What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Fresno was off

The Grizzlies welcome the Tacoma Rainiers to Chukchansi Park for their final home series of the 2017 season. David Martinez takes the mound in game 1, which starts at 7:05 Pacific.

Midland 8, Corpus Christi 4

W- Heath Fillmyer (10-4)
L- Framber Valdez (4-5, 6-8 season)

CC home runs: Ramon Laureano 2 (9; solo in 6th, solo in 8th), Kyle Tucker (13, 22 season; solo in 4th)

The Hooks launched 3 homers, but they were all solo shots... they probably needed some more firepower in this one.

Ramon Laureano went 2-4 and launched two solo shots in the 6th and the 8th inning. Kyle Tucker smacked one in the 4th. Myles Straw went 2-4 with an RBI single in the 5th and stole a base, his first at the AA level. Straw now has 37 stolen bases this year.

Framber Valdez went 4.2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 8 hits (2-run homer), walked 2, and struck out 5. Ralph Garza Jr. allowed 4 runs on 3 hits and walked 3 in an inning of work. Nick Hernandez allowed one hit, a solo homer, in his 2.1 innings. Hernandez also walked 2 and struck out 4. Ryan Thompson worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 9th, striking out 1.

Forrest Whitley takes on Casey Meisner at 7:05.

Buies Creek 7, Lynchburg 3

W- Abdiel Saldaña (1-0, 6-2 season)
L- Sean Brady (1-1)

BC home runs: None.

The Carolina Stros snapped their 4-game slide on Tuesday by scoring the last 7 runs of this game in response to a 3-run homer from the Hillcats in the top of the 1st inning.

Brett Adcock went 4 innings and Lynchburg's one scoring play was that homer. He went 4 innings and allowed one other hit, walked 3, and struck out 4. Kevin Hill struck out 1 in a 1-2-3 5th to bridge the gap to Abdiel Saldaña, who shut it down over the last 4 innings by walking 1 and striking out 5.

Buies Creek put up 4 in the bottom of the 1st thanks to a 2-run double from Randy César and a 2-run single from Anthony Hermelyn. César lashed another double in the 3rd and ended up scoring on an error that allowed Taylor Jones to reach. Alex De Goti doubled to lead off the 6th and came home on a sac fly from Ronnie Dawson. Jones capped off the evening with a sac fly in the 7th that scored César, who went 3-4 on the night. Yordan Alvarez went 2-4 and scored a run.

Hector Perez will start the series finale. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.

Beloit 3, Quad Cities 0

W- Zack Erwin (6-4)
L- Ronel Blanco (5-4, 5-5 season)

QC home runs: None.

For the first time since May 17, 2014, Quad Cities failed to record a hit in a baseball game.

Daz Cameron and Luis Payano both drew a walk.

Ronel Blanco allowed an unearned run on 2 hits, walked 5, and struck out 1 in 4.2 innings. Patrick Sandoval went 3.1 innings and allowed 2 runs on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4.

The Banditos and Snappers meet for the final time in 2017 at 7:00.

Connecticut 5, Tri-City 2

W- Oswaldo Castillo (2-2)
L- Carlos Hiraldo (1-5)
S- Drew Carlton (7)

TC home runs: None.

The ValleyCats were done in by 4 errors on Tuesday.

Jake Meyers went 2-3 and scored both Tri-City runs, coming home on a Gabriel Bracamonte infield single in the 6th and again in the 8th on J.J. Matijevic's single.

Carlos Hiraldo went 4.1 innings and allowed 4 unearned runs (1 inherited runner charged to him) on 6 hits and struck out 7. Tyler Ivey was the first man out of the Tri-City bullpen and allowed a run on 3 hits while striking out 5 in 3.1 innings of work. Luis Ramirez got the last out of the 8th.

The ValleyCats and Tigers will conclude their series at 7:05 Eastern.

Greeneville 4, Johnson City 1

W- Jairo Solis (1-1, 3-2 season)
L- Alvaro Seijas (4-2)
S- Tim Hardy (1)

Greeneville home runs: None.

The Appy Astros opened up a crucial series with a victory thanks to some fine pitching.

Jairo Solis won his first Appy League start by allowing an unearned run on 3 hits, walking 1, and striking out 6 in 5 innings of work. Tim Hardy allowed 2 hits and fanned 8 over the final 4 innings to earn the save.

Greeneville scored twice in the 3rd on a Gilberto Celestino RBI single and a Roman Garcia sac fly and did so again in the 7th when Wilson Amador ripped an RBI double and came around to score on a single from Juan Piñeda. Amador went 2-3 and was the only player on either side to finish with a multi-hit game.

GCL Mets 3, GCL Astros 2 in 10 innings

W- Luis Mateo (1-3)
L- Brendan Feldmann (1-1)

GCL home runs: None.

The Palm Beach Stros scored twice in the opening frame... but that was all they could muster up on offense.

Hector Martinez and Angel Tejeda both drew bases-loaded walks in the 1st inning. Carlos Machado finished 2-4 and scored one of the runs.

Nivaldo Rodriguez went 4 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, walked 2, and struck out 7. Devin Raftery was the first man out of the bullpen, allowing a hit and striking out 5 in 3 innings. Brendan Feldmann pitched 2.1 innings and allowed the winning run (which was unearned) on 2 hits and struck out 4.

DSL Athletics 7, DSL Astros Blue 2

W- Eliel Ramirez (3-1)
L- Jean Reyes (0-2)
S- Carlos Sanchez (4)

Blue home runs: None.

Kendy Moya went 2-4. Rhandall Sanchez and Leonardo Gonzalez scored on wild pitches in the 5th inning.

Jean Reyes pitched 2 innings and allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, walked 4, and struck out 2. Jervic Chavez allowed 3 runs on 3 hits, walked 4, and struck out 1 in 4 innings, and Christopher Javier allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits, walked 2, and struck out 1 in 2 innings.

DSL Rangers1 5, DSL Astros Orange 4

W- Domingo Peña (1-0)
L- Jose Alberto Rivera (2-3)
S- Ediberto Encarnacion (2)

Orange home runs: None.

Both teams scored 4 runs in the 6th... but the Rangers also scored a run in the 4th.

Gerry Castillo and Renaigel Martis hit RBI singles in the 6th and they both scored on Sean Mendoza's single. Michael Garcia went 2-4.

Jose Alberto Rivera allowed a solo homer, which was the only hit he allowed in 3.2 innings. He also walked 2 and fanned 5. Christian Mejias allowed 4 runs on 6 hits (3-run homer), walked 3, and struck out 5. Yulian Frontado allowed a hit, walked 1, and struck out 1 over 2 innings.

Wednesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.