Astros Prospect Report: May 24th, 2019

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

AAA: Round Rock Express (28-19) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Hartman started for the Express and turned in another nice outing allowing just 1 run over 5 innings while striking out 5. The Express scored 1 run in the 2nd on a double play. In the 3rd, Tucker gave the Express a 3-0 lead on a 2 run HR, his 14th HR of the season. After the Missions tied it 3-3 in the 6th, Reed broke the tie with a solo HR in the bottom of the inning. Blanco was able to hold on in the 9th and pick up the save.

Note: Tucker has 9 HR, 24 RBI in 21 games this month.

• Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-4, R
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 0-for-4, R
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B
• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-1, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB

• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (24-23) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

LaRue got the start for the Hooks and allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in 5 innings of work. The offense started out well scoring 1 in the first on a Toro RBI single and 1 in the second on a Rojas RBI double. Unfortunately, the offense went silent after the second and were unable to score another run as they fell 7-2.

Note: Toro is hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Joshua Rojas, 1B: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
• Abraham Toro, 3B: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
• Seth Beer, DH: 1-for-3
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 2B

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Layne Henderson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Hunter Martin, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (21-27) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Been a rough stretch for the Woodpeckers. Donato got the start and allowed 4 runs over 4.1 innings. The Woodpeckers score 1 run in the first on an error and another in the 2nd on an Angarita sac fly. In the 4th, they got another run on a Valdez solo HR, his first in High-A. Arauz tied the game at 4 in the 9th with an RBI single but the Hillcats were able to score a run in the bottom half for a walk-off win.

Note: DeJuneas has 20 K in 17.0 innings in relief this season.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-5, RBI
• Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 3-for-4, R

• Chad Donato, RHP: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Tanner Duncan, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (30-14) won 12-3 (BOX SCORE)

The River Bandits just keep on rolling. Freure started and went 5 innings allowing 2 runs. The River Bandits scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning on fielder’s choice and an RBI groundout. In the 5th they score 4 more runs on a Pena 2 run HR, Dawson RBI single, and Wielansky RBI single. They continued to add on with a Pena sac fly in the 6th and an Adolph RBI triple in the 7th. In the 8th they score 4 more runs on a Holderbach sac fly, Dawson 2 run double, and Wielansky RBI single. Ruppenthal held things down in relief tossing 3 perfect innings with 4 strikeouts.

Note: Pena is hitting .439 with 2 HR, 10 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Austin Dennis, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-4, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Marty Costes, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• David Hensley, DH: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, RBI
• Trey Dawson, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
• Michael Wielansky, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, SB
• Ross Adolph, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2 3B, RBI

• R.J. Freure, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

RR: TBD - 6:35 PM CT

CC: J.B. Bukauskas (6.90 ERA) - 7:15 PM CT

FV:Yohan Ramirez (2.52 ERA) - 5:00 PM CT

QC:Cody Deason (3.25 ERA) - 6:35 PM CT