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Astros Minor League Recap: May 23rd

Jimmy Price

Published

May 24, 2023

Will Wagner | Credit: @shotbysarate

Another day of minor league action is in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (19-26) won 9-5 (BOX SCORE)

McGowin started for Sugar Land and was solid until the 6th when he allowed 3 runs. Overall, he allowed 4 runs over 5.1 innings. Bannon put the Space Cowboys on the board in the 2nd inning with a 3 run HR. They got another in the 4th on a Perez RBI single. After falling behind 5-4, Sugar Land rallied for 3 runs in the 7th on a Lee RBI double, Matijevic RBI single and Leon RBI groundout. The offense got 2 more in the 8th on a Hensley 2 run single. Ruppenthal and Record tossed scoreless innings to close it out.

Note: Madris has a .406 OBP this season.

Bligh Madris, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB, SB
David Hensley, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2 RBI
Korey Lee, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 1-for-5, RBI
Grae Kessinger, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
Pedro Leon, CF: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
Rylan Bannon, 2B: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Joe Perez, RF: 3-for-4, R, RBI

Kyle McGowin, RHP: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Austin Hansen, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Joe Record, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (18-22) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Brown started for the Hooks and allowed 2 runs, 1 earned over 4.1 innings. The Hooks first run came on a Loperfido RBI single in the first inning. Robaina pitched in relief and allowed 1 run over 4 innings of work. The Hooks entered the 9th down 3-1 but rallied. A Hamilton solo HR and Corona RBI single tied it at 3. With the bases loaded, Wagner walked it off with an RBI single to win it 4-3.

Note: Gilbert is hitting .349 in Double-A.

Quincy Hamilton, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
Drew Gilbert, CF: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
Kenedy Corona, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
Joey Loperfido, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Will Wagner, 3B: 2-for-5, RBI
Colin Barber, DH: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Chad Stevens, SS: 1-for-2, 2 BB

Aaron Brown, RHP: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Tyler Brown, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Julio Robaina, LHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (WIN)

A+: Asheville Tourists (18-20) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)

Dezenzo put Asheville on the board in the first inning with a solo HR, his 4th HR of the season. Mancini got the start but ran into some trouble allowing 6 runs over 4 innings. Asheville got 2 back in the 6th on Borden and Wrobleski RBI doubles. Ullola pitched great in relief tossing 3 scoreless innings but the offense was unable to get anything else going as the Tourists fell 6-3.

Note: Dezenzo is hitting .411 this season.

Zach Dezenzo, 3B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
Tim Borden, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
Ryan Wrobleski, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB

Joey Mancini, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Carlos Calderon, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Miguel Ullola, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (16-23) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

DeVos started for the Woodpeckers and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs, with all 3 coming in the 2nd inning. Dombroski pitched in relief and was dominant tossing 5 perfect innings with 8 strikeouts. Loftin put the Woodpeckers on the board with a solo HR in the 8th but that was it from the offense as the Woodpeckers fell 3-1.

Note: Dombroski has 53 K in 35.2 innings this season.