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 (36-29) lost 10-8 (BOX SCORE)
Sugar Land got on the board in the first on a Short leadoff home run. Blubaugh got the start but struggled allowing 8 runs, 7 earned, over 1.2 innings. The offense got 4 back in the 2nd inning on a Bastidas RBI single, Narvaez RBI single, Trammell sac fly and Matthres RBI single. Barbed added an RBI single in the 3rd. Kouba pitched in relief allowing 2 runs over 4 innings. The offense got a couple back in the middle innings but it wasn’t enough as Sugar Land fell 10-8.
Note: Contreras has a 0.96 ERA this season.
- Zack Short, SS: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Taylor Trammell, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Brice Matthews, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Luis Castro, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- Luis Guillorme, 3B: 1-for-5, 2 R
- Jesus Bastidas, DH: 3-for-4, R, RBI
- Omar Narvaez, C: 1-for-2, R, RBI, 2 RBI
- Colin Barber, CF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- AJ Blubaugh, RHP: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Ray Gaither, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Rhett Kouba, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jordan Weems, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (21-38) lost 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks got on the board in the 3rd on a Sacco RBI groundout. Urias got the start and went 5 innings allowing 5 runs, with 4 of runs coming in the 4th inning. Santa was great in relief striking out 4 over 2 perfect innings but the offense was unable to mount a rally as the Hooks fell 5-1.
Note: Santa has a 0.86 ERA this season.
- Tommy Sacco, SS: 0-for-5, RBI
- Pascanel Ferreras, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Trevor Austin, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Ryan Wrobleski, 1B: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 SB
- Manuel Urias, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
- Alimber Santa, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (26-34) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got the scoring started in the 3rd inning scoring 4 runs on a Nunez sac fly and Guillemette 2 run HR. They got 2 more runs in the 5th on a Guillemette RBI double and Gonzalez bases loaded walks. Gomez added a sac fly in the 7th inning. Mayer got the start and pitched really well allowing 2 runs over 6.2 innings while striking out 5.
Note: Mayer has a 3.55 ERA in High-A this season.
- Joseph Sullivan, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Walker Janek, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 0-for-3, R, RBI
- Garret Guillemette, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Lucas Spence, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Kenni Gomez, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Cristian Gonzalez, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Bryce Mayer, RHP: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Julio Rodriguez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (33-27) lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)
Ogando got the start for the Woodpeckers and pitched really well striking out 6 over 6 scoreless innings. He was relieved by Smith who allowed 1 run over 3 innings with 5 strikeouts. Unfortunately, the Woodpeckers offense struggled collecting just 4 hits as they were shutout in the 1-0 loss.
Note: Ogando has a 3.52 ERA this season.
- Drew Brutcher, LF: 2-for-3, BB
- Esmil Valencia, DH: 1-for-3, 2B
- Joan Ogando, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Aaron Brown – 8:35 CT
CC: Ethan Pecko – 7:05 CT
AV: Yeriel Santos – 5:40 CT
FV: TBD – 6:05 CT
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