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Astros Minor League Recap: April 19th

Jimmy Price

Published

April 20, 2024

Chase Jaworsky | Credit: Fayetteville Woodpeckers

Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below!

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (13-6) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Julks sac fly. They got another in the 3rd inning on a Leon RBI double. Gusto started for Sugar Land and went 4 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. He was relieved by Gaither who allowed 4 runs as the Express extended their lead. The offense got one back in the 9th on an Amaya RBI single but that was it as Sugar Land fell 7-3.

Note: Leon is hitting .32o this season.

David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
Joey Loperfido, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
Pedro Leon, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
Jacob Amaya, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
Luke Berryhill, DH: 1-for-4, 2B

Ryan Gusto, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Ray Gaither, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Dylan Coleman, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Forrest Whitley, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Wander Suero, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Joel Kuhnel, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (4-9) lost 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Knorr started for the Hooks and lasted just 1.2 innings allowing 3 runs, though all were unearned. He was relieved by Ford who allowed 2 runs, also unearned. The offense got one back in the 2nd inning on a Stevens RBI groundout. They got another in the 6th on a Stubbs sac fly. Fleury went 4.2 innings allowing 2 runs but the offense was unable to get anything else going as the Hooks fell 7-2.

Note: De Paula has 8 K in 4 relief innings this season.

Jacob Melton, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
Miguel Palma, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Ryan Wrobleski, 1B: 1-for-4, SB
Chad Stevens, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, SB
CJ Stubbs, DH: 0-for-2, RBI, BB

Michael Knorr, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Kasey Ford, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Fleury, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Brayan De Paula, LHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (6-7) lost 14-11 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring a run on a Fisher solo HR. They got another run in the 3rd inning on a Whitaker RBI double. Dombroski got the start but ran into trouble and allowed 5 runs over 4 innings of work. He was relieved by Calderon who allowed 7 runs over 3 innings. The offense got 3 in the 7th on a Guillemette RBI double and Fisher 2 run double. Cerny would add a solo HR in the 8th inning. Asheville went into the 9th down 14-6 but did rally a bit. They scored 5 runs on a Price bases loaded walk, Cruz RBI single, Cerny RBI groundout and Deming 2 run double. That was it though as the Tourists fell 14-11.

Note: Fisher has a 1.125 OPS this season.

Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 1-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB
Tyler Whitaker, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
Cam Fisher, LF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Collin Price, C: 0-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Narbe Cruz, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Logan Cerny, DH: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
Austin Deming, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
Garret Guillemette, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB

Trey Dombroski, LHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Carlos Calderon, RHP: 3.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Alejandro Torres, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (9-4) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)

The Woodpeckers jumped out to an early lead scoring 4 runs in the first inning on Santander RBI single and Ochoa 3 run double. Pena got the start and went 4 innings allowing 1 unearned while striking out 6. They picked up another run in the 5th when Jaworsky stole third base and scored on an error. Santos closed it out tossing 4 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts.

Note: Santos has a 1.54 ERA this season.