hooks only managed one run, a solo HR by Sierra in the 6th inning. Winkelman tossed 2 scoreless innings in relief but the Hooks were unable to score again.

Note: Bielak has a 2.23 ERA with 31 BB/106 K in 93 innings this season.

• Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4, SB
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI

• Brandon Bielak, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Roberto Osuna, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (61-48) POSTPONED

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (62-48) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Garcia started for the River Bandits last night and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings. The River Bandits picked up all 3 runs in the 4th inning on a Lacroix 3 run HR. Mushinski allowed a run in 2 innings and Feldmann closed the game out with 2 scoreless innings to pick up the save.

Note: Abreu has a 0.54 ERA with 32 K in 16.2 innings for Quad Cities.

• Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-3, R, SB
• Colton Shaver, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI

• Luis Garcia, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Parker Mushinski, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (25-20) POSTPONED

GCL Notables:

• Ronaldo Urdaneta, 1B: 4-for-5, 3 R, 2B
• Yeuris Ramirez, 3B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (3.91 ERA)

CC: Brett Adcock (2.45 ERA)

BC: Tyler Ivey (2.68 ERA)

QC: Cesar Rosado (4.63 ERA)

TRI: TBD

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