Author: 210 Gameday

Missions lose early lead for 2nd straight night; Daniel Camarena, Michel Baez pitch 6 strong innings

Ripken Reyes homers to give the Missions a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 7-5 on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes homers to give the Missions a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
The San Antonio Missions scored the first four runs of the game before falling to the Midland RockHounds 7-5 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

For the second straight night, the Missions shut out the RockHounds over the first five innings.

The Missions got strong pitching early. Starter Daniel Camarena threw three shutout innings. Michel Baez followed by allowing one run over three innings as the Missions built a 4-1 lead after six innings.

Ripken Reyes gave the Missions a fast start by leading off the bottom of the first inning with his fifth home run of the season. Reyes, Jackson Merrill, Korry Howell and Justin Farmer had two hits each and the Missions finished with 12 hits.

The RockHounds turned the game around with four runs in the seventh inning. That included a crucial error by the Missions with two outs followed shortly thereafter by a three-run homer by Max Muncy.

Midland put the game out of reach with a two-run homer by Jack Winkler in the top of the eighth.

The sun sets behind Wolff Stadium on Wednesday night. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 7-5 on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The sun sets behind Wolff Stadium on Wednesday night.

RockHounds homer past Missions after Gabe Mosser’s strong start

Missions starter Gabe Mosser held the RockHounds scoreless for five innings. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 6-2 on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Gabe Mosser held the RockHounds scoreless for five innings.
Midland’s Lazaro Armenteros and Max Muncy hit home runs to carry the RockHounds to a 6-2 victory over the San Antonio Missions on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium.

Armenteros hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the RockHounds a 3-2 lead. Muncy added a three-run shot in the ninth to extend the advantage.

San Antonio starting pitcher Gabe Mosser threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

The Missions took the lead by scoring two runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Juan Zabala’s ground ball turned into a Midland error that allowed Michael De La Cruz to score. Ripken Reyes singled to drive in Korry Howell and make it 2-0.

UTSA women’s soccer blanks UIW in exhibition

Maddie Reynolds scored UTSA's second goal. UTSA beat Incarnate Word 3-0 in a women's soccer preseason exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Maddie Reynolds scored UTSA’s second goal.

The UTSA soccer team beat Incarnate Word 3-0 in a preseason exhibition on Saturday at UTSA Park West.

Brittany Holden, Maddie Reynolds and Deja Sandoval scored the Roadrunners’ goals.

UTSA opens the regular season on Thursday at Park West against Central Arkansas.

Brittany Holden scored UTSA's first goal. UTSA beat Incarnate Word 3-0 in a women's soccer preseason exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Brittany Holden scored UTSA’s first goal.
Deja Sandoval scored UTSA's third goal. UTSA beat Incarnate Word 3-0 in a women's soccer preseason exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Deja Sandoval scored UTSA’s third goal.

UTSA women’s soccer wins first preseason exhibition

Sophie Morrin scores the first goal in a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a women's soccer preseason exhibition on Sunday, August 6, 2023, at UTSA Park West Athletic Complex. - photo by Joe Alexander
Sophie Morrin scores the first goal in a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

UTSA got goals from Sophie Morrin and Brittany Holden in a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a preseason exhibition on Sunday at UTSA Park West Athletic Complex.

– goUTSA.com women’s soccer schedule

Brittany Holden scores the second goal in a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a women's soccer preseason exhibition on Sunday, August 6, 2023, at UTSA Park West Athletic Complex. - photo by Joe Alexander
Brittany Holden scores the second goal in a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Rangers prospect Thomas Saggese part of Jordan Montgomery trade

Texas Rangers prospect Thomas Saggese playing for the Frisco Rough Riders against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on April 12, 2023. - photo by Joe Alexander
Texas Rangers prospect Thomas Saggese playing for the Frisco Rough Riders against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on April 12, 2023.
The Texas Rangers made a big deal for the second day in a row as the trade deadline looms.

The Rangers acquired starting left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery and right-handed reliever from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

Texas sends middle infielder Thomas Saggese, right-handed pitcher and left-handed pitcher John King to St. Louis.

Saggese was the No. 14 prospect in the Rangers minor league organization, according to MLB.com. The 21-year-old was batting .314 with 14 home runs and 78 RBIs in 92 games this season for the Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League. He was a fifth-round draft pick out of high school in 2020.

On Friday, the Rangers acquired pitcher Max Scherzere from the New York Mets for Frisco infielder Luisangel Acuna, the No. 3 prospect in the Rangers organization.

Rangers prospect Luisangel Acuna traded to Mets in Max Scherzer deal

The Frisco Rough Riders' Luisangel Acuna, who has been traded to the New York mets in the Max Scherzer deal, playing against the San Antonio Missions on April 13, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Frisco Rough Riders’ Luisangel Acuna playing against the San Antonio Missions on April 13 at Wolff Stadium.
Frisco RoughRiders shortstop/second baseman Luisangel Acuna is headed to the New York Mets as part of the Texas Rangers’ trade to acquire pitcher Max Scherzer.

Acuna, who has played at Wolff Stadium a number of times this season against the San Antonio Missions, is batting .315 on the season. He has seven home runs and 51 RBIs in 84 games. He also stole 42 bases.

The 21-year-old from Venezuela was the No. 3 prospect in the Rangers’ minor league organization.

