Astros Minor League Recap: July 8th, 2019
Another day of minor league action in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Round Rock Express (52-38) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (41-46) lost 14-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough games for the Hooks. Javier had his first bad outing in AA allowing 3 runs over just 1.2 innings. He was relieved by Collado who allowed 2 runs in 2 innings of work. DeJuneas came in later and allowed 6 runs in 1 inning. Shaver drove in the only run for the Hooks on an RBI single in the 5th inning. Two position players pitched, that’s how bad it was.
Note: Shaver is hitting .271 with 15 RBI in 14 AA games.
- Abraham Toro, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4
- Cristian Javier, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Lorenzo Quintana, RHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Colton Shaver, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (40-47) POSTPONED
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (53-30) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Tejada started for the River Bandits and allowed 2 runs over 4 innings, but walked 6. Rodriguez put the River Bandits on the board with a solo HR in the first. Kessinger added an RBI single in the 3rd. McKenna connected on a solo HR in the 4th, his first of the season. Salazar added some insurance with a 2 run double in the 7th. Unfortunately, the bullpen blew it and allowed the Kernels to comeback and win with 4 runs in the 9th.
Note: Salazar is hitting .433 over his last 10 games.
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Freudis Nova, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Grae Kessinger, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Cesar Salazar, DH: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Alex McKenna, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 1 K
- Jose Rivera, RHP: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Layne Henderson, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (8-14) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
- AJ Lee, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Korey Lee, DH: 2-for-4
- Bryan Arias, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- C.J. Stubbs, RF: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Wilyer Abreu, CF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Kyle Serrano, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Angel Macuare, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Lupe Chavez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
RR: OFF
CC: Yohan Ramirez (7.36 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
FV: Shawn Dubin (4.25 ERA) – 11:05 AM CT
QC: OFF
TC: Juan Pablo Lopez (4.02 ERA) – 10:00 AM CT
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