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 (30-21) lost 11-6 (BOX SCORE)
Ivey started for Sugar Land but struggled going 3.1 innings allowing 5 runs. The offense got on the board in the 3rd inning on a Hamilton solo HR. Sugar Land rallied for 4 runs in the 5th on a Melton RBI double, Matthews 2 run single and a run on a double play. The pen would struggled down the stretch allowing 6 runs as Sugar Land fell 11-6.
Note: Melton has a .855 OPS this season.
Zack Short, SS: 1-for-5, R
Shay Whitcomb, RF: 3-for-5, R
Jacob Melton, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
Jesus Bastidas, DH: 0-for-4, R, BB
Brice Matthews, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
Luis Guillorme, 2B: 2-for-2, 2 BB
Luis Castro, 1B: 2-for-4
Quincy Hamilton, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Ray Gaither, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Jayden Murray, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Misael Tamarez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (16-29) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Hooks got on the board first scoring a run in the 2nd inning on an Encarnacion RBI single. Bido got the start and allowed 4 runs over 2.1 innings. The Hooks rallied back for 2 runs in the 7th on an Encarnacion RBI double and Austin RBI single. The pen allowed a run and the offense was quiet the rest of the way as the Hooks fell 5-3.
Note: Santa has a 1.15 ERA this season.
Colin Barber, RF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 2B, BB
Luis Encarnacion, 1B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
Trevor Austin, 2B: 1-for-3, RBI
Anderson Bido, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Alimber Santa, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Patrick Halligan, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Michael Knorr, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (19-27) lost 13-6 (BOX SCORE)
Taylor started for Asheville and tossed 2 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. The offense got on the board first scoring 2 runs in the 5th on a Carrillo sac fly and another run on a balk. Santos relieved Taylor but struggled allowing 11 runs, 6 earned, over 2.1 innings. He was relieved by Perez who allowed another 2 runs. In the 7th, Vogel connected on a 2 run single to pick up 2 more for Asheville. Asheville got 2 more runs on a Whitaker sac fly and Nunez RBI double. That was it from the offense though as Asheville fell 13-6.
Note: Nunez is hitting .308 this season.
Kenni Gomez, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
Alejandro Nunez, 2B: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
Garret Guillemette, DH: 1-for-2, 3 BB
Drew Vogel, 3B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
Lucas Spence, LF: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
Will Bush, C: 0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 SB
Oliver Carrillo, 1B: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
Tyler Whitaker, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
Andrew Taylor, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Yeriel Santos, RHP: 2.1 IP, 8 H, 11 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Railin Perez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
Amilcar Chirinos, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (23-23) OFF
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Miguel Ullola – 7:35 CT
CC: TBD – 6:30 CT
AV: TBD – 11:00 CT
FV: TBD – 6:05 CT