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 (31-21) won 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Whitcomb solo HR. They got another run in the 4th on a Price solo HR. Whitcomb added another HR in the 5th, this time a 2 run HR. Ullola started for Sugar Land and pitched well allowing 1 run over 5 innings with 5 strikeouts. Price added a sac fly in the 8th and in the 9th inning, Sugar Land got some insurance on another Whitcomb HR and a Matthews 2 run HR. The pen closed it out as Sugar Land won 9-2.
Note: Whitcomb leads minor league baseball with 16 HRs.
Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 4-for-5, 3 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI
Jacob Melton, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
Brice Matthews, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Collin Price, C: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
Kenedy Corona, LF: 1-for-4, R
Miguel Ullola, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (WIN)
Nick Robertson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Luis Contreras, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (16-30) lost 9-5 (BOX SCORE)
Santos started for the Hooks and went 4.1 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, while striking out 7. The Hooks got on the board in the 4th on an Encarnacion 2 run HR. They got 2 more in the 5th on a Cerny 2 run double. Rodning struggled in relief allowing 6 runs as the Rockhounds took the lead. The offense got one back in the 9th but that was it as the Hooks fell 9-5.
Note: Guilfoil has a 3.96 ERA this season.
Edwin Diaz, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
Luis Encarnacion, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Austin Deming, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
Trevor Austin, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
Logan Cerny, CF: 3-for-3, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Alex Santos II, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
Tyler Guilfoil, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Brody Rodning, LHP: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Walker Brockhouse, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (20-27) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Asheville got on the board in the 3rd scoring 4 runs on a Janek RBI single, Spence 2 run single and Gonzalez RBI single. Guedez started for Asheville and pitched well allowing 2 runs over 5.1 innings while striking out 6. The offense got another run in the 6th on a Whitaker RBI single and one more in the 8th on a Bush solo HR. The pen tossed 3.2 scoreless innings as they closed out the 6-2 win.
Note: Janek is hitting .284 this season.
Walker Janek, C: 2-for-5, R, RBI
Alejandro Nunez, SS: 1-for-5, R
Lucas Spence, RF: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
Cristian Gonzalez, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
Will Bush, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
Tyler Whitaker, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, SB
Jose Guedez, RHP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
Cody Tucker, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Colby Langford, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (24-23) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Pinto started for the Woodpeckers and went 3 innings allowing 3 runs. The Woodpeckers got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring 2 runs on run scoring on a steal and a Schiavone solo HR. They got another run in the 4th on a Trimble RBI double. In the 6th, Trimble connected on a 3 run inside the park HR to give the Woodpeckers the lead. They got another run in the 8th on a Hernandez RBI single. Gonzalez closed it out allowing 1 run over the final 4 innings as the Woodpeckers won 7-4.
Note: Brutcher is hitting .356 this season.
Drew Brutcher, RF: 4-for-5, R, 2 2B
Alberto Hernandez, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
Max Holy, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, SB
Esmil Valencia, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB
Jason Schiavone, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
Justin Trimble, 1B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Waner Luciano, 3B: 2-for-3, BB
Jean Pinto, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Cam Brown, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
Rafael Gonzalez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Aaron Brown – 7:35 CT
CC: TBD – 7:00 CT
AV: Brett Gillis – 6:00 CT
FV: TBD – 6:05 CT