Astros Prospect Report: June 12th, 2019

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

AAA: Round Rock Express (39-26) won 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

Bostick was the starter for the Express last night but he was roughed up allowing 7 runs in 4 innings of work. They fell behind 6-0 early but got 2 runs in the 4th on a Ferguson RBI double and Tanielu RBI single. In the 5th, Tucker added an RBI single to make it 7-3. They scored 2 more in the 6th on a Reed sac fly and Sierra RBI double. The Express entered the 8th down 8-5 but scored 3 runs on a Sierra RBI groundout and Ritchie 2 run single. Tanielu capped off the good offensive day with a walk-off RBI single for the 9-8 win.

Note: Tanielu is hitting .467 with 4 HR, 18 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-5, R, 2B
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB
• Drew Ferguson, CF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 4-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI
• AJ Reed, DH: 0-for-1, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Anibal Sierra, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (31-33) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Bukauskas started for the Hooks and was dominant. He went 6 innings allowing just 1 run and struck out 10. Another start in the right direction him. The Hooks lone run came on a wild pitch in the 6th which made it 1-1. The game went to extras and Arkansas was able to win on a walk-off in the 10th.

Note: Bukauskas has a 3.13 ERA with 54 K in 43 innings over his last 9 outings.

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, R
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-3, BB
• Luis Santana, 2B: 1-for-3

• J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
• Brandon Bailey, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Tommy DeJuneas, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (29-36) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Conine started for the Woodpeckers and dominated tossing 6 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. Fayetteville only scored 1 run, which came on a solo HR from Schreiber in the 2nd inning. This was enough though as Rosado and Billingsley both had scoreless outings to close it out.

Note: Conine has a 1.79 ERA with 10/82 K in 60.1 innings this season.

• Scott Schreiber, RF: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-3

• Brett Conine, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Jacob Billingsley, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-21) POSTPONED

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

RR: Rogelio Armenteros (5.00 ERA) - 7:05 PM CT

CC: Yohan Ramirez (54.00 ERA) - 7:10 PM CT

FV: TBD - 6:00 PM CT

QC: Cody Deason (4.05 ERA) - 5:00 PM CT