Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Fresno 2, Iowa 1

W- Josh James (4-4)
L- Rob Zastryzny (3-2)
S- Brendan McCurry (12)

Fresno home runs: None.

The Tacos scored in more innings than the Cubs and Josh James continues to pile up the strikeouts.

James allowed an unearned run on two hits, walked four, and struck out 11 in his six innings. Riley Ferrell, Ken Giles, and Brendan McCurry all pitched scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Ferrell was first and he struck out two in a 1-2-3 7th. Giles and McCurry both allowed a hit and struck out one in the 8th and the 9th, respectively.

Tyler White opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 3rd inning and Nick Tanielu broke the 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the bottom of the 6th. Tanielu, Jack Mayfield, and Myles Straw all finished with two hits on the evening; Straw also stole a base, which gives him 17 in AAA and 52 on the season.

Cy Sneed takes on Casey Coleman in game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:05 Pacific.


San Antonio 4, Corpus Christi 3 in 10 innings

W- T.J. Weir (2-0)
L- Alex Winkelman (4-3)

CC home runs: Lorenzo Quintana (10, solo in 3rd)

The Hooks erased an early 3-0 deficit... only to walk off with the loss in extras.

Lorenzo Quintana led off the 3rd with a homer to put Corpus on the board and Taylor Jones tied the game with a two-run single in the 8th. Quintana went 3-4 and scored two of the Hooks' three runs on the evening. Chas McCormick, who scored on Jones' single, went 2-3 and drew a couple of walks.

Brett Adcock shook off a rocky 1st inning in which he allowed three runs and ended up going four innings, allowing four hits, walking four, and striking out three. Hector Perez tagged in to throw five scoreless, allowing a hit, walking two, and striking out four. Alex Winkelman got one out in the 10th; he issued an intentional walk, a single, and the winning run with another walk.

Framber Valdez will get the start as the Hooks look to avoid a sweep. He'll take on Chris Paddack at 7:05.

Buies Creek and Potomac was postponed

Due to rain. A doubleheader will be played Wednedsay with game one scheduled to start at 4:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities was off

The Banditos will start a three-game series in Burlington at 6:30. Leovanny Rodriguez will take on Max Herrmann.

Tri-City 5, Auburn 4 in 10 innings

W- J.P. France (1-0)
L- Tanner Driskill (1-2)

TC home runs: Carlos Machado (1, 3-run in 6th)

The ValleyCats tied it in the 6th and walked off with the win in the first extra frame.

The one hit that Shawn Dubin allowed in his three innings of work was a homer. He struck out five. Mark Moclair's weird debut season continues. He threw 1.1 innings and all four outs he recorded came via strikeout. He also allowed an unearned run on five hits.

Moclair has struck out 24 in just 10.2 innings, but he's also allowed 14 hits, walked eight, and hit four batters. He's not exactly getting shelled but when he's not allowing baserunners in bunches, he's mowing them down with relative ease. Anyway, back to the action.

Hansel Paulino was next and the two runs he gave up in his 3.2 innings came on a homer. He allowed one other hit and fanned five. Tim Hardy walked two and struck out the side in the 9th but walked the first two men he faced in the 10th, which resulted in J.P. France getting summoned to extricate him from this predicament. All France did was strike out the first man he faced and then he induced an inning-ending double play.

Carlos Machado walked to lead off the 3rd and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Oscar Campos wound up reaching on an error and then they both pulled off a double steal. Machado scored Tri-City's first run on a sac fly from Jeremy Peña that turned into a double play. Machado struck again in the 6th when he smacked a three-run homer that tied the game at 4.

Campos started the 10th in scoring position but Austin Dennis took his place. Peña hit a bunt single to move Dennis over and then he took second on defensive indifference. Gilberto Celestino got a free pass to first to load the bases for Alex McKenna.... who went down on strikes. Enmanuel Valdez came through with the winner, however. He poked one through the right side of the infield to bring Dennis in with the winning run. Celestino and César Salazar both finished 2-4.

Tri-City and Auburn will continue their series at 7:00 Eastern.

GCL Astros and GCL Cardinals was suspended

This game was suspended after the 4th inning due to rain with both teams tied 0-0.

Angel Macuare allowed four hits, walked one, and struck out four in 3.1 innings and Jonathan Bermúdez got the last two outs of the 4th.

DSL Astros 8, DSL Royals1 2

W- Jose Antonio Hernandez (3-2)
L- Luis Villar (1-1)

DSL home runs: None.

The Academy busted this one open with four runs in the 5th.

