Astros Prospect Report: August 6th, 2018

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-49) won 12-3 (BOX SCORE)

Emanuel started for Fresno last night and was very good tossing 5 shutout innings allowing just 1 hit. The offense got on the board in the 3rd scoring 5 runs on a Tucker 2 run HR (15) and Alvarez 3 run HR (18). Reed added a 3 run HR (23) in the 5th to make it 8-0. Mayfield put the game out of reach with a grand slam in the 6th as the Grizzlies went up 12-0. The bullpen allowed a few runs but the offense carried them to victory in this one.

Note: Alvarez has 3 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2B
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 2-for-2, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
• AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Taylor Jones, DH: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI

• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-45) OFF

A+: Buies Creek Astros (63-49) OFF

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (63-49) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

The offense got out to a quick start getting a leadoff HR from Shaver in the first. In the 2nd, Schreiber added a solo HR to make it 2-0. Sandoval started and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings. Unfortunately, the bullpen was unable to hold the lead as Peoria picked up 2 runs in the 9th to win it.

Note: Shaver has 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• David Hensley, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
• Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Jairo Solis, RHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (LOSS)
• Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (27-22) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)

• Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
• Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Alex Holderbach, DH: 1-for-4, BB
• Trey Dawson, SS: 0-for-2, 3 BB
• Michael Wielansky, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
• Ramiro Rodriguez, LF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, SB

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
• Juan Pablo Lopez, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

GCL Astros Notables

• Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Cy Sneed (3.59 ERA)

CC: Ryan Hartman (2.87 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: OFF

TRI: TBD