Astros Minor League Recap: August 6th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-49) won 12-3 (BOX SCORE)
Emanuel started for Fresno last night and was very good tossing 5 shutout innings allowing just 1 hit. The offense got on the board in the 3rd scoring 5 runs on a Tucker 2 run HR (15) and Alvarez 3 run HR (18). Reed added a 3 run HR (23) in the 5th to make it 8-0. Mayfield put the game out of reach with a grand slam in the 6th as the Grizzlies went up 12-0. The bullpen allowed a few runs but the offense carried them to victory in this one.
Note: Alvarez has 3 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
- Jack Mayfield, 3B: 2-for-2, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Taylor Jones, DH: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-45) OFF
A+: Buies Creek Astros (63-49) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (63-49) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
The offense got out to a quick start getting a leadoff HR from Shaver in the first. In the 2nd, Schreiber added a solo HR to make it 2-0. Sandoval started and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings. Unfortunately, the bullpen was unable to hold the lead as Peoria picked up 2 runs in the 9th to win it.
Note: Shaver has 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- David Hensley, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (LOSS)
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (27-22) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Alex Holderbach, DH: 1-for-4, BB
- Trey Dawson, SS: 0-for-2, 3 BB
- Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Ramiro Rodriguez, LF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, SB
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
GCL Astros Notables
- Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cy Sneed (3.59 ERA)
CC: Ryan Hartman (2.87 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: OFF
TRI: TBD
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