Ernesto Jaquez continues to be absurd, but he turned in his second-worst outing of the year as he allowed an unearned run on two hits and struck out seven in four innings. (The one where he allowed an earned run was worse) That was just the second run that he's allowed all season. Flaer Gonzalez allowed a run on two hits and struck out one in the 5th. Jose Antonio Hernandez did not allow a hit over the last four innings; he walked two and struck out two.

The DSL squad got a couple of runs in the 3rd on a Jose Mendoza groundout and a Carlos Hurtado double. Junior Marte singled to lead off the 5th and scored on Yefri Carrillo's double. Carrillo scored on a Mendoza base hit; Mendoza advanced to third on Hurtado's second double of the day and scored on an Enmanuel Morillo groundout. Hurtado came home on a double from Abraham Castillo. Abraham Castillo scored on a wild pitch in the 8th and Carrillo's groundout allowed Jeury Castillo to score the final run of the day.

Abraham Castillo finished 3-4 with a double and scored a run. Carrillo, Mendoza, and Hurtado all finished with two hits.

Tuesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Ernesto Jaquez, RHP, and Jose Antonio Hernandez, RHP, DSL Astros
Jaquez: 4 IP, 2 H, unearned run, 7 K
Hernandez: W (3-2), 4 IP, 2 BB, 2 K

Carlos Hurtado, C, DSL Astros: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Jose Mendoza, IF, DSL Astros: 2-5, 2 RBI, R
Abraham Castillo, OF, DSL Astros: 3-4, 2B, RBI, R
Yefri Carrillo, OF, DSL Astros: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R

Shawn Dubin not pictured.

Shawn Dubin, LHP, and Carlos Machado, OF, Tri-City

Dubin: 3 IP, H (solo HR), ER, 5 K

Machado: Game-tying 3-R HR (2) in 6th, 2 R, SB (2)

Hector Perez, RHP, Corpus Christi

5 IP, H, 2 BB, 4 K

Lorenzo Quintana, C, Corpus Christi

3-4, solo HR (10), 2 R

Ken Giles' photo taken by Bryan Green

Fresno Grizzlies (dba Fresno Tacos) pitchers: W 2-1 vs. Iowa

9 IP, 4 H, unearned run, 4 BB, 15 K

Josh James: W (4-4), 6 IP, 2 H, unearned run, 4 BB, 15 K

Riley Ferrell: IP, 2 K

Ken Giles: IP, H, K

Brendan McCurry: Save (12), IP, H, K

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Let's play two in Buies Creek!

Fresno was off

The Grizzlies will start a three-game series in New Orleans tonight at 7:00. Brock Dykxhoorn will start the opener against Pablo Lopez.

This roadtrip apparently hasn't gotten off to a great start.

1 o clock flight cancelled, rescheduled for 530 now that’s delayed... wish I was surprised @AmericanAir

— Tyler White (@twhite409) June 12, 2018

I’ve been through the DM game and received no help. What I want is to one time arrive at my destination on time with my bags. https://t.co/a1lf0eMKmu

— Tyler White (@twhite409) June 12, 2018

Thanks @AmericanAir for canceling our flight to NO @FresnoGrizzlies #minorleagueproblems #notcool🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

— Rodney Linares (@RondeyLinares) June 12, 2018

San Antonio 5, Corpus Christi 1

W- Jerry Keel (5-2)
L- Akeem Bostick (0-2)

CC home runs: Alex De Goti (8, solo in 7th)

Unfortunately, the Hooks had to settle for the split in this series. They are two games behind the Missions and their elimination number for the first half now stands at five.

Alex De Goti smacked a solo homer in the 7th which represented the only Corpus Christi run of the night. Jamie Ritchie went 2-4 with a double and Randy César extended his hitting streak in his last plate appearance once again. His single in the 9th brings his streak to 34 games.

Akeem Bostick went three innings and allowed three runs on seven hits, walked one, and struck out two. Alex Winkelman allowed a run on a single, walked two, and struck out one in the 4th. Framber Valdez pitched the last five innings and allowed a run on three hits, walked one, and struck out ten. It's the second time that Framber has recorded double-digit strikeouts in a game; he fanned 11 on June 28 last year when he was with Buies Creek.

Forrest Whitley will start the first of a four-game series in Midland. First pitch is at 6:30.

Game 1: Carolina 9, Buies Creek 4

W- Marcos Diplán (3-2)
L- Brett Adcock (3-3)

BC home runs: None.

Both teams scored in three different innings in the first game. Unfortunately, the Mudcats put up crooked numbers in all three of the innings in which they scored.

