Astros Prospect Report: July 25th, 2018

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (60-43) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)

Sneed started for Fresno last night and pitched really well tossing 6 scoreless innings. The Grizzlies blew the game open in the 2nd inning scoring 6 runs on a Straw RBI single, Stubbs 3 run HR, and Fisher 2 run HR. They picked up 3 more runs in the 4th on a White RBI double and Mayfield 2 run HR. Emanuel closed it out allowing 1 run over 3 innings.

Note: Fisher is hitting .361 with 3 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Jake Marisnick, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Derek Fisher, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-4
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 2-for-4, R
• Myles Straw, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB

• Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (63-39) lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Rough day for the Corpus Christi offense as they managed just four hits and no runs. Valdez started for the Hooks and allowed 1 run while striking out 9 over 4.2 innings. Ferrell and Pinales were very good in relief but the offense was unable to put anything together as they lost 1-0.

Note: Ferrell has a 2.21 ERA with 64 K in 53 innings this season.

• Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4
• Taylor Jones, DH: 1-for-4, 2B
• Alex De Goti, 2B: 1-for-3

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (57-44) POSTPONED

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (56-45) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Wild game last night. Rodriguez started for the River Bandits and tossed 5 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts. Quad Cities got on the board in the 3rd on a Schreiber RBI groundout. They picked up another run in the 5th on a Costes RBI single. A Taylor RBI single in the 6th made it 3-0. Rosado relieved Rodriguez and allowed 3 runs over 3 innings and the game went to extras. Quad Cities picked up 3 in the 10th on a Hensley RBI single and Angarita 2 run single. Burlington tried to rally scoring 2 runs but Collado came in and closed the door getting the final out in the 605 win.

Note: Beer is hitting .344 in 25 games for Quad Cities.

• Marty Costes, CF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Seth Beer, 1B: 2-for-5, R
• David Hensley, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
• Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Michael Papierski, C: 2-for-3
• Scott Schreiber, DH: 0-for-4, R, RBI

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Luis Garcia, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (21-15) POSTPONED

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Mike Hauschild (4.91 ERA)

CC: Ryan Hartman (2.85 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Jairo Solis (2.58 ERA)

TRI: TBD