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Astros Prospect Report: Games of Memorial Day, May 25, 2015

Quad Cities drops a pair. Jiovanni Mier is the hero. Brett Phillips and Joe Musgrove go from knocking to banging on the door in AA.

By Irish Pete
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Memphis Cardinals at the Fresno Grizzlies

Alex White was what he is, I'm afraid. 6 innings pitched. 4 earned runs allowed. He gave up 6 hits and walked 3 while striking out 1.

Carlos Correa had an 0-4 night. He lined out to the left fielder, grounded out to the left side, and popped up to the first baseman. One of his grounders went for a double play. I am the lucky writer that gets to talk about Correa and doesn't get to gush. However, I will post that Luhnow was in town to watch him and other AAA dudes.

Grizzlies lose 5-1. Their record falls to 25-19.

Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Robbie Grossman LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.256
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.268
Matt Duffy 1B 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.279
L.J. Hoes RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.341
Jon Singleton DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.284
Alex Presley CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.297
Matt Dominguez 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.239
Max Stassi C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.189
Joe Sclafani 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.228

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Alex White (L, 1-3) 6.0 6 4 4 3 1 1 5.73
Jordan Jankowski 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.22
Mitch Lambson 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.70
Murilo Gouvea 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00


Midland RockHounds (OAK) at the Corpus Christi Hooks

The offense had to overcome a late meltdown from Brian Holmes and Jandel Gustave, but the Hooks managed to get the win. Mike Hauschild started the night and threw 78 pitches (53 strikes) in 5 innings recording 3 Ks and 6 ground outs to 2 air outs. Holmes was unusually wild, walking 4 in 3 innings pitched and allowing 5 hits on top of that.

Everyone but Chan Moon had a hit for the Hooks. Tony Kemp stole base number 11 on the season. Andrew Aplin stole 2 bases and Teoscar Hernandez stole his 8th bag.

Jiovanni Mier was able to play the hero in the bottom of the 10th. He came up with 2 outs and the bases juiced and hit a 2 out single opposite field to get the walkoff win for the 5,197 fans in attendance.

Hooks win 8-7. They continue to slowly creep closer and closer to Quad Cities with a record of 29-14.

Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Tony Kemp 2B 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.327
Jiovanni Mier SS 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.265
Andrew Aplin CF 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.452
Conrad Gregor 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.289
Jon Kemmer DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.258
Brandon Meredith RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.287
Trent Woodward C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.600
----> a- Teoscar Hernandez PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.186
Leo Heras LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.276
Chan Moon 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.296

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mike Hauschild 5.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 3.58
Brian Holmes (H, 1) 3.0 5 3 3 4 2 0 4.50
Jandel Gustave (BS, 2)(W, 1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1 1 3.10


Inland Empire 66ers (LAA) at the Lancaster JetHawks

20 MPH wind out to CF for a day game at Lancaster. Joe Musgrove says "no problem." He recorded 9 Ks and 7 groundouts. That's 15 of his 18 outs. Reymin Guduan and Frederick Tiburcio followed Musgrove's lead and combined to pitch 3 innings with 4 Ks. This was just a dominant pitching performance all around.

Brett "Maverick" Phillips led the charge offensively with 4 hits including a 2B and a HR. AJ Reed wasn't far behind Phillips adding 3 hits of his own. Reed's average has crept all the way up to .293. AJ Reed's May has been ridiculous. He's slashed .359/.434/.707 for an OPS of 1.140.

If there are 2 guys that are not only knocking but pounding on the door to AA, it's Musgrove and Phillips. 2 straight months of "mastery" by both of these guys warrants a promotion. The dominoes may be starting to fall with the outright release of Telvin Nash at Corpus.

JetHawks win 10-2. Their record climbs back over .500 to 23-22.

Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brett Phillips CF 5 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 0.339
Danry Vasquez DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.315
J.D. Davis 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.285
A.J. Reed 1B 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.293
Jack Mayfield SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.309
Ronnie Mitchell LF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.225
James Ramsay RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0.260
Brett Booth C 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.167
Marc Wik 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.279

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Joe Musgrove (W, 2-0) 6.0 7 2 2 0 9 0 2.70
Reymin Guduan 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.86
Frederick Tiburcio 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.15

Peoria Chiefs (STL) at the Quad Cities River Bandits

The River Bandits played the Cardinals affiliate in a double header that actually saw the River Bandits lose 2 games in 1 day. Jacob Nottingham had a big first game going 4 for 4 and Derek Fisher had a big second game going 2 for 3 with a walk. Both of these dudes also homered.

QC loses game 1, 8-6. They lose game 2, 6-3. Their record falls to 33-12.

Game 1

Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jamie Ritchie C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.281
Mott Hyde DH 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.323
Derek Fisher CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.309
Jacob Nottingham 1B 4 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.344
Nick Tanielu 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.304
Jason Martin LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.307
Ryan Bottger RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.229
Alex Hernandez 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.206
Thomas Lindauer SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.196

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kevin Comer (L, 4-1) 5.1 7 5 4 1 3 1 5.03
Eric Peterson 1.2 5 3 1 0 2 1 1.89

Game 2

Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jamie Ritchie 1B 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.282
Mott Hyde 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.316
Derek Fisher DH 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0.317
Jacob Nottingham C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.336
Nick Tanielu 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.298
Jason Martin LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.295
Sean McMullen RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.283
Bobby Boyd CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.266
Kristian Trompiz SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.246

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Francis Martes 5.0 5 2 0 2 4 0 1.00
Jordan Mills (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20
Ryan Thompson (BS, 1)(L, 1-1) 1.0 3 4 3 1 1 0 4.22

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