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Astros Minor League Recap: July 6th

Jimmy Price

Published

July 7, 2024

Jake Bloss | Credit: 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 (56-31) lost 9-7 (BOX SCORE)

Bloss madee a rehab start and was great tossing 4 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit and picking up 3 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a wild pitch and then picked up 4 runs in the 5th on a Bastidas solo HR, Wagner RBI single, Machado RBI single and Berryhill bases loaded walk. Henley relieved Bloss and allowed 4 runs over 3 innings. The offense got 2 more in the 8th on a wild pitch and Leon solo HR. The bullpen was unable to hold the lead as Round Rock scored 3 in the 9th to tie it and 2 in the 10th to win it.

Note: Leon has. a .897 OPS in Triple-A.

Jesus Bastidas, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
Shay Whitcomb, 2B: 2-for-6, R, SB
Will Wagner, 1B: 1-for-5, 2 R, RBI, BB
Pedro Leon, RF: 2-for-6, R, HR, RBI
Cooper Hummel, LF: 3-for-5, R, 2B
Omar Narvaez, C: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Dixon Machado, SS: 3-for-5, RBI

Jake Bloss, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Blair Henley, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Cesar Gomez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (28-52) POSTPONED

A+: Asheville Tourists (35-43) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Swanson got the start and allowed 4 runs, 1 earned, over 5 innings. The offense got on the board in the 6th on a Guillemette RBI groundout and Johnson RBI single. The offense got a Baez sac fly in the 7th, a Sherwin RBI groundout in the 8th, and a Cerny solo HR in the 9th to tie it. The game went to extra innings but the Tourists fell in the 12th.

Note: Cerny has a .796 OPS this season.

Logan Cerny, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, 3 BB
Luis Baez, RF: 0-for-5, R, RBI
John Garcia, C: 1-for-5, 2B, BB
Garret Guillemette, 1B: 1-for-6, R, RBI
Ryan Johnson, SS: 2-for-6, RBI
Anthony Sherwin, 3B: 1-for-5, RBI

Nic Swanson, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Manuel Urias, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Deury Carrasco, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (36-45) won 11-9 (BOX SCORE)

The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first on a Jaworsky 2 run HR, Bush RBI single, Casserilla RBI single, a wild pitch and a Hernandez RBI single. Nezuh got the start and allowed 5 runs over 5 innings, but did strikeout 9. In the 5th, Nunez added a 2 run double. Then pen allowed 4 runs as the Cannon Ballers took the lead. In the 9th, the Woodpeckers rallied for 3 runs on an Ochoa sac fly, Gomez RBI triple and Nunez sac fly as Fayetteville won 11-9.

Note: Nezuh has 97 K in 76.2 innings this season.

Yamal Encarnacion, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
Chase Jaworsky, SS: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
Nehomar Ochoa, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
Cesar Hernandez, LF: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, SB
- Kenni Gomez, CF: 1-for-2, R, 3B, RBI
Alejandro Nunez, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 3 RBI
Will Bush, C: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
Xavier Casserilla, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI, SB
Alberto Hernandez, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI