Monday, July 16, 2018

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Sunday, July 15, 2018

Fresno 5, Tacoma 3

W- Brock Dykxhoorn (4-1, 6-1 season)
L- Darren McCaughan (1-1)
S- Brendan McCurry (11)

Fresno home runs: D.J. Fisher (7, solo in 1st)

The Grizzlies earned the split behind a strong performance from the bullpen.

Brady Rodgers allowed three runs on six hits, walked two, and struck out four in 4.1 innings of work. Brock Dykxhoorn allowed a hit, walked three, and struck out four over 3.2 scoreless innings and Brendan McCurry struck out two in a 1-2-3 9th.

D.J. Fisher led off the game with a homer. Fresno got a couple more in the opening frame with a pair of RBI singles from J.D. Davis and Jack Mayfield. Garrett Stubbs walked and scored on a sac fly in the 3rd, and Taylor Jones hit a sac fly in the 7th. Davis, Mayfield, Myles Straw, and A.J. Reed (2 2B, 2 R) all finished 2-4 on the afternoon.

Rogelio Armenteros will take on Jordan Johnson in the first game of a four-game set with Sacramento at 7:05 Pacific.

Frisco 9, Corpus Christi 7

W- Adam Choplick (5-1)
L- Erasmo Pinales (1-4)
S- Reed Garrett (11)

CC home runs: Alex De Goti (10, solo in 4th), Lorenzo Quintana (9, solo in 6th), Carmen Benedetti (3, solo in 7th)

The Hooks took the lead in the 8th thanks to Alex De Goti's two-run double... but the Roughriders scored three in the top of the 9th to take the opener of the latest iteration of the Lone Star Series in the Texas League. Corpus had an answer for every Frisco outburst... but couldn't mount a response when they needed it most as the Riders scored six runs in the final three innings.

When a pitching staff allows 18 hits... they probably didn't have a great night at the office. I'll just leave it at that.

Randy César put Corpus on the board when he ripped a two-run double in the bottom of the 1st inning. After Frisco scored in the top of the 3rd and the 4th to take the lead, De Goti squared things up with a solo blast in the bottom of the 4th. Lorenzo Quintana, who homered three times last week, launched a solo shot of his own in the 6th. Carmen Benedetti followed suit when he led off the bottom of the 7th with a homer. De Goti smacked the two-run double to put the Hooks back in the lead... which wasn't held.

De Goti, Quintana, Benedetti, and Chas McCormick all finished with two hits on the night. Stephen Wrenn now has 30 stolen bases on the season.

Akeem Bostick will face Justin Topa in game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:05.

Winston-Salem 6, Buies Creek 4

W- Blake Battenfield (2-1)
L- Carson LaRue (4-6)
S- Danny Dopico (5)

BC home runs: Ronnie Dawson (10, solo in 6th), Carlos Canelón (2, solo in 7th)

The Carolina Stros fought back to get themselves out of a 5-0 hole, but they couldn't quite complete the comeback.

Carson LaRue and Tyler Ivey pitched four innings apiece. LaRue allowed five runs on eight hits (three-run homer), walked one, and struck out one, while Ivey allowed a run on five hits and struck out seven.

Jonathan Arauz put Buies Creek on the board with an RBI double in the 5th and an error allowed Carlos Canelón to score another run in the frame. Ronnie Dawson led off the 6th with a homer and Canelón launched a leadoff homer of his own to start the 7th. The two home run hitters both finished 2-4 on the day.

Abdiel Saldaña will take on Lincoln Henzman in the series finale. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 6, Bowling Green 0

W- Jairo Solís (1-3)
L- Austin Franklin (6-5)
S- Bryan Abreu (1)

QC home runs: David Hensley (1, 2-run in 2nd), Colton Shaver (10, 2-run in 3rd), Seth Beer (2, 6 season; solo in 7th)

The Banditos wrecked the Hot Rods on Sunday afternoon.

