Astros Minor League Recap: September 18th, 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 (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.
JEREMY PENA 2 RUN HR!!! pic.twitter.com/T759LSLZkd
— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) September 19, 2021
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.
KOREY LEE RBI DOUBLE!!! pic.twitter.com/oi8ciTuDFA
— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) September 19, 2021
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.
Shay Whitcomb HR #23 on the season! #Astros pic.twitter.com/ViHT2P5515
— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) September 19, 2021
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
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**Photo Credit: Ken Valliere**
