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Trinity quarterback Wyatt Messex completed 18-of-25 passes for 250 yards and five touchdown. Chris Stewart caught six passes for 125 yards and three touchdowns.
During the course of the 2019 San Antonio Missions season, I occasionally got closer a look at some of the players.
That seemed like a good way to wrap up my summer from Wolff Stadium.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.
It was a tough day for the former Missions. Keston Hiura started at second but suffered a hamstring strain and went on the injured list the next day.
Hernan Perez started at third base. Trent Grisham and Cory Spangenberg both got in the game late.
Former Missions pitchers Ray Black and Jay Jackson each threw one scoreless inning in relief.
Game photos taken from my seat in Section 225.
Keston Hiura hit his 16th major league home run as the Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Wednesday, Aug. 28.
Former San Antonio Missions in the Brewers’ starting lineup were Trent Grisham in center, Hiura at second and Cory Spangenberg at third.
Hiura had two hits including a double and three RBIs. Grisham also had two hits with a double.
Game photos from my seat in section 208.
Tuesday, Aug. 27 was also my first visit to Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Trent Grisham in left field, Keston Hiura at second, Cory Spangenberg at third and Adrian Houser on the mound were all in the starting lineup for the Brewers.
Game photos were taken from my seat in Section 212.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brewers 6-3.
Just like the previous three, Suter did not allow a run.
The 29-year-old left-hander from Harvard pitched four innings and faced 13 batters Sunday at Wolff Stadium. He gave up one hit with no walks and struck out six.
Suter threw 57 pitches, including 39 strikes.
Sunday marked the Missions’ last home game before the Pacific Coast League playoffs.
The Missions, who swept the three-game series against the Dodgers, are one game behind the Round Rock Express in the American Southern division. The Missions and Express open a crucial four-game series Monday in Round Rock.
The Missions got the jump on the Dodgers when Taylor hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning.
It was was the 13th homer of the season for Taylor, who is on a 12-game hitting streak. Since Aug. 12, Taylor has hit five home runs and his batting average has climbed from .238 to .275.
The Missions’ other run came when Corey Ray hit his sixth home run of the season in the seventh inning.
The Missions are two games behind the Round Rock Express in the Pacific Coast League American Southern division. The Missions play their final home game of the regular season on Sunday at 6:05 p.m.
Orf’s 10th home run of the season came in the fourth inning, when the Missions scored six runs and batted around. That turned the game around, changing a 3-0 Dodgers lead to a 6-3 Missions advantage.
The Missions also put up six runs in the seventh inning. Taylor’s 12th home run of the season came in the eighth inning with one on and accounted for the Missions’ final runs of the game.
Orf finished with two hits, three runs and five RBIs. Taylor had three hits, three runs and four RBIs.
Corey Ray and Jacob Nottingham had two hits each for the Missions.
Trey Supak pitched the first four innings for the Missions and did not get a decision. He allowed three runs on five hits.
Missions reliever Jake Faria (1-0) pitched the fifth and sixth innings to earn the win. He did not allow a run on one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.
The Missions remain 1 1/2 games behind the Round Rock Express in the Pacific Coast League American Southern Standings. Round Rock beat New Orleans 3-2 on Friday.
Tyler Austin hit a two-run homer in the third inning, his second home run and fourth extra-base hit since joining the Missions on Aug. 16.
Nate Orf drove in the Missions’ first run with an RBI single in the second inning.
Troy Stokes Jr. added an RBI single in the sixth inning to bring in the Missions’ final run.
Missions starting pitcher Aaron Wilkerson (8-2) pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two hits with five strikeouts and two walks. He lowered his season ERA to 3.34.
Angel Perdomo and Miguel Sanchez combined to pitch a scoreless sixth inning. Freddy Peralta kept the Dodgers scoreless in the seventh and eighth innings.
The Dodgers scored both of their runs in the top of the ninth off of Missions reliever Ray Black.
David Freitas is hitting almost .400 but is on the injured list. Jacob Nottingham has played a lot of innings over a long hot Texas summer.
So the Missions turned to Tuffy Gosewisch, who started two of their last three games.
Gosewisch has played in only 42 games this season. But one summer doesn’t tell you the story of the experience he brings to the team.
The 32-year-old catcher had been in pro baseball since being an 11th-round draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies 14 years ago. He has spent time in the majors with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners, playing a combined 137 games in bigs from 2013-2017.
And after playing all of last year and this year in Triple-A, Gosewisch played in his 1,000th minor league game on Friday night at Wolff Stadium in the Missions’ 4-2 victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers.
