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 (70-68)
Game 1 – lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey got the start for Sugar Land and went 4 innings allowing 3 runs. The offense got on the board in the 4th inning on a Diaz 2 run HR. Round Rock got 2 runs off Santa as they extended their lead. The offense got one back in the 7th on a Corona solo HR but that was it as they fell 5-3.
Note: Cole is hitting .353 in Triple-A.
- Zach Cole, RF: 2-for-4, 2 SB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Edwin Diaz, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Kenedy Corona, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, SB
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Tayler Scott, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Game 2 – won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Matthews grand slam. In the 3rd inning the offense added 2 runs on a Melton RBI double and Singleton RBI single. Knorr got the start and tossed 2 scoreless innings. He was relieved by Kouba who went 4 innings allowing 3 runs. The offense got another run in the 7th on a Matthews RBI single and the pen closed it out as Sugar Land won game two 7-4.
Note: Matthews has a .824 OPS in Triple-A.
- Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Jacob Melton, CF: 1-for-2, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Brice Matthews, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 5 RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Michael Knorr, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Rhett Kouba, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Jordan Weems, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (45-87) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Swanson got the start for the Hooks and pitched well tossing 5.2 scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts. The Hooks got on the board in the 8th scoring a run on a wild pitch. In the 9th, Bido struggled allowing 2 runs as the Wind Surge took the lead. The Hooks offense was unable to respond as they fell 2-1.
Note: Swanson hs 64 K in 66 innings this season.
- Orlando Martinez, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Will Bush, C: 1-for-3, 2B, SB
- Nic Swanson, RHP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Railin Perez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Anderson Bido, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (52-76) SEASON OVER
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (69-63) SEASON OVER
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Colton Gordon – 7:05 CT
CC: Alonzo Tredwell – 6:35 CT
AV: SEASON OVER
FV: SEASON OVER
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