Astros Prospect Report: August 27th, 2018

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (77-55) CANCELLED

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (79-52) lost 5-0 (BOX SCORE)

Rough night for the offense as they had just two hits, both from Dawson. Bostick got the start and pitched well allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, over 6 innings while striking out 11.Unfortunately, the offense was unable to get anything going and lost 5-0.

Note: Dawson is hitting .281 in 23 games for the Hooks.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, 2B
• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 0-for-2, BB, SB

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (75-55) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Ivey started for Buies Creek and allowed 2 runs, both in the 2nd inning, over 5 innings while picking up 4 strikeouts. Buies Creek got their first run in the 3rd inning on a Bohanek solo HR. The Astros tied it in the 6th when De La Cruz scored on a wild pitch. Javier relieved Ivey and was tremendous tossing 5 shutout innings with 7 strikeouts. The game went to extra innings and Buies Creek took the lead on a Meyers sac fly. Javier held on for the win/

Note: Javier has 142 K in 108.1 innings this season.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
• Seth Beer, LF: 0-for-5
• Cody Bohanek, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Cristian Javier, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (76-58) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Garcia started for the River Bandits and pitched well striking out 8 over 6 innings while allowing 1 run. Salazar put Quad Cities on the board in the 5th inning with a 2 run HR. The River Bandits scored another run in the 6th when Angarita scored on a wild pitch. Lacroix added some insurance with a solo HR in the 9th. Collado was great in relief striking out 5 over 2 scoreless innings and Castellanos picked up the save striking out the side in the 9th.

Note: Hardy has 21 K in 10.2 innings for Quad Cities.

• David Hensley, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 2B
• Jonathan Lacroix, RF: 2-for-2, R, 3B, HR, RBI
• Alfredo Angarita, CF: 2-for-4, R
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
• Cesar Salazar, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Luis Garcia, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K (WIN)
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (38-29) lost 11-5 (BOX SCORE)

• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, BB, SB
• Oscar Campos, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• Andy Pineda, LF: 1-for-2, R, BB, SB
• Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Deury Carrasco, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (3.65 ERA)

CC: Brett Adcock (3.94 ERA)

BC: Carson LaRue (4.27 ERA)

QC: OFF

TRI: TBD