J.J. Matijevic led off the bottom of the 1st with a single and scored the first run of the afternoon session on a wild pitch that was also called ball four to Jake Adams. Kristian Trompiz hit a one-out single in the 2nd. He moved to second on a Chuckie Robinson groundout and scored thanks to two wild pitches. Abraham Toro smacked a two-run triple in the 5th inning.

Brett Adcock went four innings and allowed six runs (three earned) on five hits, walked three, and struck out three. Jesús Balaguer was the first man out of the Buies Creek bullpen and the three runs he allowed came on a homer hit by Cooper Hummel in the 5th. He allowed two other hits, walked three, and struck out five. Robert Corniel struck out one in a 1-2-3 7th inning.

Game 2: Buies Creek 2, Carolina 1

W- Brandon Bailey (2-6)
L- Conor Harber (1-3)
S- Ronel Blanco (3)

BC home runs: None.

The Carolina Stros earned the split by scoring in more innings than the Mudcats did in the evening session.

Osvaldo Duarte opened the scoring in game two with an RBI single in the 3rd inning. Abraham Toro scored when Kristian Trompiz grounded into a force out in the 6th.

Brandon Bailey allowed two hits, walked three, and struck out five over 5.1 shutout innings. Ronel Blanco pitched the last 1.2 innings and allowed an unearned run on a sac fly, a single, walked one, and struck out three.

Buies Creek and Carolina will wrap up this series at 6:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 4, Clinton 0

W- Enoli Paredes (1-3)
L- Nick Wells (4-4)
S- Yohan Ramirez (1)

QC home runs: None.

The Banditos locked the LumberKings down in game one of a new series.

Dean Deetz made his season debut, pitching a scoreless 1st. He allowed a double and walked two in the inning, but he picked a man off first base, another man got caught stealing third, and the last out came via strikeout. Enoli Paredes came on for five innings and allowed a hit, walked one, and struck out seven. Yohan Ramirez completed the shutout, allowing two hits, walking one, and striking out six over the last three innings.

Bryan de la Cruz opened the scoring with a two-run single in the 1st. He added another RBI single to his ledger in the 6th and scored the final run of the evening on a single from Adrian Tovalin in the 8th. De La Cruz finished 3-4, while Tovalin and Corey Julks both went 2-4. Jake Meyers went 3-4 with a couple of doubles and scored twice.

Leovanny Rodriguez will start game two of this series. He'll take on Clay Chandler at 6:35.

DSL Astros 2, DSL Red Sox1 1

W- Jose Antonio Hernandez (1-1)
L- Yoelvis Guedez (0-1)
S- Flaer Gonzalez (1)

DSL home runs: None.

The Academy scored in more innings than the Red Sox did, so they won.

Yefri Carrillo tripled to lead off the 5th and scored on a single from Jose Alvarez. Rolando Espinosa walked with two outs in the 7th and scored what turned out to be the winning run on a single from Abraham Castillo. Carrillo and Alvarez both finished with two hits on the day, while Jeury Castillo went 3-3.

Ernesto Jaquez allowed a run on two hits, walked two, and struck out six in 3.2 innings. Jose Antonio Hernandez tagged in for 4.1 scoreless, allowing a hit, walking one, and striking out three. Flaer Gonzalez struck out two in a 1-2-3 9th to earn a save.

Tuesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Jose Antonio Hernandez, RHP, DSL Astros: W (1-1), 4.1 IP, H, BB, 3 K

Enoli Paredes' photo is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 4-0 vs. Clinton

9 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 14 K

Dean Deetz: IP, H, 2 BB, K in his season debut

Enoli Paredes: W (1-3), 5 IP, H, BB, 7 K

Yohan Ramirez: Save (1), 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 6 K

Bryan de la Cruz's photo taken by Bryan Green

Jake Meyers' photo is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Bryan de la Cruz, OF, and Jake Meyers, OF, Quad Cities

De La Cruz: 3-4, 3 RBI, R

Meyers: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 R

Framber Valdez, LHP, Corpus Christi

5 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 10 K

Brandon Bailey, RHP, Buies Creek

W (2-6), 5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K in game two of doubleheader

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Monday, August 21, 2017

Fresno 16, Reno 2

W- Cy Sneed (1-0, 10-5 season)
L- Anthony Banda (7-7)

Fresno home runs: A.J. Reed 2 (28; 2-run in 3rd, 3-run in 9th), Tyler White (24, solo in 9th)

The Grizzlies got on the board in this series by demolishing the Aces.

