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Two of those have come at Wolff Stadium in the San Antonio Missions’ last two games.
Dubon had a 15-game hitting streak with the Missions from June 28 to July 20. During that stretch he was out of the San Antonio lineup from July 7 to July 13 while he was up with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Back with San Antonio, he has 10 hits in the last 10 games. He is hitting .299 on the season.
By Thursday afternoon, there were media reports that Shaw will be called back up by the Milwaukee Brewers.
If all goes as expected, Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium was Shaw’s last game in a Missions uniform and he will be on the Brewers’ active roster on Friday night when they open a big three-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs.
The 29-year-old infielder played 57 games with the Brewers this season. He hit .164 with six home runs. He was optioned to Triple-A San Antonio on June 28.
Shaw’s hitting was coming back around in recent games with the Missions. In his last 10 games he hit .323 (10-of-31) with four home runs and 12 RBIs. During that stretch Shaw looked like he was seeing the ball well and was consistently hitting the ball hard.
Last season with the Brewers, Shaw hit .241 with 32 home runs in 152 games.
Nelson entered the game in the sixth inning. He pitched 1 1/3 innings. He allowed two earned runs on four hits including a home run. He walked one batter and had no strikeouts.
Barnes pitched one inning, holding the Cubs scoreless in the top of the ninth inning. The Missions rallied in the bottom of the ninth to make Barnes the pitcher of record.
The 29-year-old right-hander has seen action for both the Milwaukee Brewers and Triple-A San Antonio this season. He has appeared in 13 games for the Missions, all in relief. He has a 2-0 record and 3.46 ERA in 13 innings. He has been with the Missions since being optioned from the Brewers on June 17.
A member of the Brewers’ 40-man-roster, the 6-foot-2 right-hander has appeared in 18 games in a Milwaukee uniform this season with one start. He has a 1-1 record with a 6.86 ERA in 19 2/3 innings.
The Missions got the job done in the final inning without a longball or extra-base hit. They put together two singles, a walk, a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring ground ball.
(Cubs lead 3-1 going into bottom of the 9th)
– Nate Orf singles.
– Troy Stokes Jr. walks. Orf goes to second.
– Jacob Nottingham singles. Orf scores. Stokes goes to second. (Cubs lead 3-2)
– Lucas Erceg pinch-hits.
– Wild pitch. Stokes goes to third. Nottingham goes to second.
– Erceg sacrifice flies to right field. Stokes scores. Nottingham goes to third. (score tied 3-3)
– Trent Grisham chops a grounder to first. Nottingham slides and beats the throw at the plate for the winning run (Missions win 4-3).
The Missions’ other run scored on a solo home run by Hernan Perez in the fourth inning.
The 28-year-old right-hander pitched two innings and allowed two runs (both in the first inning) with three hits, two strikeouts and four walks.
The Missions beat the Nashville Sounds 5-3 to sweep the four-game series and win their eighth straight.
Miller pitched in the majors for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. He was released by the Rangers earlier in July and signed a minor-league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He appeared in 18 games for the Rangers this season, starting eight and recording a 1-3 record with an 8.59 ERA.
Miller was an All-Star with the Braves in 2015. He had Tommy John surgery in 2017 and missed most of the 2018 season.
The San Antonio Missions utility man’s batting average was .276 on June 13. The next day he started an eight-game hitting streak.
Wednesday night, Spangenberg had three hits and scored three runs in a 7-5 victory over the Nashville Sounds at Wolff Stadium. His current hitting streak extended to four games. He is now hitting .319 with 10 home runs, 4 triples, 24 doubles and 44 RBIs.
Spangenberg is hitting an even .400 over the last 10 games (18-of-45).
Listed as a third baseman, Spangenberg has seen action all over the infield this season and has also done duty as an outfielder.
Spangenberg was part of the Double-A Missions when they were a San Diego Padres farm club and won the Texas League championship in 2013. He saw action in the majors with the Padres in the 2014 through 2018 seasons, appearing in 387 games and batting .258 with 27 home runs.
Leadoff batter Trent Grisham bunted his way on in the bottom of the first inning and scored the Missions’ first run of the game.
About three hours later, he scored the last run of the game. Grisham hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Missions beat the Nashville Sounds 6-5 on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium.
The home run was Grisham’s fourth in the last three games.
Grisham homered twice on Sunday as the Missions’ beat the Omaha Storm Chasers in the final game of that series. Grisham homered again on Monday in the opener of the Missions’ current four-game series against the Sounds.
During Grisham’s current four-game hitting streak, he is 11-of-18 (.611) with 10 runs scored, 4 home runs and 7 RBIs:
CURRENT FOUR-GAME HITTING STREAK
July 16 vs. Nashville, 2 hits, 3 runs, 1 RBI, 1 home run
July 15 vs. Nashville, 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 1 home run
July 14 vs. Omaha, 4 hits, 3 runs, 4 RBIs, 2 home runs
July 13 vs. Omaha, 2 hits, 2 runs, 0 RBIs, 0 home runs
The 22-year-old left-handed outfielder from Fort Worth is batting .314 with 9 home runs in 22 games for the Triple-A Missions. He started the season at Double-A Biloxi and batted .254 with 13 home runs in 63 games.
Gonzalez pitched 4 2/3 innings in a rehab start for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium. He allowed one run on five hits, including a home run. Gonzales was on a pitch count of 70 and left after throwing 68 pitches. Gonzales recorded four strikeouts with no walks.
The 6-foot, left-hander had a 2-1 record in six starts with the Brewers this season. His last game in the majors was May 27. He went on the injured list with a tired arm after that.
Monday’s game was his second rehab appearance in the minors. He pitched on Wednesday in a Class A game. He gave up two runs on four hits in two innings.
The Missions swept the four-game series with the Storm Chasers, scoring at least eight runs and piling up double-digit hits in every game:
July 14: W 9-5, 11 hits, 3 home runs
July 13: W 8-2, 11 hits, 2 home runs
July 12: W 10-9, 11 hits, 2 home runs
July 11: W 9-2, 10 hits, 2 home runs
On Sunday, Grisham hit his sixth and seventh home runs in 20 games since joining the Missions from Double-A Biloxi.
Tuffy Gosewisch, a catcher who doesn’t see much playing time for the Missions, hit his second home run of the season. His solo homer gave the Missions a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning and they led the rest of the way.
Bubba Derby was the Missions starting pitcher. He went four innings, allowed five runs and did not get a decision.
Burch Smith had been the expected starting pitcher for the Missions on Sunday. It was announced to the media about an hour before game time that Derby would start instead.
Missions reliever Donnie Hart (3-2) pitched two scoreless innings and got the win.
