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 (37-43) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Gordon started for Sugar Land and was great tossing 6 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 6th inning on a Biggio RBI triple and Brooks RBI double. Weiss allowed 1 run over 3 innings as he closed out the 2-1 win.
Note: Biggio has a .849 OPS this season.
- Cavan Biggio, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
- Trenton Brooks, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Shay Whitcomb, SS: 1-for-3, BB
- Cesar Salazar, C: 2-for-3, R, 2B
- Colton Gordon, LHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Ryan Weiss, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (34-40) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks got on the board in the first inning on an Austin sac fly. They picked up 4 more runs in the 2nd inning on a Guillemette 2 run single, Schiavone sac fly and Brutcher RBI single. Gillis got the start and was dominant tossing 7 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The pen tossed 2 scoreless innings as they closed out the 5-0 win.
Note: Brutcher is hitting .360 in Double-A.
- Jason Schiavone, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Drew Brutcher, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Trevor Austin, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Tyler Whitaker, RF: 2-for-4, R
- Max Holy, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Garret Guillemette, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Brett Gillis, RHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Julio Rodriguez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Nic Swanson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (22-52) won 8-5 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring 3 runs on a Moss groundout, Daudet hit by pitch and Walker groundout. Howard got the start but struggled allowing 4 runs over 2.2 innings. Asheville got a run in the 4th on a Moss RBI triple and then tied the game in the 5th on an Ochoa solo home run. The game stayed tied until the 9th thanks to 4 scoreless innings from Steinbaugh and in the 9th, the offense rallied for 3 runs getting a run on an error, a Call sac fly and a Daudet RBI single. Cruz closed it out with 2 scoreless innings as Asheville won 8-5.
Note: Moss is hitting .364 in High-A.
- Kyle Walker, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI, BB, SB
- Caden Powell, DH: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Nehomar Ochoa, CF: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Chase Call, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Marcus Brown, 3B: 3-for-5, 2 R, SB
- Cesar Hernandez, LF: 1-for-2, R, 3 BB
- Jack Moss, 1B: 3-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Zach Daudet, SS: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Dylan Howard, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Raimy Rodriguez, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Conor Steinbaugh, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Anthony Cruz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (37-37) lost 11-4 (BOX SCORE)
Smith got the start for the Woodpeckers but struggled allowing 7 runs over 5 innings. The offense got on the board in the 5th inning on a Cauro solo home run. In the 6th, Neyens connected on a 3 run home run, his 12th home run of the season. Saunier struggled in relief allowing 4 runs and the offense was unable to get anything else going as the Woodpeckers fell 11-4.
Note: Neyens has a .900 OPS this season.
- Xavier Neyens, DH: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Carlos Cauro, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Brandon Nigh, SS: 1-for-1, R
- Aubrey Smith, RHP: 5.0 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Grayson Saunier, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Ryan Mathiesen, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: OFF
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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