Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 11th

Houston Astros MiLB Recap

Another night of minor league baseball is in the books. Some guys stayed hot and had great nights. Here are the numbers:

AAA: Oklahoma City Redhawks (36-31) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

• Enrique Hernandez, SS: 2-5, RBI
• Ronald Torreyes, 2B: 0-3, R, 2 BB
• Domingo Santana, LF: 1-5, R
• Matt Duffy, 3B: 3-4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
• Max Stassi, C: 1-3, BB
• Marc Krauss, PH: 1-1, R, HR, 3 RBI

• Paul Clemens, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
• Kevin Chapman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO

Matt Duffy stays hot hitting another HR. He now has 5 HR in AAA and all of them have came in the last 4 games. Enrique Hernandez is hitting .302 on the season and .297 in AAA. Though Santana only had one hit, he didn’t strike out which is nice. Krauss hit a pinch hit 3 run HR, his first since rejoining OKC.

Clemens with a nice outing for OKC. Clemens now has a 0.82 ERA in 22 AAA innings.

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (32-33) won 7-0 (BOX SCORE)

• Ruben Sosa, LF: 1-4, 3B, RBI
• Nolan Fontana, 2B: 1-4, R
• Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-3, R, 2B
• Preston Tucker, RF: 1-4, R
• Jonathan Meyer, 3B: 1-4, R, 3B, 3 RBI
• Tyler Heineman, C: 1-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI

• Luis Cruz, LHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 SO
• Tyson Perez, RHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 SO
• Richard Rodriguez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO

Fontana has been scuffling of late but still walking at a high rate (13 BB in last 10 games). Nice to see Tucker, Aplin, Sosa all contribute with hits. Meyer with a big hit but he is only hitting .182 since his demotion to AA. Heineman is hitting .252 with only 18 SO in 38 games.

Luis Cruz returned from the DL and pitched great. He was on a pitch count and threw exactly 60 pitches.  Tyson Perez has only given up 1 ER in 9.1 IP in AA.

Also it appears Preston Tucker may be on his was to AAA.

A+: Lancaster Jethawks (43-24) won 16-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 4-5, 3 R, 2B, BB, SB
• Carlos Correa, SS: 2-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Rio Ruiz, 3B: 2-6, R, HR, 6 RBI
• Roberto Pena, C: 2-6, R, HR, RBI
• Conrad Gregor, 1B: 2-5, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Danry Vasquez, RF: 5-5, 4 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• David Mayfield, DH: 1-5, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Chris Devenski, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO
• Matt Heidenreich, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO

With this win Lancaster clinched the South Division first half Champions. Man Tony Kemp has been a stud this season. His average is up to .340 and he has scored 73 runs in 64 games with 41 BB/31 SO. Correa is hitting .335 with 34 BB/40 SO and 54 RBI in 57 games. Oh and Correa is also hitting .429 in his last 10 games.

Ruiz has 17 2B, 6 HR, 43 RBI in 63 games this season. Conrad Gregor is hitting .396 since his promotion to A+. Really nice to see Vasquez have a good game. Raised his average from .250 to .268.

Nice start from Devenski who now has a 4.15 ERA with 65 SO in 60.2 IP.

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (34-31) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

• Brett Phillips, CF: 1-5, RBI
• Chase McDonald, 1B: 2-4, 2 R
• Tyler White, 3B: 1-3, R, RBI
• Austin Elkins, 2B: 1-2, 2 RBI

• Evan Grills, LHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO

Phillips continues to add on to his good season so far. He is hitting .308 in his last 10 games and .308 overall. He also has 10 2B, 10 3B and 30 RBI. Tyler White is hitting .345 over his last 10 games with 3 HR, 7 RBI.

Nice start from Grills who now has a 3.12 ERA on the season. He has only walked 10 batters in 60.2 IP.

Today’s Scheduled Starting Pitchers (according to team websites): 

OKC – David Martinez (3.76 ERA)

CC – Jordan Jankowski (3.21 ERA)

LC – Mark Appel (11.93 ERA)

QC – TBD