Astros Prospect Report: September 18th

Another day of minor league baseball is in the books and you can see all the Astros affiliates results below.

AAA: Sugar Land Skeeters (69-48) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Scheetz started for the Skeeters and allowed 1 run over 3 innings of work. He was relieved by Olczak who tossed 2 scoreless innings. Pena put Sugar Land on the board in the 5th with a 2 run HR, his 4th in AAA. The Skeeters blew it open scoring 4 runs in the 6th on a Gonzalez 3 run HR and Matijevic RBI single. Sierra added an RBI double in the 7th to extend the lead. The bullpen was solid allowing just 1 unearned run the rest of the way as they sealed the win.

Note: Pena is hitting .368 with 4 HR, 11 RBI in September.

• Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• C.J. Hinojosa, 3B: 3-for-5, R
• J.J. Matijevic, CF: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
• Garrett Stubbs, DH: 0-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Norel Gonzalez, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI

• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Jon Olczak, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Bryan Abreu, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Andre Scrubb, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (53-65) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Macuare got the start for the Hooks and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings. The Hooks opened up a nice lead in the 4th inning scoring 4 runs on a Lee RBI double, Valdez RBI single, Salazar RBI double, and Adolph RBI single. In the 8th the offense added 2 more runs in 8th on an Adolph RBI single and Perez RBI double. Record had a scoreless inning in relief and then Sprinkle tossed 2 scoreless innings. Tejada closed it out with a scoreless 9th.

Note: Sprinkle has 79 K in 44 innings this season.

• Joe Perez, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
• Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Korey Lee, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Enmanuel Valdez, DH: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Cesar Salazar, 2B: 3-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI, BB
• Grae Kessinger, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Ross Adolph, LF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB

• Angel Macuare, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Joe Record, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Jonathan Sprinkle, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (53-62) lost 10-9 (BOX SCORE)

Gurller started for Asheville and allowed 4 runs over 3.2 innings. The Tourists got on the board in the 4th inning scoring 6 runs on a Whitcomb 2 run HR, Abreu RBI single, Daniels RBI single and Correa 2 run single. Moclair would relieve Gruller but he allowed 3 runs while retiring just 1 batter. The offense got another run in the 6th on a Daniels sac fly but the Dash scored 3 more runs to extend their lead to 10-7. The Tourists got two runs back in the 7th on a balk and Santana RBI double. Unfortunately that was it for the offense as they lost 10-9.

Note: Whitcomb is hitting .300 with .959 OPS in High-A.

• Zach Daniels, RF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• J.C. Correa, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Shay Whitcomb, SS: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
• Yainer Diaz, C: 2-for-5, 2 R
• C.J. Stubbs, 1B: 1-for-5, R
• Luis Santana, 3B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
• Wilyer Abreu, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
• Alex Holderbach, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB

• Kyle Gruller, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Mark Moclair, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Cesar Gomez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (55-64) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Kouba started for the Woodpeckers and tossed 3 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. Hamilton put the Woodpeckers on the board in the 2nd inning with a solo HR. Kouba was relieved by Palmer who went 5 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 8. The game went into extra innings tied at 1 and in the bottom of the 10th, Wagner walked it off with an RBI single for the 2-1 win.

Note: Wagner is hitting .370 in September.

• Michael Sandle, LF: 1-for-5, 2B
• Will Wagner, 2B: 3-for-5, RBI
• Quincy Hamilton, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
• Kobe Kato, 3B: 1-for-3, R, BB

• Rhett Kouba, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Alex Palmer, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
• Jacob DeLabio, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Ronny Garcia, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

SL: TBD - 2:05 CT

CC: TBD - 6:05 CT

AV: Misael Tamarez (4.21 ERA) - 1:00 CT

FV: TBD - 1:00 CT