Astros Prospect Report: June 5th
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Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (27-34) won 9-6 (BOX SCORE)Ferreras put Sugar Land on the board in the 2nd inning connecting on a 3 run home run. They got another run in the third on a Whitcomb RBI single. In the 4th, the offense added 3 runs on a Loperfido 2 run double and Whitcomb RBI single. Alexander added a 2 run home run in the 5th inning. Hendrickson started for Sugar Land and allowed 6 runs over 5 innings of work. The bullpen was solid tossing 4 scoreless innings as they closed out the 9-6 win.
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Note: Ferreras is hitting .500 in Triple-A.
- Cavan Biggio, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, SB
- Joey Loperfido, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Shay Whitcomb, SS: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, SB
- CJ Alexander, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Pascanel Ferreras, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
- Josh Hendrickson, LHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Tom Cosgrove, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Miguel Ullola, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Jayden Murray, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
Swanson started for the Hooks but struggled allowing 5 runs over 3.2 innings. He was relieved by Guedez who allowed one unearned run over 2.1 innings. Torres and Cuevas had scoreless outings but the offense was quiet all night as they were shutout in the 6-0 loss.
Note: Torres has a 2.86 ERA this season.
- Drew Brutcher, 1B: 1-for-3
- Yamal Encarnacion, LF: 1-for-3
- Jax Biggers, 3B: 1-for-3
- Nic Swanson, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Jose Guedez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Alejandro Torres, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Michael Cuevas, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Asheville got on the board in the first inning scoring a run on a Call RBI double. They scored 5 more runs in the third inning on a Thomas RBI single, Moss 2 run single and Lytle 2 run double. Smith started for Asheville and went 6 innings allowing 4 runs, 2 earned, while striking out 5. The offense continued to add on getting a run in the 5th on a Lytle solo home run and 2 in the 6th inning on Moss 2 run home run. In the 7th, the offense got 2 more on Thomas RBI single and Powell sac fly. The bullpen tossed 3 scoreless innings as they closed out the 11-4 win.
Note: Thomas is hitting .288 this season.
- Kyle Walker, 2B: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB
- Justin Thomas, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, SB
- Caden Powell, LF: 0-for-4, R, RBI
- Chase Call, RF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI
- Jack Moss, 1B: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
- Mason Lytle, DH: 3-for-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB, SB
- Parker Smith, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Jackson Wells, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Bryce Collins, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
The Woodpeckers got on the board in the third inning when Huezo connected on a 3 run home run, his 9th home run of the season. Perez got the start and was dominant for the Woodpeckers tossing 7 scoreless innings while striking out 10 batters. Weber came on in relief and allowed 2 runs but held on for the save as the Woodpeckers won 3-2.
Note: Perez has a 2.82 ERA this season.
- Anthony Huezo, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Arturo Flores, 1B: 1-for-2, BB
- Waner Luciano, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- German Ramirez, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- Javier Perez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- Charlie Weber, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Ryan Weiss – 7:35 CT
CC: Brett Gillis – 7:05 CT
AV: TBD – 5:05 CT
FV: TBD – 6:05 CT