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Astros Minor League Recap: July 14th

Jimmy Price

Published

July 15, 2023

Tyler Guilfoil | Credit: Fayetteville Woodpeckers

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

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (35-53) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Sugar Land got on thne board first with a Bannon solo HR in the first inning. Urquidy made a rehab start and went 2 innings allowing 2 runs, though both were unearned. The offense got 3 more in the 2nd inning on a Salazar RBI single and a Hamilton 2 run single. Urquidy was relieved by Watkins who allowed 3 runs over 4.2 innings. The bullpen after him was solid but the offense was unable to get anything else going as Sugar Land fell 5-4.

Note: Singleton is hitting .348 for Sugar Land.

Quincy Hamilton, CF: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
Rylan Bannon, 3B: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-4
J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
Joe Perez, RF: 1-for-4, R
Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-4, R, RBI

Jose Urquidy, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Spenser Watkins, RHP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Matt Gage, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Enoli Paredes, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Blake Taylor, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-44) lost 12-4 (BOX SCORE)

Henley got the start but struggled allowing 6 runs over 1.1 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Correa RBI single. In the 5th, the Hooks got 3 runs on a Wolforth 2 run HR and Corona solo HR. The pen allowed another 6 runs and the offense was quiet as the Hooks would fall 12-4.

Note: Corona has 15 HR this season.

Kenedy Corona, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
Zach Daniels, LF: 1-for-3, BB
Chad Stevens, SS: 1-for-3, BB
Jordan Brewer, DH: 1-for-4, R
J.C. Correa, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
Garrett Wolforth, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

Blair Henley, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 2 K
Derek West, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Jacob DeLabio, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Jonathan Sprinkle, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
Cesar Gomez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (30-47) won 6-1

Melton put Asheville on the board with a leadoff HR in the first inning. DeVos got the start and allowed 1 run over 4.1 innings. The offense put up 3 runs in the 5th on RBI singles from Borden and Clifford and a bases loaded walk to Sacco. The offense got a couple more on a Sacco sac fly in the 7th and a Kato solo HR in the 8th. Bellozo closed it out with 4 scoreless innings.

Note: Clifford has a .874 OPS in High-A.

Jacob Melton, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB, SB
Tim Borden, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
Ryan Clifford, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
Ryan Wrobleski, C: 1-for-3, BB
Tommy Sacco, SS: 1-for-1, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Kobe Kato, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
Rolando Espinosa, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB

Nolan DeVos, RHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Max Roberts, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Valente Bellozo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (36-45) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

The Woodpeckers got on the board in the first inning scoring 3 runs on an Encarnacion solo HR and 2 run single from Loftin. Guilfoil started for Fayetteville and was dominant striking out 7 over 5 scoreless innings as he allowed just 1 hit. The Woodpeckers got 2 more in the 6th on a McGowan 2 run HR. Fleury closed it out allowing 2 runs over 4 innings with 8 strikeouts.

Note: Guilfoil has 61 K in 42.2 innings this season.