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Astros Minor League Recap: July 26th

Jimmy Price

Published

July 27, 2024

Brice Matthews | Credit: Ben Zaragosa/Corpus Christi Hooks

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 (64-35) won 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Salazar sac fly. In the 3rd, they picked up 2 more runs on a Dezenzo RBI double and Wagner RBI single. Gordon got the start but ran into trouble in the 4th and allowed 8 runs over 3.2 innings. Sugar Land got 2 runs back in the 5th on a Wagner double play and Kessinger solo HR. In the 6th, Salazar added an RBI triple. Sugar Land entered the 9th down 8-6 but rallied to tie the game on Wagner and Kessinger RBI singles. In the 11th inning, Kessinger walked it off with a sac fly as Sugar Land won 9-8.

Note: Ort has a 1.13 ERA in Triple-A.

Cooper Hummel, LF: 0-for-1, 3 R, 3 BB
Zach Dezenzo, 1B: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2B, RBI
Will Wagner, DH: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
Grae Kessinger, 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
Quincy Hamilton, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Colton Gordon, LHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Parker Mushinski, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Kaleb Ort, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Wander Suero, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (32-61) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Hicks started for the Hooks and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings with 5 strikeouts. The offense got on the board with a 2 run HR from Matthews in the 3rd inning. Melendez relieved and allowed 3 runs as the Cardinals took the lead. The offense was unable to score again as the Hooks fell 4-2.

Note: Matthews has a .842 OPS in Double-A.

Jeremy Arocho, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
Brice Matthews, 3B: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
Jordan Brewer, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B
Colin Barber, LF: 1-for-3, 2B

James Hicks, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Jaime Melendez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (39-52) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the second inning on a Cruz 2 run HR. In the 3rd, they got 4 more runs on a wild pitch and Cruz 3 run HR. Dombroski got the start and pitched well allowing 1 unearned run over 5 innings of work. The pen allowed a few runs, but was able to hold on for the 6-4 win.

Note: Dombroski has a 0.92 ERA over his last 4 outings.

Austin Deming, 3B: 3-for-4, R, 2B
John Garcia, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
Cam Fisher, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R
Narbe Cruz, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, BB
Oliver Carrillo, RF: 1-for-4, 2B

Trey Dombroski, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Deury Carrasco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ian Foggo, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Layne Henderson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Kelly Austin, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (43-51)

Game 1 – lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Pena started game one and pitched well allowing 3 runs, all in the 5th inning, over 6 innings while striking out 7. The offense got on the board in the 6th inning on an error and a Jaworsky RBI double. That would be it those as the Woodpeckers fell 3-2.

Note: Jaworski has 20 doubles this season.

Yamal Encarnacion, RF: 1-for-4, 2B
Kenni Gomez, CF: 0-for-2, R, BB
Alejandro Nunez, DH: 1-for-2, R, BB
Chase Jaworsky, SS: 3-for-3, 2B, RBI

Alain Pena, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K

Game 2 – lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Sanchez got the start for the Woodpeckers and allowed 1 run over 3.2 with 7 strikeouts. The bullpen was solid tossing 2.1 scoreless innings. The offense was quiet picking up just 5 hits as they were shutout in the 1-0 loss.

Note: Marte has 55 K in 48.1 innings this season.