Astros Prospect Report: April 4th, 2019

The first day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Round Rock Express (0-0) POSTPONED

Game postponed due to rain. They will makeup the game in a double header on April 6th.

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (1-0) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks got off to a good start last night. Hernandez started and tossed 5 no hit innings with 7 strikeouts. The offense scored all five runs in one inning, the 5th. In that inning they got an RBI single from Sierra, 2 run HR from Duarte, and a 2 run single from Goetzman. Valdez allowed 2 runs over 3 relief innings and McKee closed it out with a scoreless 9th to seal the win.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 0-for-3, R
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
• Granden Goetzman, DH: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
• Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-4, R, 3B
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Jose Hernandez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
• Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (1-0) won 15-0 (BOX SCORE)

Great first game for the Woodpeckers. Javier started but inly lasted two innings, though he didn’t give up a run. Sanabria relieved him with two scoreless of his own. Fayetteville got on the board in the 3rd inning scoring 4 runs on a Julks RBI single, Beer RBI walk, and Adams 2 run single. In the 4th they blew it open scoring 8 runs on a balk, Meyers 2 run single, Beer HBP, and Adams grand slam. They tacked on two more in the 7th and another in the 8th to give them 15 runs. Mushinski tossed 4 scoreless in relief and DeJuneas closed it out with a scoreless 9th.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB
• Corey Julks, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI, BB
• Seth Beer, DH: 0-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Jake Adams, 1B: 4-for-6, 2 R, HR, 7 RBI
• Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-5, R
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 3-for-6, R, 3B, RBI
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B, BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB
• Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 BB

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Parker Mushinski, LHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (1-0) won 9-2 (BOX SCORE)

Nivaldo Rodriguez started for Quad Cities and was fantastic going 5 innings while allowing just one hit, one walk, and 8 strikeouts. Quad Cities got on the board with one in the second and Adolph added two more on a 2 run HR in the third. In the 6th inning they added 4 more runs on a Dawson 2 run single, Adolph RBI walk, and another run scoring on a wild pitch. For good measure, Adolph drove in two more runs in the 7th. Dubin closed out the game allowing 2 runs in 2 innings. The game was finished early due to rain.

• Ross Adolph, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 2-for-3
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI
• Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-4, R
• Andy Pineda, RF: 1-for-4, SB
• Trey Dawson, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI

• Nivaldo Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (WIN)
• Shawn Dubin, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K (SAVE)