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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