Astros Prospect Report: April 5th, 2019

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

AAA: Round Rock Express (0-1) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Rough opener for the Express. They managed just one hit and one baserunner on the night, a Mayfield solo HR in the 9th. The offense combined to strikeout 17 times. Rodgers got the start and while he allowed some baserunners, he struck out 5 over 5 scoreless innings. Sneed relieved him and allowed 2 runs, 1 earned over his 2.1 innings of work.

• Jack Mayfield, 2B:1-for-3, R, HR, RBI

• Brady Rodgers, RHP:5.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Cy Sneed, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP:0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (1-1) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)

Adcock got the start and was solid the first 2 innings but ended up allowing 5 runs in the 3rd as he was unable to finish the inning. The offense battled back scoring 4 in the 3rd on a Goetzman 2 run single, Toro RBI double, and Rojas Rbi single. Scheetz was solid in mid relief striking out 2. LaRue made his AA debut and went 5 innings allowing 2 runs with 6 strikeouts. Matijevic would add a sac fly in the 7th but the Hooks dropped this one 7-5.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF:0-for-4, R
• Stephen Wrenn, RF:2-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
• J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 0-for-4, RBI
• Granden Goetzman, DH:1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Abraham Toro, 3B:1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Joshua Rojas, 2B:2-for-4, RBI
• Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-2, R, 2B, BB

• Brett Adcock, LHP:2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Kit Scheetz, LHP:1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Carson LaRue, RHP:5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (1-0) POSTPONED

Postponed due to rain.

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (1-0) POSTPONED

Postponed due to wet grounds.

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

RR: Game 1 - Akeem Bostick (-.-- ERA); Game 2 - TBD

CC: Brandon Bailey (-.-- ERA)

FV: Chad Donato (-.-- ERA)

QC: Brett Conine (-.-- ERA)