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Astros Minor League Recap: August 26th

Jimmy Price

Published

August 27, 2025

Parker Smith | Credit: Fayetteville Woodpeckers

Another day of Astros minor league baseball in the books! See the results below.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (61-63) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the first innings on a Singleton RBI groundout. Garcia started for the Space Cowboys and pitched well allowing 1 run over 6 innings with 5 strikeouts. France relieved Garcia and allowed 3 runs in the 8th as the Isotopes took the lead. The offense responded with 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th on a Cole RBI single, Price RBI single, run on wild pitch, Short RBI single and Barber RBI single. Hernandez tossed a scoreless 9th inning to close out the 6-4 win.

Note: Leon is hitting .346 in Triple-A.

Pedro Leon, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
Zach Cole, LF: 1-for-1, R, RBI
Edwin Diaz, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
Collin Price, C: 1-for-4, R, RBI
Zack Short, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
Colin Barber, DH: 2-for-4, RBI

Luis Garcia, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
J.P. France, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (WIN)
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (42-78) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks got on the board in the 4th inning on a Martinez solo HR. Nezuh got the start and was great tossing 6 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. Mancini relieved Nezuh and allowed a run in the 7th as the Drillers tied it. The game would go to extra innings and in the 10th, the Drillers walked it off with a 2 run HR as the Hooks fell 3-1.

Note: Nezuh has 67 K in 64.2 innings this season.

Orlando Martinez, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
Jeron Williams, 2B: 1-for-4, BB
Pascanel Ferreras, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B

Jacks0n Nezuh, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Joey Mancini, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (49-68) lost 10-4 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the 4th inning on a Janek 2 run HR. They got another run in the 5th on a Holy solo HR. Howard got the start and went 6 innings allowing 3 runs. Holy added an RBI single in the 7th to give Asheville the lead. The Spartanburgers blew it open late though scoring 6 runs off McPherson in the 8th inning. Asheville’s offense was unable to respond as the Tourists fell 10-4.

Note: Janek has a .777 OPS this season.

Yamal Encarnacion, LF: 2-for-4, R, SB
Walker Janek, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Kenni Gomez, DH: 1-for-4, R, SB
Max Holy, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

Dylan Howard, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brandon McPherson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Dawil Almonte, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (65-56) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Smith got the start for the Woodpeckers and was great tossing 5.2 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 5th inning on a Flores solo HR. Carrera came on in relief of Smith and closed it out tossing 3.2 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts as the Woodpeckers won 1-0.

Note: Smith has a 2.79 ERA in Single-A.