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 (45-47) won 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Blanco started for Sugar Land and tossed 4.1 scoreless innings. Sugar Land got on the board in the third inning on a Biggio RBI double. The pen was solid allowing just one unearned run as the Isotopes tied it in the 7th. In the bottom of the 9th, Sugar Land walked it off on a Meyers 2 run home run as they won 3-1.
Note: Ferreras is hitting.366 in Triple-A.
- Cavan Biggio, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 1-for-3, BB
- Joey Loperfido, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Jake Meyers, DH: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Garret Guillemette, C: 1-for-3, R
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Logan VanWey, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Cody Bolton, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Miguel Ullola, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Brandon McPherson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (40-47) lost 11-3 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks got on the board in the first inning on an Encarnacion steal of home. Hertzler got the start and went 2 innings allowing 3 runs. Gillis pitched in relief but had his first rough outing in a while allowing 7 tuns over 5 innings. The offense got one in the third on a Sisneros groundout and another in the 5th on an Austin sac fly but that was it as the Hooks fell 11-3.
Note: Encarnacion has 40 SB this season.
- Yamal Encarnacion, RF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, 3 SB
- Will Bush, C: 2-for-4, BB, SB
- Trevor Austin, 3B: 0-for-4, RBI
- Cameron Sisneros, 1B: 0-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
- Joseph Sullivan, LF: 1-for-3, BB, SB
- Marcus Brown, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
- Cole Hertzler, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Alejandro Torres, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brett Gillis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Nic Swanson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (30-56) lost 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
Howard started for Asheville but struggled allowing 4 runs over 3.2 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a Powell sac fly and a run on a passed ball. The pen struggled for Asheville allowing another 6 runs as they found themselves down 10-2. The offense got 2 runs back in on Daudet and Batista RBI singles but that was it as they fell 10-4.
Note: Nigh is hitting .316 in High-A.
- Caden Powell, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Jack Moss, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Cesar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Zach Daudet, SS: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- Freuddy Batista, C: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Brandon Nigh, 3B: 1-for-2, 2 BB
- Dylan Howard, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Anthony Cruz, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Michael Cuevas, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Bryce Collins, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Colby Langford, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (42-42) lost 18-1 (BOX SCORE)
The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first inning on a Cauro RBI single. Things went downhill fast after that. The pitching staff had a rough game allowing 18 runs over 8 innings. The offense was quiet the rest of the way collecting just six hits as they fell 18-1.
Note: This was Newman’s first game in Fayetteville since June 3rd.
- Josh Wakefield, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Waner Luciano, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Carlos Cauro, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- DJ Newman, RF: 2-for-3
- Jesus Carrera, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Aubrey Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Leomar Rosario, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
- Brandon Cassedy, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Ryan Mathiesen, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: OFF
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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