Another day of Astros minor league baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (24-18) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)
Walter started for Sugar Land and pitched well tossing 4 scoreless innings. The bullpen was great as Kouba, Murray and Hernandez all tossed 2 scoreless innings each. The game went to extra innings and in the 10th, Sacco walked it off with an RBI single as Sugar Land won 1-0.
Note: Whitcomb leads the PCL with 13 home runs this season.
Brandon Walter, LHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Rhett Kouba, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
Jayden Murray, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (11-25) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Nezuh started for the Hooks and was solid going 5.2 innings allowing 2 runs while striking out 3. The Hooks got on the board in the 5th on a Ferreras RBI single. They got 2 more in the 6th on a Wrobleski 2 run HR. Wrobleski added an RBI single in the 8th inning. Bido and Knorr closed it out with scoreless outings as the Hooks won 4-2.
Note: Barber is hitting .268 this season.
Colin Barber, RF: 2-for-5
Zach Cole, CF: 2-for-5, R
Pascanel Ferreras, LF: 2-for-5, RBI
Bryan Lavastida, C: 3-for-3, 2 R, BB, 3 SB
Ryan Wrobleski, 1B: 2-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB
Jackson Nezuh, RHP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
Anderson Bido, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Michael Knorr, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A+: Asheville Tourists (16-20) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got on the board in the third inning scoring 2 runs on Janek and Gonzalez solo homers. They got another in the 4th on a Bush solo HR. Santos got the start and was solid tossing 4 scoreless innings. In the 5th, Sullivan connected on a solo HR. The pen struggled as Bowling Green tied it up, but Asheville retook the lead in the 8th scoring a run on an error. The Hot Rods scored a run in the 8th to tie it up. Asheville rallied in the 9th scoring 4 runs on a Janek RBI double, Gonzalez sac fly, Spence RBI double and Vogel RBI double. Langford allowed a run in the 9th but held on for the win.
Note: Sullivan has a .938 OPS this season.
Alejandro Nunez, SS: 2-for-4, R
Walker Janek, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Joseph Sullivan, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
Cristian Gonzalez, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
Kenni Gomez, CF: 2-for-4, 2B
Lucas Spence, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
Drew Vogel, 2B: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Will Bush, C: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
Yeriel Santos, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Cody Tucker, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Railin Perez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Colby Langford, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (17-19) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
David got the start but struggled allowing 3 runs over 1.1 innings. The offense got on the board in the 4th inning on a Carrillo RBI single and Valencia RBI single. Almonte allowed 1 run in relief and Brown tossed a scoreless outing but the offense was unable to score again as they fell 4-2.
Note: Brutcher is hitting .320 this season.
Drew Brutcher, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Oliver Carrillo, 1B: 2-for-3, RBI
Cam Fisher, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Esmil Valencia, CF: 1-for-3, RBI
Ramsey David, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Dawil Almonte, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Cam Brown, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Aaron Brown – 7:05 CT
CC: Alex Santos – 7:05 CT
AV: Jose Guedez – 6:35 CT
FV: TBD – 5:30 CT