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Astros Minor League Recap: June 7th

Published

June 8, 2025

Ethan Pecko | Credit: Corpus Christi Hooks

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 (34-27) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)

Brown got the start for Sugar Land and pitched well tossing 5.2 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 5th on a Price solo HR. Sugar Land added 2 more runs in the 8th inning on a Castro RBI double and Bastidas RBI single. The pen was great tossing 3.1 scoreless innings as they closed out the 3-0 win.

Note: Hernandez has a 1.93 ERA this season.

Zack Short, SS: 1-for-3, BB
Brice Matthews, 2B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
Colin Barber, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
Luis Castro, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
Luis Guillorme, 3B: 1-for-2, BB
Jesus Bastidas, DH: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
Collin Price, C: 1-for-1, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB

Aaron Brown, RHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Nick Robertson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (20-35) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)

Pecko got the start for the Hooks and struck out 5 over 3 innings allowing just 1 run. The offense picked up 3 runs in the 3rd inning on a Diaz 2 run double and a run scoring on an error. The Hooks got another run in the 6th on a Lavastida RBI single. Rodriguez pitched in relief but struggled allowing 3 runs over 2.2 innings as the Travelers tied it up. In the 8th, the Hooks took the lead scoring 4 runs on an error, a Baez 2 run single and a run on another error. Santa closed it out tossing 2.1 scoreless innings as the Hooks won 8-4.

Note: Santa has a 0.90 ERA this season.

Bryan Lavastida, LF: 2-for-5, R, RBI
Luis Baez, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
Edwin Diaz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 SB
Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B
Logan Cerny, CF: 1-for-4, R
Reylin Perez, 2B: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB, SB

Ethan Pecko, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Anderson Bido, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Luis Rodriguez, LHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 0 K
Alimber Santa, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A+: Asheville Tourists (25-31) lost 8-3 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the first on a Spence solo HR and Gomez RBI groundout.. They got a run in the 2nd inning on a Spence RBI double. Taylor got the start and went 3 innings allowing 2 runs. Santos struggled in relief allowing 5 runs as the Dash took an 8-3 lead. The game was called early due to rain and Asheville fell 8-3.

Note: Spence has a .867 OPS in High-A.

Lucas Spence, RF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Walker Janek, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B
Chase Jaworsky, SS: 1-for-3, SB
Will Bush, C: 2-for-2, R, BB

Andrew Taylor, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Cody Tucker, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Yeriel Santos, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (31-25) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

David got the start for the Woodpeckers and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a Hernandez RBI groundout. In the 7th, the Woodpeckers tied it up scoring 2 runs on an error. Rodriguez was solid in relief tossing 2 scoreless innings. The game would go to extra innings and in the 10th, the Woodpeckers rallied for 2 runs on a Hernandez RBI single and Brutcher RBI double. Brown went the final 3 innings allowing 1 run in the 10th but held on for the win.

Note: Brutcher has a .908 OPS this season.