Astros Minor League Recap: August 7th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-49) won 15-14 (BOX SCORE)
Crazy game for Fresno last night. Fresno got on the board in the first on a Reed RBI double. They got 2 in the second on a Tanielu 2 run HR and 2 more in the 3rd on a Mayfield RBI triple and Reed sac fly. Sneed started for the Grizzlies but struggled allowing 7 runs in 1.1 innings. Mayfield added a solo HR in the 5th which made it 8-6. Tucker continued his hot streak connecting on a 2 run HR (16) in the 7th to tie it at 8. Fresno then exploded for 7 runs in the 8th on a Tucker RBI single, Mayfield 2 run double, Reed 3 run HR and another run scoring on an error. The bullpen almost gave it back allowing 3 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th but Ferrell came on and got the last out to seal it.
Note: Tanielu is hitting .341 with 2 HR, 6 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-3, 2 R, 3 BB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 4-for-6, 4 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 3B: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI
- AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Matt Ramsey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (69-45) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Hartman continued his hot pitching going 5 innings allowing 1 run while striking out 6. The Hooks scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning on a Birk 2 run double. They would get 2 more in the 5th on a Dawson solo HR and another run scoring on an error. Bostick relieved Hartman and was great tossing 4 no-hit innings with 6 strikeouts to save it.
Note: Dawson is hitting .292 with 5 XBH in 6 AA games.
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Josh Rojas, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (64-49) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez started for Buies Creek and was solid allowing 1 run over 5 innings. He was relieved by Solomon who struck out 6 over 4 shutout innings. The offense was quiet until they 9th when they tied the game on a bases loaded walk from Matijevic. The game would go to extra innings and Buies Creek opened up a nice lead scoring 4 runs in the 5th on a Julks 2 run double and Matijevic 2 run HR. Paredes closed it out with 2 scoreless innings to get the win.
Note: Matijevic has 3 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-6, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-5, R
- Cody Bohanek, 3B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Peter Solomon, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Enoli Paredes, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (63-49) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (28-22) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Austin Dennis, LF: 1-for-3, R
- Trey Dawson, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Oscar Campos, 1B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Cody Deason, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- J.P. France, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
GCL Astros Notables
- Ernesto Jaquez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: Brock Dykxhoorn (3.27 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: Bryan Abreu (0.54 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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