Another day of baseball in the books! See the results below. See the previous day’s recap here.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (3-6) lost 6-0 (BOX SCORE)
Blubaught got the start for Sugar Land but struggled a bit allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, over 3 innings of work. The Kouba and Hernandez were solid in relief but Castro allowed a couple of runs as the Bulls extended their lead. The offense was quiet all day as they were shutout 6-0 in the loss.
- Jesus Bastidas, 3B: 1-for-5, 2B
- Collin Price, 1B: 2-for-4
- Brice Matthews, 2B: 0-for-2, 2 BB, 2 SB
- Zack Short, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, SB
- AJ Blubaugh, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Rhett Kouba, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Miguel Castro, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (1-2) lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Fleury started for the Hooks and pitched really well tossing 5 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. He was relieved by Dombroski who allowed a run over 2 innings. The offense was quiet though picking up just 4 singles as they were shutout in the 2-0 loss.
- Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 2-for-4
- Ryan Johnson, 2B: 1-for-3
- Jose Fleury, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Trey Dombroski, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Alejandro Torres, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (1-2) won 12-10 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got on the board in the 2nd inning getting solo HRs from Fisher and Bush. In the third, they got 2 more runs on solo homers from Gonzalez and Guillemette. Urias got the start but struggled allowing 7 runs, 5 earned, over 3.1 innings. The offense would get 2 back in the 4th on a Whitaker RBI single and Gonzalez RBI double. Swiney allowed a few runs in relief as Asheville found themselves behind. They got a run back in the 7th on a Nunez solo HR and then rallied for 5 runs in the 8th on an Austin solo HR, a run on an error, a Gonzalez RBI single and a Nunez 2 run single. Langford and Leach closed it out with 2 scoreless innings each as Asheville won 12-10.
- Christian Gonzalez, SS: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Garret Guillemette, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB
- Cam Fisher, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Trevor Austin, DH: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Will Bush, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Tyler Whitaker, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Drew Vogel, 3B: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Manuel Urias, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Nick Swiney, LHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Colby Langford, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Hudson Leach, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (1-2) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first inning scoring 2 runs on a Valencia 2 run double. Rodriguez got the start and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs. In the 4th, the Woodpeckers got 3 more runs on a Cauro 2 run HR and Hernandez solo HR. Cruz allowed 2 runs in relief and then in the 9th, the Hillcats scored 2 runs off Frias to take the lead. The offense was unable to respond as the Woodpeckers fell 6-5.
- Cesar Hernandez, RF: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Caden Powell, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Jancel Villarroel, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Esmil Valencia, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Max Holy, 2B: 0-for-1, R, 3 BB
- Carlos Cauro, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Luis Rodriguez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Anthony Cruz, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Francisco Frias, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: OFF
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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