Astros prospects power Hooks past Missions with homers from Luis Aviles Jr., Drew Gilbert and Kenedy Corona

Former Missions infielder Luis Aviles Jr. hit his 12th home run of the season. The Corpus Christi Hooks beat the San Antonio Missions 8-1 on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Former Missions infielder Luis Aviles Jr. (10) hit his 12th home run of the season.
Luis Aviles Jr. opened the season wearing a San Antonio Missions uniform. Friday night he hit a long ball in his former home stadium.

Aviles, Drew Gilbert and Kenedy Corona all homered for the Corpus Christi Hooks in an 8-1 victory over the Missions at Wolff Stadium.

Aviles hit a two-run shot as part of the Hooks’ five-run second-inning surge.

The 28-year-old Aviles was signed by the San Diego Padres to a minor league contract in March and assigned to the Missions. He was released by the Missions in May and signed by a Mexican League team before being picked up by the Houston Astros organization and assigned to Corpus Christi on June 6.

Gilbert, the No. 1 prospect in the Astros minor league system mlb.com/prospects/astros/ added a three-run homer in the second inning. The 22-year-old outfielder was a first-round draft pick by the Astros in 2022 after playing in college at Tennessee.

Corona, the No. 17 Astros prospect, hit a solo home run in the fourth inning. The Hooks outfielder and leadoff batter is a 23-year-old from Venezuela.

All three Corpus Christi home runs came off Missions starting pitcher Daniel Camarena, who took the loss.

Missions manager Luke Montz was ejected in the fourth inning. He protested after Daniel Johnson’s long fly ball down the left-field line was initially ruled a home run, then changed to a foul.

The Hooks' Drew Gilbert (1) hit his sixth home run of the season. The Corpus Christi Hooks beat the San Antonio Missions 8-1 on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Hooks’ Drew Gilbert (1) hit his sixth home run of the season.
The Hooks' Kenedy Corona hit his 15th home run of the season. The Corpus Christi Hooks beat the San Antonio Missions 8-1 on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Hooks’ Kenedy Corona hit his 15th home run of the season.

Astros prospect Colton Gordon gets win; Hooks overpower Missions with big inning

Houston Astros prospect Colton Gordon struck out seven batters in five innings. The Corpus Christi Hooks beat the San Antonio Missions 13-2 on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Houston Astros prospect Colton Gordon struck out seven batters in five innings.
The Corpus Christi Hooks took the lead for good in the first inning and added 10 runs in the sixth to beat the San Antonio Missions 13-2 on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.

Hooks right fielder Zach Daniels had five RBIs with two hits including a first-inning home run.

Corpus Christi starting pitcher Colton Gordon went five innings and got the win. He allowed two runs on three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.

Gordon, the No. 8 prospect in the Houston Astros’ organization, has allowed two or fewer earned runs in his last six starts and lowered his ERA from 3.98 to 3.30 over that stretch. The 24-year-old left-hander was the Astros’ eighth-round pick in the 2021 draft after playing college ball at Central Florida.

Hooks starting pitcher Colton Gordon. The Corpus Christi Hooks beat the San Antonio Missions 13-2 on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Hooks starting pitcher Colton Gordon.

Gabe Mosser starts Missions’ combined shutout against Hooks

Gabe Mosser pitched four scoreless inning to start the Missions' shutout of the Hooks. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 9-0 on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Gabe Mosser pitched four scoreless inning to start the Missions’ shutout of the Hooks.
Five San Antonio Missions pitchers teamed up to shut out the Corpus Christi Hooks 9-0 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

Gabe Mosser, who was recently promoted to the Missions from Class A Fort Wayne, started and went four innings. He allowed two hits and one walk with one strikeout.

Jose Espada was the first Missions reliever out of the bullpen and went 2 2/3 innings to earn the win.

Justin Lopez got the final out of the seventh inning. Jairo Iriarte and Jose Quezada pitched one inning each to finish the game.

The Missions dominated the game with 11 hits. Ripken Reyes, Daniel Johnson, Marcos Castanon and Michael De La Cruz had two hits each. Johnson and Castanon had triples and Korry Howell and Juan Fernandez both had doubles. Castanon extended his hitting streak to nine games.

Marcos Castanon had two hits including a triple, scored twice and had two RBIs. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 9-0 on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Marcos Castanon had two hits including a triple, scored twice and had two RBIs.

Astros’ Jose Urquidy looks sharp in rehab start against Missions

Jose Urquidy warms up in the bullpen in front of fans at Wolff Stadium before Tuesday's game. The Houston Astros' Jose Urquidy pitched against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, as part of a rehab assignment. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jose Urquidy warms up in the bullpen in front of fans at Wolff Stadium before Tuesday’s game.
Houston Astros pitcher Jose Urquidy made his third rehab start on Tuesday night, playing for the Corpus Christi Hooks against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium.

By the numbers, it was the best of his rehab starts. He went four shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.

In two previous rehab starts with Triple-A Sugar Land, he pitched two innings on July 14 and three innings on July 19.

The 28-year-old right-hander last pitched for Houston on April 30. He had a 2-2 record in six starts on the season for the Astros. He went on the 15-day disabled list on May 1 with right shoulder discomfort.

The Hooks beat the Missions 5-0 on Tuesday with home runs from Jordan Brewer, Chad Stevens and Zach Daniels.