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Astros Minor League Recap: July 4th

Published

July 5, 2025

Trey Dombroski | Credit: Ben Zaragosa

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 (43-42) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Castro solo HR. In the 4th they picked up 2 more runs on a Singleton and Diaz RBI singles. Castro added an RBI double in the 5th inning. Ullola got the start and pitched well allowing 2 runs over 5 innings while striking out 6. Castro added some insurance in the 9th inning with a 2 run HR. The pen was great tossing 4 scoreless innings as they closed out the 7-2 win.

Note: Castro has a .948 OPS in Triple-A.

Brice Matthews, 2B: 1-for-3, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB, SB
Luis Castro, LF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, BB
Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-5, RBI
Edwin Diaz, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
Kenedy Corona, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB

Miguel Ullola, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Michael Knorr, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Nick Robertson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Ray Gaither, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (28-50) won 7-0 (BOX SCORE)

Dombroski got the start and pitched really well again tossing 5 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a Ferreras RBI double. In the 5th, the offense exploded for 6 runs on a Cole 2 run HR, Ferreras 3 run HR and a run scoring on an error. The bullpen tossed 2 scoreless innings as they closed out the 7-0 win.

Note: Cole has 6 HR over his last 5 games.

Bryce Willits, RF: 2-for-3, R, BB
Wes Clarke, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
Zach Cole, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
Orlando Martinez, LF: 2-for-4, R
Ryan Johnson, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
Pascanel Ferreras, 3B: 3-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
John Garcia, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
Tommy Sacco, SS: 2-for-3

Trey Dombroski, LHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
Wilmy Sanchez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Patrick Halligan, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (35-42) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE)

Tredwell started for Asheville and went 4 innings allowing 3 unearned runs. The offense got on the board in the second inning scoring a run on a balk. In the third, the offense rallied for 6 runs on a Bush RBI single, Jaworsky 3 run double, Gomez RBI single and Whitaker walk. The offense played add on getting one in the 5th on a Bush hit by pitch and one in the 6th on a Vogel sac fly. The pen allowed a run late but held on as Asheville won 11-4.

Note: Bush has a .893 OPS this season.

Joseph Sullivan, DH: 2-for-3, R, BB, SB
Walker Janek, DH: 0-for-5, R, BB
Alejandro Nunez, 3B: 2-for-3, R, 2B
Will Bush, 1B: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI
Chase Jaworsky, 2B: 1-for-2, 3 R, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 2 SB
Kenni Gomez, CF: 2-for-4, R, RBI, SB
Drew Vogel, SS: 0-for-3, 2 RBI, SB
Tyler Whitaker, LF: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB, 2 SB

Alonzo Tredwell, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Hudson Leach, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ramsey David, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Nick Swiney, LHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (41-38) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Cruz started for the Woodpeckers and allowed 4 runs over 3.2 innings. The offense got on the board in the 4th on an error and then another run in the 5th on a Valencia sac fly. Smith pitched well in relief allowing 1 unearned run over 4 innings but the offense was quiet the rest of the way as the Woodpeckers fell 5-2.

Note: Smith has a 1.02 ERA this season.