Cy Sneed shook off a 2-run homer in the 1st to got 7 innings. He allowed 3 other hits, walked 1, and struck out 6 during his time on the mound. Dean Deetz walked 1 and struck out 5 over the last 2 innings.

Fresno will look to draw even with Reno in the standings as they conclude this series at 7:05 Pacific. Mike Hauschild takes on Eric Jokisch.

Corpus Christi was off

The Hooks will start a 4-game series with Midland tonight at 7:05. Yoanys Quiala takes on Grant Holmes.

Buies Creek was off

The Carolina Stros are back at Campbell, where they'll start a 3-game series against Lynchburg at 7:00 Eastern. Elieser Hernandez will face Dominic DeMasi.

Quad Cities 8, Wisconsin 7

W- Yohan Ramirez (4-5)
L- Carlos Herrera (2-2)
S- Jesús Balaguer (1, 4 season)

QC home runs: Abraham Toro-Hernandez (7, 13 season; solo in 3rd), Daz Cameron (14, 2-run in 4th)

The Banditos hung on in order to get a road series win even though they nearly squandered an 8-1 lead in the finale.

Yohan Ramirez went 5 innings and allowed 4 runs on 3 hits (solo and 2-run homers), walked 3, and struck out 3. Lucas Williams was the first man out of the Quad Cities bullpen and allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3. Jesús Balaguer pitched the last 2.2 innings to get the save, allowing a run on 2 hits, walking 1, and striking out 4.

Ronnie Dawson put Quad Cities on the board and in the lead with a 2-run single in the 2nd. They got 2 more in the inning on a Chuckie Robinson RBI single and an RBI double from Troy Sieber. Abraham Toro-Hernandez launched a solo homer in the 3rd, and then in the 4th, Sieber added an RBI single to his ledger and scored on Daz Cameron's 2-run blast. Sieber (2B, RBI, R) and Robinson (2B, RBI, 2 R, SB) both finished with 2 hits on the day. Dawson stole 2 bases (17), while Robinson's stolen base gives him 7 on the year.

Quad Cities' final tour of Wisconsin in 2017 concludes with a 3-game series in Beloit that begins at 7:00. Carlos Sanabria will start game 1 and he'll go up against Matt Milburn.

Tri-City 10, Brooklyn 6

W- Ben Smith (6-2)
L- Joe Napolitano (0-2)

TC home runs: Colton Shaver 2 (4, 10 season; solo in 2nd, walk-off grand slam in 9th), Mike Papierski (3, solo in 4th), J.J. Matijevic (6, 2-run in 7th)

Colton Shaver has two career grand slams, and they're both walk-offs. He clubbed one to beat Staten Island in his first game as a ValleyCat back on July 27, and on Monday, he completed a Tri-City comeback by launching another one.

Shaver also opened the scoring with a solo shot in the 2nd inning. Mike Papierski launched a solo homer of his own in the 4th. Kyle Davis hit an RBI single in the 6th and J.J. Matijevic whacked a 2-run homer in the 7th.

Bryan De La Cruz ripped a one-out double in the bottom of the 9th and Matijevic joined him on the bases after getting a free pass to first base. Gabriel Bracamonte went down on strikes for the 2nd out, but De La Cruz scored the tying run on an error that allowed Adrian Tovalin to reach; Tovalin was credited with an RBI on the play.

With Papierski at the plate, Matijevic stole 3rd and Tovalin took 2nd on defensive indifference. Papierski eventually drew a walk to load the bases for Shaver, who decided that extra innings would not be required to determine the winner of this game. De La Cruz (2B, R, SB) also finished with 2 hits on the night alongside Shaver.

Adam Bleday and Juan Robles both pitched 4 innings. Bleday allowed 4 runs on 7 hits, walked 3, and struck out 2, while Robles allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits (solo homer), walked 1, and struck out 5. Ben Smith worked around a walk to throw a scoreless 9th.

Tri-City will head to Connecticut to start a new series. The first order of business for both teams, however, is completing a game from June 30 that was suspended due to rain. The ValleyCats were leading 1-0 heading into the 5th inning.

Corbin Martin will start the regularly scheduled game, which will be a 7-inning contest.

Greeneville 16, Bristol 0

W- Hansel Paulino (4-1)
L- Hunter Stratton (0-2)

Greeneville home runs: Brody Westmoreland (7, 3-run in 8th), Patrick Mathis (3, 2-run in 8th)

The Appy Astros administered a severe beatdown on Monday night.

