Astros Minor League Recap: August 6th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-48) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Mayfield is hitting .271 in 25 AAA games.
- Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- Preston Tucker, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Jack Mayfield, 3B: 4-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- David Martinez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Jumbo Diaz, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (54-59) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Ritchie became the first player in Hooks history to hit for the cycle.
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 4-for-4, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (66-47) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Cesar is hitting .464 with 8 RBI over his last 7 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-2, R, 3 BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 3-for-5, R, RBI
- Jake Rogers, C: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB, SB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, LF: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, RBI
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Hector Perez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (65-46) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Robinson is hitting .391 with 9 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-5, R
- Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Devon Carr, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (22-23) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Colton Shaver, DH: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, RBI, BB
- Kyle Davis, 2B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Nathan Thompson, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (23-19) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-5, 2B
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, SB
- Jose Benjamin, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 3B
- Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-3, SB
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Johsson Arias, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Ian Hardman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (4.76 ERA)
CC: OFF
BC: OFF
QC: Carson LaRue (2.83 ERA)
TC: Alex House (2.79 ERA)
GV: TBD
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