JesAnother day of baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (17-18) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey got the start for Sugar Land and went 3 innings allowing 3 runs. The offense got on the board in the 5th on a Hamilton groundout. They got another run in the 6th on a Sacco RBI single. In the 7th, the offense added 4 runs on a Short 3 run HR and Whitcomb solo HR. The pen allowed a couple of runs as the Bees tied it at 6. In the 9th, Bastidas connected on a solo HR to go up 7-6. Castro tossed a scoreless 9th to close it out.
Note: Short has a .830 OPS this season.
- Zack Short, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Jesus Bastidas, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Tommy Sacco, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB, 2 SB
- Luis Castro, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B
- Joe Hudson, C: 1-for-4, R
- Quincy Hamilton, LF: 0-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Rhett Kouba, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Miguel Castro, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (9-20) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Urias started for the Hooks and allowed 3 runs over 4.2 innings. The Hooks got on the board in the 6th inning on a 3 run HR from Garcia, his first of the year. Santa and Knorr both allowed a run in relief and the Hooks’ offense was unable to score again as they fell 5-3.
Note: Santa has a 1.35 ERA this season.
- Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 1-for-4, R, 3B
- Zach Cole, RF: 1-for-4, R
- John Garcia, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Manuel Urias, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Alimber Santa, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Michael Knorr, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (13-16) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Brito started for Asheville but struggled allowing 5 runs over 3 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning getting a run on a Whitaker RBI double. In the 4th, Austin connected on a 2 run double to make it 5-3. The game stayed 5-3 until the 7th where Spence hit a 3 run HR to take a 6-5 lead. Bello closed out the game striking out 6 over 5 scoreless innings as Asheville won 6-5.
Note: Spence is hitting .306 overall this season.
- Walker Janek, DH: 2-for-4, BB
- Alejandro Nunez, 3B: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Cristian Gonzalez, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Chase Jaworsky, 2B: 0-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Lucas Spence, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Garret Guillemette, C: 2-for-4, R
- Trevor Austin, 1B: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Tyler Whitaker, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Anderson Brito, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Colby Langford, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Juan Bello, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (15-14) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first inning on a Brutcher RBI single. They got another run in the 3rd on a Holy sac fly. Rodriguez got the start and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings while striking out 9. The Red Sox tied it up in the 6th and then in the 8th, they scored 2 runs to take the lead. The Woodpeckers got a run back in the 9th on a Hernandez sac fly but that was it as they fell 4-3.
Note: Rodriguez has a 1.33 ERA this season.
- Caden Powell, 3B: 0-for-3, BB, 2 SB
- Max Holy, SS: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Drew Brutcher, RF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Esmil Valencia, CF: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Jason Schiavone, C: 1-for-3, R
- Luis Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
- Abel Mercedes, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Francisco Frias, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Miguel Ullola – 7:35 CT
CC: Jose Fleury – 6:35 CT
AV: Bryce Mayer – 5:35 CT
FV: TBD – 5:35 CT
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