Astros Prospect Report: July 13th, 2018

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (52-39) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)

Fresno fell behind early as Hauschild allowed 3 runs in the first inning as he retired just one batter. Fresno tied it up in the 2nd getting 3 runs on a Stubbs RBI single and Tanielu 2 run single. Tacoma responded with 4 runs over the 3rd and 4th inning but Fresno would tie it again scoring 4 runs in the 5th on a Tanielu RBI single and Fisher 3 run HR. Tacoma picked up a run in the 8th to take an 8-7 lead and Fresno went down in order in the 9th as they lost 8-7.

Note: Deetz has 27 K in 13.2 innings this season.

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-4, R
• Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
• Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI

• Mike Hauschild, RHP: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

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AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (59-31) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Valdez started for the Hooks and was very good tossing 6 shutout innings while striking out 10. Corpus Christi picked up 1 run in the first inning on a Rojas sac fly. They added an insurance run in the 7th on a Quintana RBI double. Scheetz allowed a run after relieving Valdez but Ferrell was able to come on in the 9th and get the last out to pick up the save.

Note: Valdez has a 2.88 ERA with 14 BB/57 K in 50 IP over his last 10 outings.

• Chas McCormick, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, SB
• Josh Rojas, LF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
• Randy Cesar, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, 3B

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K (WIN)
• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

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A+: Buies Creek Astros (52-40) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

Tough loss for Buies Creek. They got on the board in the first inning on a Dawson RBI single, but Winston-Salem responded with 3 of their own. That is all Javier would allowed though as he went 7 innings and struck out 8. Buies Creek countered with 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a Matijevic 3 run HR. Dawson added a solo HR in the 3rd to make it 5-3. A Duarte RBI single in the 7th put Buies Creek up 6-3. Winston-Salem would rally though scoring 3 runs off of Balaguer to tie it in the 9th and 1 run in the 10th to walk if off.

Note: Javier has 108 K in 79.2 innings this season.

• Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-5, R
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, SB
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4
• Jake Meyers, DH: 2-for-4

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 0.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

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A: Quad Cities River Bandits (51-40) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Rosado started for Quad Cities and lasted only 2 innings as he allowed 3 runs. The River Bandits picked up 2 in the 6th on a Costes solo HR and Schreiber RBI double. They would get 2 more in the 8th on a Shaver 2 run HR to tie the game at 4. The game would go to extra innings and the River Bandits picked up a run in the 10th on a Taylor RBI single. Unfortunately, Dayton scored 2 in the 9th on an error to walk it off and win 6-5.

Note: Collado has 31 K in 21 innings this season.

• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-6, 2B
• Marty Costes, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
• Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B
• Chandler Taylor, RF: 2-for-5, 3B, RBI
• Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 3-for-5, 2B

• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Luis Garcia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

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A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (15-12) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Alex McKenna, DH: 1-for-4, 2B
• Ramiro Rodriguez, RF: 3-for-3, R, 2B, 3B
• Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-3, RBI

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• Devin Conn, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (4.22 ERA)

CC: Ryan Hartman (3.00 ERA)

BC: Jose Hernandez (-.-- ERA)

QC: Leovanny Rodriguez (3.23 ERA)

TRI: TBD