Astros Minor League Recap: August 1st, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-46) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Sneed started for the Grizzlies last night and struggled a bit allowing 3 runs and walking 5 over 5 innings. Fresno picked up 2 runs in the 4th on a Tanielu 2 run HR. The offense was unable to score again even though they had 12 hits and 3 walks. Emanuel allowed 2 runs in relief. Perez and Ramsey had scoreless outings but the Grizzlies lost 5-2.
Note: Stubbs is hitting .393 over his last 8 games.
- Derek Fisher, CF: 0-for-3, 2 BB, SB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 4-for-4, SB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Matt Ramsey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-41) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks starters have been great recently and Hartman continued that trend last night allowing 2 runs over 7 innings while striking out 11. The Hooks picked up a run in the first inning on a Wrenn sac fly. They got another run in the 3rd on a Cesar solo HR, his 10th of the season. The game would go to extra innings tied 2-2. In the bottom of the 10th, Sierra came through with a walk-off sac fly to win it 3-2.
Note: Hartman has a 2.87 ERA with 24 BB/114 K in 97.1 innings this season.
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, R, 3B
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 0-for-3, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Josh Rojas, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, SB
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 11 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (60-48) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Buies Creek got on the board in the first inning on a solo HR from Julks. They would maintain that 1-0 lead for the first 8 innings thanks to a stellar performance from Bailey. Bailey went 8 innings allowing 1 hit and no runs while striking out 8. Unfortunately, Wilmington rallied for 2 runs in the 9th and won by a score of 2-1.
Note: Bailey has a 1.63 ERA with 60 K in 55.1 innings over his last 10 outings.
- Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Seth Beer, DH: 1-for-4
- Brandon Bailey, RHP: 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (60-48) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)
Solis got the start for Quad Cities last night and pitched well allowing just 1 run over 5.2 innings. The Quad Cities offense came out swinging scoring one in the first and one in the second on a Sierra solo HR. They would score 4 more in the 3rd on a Costes solo HR, Shaver 2 run double, and Angarita solo HR. Castro added a 2 run single in the 5th to make it 8-1. Sierra would add a second solo HR in the 7th to cap the scoring. Sandoval closed the game out with 3.1 scoreless innings.
Note: Solis has a 2.79 ERA over his last 10 outings.
- Marty Costes, LF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB, SB
- Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Colton Shaver, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Alfredo Angarita, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (25-19) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: McKenna has a .938 OPS in 26 games this season.
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Andy Pineda, DH: 3-for-4, 2B
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-4
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Cody Deason, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
GCL Notables:
- Freudis Nova, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (3.86 ERA)
CC: TBD
BC: TBD
QC: Chad Donato (3.24 ERA)
TRI: TBD
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