Astros Minor League Recap: September 2nd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (81-57) lost 7-0 (BOX SCORE)
Tough game for the Fresno offense as they managed just 3 hits, all singles. Emanuel got the start but struggled allowing 6 runs, 5 earned over 4 innings. The bullpen was solid but the offense was shutout in the 7-0 loss.
Note: Guduan has 80 K in 54.1 innings this season.
- Kyle Tucker, DH: 1-for-3
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, SB
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-4
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Matt Ramsey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (81-56) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Bukauskas made his AA debut last night and was phenomenal tossing 6 scoreless innings while striking out 8. The offense started slow but finally got on the board in the 8th on a de Oleo RBI single. Jones added an RBI single in the 9th for some insurance. Scheetz closed it out with 3 scoreless innings.
Note: Bukuaskas has a 2.14 ERA with 71 K in 59 innings this season.
- Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2B
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-3, RBI
- J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (79-57) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Buies Creek got the scoring started in this one scoring 2 runs in the 2nd inning on a Canelon 2 run single. Ivey started for the Astros and allowed 1 run over 5 innings. The game ended up being finished early due to rain after five innings, meaning Ivey got the complete game win.
Note: Ivey has a 2.97 ERA with 29 BB/135 K in 112 innings.
- Seth Beer, LF: 2-for-2, R
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-2, R, SB
- Carlos Canelon, C: 1-for-2, 2 RBI
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (80-59) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Garcia got the start and pitched well allowing just 1 unearned run which came in the first inning. He was relieved by Paulino who tossed 3 scoreless innings. The River Bandits were scoreless headed into the 8th but tied the game at 1 on a bases loaded walk to Taylor. The River Bandits loaded the bases in the 9th and walked it off on a run scoring fielder’s choice to win it 2-1.
Note: Garcia has a 2.00 ERA with 98 K in 85.1 innings this season.
- Marty Costes, RF: 0-for-4, RBI, BB
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Trey Dawson, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Tanner Duncan, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (42-32) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Logan Mattix, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 1-for-3, BB
- Juan Pineda, 2B: 1-for-2, BB, SB
- Jose Bravo, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Jose Alberto Rivers, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Akeem Bostick (-.– ERA)
CC: Brett Adcock (4.13 ERA)
BC: TBD
QC: TBD
TRI: TBD
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