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Astros Minor League Recap: May 13th

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Kellan Oakes | Credit: Fayetteville Woodpeckers

Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (19-22) lost 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Ullola started for Sugar Land but lasted just 3 innings allowing 3 runs, which all scored in the first inning. The offense got on the board in the 6th on a Nelson RBI groundout. The pen allowed another 3 runs and the offense was quiet the rest of the way as Sugar Land fell 6-1.

Note: Nelson is hitting .314 in Triple-A.

Kellen Strahm, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
James Nelson, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI

Miguel Ullola, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Joey Mancini, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Tom Cosgrove, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Hudson Leach, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (16-19) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

Mayer got the start but struggled allowing 3 runs over 1.2 innings. The Hooks got on the board in the 4th inning on an Austin 2 run double. They picked up another in the 5th on a Holy RBI single. The Sod Poodles extended their lead with 2 in the 7th but the Hooks got one back on a Bush RBI single. The Hooks entered the 9th inning down 6-4 but rallied. They scored a run on a Bush RBI single and then tied it with a Spence bases loaded walk. With two outs and the bases loaded, Encarnacion drew a walk to bring in the winning run as the Hooks won 7-6.

Note: Holy is hitting .375 in Double-A.

Will Bush, C: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI
Max Holy, SS: 2-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
Lucas Spence, CF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Joseph Sullivan, DH: 1-for-5, R, 2B
Yamal Encarnacion, 2B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, 3 BB, SB
Trevor Austin, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Tyler Whitaker, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
Garret Guillemette, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
Jeron Williams, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B

Bryce Mayer, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Michael Cuevas, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Julio Rodriguez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Alejandro Torres, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Ramsey David, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A+: Asheville Tourists (8-27) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the first on a Frey sac fly. Santos started for Asheville and was solid allowing 3 runs over 5.2 innings. He was relieved by Pena who allowed another 3 runs as Asheville found themselves down 6-1. They rallied in the 9th scoring a run on an error, a run on a wild pitch and a run on a Nunez groundout but that was it as Asheville fell 6-4.

Note: Thomas is hitting .303 this season.

Justin Thomas, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
Ethan Frey, CF: 0-for-4, RBI
Freuddy Batista, C: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
Caden Powell, LF: 1-for-3, BB
Zach Daudet, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB, SB
Kyle Walker, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB

Yeriel Santos, RHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Alain Pena, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Francisco Frias, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (14-21) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)

Potter started for the Woodpeckers and was solid allowing 1 run over 4 innings of work. The offense broke open the game in the 4th inning scoring 4 runs on a Sierra 2 run home run, a run on an error and a run on a wild pitch. They picked up another run in the 6th inning on a Salas RBI single. Oakes relieved Potter and was great losing 5 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts as he closed out the 5-1 win.

Note: Potter has a 2.45 ERA this season.