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Astros Minor League Recap: June 20th

Published

June 21, 2026

Trey Dombroski | Credit: Ben Zaragosa

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 (31-42) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land jumped out to an early lead scoring 2 runs in the first inning on a Biggio solo home run and a run on an error. After the Isotopes scored 3 runs in the bottom of the first, Sugar Land retook the lead in the 4th on a Ferreras RBI double and Winkler RBI single. McPherson got the start and allowed 4 runs over 3.1 innings. The Isotopes responded with a run in the 4th and 5th to take the lead. Sugar Land tied the game in the 7th inning on an Alexander solo home run but the Isotopes took the lead again with a run in the bottom of the 8th. Sugar Land was scoreless in the 9th as they ended up falling 6-5;

Note: Ferreras is hitting .471 in Triple-A.

Cavan Biggio, 2B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
CJ Alexander, DH: 2-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
Zach Dezenzo, RF: 2-for-4
Zach Cole, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
Pascanel Ferreras, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
Jack Winkler, SS: 1-for-4, RBI

Brandon McPherson, LHP: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Sam Carlson, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
J.P. France, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Roddery Munoz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (30-38) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks got on the board first on an Encarnacion RBI single in the second inning. Dombroski got the start for the Hooks and was solid allowing 2 runs over 5 innings. The pen was solid tossing 4 scoreless innings but the offense was unable to get anything else going as the Hooks fell 2-1.

Note: Brutcher is hitting .388 in Double-A.

Lucas Spence, CF: 1-for-4, 3B
Drew Brutcher, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
Yamal Encarnacion, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI

Trey Dombroski, LHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Ramsey David, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Nic Swanson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (18-49) lost 14-1 (BOX SCORE)

DeVos started for Asheville but struggled allowing 3 runs over 2 innings. The pen didn’t fare well either 10 runs over the next few innings. Thomas put Asheville on the board with a solo home run 5th inning. The Hot Rods got a couple more runs and the Asheville offense was quiet the rest of the way as they fell 14-1.

Note: Thomas has a .961 OPS this season.

Justin Thomas, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
Caden Powell, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB
Chase Call, LF: 1-for-3, BB
Jack Moss, 1B: 1-for-3, BB

Nolan DeVos, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Garrett Apker, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
Jackson Wells, RHP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Anthony Cruz, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Conor Steinbaugh, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (33-34) lost 10-0 (BOX SCORE)

Carrera started for the Woodpeckers and went 5 innings allowing 6 runs while striking out 4. Gonzalez relieved Carrera and allowed 4 runs over 3 innings. The Woodpeckers offense was quiet all night collecting just 5 hits as they were shutout in the 10-0 loss.

Note: Flores has a .771 OPS this season.