Missions’ Troy Stokes Jr. receives Gold Glove

The Missions' Troy Stokes Jr. receives his Gold Glove award Thursday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Troy Stokes Jr. receives his Gold Glove award Thursday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
San Antonio Missions outfielder Troy Stokes Jr. earned the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for his play last season at Double-A Biloxi.

Stokes received the award Thursday night at Wolff Stadium between games of the Missions vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers doubleheader.

Stokes committed only one error last season in 220 total chances.

The Missions' Troy Stokes Jr. is joined by Missions manager Rick Sweet at Stokes receives his Gold Glove award Thursday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Troy Stokes Jr. is joined by Missions manager Rick Sweet at Stokes receives his Gold Glove award Thursday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander

Missions pitcher Adrian Houser to get start for Brewers on Monday

The Missions' Adrian Houser pitches against the Redbirds on April 9 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Adrian Houser pitches against the Redbirds on April 9 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
The Milwaukee Brewers will call up San Antonio Missions pitcher Adrian Houser on Monday, according to a report by Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Houser is expected to get the start Monday night in the Brewers’ road game against the St. Louis Cardinals at 6:45 p.m. (Central).

This would be Houser’s first major league start. He made seven relief appearances with the Brewers last season with a 3.29 ERA in 13 2/3 innings pitched.

The 6-foot-4 right-hander has pitched in three games this season for the Missions. He has a 1-0 record with a 1.10 ERA.

  • Adrian Houser bio – on milb.com
  • Adrian Houser after Tommy John surgery – on mlb.com

  • Missions pitcher Donnie Hart called up by Brewers

    The Missions' Donnie Hart pitching against the Memphis Redbirds at Wolff Stadium on April 10. - photo by Joe Alexander
    The Missions’ Donnie Hart pitching against the Memphis Redbirds at Wolff Stadium on April 10. – photo by Joe Alexander

    San Antonio Missions pitcher Donnie Hart was called up by Milwaukee on Friday and made his debut with the Brewers on Friday night.

    Hart pitched a scoreless ninth inning in the Brewers’ 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

    The 5-foot-11 left-hander pitched in six games for the Missions in short relief. He recorded 3.0 innings and had a 0-1 record with a 3.00 ERA. He struck out four batters with two walks and gave up five hits.

    Hart pitched in the majors the last three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in 93 games, including 51 in 2017 and 20 last season. He had a 3.43 ERA with a 2-0 record and no saves with the Orioles.

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    Milwaukee Brewers prospect and San Antonio Missions pitcher Burch Smith

    Missions pitcher Burch Smith earned his first win of the season against the Sounds on April 13 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Missions pitcher Burch Smith earned his first win of the season against the Sounds on April 13 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    San Antonio Missions pitcher Burch Smith is scheduled to start in tonight’s 7:05 p.m. road game against the Memphis Redbirds.

    This will be Burch’s third game of the season – all as a starter. He has a 1-0 record with a 0.82 ERA, 13 strikes, 6 walks and 5 hits in 11.0 innings.

    In his last outing, Smith got the win in a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Sounds. He pitched six innings and allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts and one walk on April 13.

    Smith got a no-decision against the Oklahoma City Dodgers in the opening series of the season. He pitched five shutout innings with two hits, eight strikeouts and five walks on April 8.

    Last season with the Kansas City Royals, Burch appeared in 38 games with six starts. He had a 1-6 record with a 6.92 ERA.

  • Scouting Burch Smith – on BrewCrewBall.com
  • Burch Smith stats – on baseball-reference.com

  • Milwaukee Brewers call up pitcher Aaron Wilkerson from San Antonio Missions

    Missions pitcher Aaron Wilkerson shut out the Nashville Sounds for 6 1/3 innings on April 12 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Missions pitcher Aaron Wilkerson shut out the Nashville Sounds for 6 1/3 innings on April 12 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    The Milwaukee Brewers called up right-handed pitcher Aaron Wilkerson on Tuesday.

    Wilkerson was scheduled to be the San Antonio Missions’ starting pitcher in Wednesday’s road game against the Memphis Redbirds.

    With the Missions this season, Wilkerson made two starts and had a 1-0 record with an 0.79 ERA. He pitched 11 1/3 innings with five hits, 12 strikeouts and two walks.

    Wilkerson got the win in his first outing of the season, a 4-1 road victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers. He pitched five innings and allowed one run on three hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk on April 7.

    In his most recent outing, he got a no-decision in a 7-3 loss to the Nashville Sounds on April 12 at Wolff Stadium. Wilkerson pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings. He allowed two hits with two strikeouts and one walk.

  • San Antonio Missions stats
  • Wilkerson on baseball-reference.com
  • Brewers call up Wilkerson on brewcrewball.com

  • Milwaukee Brewers prospect and San Antonio Missions pitcher Zack Brown

    Missions pitcher Zack Brown in a Flying Chanclas uniform playing against the Memphis Redbirds at Wolff Stadium on April 11. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Missions pitcher Zack Brown in a Flying Chanclas uniform playing against the Memphis Redbirds at Wolff Stadium on April 11. – photo by Joe Alexander
    Zack Brown will go for his first win of the season tonight. He is the scheduled starting pitcher in the San Antonio Missions’ road game against the Memphis Redbirds (6:35 p.m. Central).

