Astros Minor League Recap: September 1st

Astros Minor League Recap: September 1st, 2018

Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (81-56) won 8-2 (BOX SCORE)

Sneed started for Fresno and while he allowed just 1 run over 5 innings, he had 5 BB/2 K. The offense got the scoring started in the 5th getting a 2 run single from Davis. In the 7th, Stubbs added an RBI single to make it 3-1. Fresno added so more insurance in the 8th scoring 4 runs on a Reed RBI single and Ferguson 3 run HR. Mayfield added an RBI single in the 9th. Guduan closed it out allowing a run over 2 innings.

Note: Alvarez is hitting .310 with 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-5, R, 3B
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-5, R
• Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-3, R, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB

• Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (80-56) lost 12-8 (BOX SCORE)

Bailey started for the Hooks and pitched well early on but allowed 3 runs in the 5th and 2 in the 6th as he allowed 5 runs in 5 innings. The Hooks got on the board in the 3rd on a Birk sac fly. They took the lead in the 5th scoring 5 runs on a Wrenn RBI single, Toro bases loaded walk, Jones 2 run single, and Cesar sac fly. In the 7th they picked up 2 more runs on a Toro RBI double and Cesar RBI single. Unfortunately the bullpen struggled allowing 7 runs and they lost 12-8.

Note: Dawson is hitting .350 with 3 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, BB, SB
• Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-5, R
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI, SB
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
• Randy Cesar, DH: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Josh Rojas, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-3, R, 2B
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB

• Brandon Bailey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (78-57) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)

Javier started but struggled only lasting 1.2 innings. He was relieved by McKee who allowed 3 runs over his 1.2 innings. The offense got 2 runs back in the 3rd on a Beer 2 run single. Duarte added an RBI double in the 4th to cut the deficit to 1 run. Carolina then picked up 3 more runs off DeJuneas and Paredes to take a 7-3 lead. Buies Creek scored 2 in the 9th on a Matijevic 2 run single but couldn’t score anymore and lost 7-5.

Note: Matijevic has 51 XBH in 100 games this season.

• Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Seth Beer, DH: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• Carlos Canelon, C: 1-for-4, R
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Enoli Paredes, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Jake Meyers, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (79-59) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Abreu got the start and was very good striking out 8 over 4 scoreless innings. McKenna put the River Bandits on the board with a 3 run HR in the 3rd inning. They got two more in the 5th with a run scoring on an error and another on a bases loaded HBP to Salazar. Quad Cities picked up 2 more in the 6th on a McKenna RBI single and Taylor bases loaded walk. The bullpen allowed 4 runs but the offense did enough damage to win it easily.

Note: Abreu has a 1.49 ERA with 90 K in 54.1 innings this season.

• David Hensley, SS: 2-for-3, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
• Alex McKenna, CF: 3-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
• Chandler Taylor, RF: 0-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
• Trey Dawson, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB

• Bryan Abreu, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (42-31) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-5, RBI
• Granden Goetzman, DH: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Logan Mattix, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Austin Dennis, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Deury Carrasco, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Luis De Paula, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Kent Emanuel (5.31 ERA)

CC: J.B. Bukauskas (-.– ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Luis Garcia (2.67 ERA)

TRI: 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**