Astros Minor League Recap: June 17th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (42-27) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
Armenteros starts for Fresno last night and was solid allowing just 1 run over his 5 innings of work. The Grizzlies got on the board in the 6th on a Mayfield RBI double and Tanielu RBI single. Fresno got some insurance in the 9th inning getting 4 runs with a run scoring on a wild pitch, a run scoring on an error, and a Davis 2 run double. The bullpen was solid tossing four scoreless innings.
Note: McCurry has a 1.88 ERA with 15 K in 14.1 innings over his last 10 outings.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, SB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- J.D. Davis, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (42-26) won 8-6 (BOX SCORE)
Perez started for the Hooks and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs with 6 strikeouts. Corpus Christi entered the 6th inning down 2-0 but tied the game on an Alvarez 2 run HR. After San Antonio took the lead in the bottom of the 6th, the Hooks scored 4 in the top of the 7th on a Sierra RBI single, Wrenn RBI single, Rojas RBI single and Alvarez RBI single. San Antonio tied it up at 6 but the Hooks would rally again scoring twice on a Rojas RBI single and another run scoring on an error. Ferrell tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to close it out as he picked up the win.
Note: Ferrell last 10 outings – 0.00 ERA, 13.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 18 K
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-32) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Another rough day for the Buies Creek offense. They picked up a run in the first on a Matijevic RBI double. Bailey started for Buies Creek and allowed 3 runs in the first inning. He ended up going 3.2 innings allowing those 3 runs. Adams added an RBI single in the 8th but that is all the offense would get as Buies Creek dropped this one 4-2.
Note: Matijevic has a .914 OPS in 48 games this season.
- Jake Meyers, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-2, SB
- Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, SB
- Brandon Bailey, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-30) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on a Sierra 2 run HR in the first inning. Angarita added an RBI single in the 3rd inning. Hensley and Mattix added RBI singles in the 5th inning to make it 5-1. Ramirez started for the River Bandits and allowed 1 run in 5 innings. The bullpen tossed 4 solid innings with Feldmann closing it out.
Note: Paredes has a 1.99 ERA with 41 K in 31.2 innings this season.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-4, R
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 2B
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Logan Mattix, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Enoli Paredes, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (1-2) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-3, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Marty Costes, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Luis De Paula, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Josh James (2.36 ERA)
CC: Forrest Whitley (0.00 ERA)
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
TRI: TBD
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