Astros Minor League Recap: July 19th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (55-42) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Thornton has a 2.12 ERA and 3 BB/17 K over his last 3 outings.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4
- Tyler White, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-4
- Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Dayan Diaz, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (48-48) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: McCall has homered in 3 straight games for Corpus.
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 8.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Andrew Walter, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-42) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-39) won 20-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Cameron is hitting .459 with 2 HR, 15 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-5, 3 R, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI
- Gabriel Bracamonte, PH-C: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 4-for-5, 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
- Daz Cameron, CF: 3-for-5, R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 1-for-5, R
- Chas McCormick, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Dustin Hunt, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (11-17) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Connor MacDonald, DH: 1-for-3, 2B
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, 2B
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Luis Ramirez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (16-10)
Game 1 – lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Colton Shaver, DH: 2-for-4, R
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-2, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Wilson Amador, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Ian Hardman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Game 2 – won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Wilson Amador, CF: 2-for-4, R, SB
- Gilberto Celestino, RF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Colton Shaver, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: TBD
CC: TBD
BC: Matt Bower (5.81 ERA)
QC: Abdiel Saldana (2.85 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Bryan Abreu (8.00 ERA)
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