Astros Prospect Report: April 25th, 2018

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (14-6) won 10-0 (BOX SCORE)

Another dominating performance for Fresno, who are off to a great start. Sneed made the start for the Grizzlies and conitnued his solid pitching tossing five shutout innings. Stubbs got the Grizzlies on the board in the second with a sac fly. In the 4th, Fresno scored 3 runs on a Stubbs RBI double and Mayfield 2 run single. The Grizzlies would put the game out of reach in the 5th scoring 6 runs on a Tucker 2 run single, Reed 2 run triple, Davis groundout and Kemp RBI single. The bullpen was solid going four scoreless innings to close it.

Note: Stubbs is hitting .400 with 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Drew Ferguson, CF: 3-for-4, R, 3B, BB
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
• Tyler White, 3B: 2-for-3, 3 R, BB
• AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
• J.D. Davis, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-4, 2 RBI

• Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (WIN)
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (12-7) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Dykxhoorn, who is off to a nice start in 2018, got the start for the Hooks last night and pitched well going five shutout innings allowing just 1 hit. The Hooks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on RBI singles from Tanielu and Cesar. Alvarez played add on in the 3rd connecting on a solo HR, his 4th of the season. DeGoti added an RBI double in the 4th to make it 4-0. Midland put together a rally in the 9th scoring 3 runs but Feldmann came in and picked up the last out to seal the win.

Note: Dykxhoorn has a 1.53 ERA with 17 K in 17.2 innings this season.

• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 0-for-3, R, SB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, SB
• Nick Tanielu, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 1-for-4, SB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-2, R, RBI
• Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (14-6) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

LaRue got the start for Buies Creek last night and pitched well again allowing just 1 hit and 1 run in 6 innings of work. LaRue has a 0.46 ERA with 20 K in 19.2 innings this season. Buies Creek tied the game up at 1 on a Robinson RBI groundnut in the 5th. The game would stay tied at 1 until the 10th when Down East picked up a run to take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 10th, Toro connected on a walk-off 2 run HR, his 3rd HR of the season. Ferrell was very good in relief tossing 3 no hit innings with 7 strikeouts.

Note: Ferrell season line - 0.00 ERA, 14.0 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 18 K

• Josh Rojas, 1B: 0-for-4, R
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 0-for-3, RBI, SB

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (7-10) won 10-5 (BOX SCORE)

Sandoval had a bounce back outing yesterday tossing 5 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The River Bandits got on the board in the 5th on a Meyers RBI groundout but quickly fell behind 5-1. They would rally for 6 runs in the 7th though on a Tovalin solo HR, Almonte sac fly, Arauz 2 run triple, and De La Cruz 2 run single. They got some insurance in the 8th on an Adams solo HR and another 2 run triple from Arauz.

Note: Adams is hitting .324 with 2 HR, 7 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Corey Julks, DH: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, SB
• Jake Adams, 1B: 3-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2 3B, 4 RBI
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Michael Papierski, C: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Jacob Meyers, CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• Cody Bohanek, 2B: 2-for-4

• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (5.65 ERA)

CC: Yoanys Quiala (4.73 ERA)

BC: Brandon Bailey (4.50 ERA)

QC: TBD