Astros Minor League Recap: June 30th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (43-38) won 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno just keeps on rolling. Coleman got the start giving up 6 runs in 5.2 innings but the offense picked up the slack. Moran got the Grizzlies on the board early with a sac fly in the first inning. In the 2nd inning, they got 3 runs on a Kemp RBI single, White sac fly, and Fisher RBI double. Stassi added an RBI double in the 5th and Kemp added another RBI single in the 6th to make it 6-4. Sacramento would get a run in the 6th but Fresno added 2 more on a Tucker solo HR (13) in the 7th and White solo HR (13) in the 8th. Comer picked up the saving tossing 1.1 scoreless innings.
Note: Tucker has 13 HR, 59 RBI in 72 games this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Tyler White, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Teoscar Hernandez, DH: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 0-for-3, 2 BB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Preston Tucker, RF: 3-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Max Stassi, C: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, R
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B
- Casey Coleman, RHP: 5.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Tyson Perez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-40) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead on a Davis RBI single and Singleton sac fly in the first inning. McHugh made a rehab start and it did not go well. He allowed 4 runs on 7 hits in just 1 inning of work. He had a hit batter and allowed a single in the 2nd before being pulled due to a rain delay. Corpus got 4 runs in the 5th on Davis 2 run HR and a Martin 2 run double to take a 7-4 lead. NW Arkansas battled back getting 3 runs off of James in the 6th and winning it with 1 run in the 9th on a walk-off.
Note: Ferguson is hitting .349 with 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI over his last 10 games
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 2-for-4, 3 R, BB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-5, R
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-5, R
- Jason Martin, LF: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Collin McHugh, RHP: 1.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Josh James, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (42-37) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
One of the Astros top pitching prospects, Franklin Perez, was on the mound in this. He did not disappoint tossing 5 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk. Buies Creek gave him an early cushion scoring 2 runs in the first on an Alvarez RBI single and a Jones RBI double. Hartman relieved Perez and pitched well too allowing just 1 run over 4 innings of work, picking up the save.
Note: Perez has a 2.05 ERA with 6 BB/21 K over his last 4 outings (22 IP)
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, R
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 3-for-4, R, 2B
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Taylor Jones, DH: 3-for-4, RBI
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (42-35) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Quad Cities. LaRue got the start and was solid, other than one bad inning where Burlington scored all 4 runs. His final line was 4 runs over 5 innings with 3 strikeouts. Quad Cities started their comeback in 5th scoring 1 run on a Rojas solo HR. In the 6th inning, Dawson added a solo HR (8) to make it 4-2. Quad Cities entered the 9th and got 1 run on a Cameron RBI single but were unable to get any other runs. Blanco was solid in relief tossing 3 scoreless innings.
Note: Dawson is hitting .333 with 3 HR, 5 RBI over his last 7 games.
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (4-6) SUSPENDED
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (5-4) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Adrian Tovalin, 1B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Roman Garcia, DH: 2-for-4
- Joan Mauricio, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Cole Watts, LHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Austin Kerns, LHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Dean Deetz (13.00 ERA)
CC: Alex Winkelman (4.91 ERA)
BC: Hector Perez (3.45 ERA)
QC: Cionel Perez (4.37 ERA)
TC: Patrick Sandoval (5.00 ERA)
GV: TBD
Be sure to subscribe to receive weekly updates on the Astros minor league system. Also be sure to follow on Twitter, @AstrosFuture, and like my Facebook page, facebook.com/AstrosFuture.
**Photo Credit: Richard Guill**