Jairo Solís and Bryan Abreu joined forces to hold Bowling Green to two hits on the day. Solís allowed two hits, walked four, and struck out four over 5.2 innings and Abreu completed the shutout by striking six over 3.1 near-perfect innings; the one man he allowed to reach got on because he plunked him.

David Hensley opened the scoring by smacking a two-run homer in the 2nd and Colton Shaver whacked a two-run blast of his own in the 3rd. Hensley walked to lead off the 4th and wound up scoring on a single from Logan Mattix. Seth Beer capped off the day with a solo blast in the 7th. Hensley, Shaver, and Marty Costes all finished with two hits on the afternoon.

Chad Donato will get the start as Quad Cities wraps up its series in western Kentucky. First pitch is at 12:05.

Tri-City 11, State College 1

W- Brett Daniels (1-0)
L- Jim Voyles (2-2)

TC home runs: Alex Holderbach (1, solo in 3rd), Luis Encarnación (4, solo in 5th)

The ValleyCats scored nine of their 11 runs in the final three frames to turn this game into a laugher.

J.B. Bukauskas allowed seven singles and struck out two over 3.1 innings. Brett Daniels was the first man out of the Tri-City bullpen and the one run he allowed came on a solo homer, one of two hits that he allowed in 2.2 innings. Daniels also walked one and struck out two. Jacob Billingsley, J.P. France, and Luis de Paula all turned in scoreless innings; Billingsley worked around a walk in the 7th while France and de Paula both walked one and struck out one in the 8th and the 9th, respectively.

Alex Holderbach opened the scoring with his first pro homer, a solo shot in the 3rd. Luis Encarnación smacked a solo homer of his own in the 5th. The real fun started in the 7th.

Austin Dennis and Michael Wielansky singled to start the inning and they both scored on an error that allowed Carlos Machado to reach. Encarnación, who walked following a pitching change, scored on a base hit from Holderbach. Another error allowed Holderbach and Machado to come home; Gilberto Celestino was credited with an RBI on the play. Trey Dawson walked to lead off the 8th and Wielansky brought him in with a base hit. Machado hit into a force out that erased Wielansky at second, but Dennis was able to score and there was also an error on the play. Holderbach followed with an RBI triple. Celestino doubled to lead off the 9th and scored the final run of the game when Dawson grounded into a force out.

Holderbach and Dennis had three hits apiece in this game, while Wielansky, Celestino, and Alex McKenna all finished with two hits.

Carlos Hiraldo gets the start for Tri-City as they look for the sweep. He'll take on Jake Dahlberg at noon Eastern.

DSL All-Star Game

Ernesto Jaquez was the first man out of the AL bullpen and worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 2nd inning, striking out two. Victor Mascai came on to play first base in the 4th and played the rest of the way, going 0-2 and scoring a run.

Sunday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Jairo Solís' photo is is mugshot on MiLB.com.
Bryan Abreu's photo taken by Bryan Green.
Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 6-0 @ Bowling Green
Jairo Solís: W (1-3), 5.2 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 4 K
Bryan Abreu: Save (1), 3.1 IP, 6 K


Colton Shaver's photo taken by Rich Guill.
David Hensley, IF, and Colton Shaver, 1B, Quad Cities
Hensley: 2-2, 2B, 2-R HR (1), 2 R, 2 BB
 Shaver: 2-5, 2-R HR (10)

Ronnie Dawson, OF, and Carlos Canelón, C, Buies Creek
Dawson: 2-4, solo HR (10)
Canelón: 2-4, solo HR (2), 2 R

This is his mugshot on MiLB.com.
Tyler Ivey, RHP, Buies Creek
4 IP, 5 H, ER, 7 K

Fresno Grizzlies bullpen
4.2 IP, H, 3 BB, 6 K
Brock Dykxhoorn: W (4-1, 6-1 season), 3.2 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 K
Brendan McCurry: Save (11), IP, 2 K

This is his mugshot on MiLB.com.
Alex Holderbach, C, Tri-City
3-3, 3B, solo HR (1), 3 RBI, 2 R

Alex De Goti, SS, Corpus Christi
2-3, 2B, solo HR (10), 3 RBI

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