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Astros Minor League Recap: May 30th

Published

May 31, 2026

Kevin Alvarez | Credit: Joe Dwyer

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 (23-33) lost 9-1 (BOX SCORE)

Weiss started for Sugar Land but struggled allowing 5 runs over 3 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the 4th inning on a Nelson RBI single. The pen allowed a few more runs and the offense was quiet the rest of the way as Sugar Land fell 9-1.

Note: Ullola was up to 97.3 MPH in relief.

Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
CJ Alexander, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
James Nelson, DH: 2-for-4, RBI

Ryan Weiss, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Joey Mancini, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Sam Carlson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Roddery Munoz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Miguel Ullola, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jayden Murray, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (23-27) lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Gillis started for the Hooks and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings while striking out 4. The pen pitched well too getting a scoreless inning from Chirinos and 2 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts from Rodriguez. Unfortunately the offense struggled collecting just five hits as they were shutout in the 1-0 loss.

Note: Holy has 24 SB this season.

Max Holy, SS: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB, SB
Jason Schiavone, C: 0-for-3, BB, SB
Pascanel Ferreras, DH: 2-for-4

Brett Gillis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Julio Rodriguez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (11-38) won 10-8 (BOX SCORE)

Asheville got on the board in the first inning on a Powell solo home run. In the 2nd inning, they scored 6 more runs with 2 runs on an error, Thomas 2 run triple and Moss 2 run single. DeVos got the start and was solid allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, over 5 innings of work. The offense got 3 more runs in the 5th scoring 2 on an error and one on a Daudet RBI groundout. The pen allowed a few runs but held on for the 10-8 win.

Note: Frey is hitting .296 in the month of May.

Justin Thomas, CF: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI, BB
Ethan Frey, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B, SB
Caden Powell, RF: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB, SB
Jack Moss, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
Kyle Walker, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB
John Garcia, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, SB
Zach Daudet, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB, SB

Nolan DeVos, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Raimy Rodriguez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Joan Ogando, RHP: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
Conor Steinbaugh, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (22-28) won 17-7 (BOX SCORE)

Carrera got the start for the Woodpeckers and went 4 innings allowing 5 runs. The Woodpeckers offense got on the board in the 3rd on a Huezo sac fly. In the 5th they got 3 runs on a Newman 2 run home run and Huezo solo home run. They got 2 more runs in the 6th on Salas and Sierra RBI singles. The offense blew it open in the 7th scoring 8 runs on an Alvarez RBI single, Janek RBI double, Salas 2 run double, Sierra 2 run double, a run on an error and a Huezo RBI triple. in the 8th, Sierra connected on a 3 run home run. MacRae allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, in relief and Cassedy closed out the game with a scoreless 9th as the Woodpeckers won 17-7.

Note: Alvarez is hitting .421 over his last 10 games.