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 (25-18) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Brown started for Sugar Land and turned in his best outing of the season as he struck out 7 over 5 innings allowing just 1 run. The Sugar Land offense got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Bastidas solo HR. They added a run in the 3rd on a Melton RBI groundout and then 2 more runs in the 4th on a Hudson 2 run double. Sugar Land added another run in the 5th on an error. The pen allowed a few runs, but were solid to close it out as Sugar Land won 5-4.
Note: Melton has a .987 OPS this season.
Jacob Melton, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI
Jesus Bastidas, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
Luis Guillorme, DH: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
Tommy Sacco, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
Joe Hudson, C: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Quincy Hamilton, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Aaron Brown, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (WIN)
Blake Weiman, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Nick Robertson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (11-26) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Santos started for the Hooks and pitched well striking out 5 over 4.2 scoreless innings. Cole put the Hooks on the board in the 3rd inning on a solo HR. In the 7th, the offense picked up 3 runs on a Wrobleski 2 run HR and Deming solo HR. Mancini relieved Santos and took a lead into the 9th but allowed a homer with 2 outs as the RoughRiders tied it at 4. In the 11th, the Hooks took the lead on a Sherwin RBI single. In the bottom of the 11th, the RoughRiders walked it off scoring 2 runs as the Hooks fell 6-5.
Note: Santos has a 3.52 ERA in Double-A.
Zach Cole, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
Ryan Wrobleski, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
Austin Deming, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, RBI
Logan Cerny, CF: 1-for-5, SB
Alex Santos, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Joey Mancini, RHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Patrick Halligan, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (16-20) POSTPONED
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (18-19) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tredwell started for the Woodpeckers and pitched really well striking out 6 over 5 scoreless innings. The offense got on the board in the 5th on an error. In the 6th inning, the offense picked up 4 runs on a Brutcher RBI single, Powell RBI double and 2 runs scoring on a wild pitch. Ogando closed it out allowing 1 run over the final 4 innings.
Note: Tredwell has a 3.46 ERA this season.
Jancel Villarroel, C: 1-for-4, R
Drew Brutcher, RF: 3-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI
Caden Powell, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
Kedaur Trujillo, 1B: 2-for-3, BB
Cesar Hernandez, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2 SB
Alberto Hernandez, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
Alonzo Tredwell, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)
Joan Ogando, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 K (SAVE)
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: AJ Blubaugh – 6:05 CT
CC: Trey Dombroski – 7:05 CT
AV: Alain Pena – 4:05 CT
FV: TBD – 5:30 CT