Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd

Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd, 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 (53-41) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Solomon started for the Skeeters and had another good outing allowing 1 run over 5 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning when Siri stole third and scored on a wild pitch. They picked up their 2nd run in the 4th with a run scoring on another wild pitch. In the 5th, Hinojosa drove in 2 with a 2 run double. The Dodgers took the lead in the 8th scoring 4 runs off Kelly but the Skeeters responded getting 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th on a 2 run HR from Siri to take a 6-5 lead. Blanco closed it out with a scoreless 9th inning to seal the win.

Note: Siri has 26 2B, 15 HR, 23 SB this season.

• Alex Bregman, 3B: 3-for-5, R
• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 2-for-5, 2B
• C.J. Hinojosa, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Jose Siri, CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SB
• Marty Costes, LF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-3, BB
• Colton Shaver, C: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB

• Peter Solomon, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Seth Martinez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Michael Kelly, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

SL: TBD – 7:05 CT

CC: TBD – 7:10 CT

AV: Jaime Melendez (4.10 ERA) – 5:35 CT

FV: TBD – 6:00 CT