Astros Minor League Recap: July 7th, 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 (31-22) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (25-30) POSTPONED
A+: Asheville Tourists (24-31) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Brown started for the Tourists and while he struck out 6 over 5.1 innings, he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned. The offense took a while to get going but finally got on the board in the 6th with a Barefoot RBI single. In the 7th, Nova added a solo HR to make it 5-2. Sprinkle struck out 6 over 2.2 scoreless but didn’t score again as the Tourists dropped this one 5-2.
Note: Sprinkle has 39 K in 19.2 innings this season.
- Matthew Barefoot, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Freudis Nova, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Cody Orr, RF: 1-for-3, R, SB
- Tyler Brown, RHP: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Jonathan Sprinkle, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (23-32) won 10-2 (BOX SCORE)
Reina got the started and went 5 innings allowing 2 runs, just 1 earned. The Woodpeckers offense came out hot scoring 2 runs in the first on a Perry 2 run HR. In the second Urdaneta connected on a 2 run HR. In the 4th, the Woodpeckers blew it open scoring 3 runs on a Berryhill RBI single and Mendoz 2 run HR. Schroeder pitched in relief and allowed 1 run over 3.2 innings. Urdaneta capped a great game with a 3 run HR in the 8th inning as the Woodpeckers won 10-2.
Note: Berryhill has a .862 OPS this season.
- Jordan Brewer, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Nathan Perry, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Kenedy Corona, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B
- Ronaldo Urdaneta, 3B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
- Luke Berryhill, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Sean Mendoza, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Fabricio Reina, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 3 K
- Daniel Procopio, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 7:05 CT
CC: Hunter Brown (5.06 ERA) – 4:05 CT; Game 2 – TBD
AV: Juan Pablo Lopez (7.64 ERA) – 5:30 CT
FV: TBD – 5:30 CT
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