Another day of Astros minor league baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (27-18) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey started for Sugar Land and pitched really well tossing 6 scoreless innings while striking out 8. Sugar Land got on the board in the 7th on a Price solo HR, a run on an error and a Short RBI single. The pen was great with Hernandez, Weiman and Contreras tossing scoreless outings as Sugar Land won 3-0.
Note: Hernandez has a 1.47 ERA in Triple-A.
- Zack Short, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Luis Guillorme, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, SB
- Jesus Bastidas, DH: 0-for-2, 2 BB, SB
- Collin Price, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Luis Castro, 1B: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Tommy Sacco, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Blake Weiman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (12-26) POSTPONED
A+: Asheville Tourists (18-21) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Vogel solo HR. They got another run in the 3rd on a Sullivan solo HR. Brito started for the Tourists and went 3.2 innings allowing 2 runs. In the 5th, Austin gave Asheville the lead with a 2 run HR. Sullivan would add another homer, this time a 2 run shot, to make it 6-2. Bello tossed 4 scoreless in relief and Chirinos tossed a scoreless 9th to close it out.
Note: Sullivan has a .985 OPS this season.
- Joseph Sullivan, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Drew Vogel, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Trevor Austin, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Tyler Whitaker, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB, SB
- Anderson Brito, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Railin Perez, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Juan Bello, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (19-20) lost 9-5 (BOX SCORE)
The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first inning on a Powell 2 run HR. Rodriguez started for Fayetteville but struggled allowing 7 runs over 3.1 innings. The offense got 2 runs back in the 4th on Hernandez and Fisher solo homers. They got another run in the 8th on a Brutcher RBI single. The pen allowed a couple runs as Fayetteville dropped the series finale 9-5.
Note: Brutcher is hitting .336 this season.
- Jancel Villarroel, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Drew Brutcher, DH: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Caden Powell, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Cesar Hernandez, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Esmil Valencia, CF: 1-for-4, SB
- Cam Fisher, RF: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Raimy Rodriguez, RHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 3 K
- Cam Brown, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Francisco Frias, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
