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Astros Minor League Recap: August 29th

Published

August 30, 2026

Xavier Neyens | 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 (67-63) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)

Nezuh started for Sugar Land and allowed 1 run over 1.1 innings. The offense got on the board in the 3rd inning on a Brooks sac fly and Ferreras RBI single. The offense got another run in the 6th inning on a Brooks RBI double and one in the 7th on a Dezenzo solo home run. In the 9th inning, Biggio connected on a solo home run. The bullpen was great tossing 7.2 scoreless innings as they closed out the 5-1 win.

Note: Ferreras is hitting .318 in Triple-A.

Trenton Brooks, DH: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Pascanel Ferreras, SS: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
Cavan Biggio, 2B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
Zach Dezenzo, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
Zach Cole, RF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
Lucas Spence, CF: 1-for-3, BB

Jackson Nezuh, RHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Alex Santos II, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Christian Roa, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Bryan King, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Miguel Ullola, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Roddery Munoz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (58-67) lost 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

The Hooks got on the board in the first inning on a Schiavone 3 run home run. They got 3 more runs in the 2nd inning on an Austin RBI single, run on a balk and Janek groundout. DeVos got the start and went 2.1 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. In the 6th inning, Nunez connected on a solo home run to extend the lead. The Hooks took a 7-3 lead into the 9th but Marrero allowed 4 runs as the Sod Poodles tied it. The game went to extras and in the 10th Whitaker connected on a sac fly. Torres would allowed 2 runs in the bottom of the 10th as the Sod Poodles walked it off.

Note: Schiavone has 30 home runs this season.

Justin Thomas, RF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
Trevor Austin, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
Jason Schiavone, C: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
Walker Janek, C: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
Will Bush, 1B: 2-for-5, SB
Tyler Whitaker, CF: 0-for-4, RBI
Alejandro Nunez, 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI, SB
Hector Salas, 2B: 1-for-4, R

Nolan DeVos, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Nic Swanson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Railin Perez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Andrew Marrero, RHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Alejandro Torres, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (41-81) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)

Oakes got the start for Asheville and went 3 innings allowing 4 runs. The offense got on the board in the 6th inning on a Neyens 2 run home run. In the 7th the offense rallied for 5 runs on a Newman 2 run single, a run on a balk and bases loaded walks to Garcia and Daudet. The pen allowed a few more runs and in the 9th, the Keys walked it off as Asheville fell 8-7.

Note: Daudet has 93 BB/65 K this season.

Kyle Walker, 2B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
Xavier Neyens, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Caden Powell, CF: 3-for-4, BB
John Garcia, C: 0-for-4, RBI, BB
Zach Daudet, SS: 0-for-1, R, RBI, 4 BB
Yosweld Vasquez, DH: 1-for-4, R
Brandon Nigh, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
DJ Newman, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI

Kellan Oakes, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Grayson Saunier, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Joan Ogando, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Francisco Frias, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (69-53) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Ardines started for the Woodpeckers and went 4 innings allowing 4 runs, 2 earned, while striking out 8 batters. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Piasecki RBI single. They got another run in the 4th inning on a Luciano solo home run. In the 7th the Woodpeckers rallied for 3 runs on a Ramirez 2 run double and a run scoring on a Hughes single and error. The bullpen was solid tossing 5 scoreless innings as they closed out the 5-4 win.

Note: Piasecki is hitting .347 this season.