Astros Minor League Recap: September 16th

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

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (71-73) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Whitcomb solo HR. They got another run in the third inning on a Matthews solo HR. Ivey got the start and went 5,2 innings allowing 3 runs while striking out 7. In the 6th Melton connected on a solo HR. Contreras allowed 2 runs in the 8th as El Paso took the lead and the offense was unable to respond as Sugar Land fell 5-3.

Note: Melton has a .933 OPS in Triple-A.

• Brice Matthews, CF: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Pedro Leon, RF: 1-for-3, BB
• Shay Whitcomb, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jacob Melton, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Tayler Scott, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Today’s minor league starters:

SL: Joey Mancini – 7:05 CT

CC: SEASON OVER

AV: SEASON OVER

FV: SEASON OVER

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