    Tonight’s game game will be Brown’s third start of the season, all in Triple-A. He didn’t get a decision in either of his first two starts. He has a 3.00 ERA with 10 strikeouts and three walks in 12.0 innings pitched.

    Last year Brown went 9-1 in Double-A Biloxi in 22 games, 21 starts.

  • Brewers prospect Zack Brown a rising star – on jsonline.com
  • Zack Brown bio – on milb.com
  • Brewers Top Prospects List: Zack Brown – on reviewingthebrew.com

  • Milwaukee Brewers to activate Jeremy Jeffress after stint with San Antonio Missions

    Brewers pitcher Jeremy Jeffress, in a rehab assignment with the Missions, pitches against the Nashville Sounds on April 13 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Brewers pitcher Jeremy Jeffress, in a rehab assignment with the Missions, pitches against the Nashville Sounds on April 13 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jeremy Jeffress started his 2019 season with the San Antonio Missions.

    Jeffress spent time in Triple-A after experiencing shoulder issues in spring training.

    Jeffress appeared in four games with the Missions and pitched 4.1 innings. He gave up nine hits including three home runs and had a 14.54 ERA.

    Jeffress returned to Milwaukee on Monday and is expected to be activated off the injured list on Tuesday. The update on Jeffress’ status was reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

    As a reliever last season, Jeffress appeared in 73 games for the Brewers. He had an 8-1 record and a 1.29 ERA.

  • Jeffress will be active Tuesday – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Jeffress will rejoin Brewers on Monday – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Jeffress stats on baseball-reference.com

  • Sounds win series finale against Missions

    Lucas Erceg had two hits including a two-run homer. The Sounds beat the Missions 10-5 Monday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Lucas Erceg had two hits including a two-run homer. The Sounds beat the Missions 10-5 Monday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    The Nashville Sounds had 10 hits including four home runs to beat the San Antonio Missions 10-5 on Monday at Wolff Stadium.

    The Missions play their next seven games on the road beginning Tuesday night against the Memphis Redbirds.

    Willie Calhoun, Jett Bandy, Hunter Cole and Matt Davidson homered for the Sounds.

    The Missions had 15 hits. Tyrone Taylor had four hits, one RBI and one run scored. Lucas Erceg had two hits including his third home run of the season.

    Keston Hiura had a double and a triple. Corey Ray also had two hits.

    Missions take afternoon game from Sounds

    Jay Jackson pitches the ninth inning to get the save Sunday. The Missions beat the Sounds 5-4 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Jay Jackson pitches the ninth inning to get the save Sunday. The Missions beat the Sounds 5-4 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    Tyler Saladino kept up his hot hitting with a two-run triple as the San Antonio Missions beat the Nashville Sounds 5-4 Sunday afternoon at Wolff Stadium.

    Saladino hit three home runs over the previous two games. He is now batting .294 for the season.

    Saladino singled in the second inning Sunday and scored the first run of the game when Tuffy Gosewisch drew a bases-loaded walk.

    Saladino tripled in the fifth inning to drive in Corey Ray and Tyrone Taylor and give the Missions a 3-0 lead.

    The Sounds scored two runs in the top of the sixth on solo home runs by Willie Calhoun homers and Matt Davidson. That trimmed the Missions’ lead to 3-2.

    Mauricio Dubon and Keston Hiura both had run-scoring hits in the bottom of the sixth to stretch the Missions’ lead back to 5-2.

    The Sounds made it close on a two-run homer by Andy Ibanez in the top of the eighth.

    Missions starting pitcher Adrian Houser earned his first win of the season. He held the Sounds scoreless for five innings before giving up the two home runs in the sixth inning. Jay Jackson pitched the ninth inning and got his first save of the season.

    The four-game series between the Missions and Sounds concludes early Monday with an 11:05 a.m. first pitch at Wolff Stadium.

    Tyler Saladino powers Missions past Sounds

    Tyler Saladino is congratulated by third base coach Ned Yost IV as Saladino rounds the bases after hitting his second home run of the game Saturday against the Sounds at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
    Tyler Saladino is congratulated by third base coach Ned Yost IV as Saladino rounds the bases after hitting his second home run of the game Saturday against the Sounds at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
    Tyler Saladino hit two home runs as the San Antonio Missions beat the Nashville Sounds 5-3 Saturday night at Wolff Stadium.

    On Friday night, Saladino hit an inside-the-park home run.

    One night later, he powered two long balls over the left-field fence.

    Saladino hit a two-run homer with Cory Spangenberg on base in the second inning. Saladino hit a solo shot in the seventh inning.

    The Missions scored two more runs on a two-run double by Keston Hiura in the seventh inning to take a 5-1 lead.

    The Sounds also got two home runs: from Andy Ibanez in the top of the second inning and from Adam Moore in the eighth.

    Missions starting pitcher Burch Smith earned his first win of the season. He went six innings, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts and one walk.