Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd

Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (71-59) OFF

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (58-69) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Tucker has 4 HR, 7 RBI over his last 7 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
• Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
• Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-3, BB

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (71-57) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cesar is hitting .375 with 4 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 0-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-4, R
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
• Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Kevin Hill, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (75-52) lost 3-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Sandoval has 65 K in 51 IP this season.

• Daz Cameron, CF: 0-for-2, BB
• Luis Payano, RF: 0-for-2, BB

Yes, they were no-hit last night.

• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (30-30) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Jake Meyers, RF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Gabriel Bracamonte, DH: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (31-28) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Juan Pineda, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI
• Frankeny Fernandez, DH: 1-for-4, R
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI
• Joan Mauricio, SS: 0-for-2, R, BB
• Wilson Amador, LF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI

• Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: David Martinez (4.81 ERA)

CC: Forrest Whitley (0.00 ERA)

BC: Hector Perez (3.29 ERA)

QC: TBD

TC: TBD

GV: Francisco Villegas (3.63 ERA)

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**Photo Credit: Tammy Tucker**