Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 30th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (39-39) won 23-3 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno explodes for 23 runs. Fresno jumped out to an early lead with a 2 run HR from Tucker in the first inning. In the 3rd inning Fresno scored 3 runs on an RBI double from Bregman and another 2 run HR for Tucker. In the 4th they put up 6 runs with an RBI single from Aplin, RBI single from Bregman, RBI single from Tucker, 2 run single from Moran, and an RBI single from Teoscar. They weren’t done. In the 5th inning they scored 7 runs with an RBI double from Bregman, RBI double from Kemmer, 2 run single from Moran, and a 2 run HR from Hernandez. Tucker drove in another in the 6th with an RBI double and came home on a 2 run HR from Kemmer. Tucker would cap off the scoring with another 2 run HR, his 3rd HR of the game in 8th. Rodgers got the start and allowed 1 run over 5 innings of work.
- Alex Bregman, SS: 4-for-5, 5 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Preston Tucker, LF: 5-for-6, 5 R, 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Andrew Aplin, RF: 1-for-6, R, RBI
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-6, R, 4 RBI
- Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 4-for-6, 2 R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Josh Fields, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (51-26) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the Corpus Christ bats. Sneed got the start and went 4 innings allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts. The only run Corpus scored was on a solo HR from JD Davis in the 2nd inning. Smith pitched the final 5 innings now allowing a run and striking out 3. Unfortunately the offense wasn’t able to get anything else going and Corpus fell 3-1.
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 1-for-3, BB, SB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Chase McDonald, DH: 1-for-3
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-4
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (39-38) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Solid win for Lancaster. James got the start in this one and allowed just 1 run over his 6.2 innings of work. The Jethawks tied the game in the 6th when Nunez scored on an error. In the 7th they would extend the lead with 3 runs thanks to an RBI double from Ballard, RBI walk from Boyd, and RBI walk from Sewald. Deemes got back on track tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in relief. Weathersby tossed a scoreless 9th to seal the win.
- Bobby Boyd, DH: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Keach Ballard, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 3-for-3, R, RBI, BB, 2 SB
- Jason Martin, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, SB
- Joshua James, RHP: 6.2 IP, 10 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (35-42) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
QC got the scoring started when Duarte doubled and came around on a wild pitch in the first inning. They would get 3 more in the second inning with Correa scoring on a balk and Duarte driving in two with a double. Quiala got the start for the River Bandits and pitched well going 7 innings giving up 3 earned runs. In the bottom of the 6th Goedert and Porter hit back to back HRs to give Quad Cities a 6-3 lead. Murphy pitched a scoreless two innings to seal the win for Quad Cities.
- Myles Straw, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Christian Correa, DH: 2-for-3, R
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (6-8) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
Tri-City got the bats going last night. The ValleyCats got on the board early with 3 runs in the first inning thanks to a Wrenn 2 run HR, his 6th of the season, and a Jones RBI single. In the 4th inning they would add 5 more runs on an RBI single from Rogers, 3 run double from Birk, and an RBI single from Cameron. Hunt got the start going 2.2 innings allowing 1 earned run. He was relieved by Pinales who allowed 1 earned run over 4 innings with 7 strikeouts. Five ValleyCats had multiple hits with Cameron leading the way going 3-for-4.
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Daz Cameron, CF: 3-for-4, RBI, BB, 2 SB
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-5, R, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, 1B: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B 3 RBI, BB
- Taylor Jones, DH: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (2-6) lost 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Justin Garcia, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Devon Carr, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
ROOKIE: GCL Astros (2-4) lost 9-7 (BOX SCORE)
- Andy Pineda, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, 2 SB
- Jonathan Matute, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-3, R, 2B
- Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-5, R
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Wilson Amador, RF: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (3.02 ERA)
CC: Francis Martes (3.65 ERA)
LAN: Trent Thornton (4.71 ERA)
QC: Matt Bower (2.55 ERA)
TC: Sebastian Kessay (4.09 ERA)
GV: Ricardo Castro (0.00 ERA)
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