Adrian Houser pitching in a 2021 spring training game in Phoenix on March 24.Adrian Houser pitched in four games for the 2019 San Antonio Missions – all starts. He had a 2-0 record with a 1.27 ERA in the Missions’ only season in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander is expected to be a part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ starting rotation when this season starts.
Houser was a second-round draft pick by the Houston Astros in 2011 and was sent to the Brewers in July 2015 as part of a six-player trade. He made his major league debut in 2015, making two relief appearances for the Brewers.
After starting 2019 with the Missions, he was called up to Milwaukee on May 3 and appeared in 35 games for the Brewers that summer including 18 starts. He finished the season with a 6-7 record with a 3.72 ERA in 111 1/3 innings.
In the covid-shortened 2020 season, Houser started 11 games and made one relief appearance. He recorded a 1-6 record with a 5.30 ERA in 56 innings.
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Adrian Houser pitching for the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season.
Miguel Sanchez pitching for the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium during the summer of 2019.The San Antonio Missions were the Triple-A farm club of the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2019 season. These players were in uniform for the Missions two summers ago and went to the Brewers’ big league camp for 2021 spring training:
PITCHERS
No. Player
50 Ray Black
66 Zack Brown
39 Corbin Burnes
37 Adrian Houser
64 Thomas Jankins
47 Angel Perdomo
70 Miguel Sanchez
35 Brent Suter
38 Devin Williams
CATCHERS
No. Player
26 Jacob Nottingham
INFIELDERS
No. Player
18 Keston Hiura
21 Travis Shaw
OUTFIELDERS
No. Player
78 Corey Ray
15 Tyrone Taylor
* 2019 Missions manager Rick Sweet is listed as an instructor
Tyrone Taylor playing for the Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season
Adrian Houser, pitching for the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium in 2019, is part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ player pool announced Monday.The Milwaukee Brewers announced their initial player pool for the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
The pool includes these position players from the 2019 San Antonio Missions:
Milwaukee Brewers player pool includes these position players from the 2019 San Antonio Missions:
C David Freitas
C Jacob Nottingham
IF Keston Hiura
These pitchers who saw action with the 2019 Missions are also included in the Brewers’ player pool:
Ray Black
Zack Brown
Corbin Burnes
Adrian Houser
Brent Suter
Mauricio Dubon drives in the Missions’ winning run in a 6-5 victory over the Memphis Redbirds on April 9, 2019 in the first Triple-A game in San Antonio history.One year ago today, Triple-A baseball was played in San Antonio for the first time.
Mauricio Dubon’s two-run, walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth drove in Lucas Erceg and Jake Hager with the tying and winning runs as the Missions beat the Memphis Redbirds 6-5.
Of the Missions who played in last year’s home opener at Wolff Stadium, these players also spent time with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019:
Keston Hiura, Tyler Saladino, Jacob Nottingham, Cory Spangenberg, Tyrone Taylor, Mauricio Dubon, Adrian Houser, Jeremy Jeffress, Deolis Guerra.
Former San Antonio Missions players Keston Hiura, Trent Grisham and Cory Spangenberg in uniform for the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 27 at Miller Park. – photo by Joe AlexanderAfter a summer of watching the San Antonio Missions, I got a chance to see some former Missions in the majors.
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 Missions’ Adrian Houser pitches against the Redbirds on April 9 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderThe 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.
Jay Jackson pitches the ninth inning to get the save Sunday. The Missions beat the Sounds 5-4 at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderTyler 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.