Meanwhile, on the mound, Hansel Paulino, Gerardo Bojorquez, and Dariel Aquino kept Bristol off the scoreboard. Paulino allowed 7 hits, walked 1, and struck out 5 in his 5 innings of work. Bojorquez followed with 3 innings, allowing a hit and striking out 3, and Aquino worked around a hit in the 9th to complete the shutout.

Chad Donato takes the hill for the series finale. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.

GCL Marlins 4, GCL Astros 0

W- Karl Craigie (3-0)
L- Javier Navas (1-2)

GCL home runs: None.

The Palm Beach Stros got held off the scoreboard on Monday.

Alfredo Angarita went 2-3 with a double.

Javier Navas went 2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 1. Austin Kerns struck out 2 in a 1-2-3 3rd inning. Angel Heredia followed with 2 scoreless; he walked 1 and struck out 1. Tanner Duncan, Brendan Feldmann, and Carlos Pimentel all pitched an inning; Duncan allowed an unearned run on a groundout and a double in the 6th. Feldmann allowed a hit and struck out 1 in the 7th, and Pimentel worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 8th.

DSL Astros Blue 3, DSL Royals 2

W- Antonio Pujols (4-2)
L- Angel Zerpa (3-4)
S- Diosmerky Taveras (1)

Blue home runs: None.

Samir Caraballo and Kendy Moya both had 2 hits apiece in this game. Yorbin Ceuta opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 3rd inning and Ronaldo Urdaneta followed by hitting a sac fly. Nerio Rodriguez's sac fly in the bottom of the 7th put Team Blue back in front after the Royals had tied it in the top half.

Jose Antonio Hernandez allowed a run on a sac fly, a single, and struck out 3 in 4 innings. Angel Matos struck out 2 in a 1-2-3 5th. Antonio Pujols followed with 3 innings, allowing a run on 6 hits and striking out 3. Diosmerky Taveras got three groundball outs in the 9th to get the save.

DSL Astros Orange 2, DSL Pirates 1

W- Hecduar Barcenas (1-1)
L- Luis Arrieta (2-1)
S- Wender Oberto (1)

Orange home runs: None.

Deury Carrasco went 2-4 and opened up the scoring with an RBI single in the 6th. He also stole a base (30) and scored on an RBI double from Marco van der Wijst in the 9th. Van Der Wijst finished 3-4, while Renaigel Martis also had 3 hits on the day.

Fredy Medina allowed 2 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4 over 4 scoreless. Hecduar Barcenas walked 1 and struck out 3 in 2 scoreless innings of relief, and Wender Oberto threw the last 3 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits, walking 4, and striking out 6.

Monday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Fredy Medina, RHP, DSL Astros Orange: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K
Jose Antonio Hernandez, RHP, DSL Astros Blue: 4 IP, H, ER, 3 K

Marco van der Wijst, IF, DSL Astros Orange: 3-4, 2B, RBI
Deury Carrasco, IF, DSL Astros Orange: 2-4, RBI, R, SB (30)

Photo from Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.Net

Greeneville Astros: W 16-0 vs. Bristol

Offense: 16 R, 13 H

Pitching: 9 IP, 9 H, BB, 8 K

Patrick Mathis: 4-4, 2-R HR (3), 3 R

Brody Westmoreland: 3-R HR (7)

Joan Mauricio: 2-3, 3 RBI, R

Gilberto Celestino: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI

Hansel Paulino: W (4-1), 5 IP, 7 H, BB, 5 K

Gerardo Bojorquez: 3 IP, H, 3 K

Dariel Aquino: IP, H

Photo from Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.Net

Fresno Grizzlies: W 16-2 @ Reno

Offense: 16 R, 18 H

Pitching: 9 IP, 4 H (2-R HR allowed), 2 ER, 2 BB, 11 K

Cy Sneed: W (1-0, 10-5 season), 7 IP, 4 H (2-R HR allowed), 2 ER, BB, 6 K

Dean Deetz: 2 IP, BB, 5 K

A.J. Reed: 3-5, 2 HR (28), 6 RBI

Tyler White: 2-3, solo HR (24), 3 RBI, 2 R

Garrett Stubbs: 3-4, 3 RBI, R

Jack Mayfield: 3-5, 2 2B, 5 R

This is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Colton Shaver, 1B, Tri-City

2-5, 2 HR (4, 10 season), 5 RBI; walk-off grand slam in 9th

Chuckie Robinson, C, and Troy Sieber, 1B, Quad Cities

Robinson: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R, SB (7)

Sieber: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R