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Astros Minor League Recap: June 5th

Jimmy Price

Published

June 6, 2024

Brice Matthews | Credit: Asheville Tourists/Tony Farlow

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

Here is the previous day’s recap.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (37-22) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring 2 runs on an error. They got 2 more in the 4th on a Berryhill 2 run HR. Lauer got the start and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings. The bullpen was solid with Contreras and Suero tossing scoreless outings to close out the 4-2 win.

Note: Berryhill has a .756 OPS this season.

Grae Kessinger, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B
David Hensley, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
Luke Berryhill, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
Jacob Amaya, 2B: 0-for-3, RBI, BB

Eric Lauer, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
Kaleb Ort, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Alex Speas, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Cole McDonald, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Wander Suero, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (21-32) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Brown started for the Hooks and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a Brewer RBI groundout. They rallied for 4 runs in the 5th on bases loaded walks to Ferreras and Brewer and a 2 run single from Williams. The offense added a few more runs on a groundout and wild pitch to extend the lead. The pen tossed 3 scoreless innings to close out the 8-4 win.

Note: Ferreras has a .902 OPS in Double-A.

Tommy Sacco, SS: 1-for-5, 2B
Jeremy Arocho, LF: 1-for-5, R
Zach Cole, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
Pascanel Ferreras, 2B: 2-for-2, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB
Jordan Brewer, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
Jeron Williams, 3B: 1-for-3, 3 RBI, BB, SB
Collin Price, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
Rolando Espinosa, RF: 2-for-3, 2B, BB

Aaron Brown, RHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Kasey Ford, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Drew Strotman, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Walker Brockhouse, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (23-27) won 18-8 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got their offense going early scoring 7 runs in the first on a Garcia RBI double, run scoring on a wild pitch, Carrillo 2 run single, Encarnacion RBI single and another run on a wild pitch. In the 4th they got 2 runs on a Deming 2 run HR. True got the start and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs with 6 strikeouts. The offense got 5 more in the 5th with 2 runs scoring on an error, a Matthews solo HR, Garcia RBI double and Johnson sac fly. The offense continued to get runs included a Matthews 2 run HR in the 8th inning. Hicks closed it out allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, over the final 4 innings.

Note: Matthews is hitting .304 in High-A.

Brice Matthews, SS: 4-for-4, 4 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB
Luis Baez, LF: 1-for-6, R, RBI
Austin Deming, 2B: 2-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
John Garcia, C: 5-for-6, 2 R, 5 2B, 2 RBI
Ryan Johnson, 3B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
Oliver Carrillo, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 4-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI
Jackson Loftin, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB

Derek True, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Layne Henderson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
James Hicks, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (25-28) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Santos started for the Woodpeckers and allowed 3 runs over 4 innings while striking out 5. The Woodpeckers got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring a run on a double play. They got another run in the 5th on a Casserilla RBI single. The bullpen was solid allowing just 1 unearned run over 4 innings but the offense was unable to complete the comeback as the Woodpeckers fell 4-2.

Note: Santos has 47 K in 43.1 innings this season.