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Smith was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
In Triple-A this season, Smith made eight starts and recorded a 3-2 record with a 2.45 ERA. The 6-foot-4 right-hander pitched 40 1/3 innings and allowed 11 earned runs on 27 hits with 45 strikeouts and 20 walks.
Barnes appeared in eight games for the Missions, all in relief. He had a 1-0 record with a 1.23 ERA. He converted in his only save opportunity.
The 6-foot-2 right-hander pitched in 16 games with the Brewers this season.
Barnes has made the move up and down between the majors and Triple-A a couple of times in 2019. He was optioned to the Missions on May 2. He was called back up to the Brewers on May 12. He was optioned to the Missions again on May 18.
The game marked the final appearance in a Missions uniform for the Milwaukee Brewers’ Travis Shaw. He was rehabbing from an injury.
Shaw was 1-of-2 and walked while batting second as the designated hitter. Shaw played in 10 games with San Antonio and batted .235 with one home run.
David Freitas, Troy Stokes Jr. and Jake Hager had two RBIs each for the Missions on Sunday.
Missions starting pitcher Thomas Jankins (4-2) got the win. He went five innings and gave up two earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
Missions right-handed pitcher Jacob Barnes was called up by the Brewers.
Missions right-handed pitcher Taylor Williams was called up by the Brewers.
Catcher Jacob Nottingham has been optioned from the Brewers back to the Missions.
Before leaving in the bottom of the third inning, Chacín walked three men with the bases loaded.
Chacín, 3-7 on the season, went 0-4 in the month of May in five starts.
Last night in Triple-A, the San Antonio Missions’ Aaron Wilkerson threw seven scoreless innings and allowed one hit with six strikeouts and three walks.
Obviously, it’s a significant difference between playing in the bigs and the Pacific Coast League.
And in Wilkerson’s time with the Brewers earlier this season, he didn’t exactly tear it up. Wilkerson appeared in three games with Milwaukee and gave up six earned runs in 7 1/3 innings.
But since coming back to San Antonio, he has gotten in a groove and dominated. Here are his last three starts in the Pacific Coast League when he had three wins and gave up no earned runs:
May 31, San Antonio def. Omaha 3-0
win, 7.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 6 SO, 3 BB
May 25, San Antonio def. Memphis 4-0
win, 5.2 IP, 0R, 0 ER, 3 H, 8 SO, 2 BB
May 19, San Antonio def. Memphis 9-3
win, 6.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 7 SO, 1 BB
In all, the 6-foot-3 right-hander from Fort Worth has pitched in five games with San Antonio since coming back from Milwaukee. He has allowed one earned run in 28 innings in that stretch with 13 hits, 25 strikeouts and 9 walks.
Whether Wilkerson goes back up to Milwaukee in the near future will depend as much on the health and performance of the Brewers’ pitching staff as it does on his own stats.
For the time being, down in San Antonio, Wilkerson is doing his part.
More on Wilkerson and Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw had three hits including a solo home run on Friday in the San Antonio Missions’ 3-0 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers at Wolff Stadium.
The Milwaukee Brewers infielder is with Triple-A San Antonio on a rehab assignment while coming back from a wrist injury. On Friday, he was 3-for-3 with a walk.
Shaw is hitting .438 (7-of-16) over his last five games with the Missions.
He is expected to rejoin the Brewers after the Missions’ current four-game series, which concludes Sunday.
Media reports from Milwaukee indicate he will return to the Brewers after the Missions’ current four-game home series against the Omaha Storm Chasers ends on Sunday.
Through Thursday, Shaw has played in seven games with the Missions and is batting .192. In the last four games he is 4-of-13 (.307) with three runs.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound infielder played in his first Missions home game on Thursday with the team wearing their alternate Flying Chanclas uniforms.
And that the 21-year-old from Cuba is going to stay in the majors for a long time.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound outfielder is currently with the Round Rock Express, the Triple-A farm club of the Houston Astros. The word around the league is that Alvarez will continue to improve his skills in the outfield. He has also seen time at first base for the Express.
His left-handed batting skills have already made him one of the biggest offensive threats in Triple-A and the Pacific Coast league.
Here is how Alvarez ranks in Triple-A as of May 23, 2019 (41 games played):
1st in batting average – .396
1st in total bases – 133
2nd in home runs – 19
2nd in RBIs – 57
2nd in hits – 61
3rd in doubles – 15
3rd in runs scored – 39
The Round Rock Express are currently at home for a four-game series against the San Antonio Missions. The series continues tonight and concludes Friday, weather permitting.
The Missions are playing on the road against the Round Rock Express – central Texas weather permitting.
The Milwaukee Brewers pitcher has appeared in three games with the Missions while rehabbing from an injury suffered late in the 2017 season.
Nelson started two of his three games with the Missions and has a 2-0 record with a 3.77 ERA. In his last outing, he pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and threw 86 pitches (54 strikes).
If all goes well Thursday, the 6-foot-6 right hander might once again be a starter for the Brewers by next week.
Todd Rosiak, who covers the Brewers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reported this quote from Brewers manager Craig Counsel:
“Then, at that point, we’ve got to make a decision. It’s just time. He’s healthy, he’s responding well. We’ve got to decide on putting him in the starting rotation.”
Nelson had a 12-6 record and 3.49 ERA in 29 starts with the Brewers in 2017. His season ended when he was diagnosed with a partially torn labrum and a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder.
Saladino had a two-run pinch-hit homer in the seventh inning Monday as the Missions beat the Redbirds 4-0 at Wolff Stadium to complete a sweep of their series.
In the five games against the Redbirds, Saladino batted .643 (9-of-14) with five runs scored, two home runs, two doubles and 10 RBIs. He has nine home runs and 23 extra-base hits on the season.
Jake Hager and Tuffy Gosewisch drove in the other two runs Monday.
Missions reliever Taylor Williams (1-0) pitched the fifth and six innings and got the win. He allowed no runs and two hits with two strikeouts. Burch Smith was the starter and did not get a decision. Smith went four scoreless innings and allowed two hits with six strikeouts and four walks.
Lucas Erceg hit his sixth home run of the season, a two-out solo shot in the second inning.
Tyler Saladino hit his eighth homer of the season with two runners on base in the sixth inning.
Erceg, Saladino and Blake Allemand had two hits each for the Missions.
Missions starting pitcher Aaron Wilkerson (2-0) went six innings for the win. He allowed one unearned run on two hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
It was the fifth straight win for the Missions, including the first four games of the current series against the Redbirds. The teams conclude their series with an early game Monday at 11:05 a.m.
