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Astros Minor League Recap: July 25th

Jimmy Price

Published

July 26, 2021

Astros Minor League Recap: July 25th, 2021

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

AAA: Sugar Land Skeeters (40-29) won 10-8 (BOX SCORE)

The Skeeters jumped out to a big lead early putting up 7 runs in the 2nd on a Shaver 2 run single, Sierra 3 run HR, Jones RBI single and Dawson sac fly. Solomon started and went 4.1 innings allowing 6 runs. The Skeeters picked up 3 more in the 4th on a Dawson 2 run single and Sierra RBI single. McKee allowed 2 runs to make it 10-8 but then the bullpen settled down. James, Garza and Blanco all had scoreless outings to close it.

Note: James has a 1.69 ERA with 6 K in 5.1 innings in AAA.

Pedro Leon, SS: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
Jake Meyers, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
Taylor Jones, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, 2 BB
J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 2-for-6, R, 2 2B
C.J. Hinojosa, DH: 2-for-6, R
Ronnie Dawson, RF: 4-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI
Alex De Goti, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
Colton Shaver, C: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI

Peter Solomon, RHP: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Colin McKee, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Josh James, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (32-40) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Brown started for the Hooks and pitched pretty well striking out 6 over 4.1 innings while allowing just 1 run. Adolph put the Hooks on the board in the 2nd inning with a 2 run HR. Costes added an RBI single in the 5th to go up 3-1. Tejada closed out the 5th inning getting the last two batters. The offense got another run in the 7th on a Salazar RBI single. In the 9th the offense added some insurance on a Costes 2 run single and Adolph sac fly. Record closed it out allowing 1 run over the final 4 innings.

Note: Brown has a 2.89 ERA with 27 K in 18.2 IP in July.

Corey Julks, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
Joe Perez, 3B: 1-for-5, R
Scott Manea, 1B: 2-for-4, R, BB
David Hensley, SS: 3-for-5, 2 R, SB
Marty Costes, RF: 3-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Cesar Salazar, C: 2-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Ross Adolph, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB

Hunter Brown, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
Felipe Tejada, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Joe Record, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A+: Asheville Tourists (29-40)

Game 1 – won 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

This was completion of a game that started on Friday. Abreu put the Tourists on the board with a solo HR in the 3rd. In the 4th, they got 3 more runs on a Holderbach 2 run HR and an Arias solo HR. Freure took over when this game started and ended up going 5 innings allowing 3 runs with 9 strikeouts. He was relieved by Horrell who allowed 5 runs, all unearned. The Tourists went into the 8th down 8-4 and got one run on a Valdez solo HR. In the 9th, the Tourists rallied for 4 runs on a Whitcomb 2 run double and a walk-off 2 run single from Berryhill.

Note: Freure has 65 K in 47.1 innings this season.

Shay Whitcomb, SS: 1-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
Wilyer Abreu, RF: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
Luke Berryhill, 1B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
J.C. Correa, DH: 1-for-4, R
Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
Bryan Arias, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
Cody Orr, LF: 3-for-4, R

Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
R.J. Freure, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
Michael Horrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Chandler Casey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)

Game 2 – lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Melendez started game 2 and went 3.2 scoreless innings striking out 4. He was relieve by Moclair who allowed a run in his one inning of work. Whitcomb tied the game in the 6th with an RBI double. The Crawdads got a run off of Sprinkle in the 7th to go up 2-1 and the offense was unable to respond as they dropped game 2.

Note: Sprinkle has 53 K in 26 innings this season.

Shay Whitcomb, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
Freudis Nova, SS: 1-for-2, 2 BB
J.C. Correa, 3B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, SB

Jaime Melendez, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Mark Moclair, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Jonathan Sprinkle, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (32-40) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)

Taveras started for the Woodpeckers and pitched really well tossing 5 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 6th on Brewer and Martinez RBI singles. Santos went the last 4 innings and didn’t allow a hit or run while striking out 4 and picking up the 2-0 win.

Note: Santos has a 3.86 ERA with 21 K in 21 innings this season.