Astros Minor League Recap: September 17th

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 (71-74) lost 13-2 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning when Matthews walked, stole second, advanced on an error and scored on a groundout. They got another run in the 3rd on a Melton RBI double. Mancini started for Sugar Land and pitched well allowing 2 runs over 6 innings while striking out 4. The bullpen really struggled though allowing 11 runs over the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings as Sugar Lans fell 13-2.

Note: Matthews has 37 SB this season.

• Brice Matthews, 2B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
• Pedro Leon, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Jacob Melton, CF: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Colin Barber, DH: 2-for-3, BB

• Joey Mancini, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Hudson Leach, RHP: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Matt Bowman, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Tyler Guilfoil, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Michael Knorr, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s minor league starters:

SL: TBD – 7:05 CT

CC: SEASON OVER

AV: SEASON OVER

FV: SEASON OVER

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