Astros Minor League Recap: September 21st

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 (73-76) won 12-6 (BOX SCORE)

Fleury started for Sugar Land and went 5 innings allowing 4 runs. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a Matthews RBI single and Diaz RBI single. They got 2 more runs in the 5th on a Dezenzo 2 run HR. After El Paso got 2 runs in the 6th, Sugar Land responded with 3 runs on a passed ball, a Diaz RBI double and a wild pitch. After a Dezenzo RBI double in the 7th, the offense blew it open scoring 4 runs in the 8th on Leon and Dezenzo sac flies, a Matthews walks and a run on a wild pitch. Sugar Land would win the season finale 12-6.

Note: Melton has a .945 OPS in Triple-A.

• Pedro Leon, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Zach Dezenzo, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
• Jacob Melton, LF: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, SB
• Shay Whitcomb, 2B: 1-for-2, R, 3 BB
• Brice Matthews, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
• Edwin Diaz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
• Zack Short, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R

• Jose Fleury, RHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Tyler Guilfoil, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Matt Bowman, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Miguel Ullola, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

Today’s minor league starters:

SL: SEASON OVER

CC: SEASON OVER

AV: SEASON OVER

FV: SEASON OVER

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