Astros Minor League Recap: July 3rd

Astros Minor League Recap: July 3rd, 2017

Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (46-38) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Stassi is now hitting .290 with 10 HR in 162 at bats.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-4, R
• Reid Brignac, SS: 1-for-2, RBI, BB
• Max Stassi, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI

• Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K (WIN)
• Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-43) lost 4-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Dorris has 47 K in 38.1 innings this season.

• Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-4
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4, SB
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
• Jason Martin, DH: 1-for-4, 2B

• Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Andrew Walter, LHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (45-37) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Whitley has a 2.63 ERA with 22 BB/76 K in 51.1 innings.

• Ryne Birk, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, SB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Spencer Johnson, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, SB
• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 2 RBI

• Forrest Whitley, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K (WIN)
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (45-35) won 8-6 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Benedetti is hitting .395 over his last 10 games.

• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Carmen Benedetti, RF: 5-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-5, R, RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 3-for-5, 2 RBI
• Wander Franco, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 3B, HR, RBI
• Raymond Henderson, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
• Tyler Wolfe, 2B: 1-for-4, R

• Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (4-9) lost 5-0 (BOX SCORE)

• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4
• Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B

• Juan Robles, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Nathan Thompson, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Robert Corniel, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (7-4) POSTPONED

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (5.65 ERA)

CC: Framber Valdez (3.00 ERA)

BC: Brett Adcock (4.58 ERA)

QC: TBD

TC: Cristian Javier (6.00 ERA)

GV: Bryan Abreu (7.56 ERA)

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