Astros Minor League Recap: July 31st

Astros Minor League Recap: July 31st, 2018

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-45) OFF

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (67-41) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Martin started for the Hooks and was phenomenal. He started the game with 6.2 perfect innings before allowing a single. He finished going 7 innings allowing just the 1 hit, no runs, and struck out 8. The Hooks got one run in the first on a Cesar RBI single. The offense struggled for the next 6 innings finding themselves down 3-1 after Pinales allowed 3 runs in the 8th. They would rally for 4 runs though on a de Oleo RBI single, Wrenn RBI single, and Cesar 2 run single. Blanco picked up the save allowing a run in the 9th.

Note: Martin has a 1.91 ERA with 25 BB/92 K in 94 innings this season.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Stephen Wrenn, DH: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 3-for-4, 3 RBI
• Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-3, R
• Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI

• Corbin Martin, RHP: 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (60-47) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Solomon made his Buies Creek debut tossing 4 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts before a rain delay shortened his outing. Buies Creek got on the board in the 3rd on an Arauz RBI triple and Julks sac fly. They would pick up 3 more in the 5th on a De La Cruz 2 run single and Robinson RBI double. Matijevic added some insurance with a solo HR in the 7th, his 14th of the season. Valdez relieved Solomon and went 3 innings allowing 2 runs. Ramirez closed it out with 2 scorless innings.

Note: Matijevic is hitting .313 with 3 HR over his last 10 games.

• Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, SB
• J.J. Matijevic, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB, SB
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-4, R, SB
• Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Cody Bohanek, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB, SB
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3, R, 3B, RBI

• Peter Solomon, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-48) lost 8-1 (BOX SCORE)

Rough night for Quad Cities. Rodriguez got the start and pitched well initially but ran into some trouble allowing 6 runs in the 4th inning. He was relieved by Paulino who allowed 2 runs in 3.1 innings. The River Bandits only managed 1 run in the game which came on a Taylor HR in the 4th. They were unable to get anything else going as they lost 8-1.

Note: Duncan has 50 K in 41.2 innings this season.

• Marty Costes, CF: 2-for-3, BB
• Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Tanner Duncan, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (25-18) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: McKenna is hitting .333 with 4 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Austin Dennis, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Alex McKenna, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• Cesar Salazar, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Shawn Dubin, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

GCL Notables:

• Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Cy Sneed (3.51 ERA)

CC: Ryan Hartman (2.89 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Jairo Solis (3.69 ERA)

TRI: TBD

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