Padres Minor League Report: Storm Stumble In Extra Innings Again

[Padres Mission Staff]

 

El Paso rolled 14-1 as catcher Rodolfo Durán hammered a three-run homer on his way to five RBIs, with Jackson Wolf tossing three scoreless innings and Logan Gillaspie earning the win over three perfect frames. San Antonio fell 9-2 despite Fernando Sanchez's 3⅔ innings of one-run ball and six strikeouts. Lake Elsinore dropped a 9-8 decision in 10 innings as reliever Carlos Medina fanned six, Kale Fountain drove in two, and Truitt Madonna doubled.

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Durán Drive In Five as Chihuahuas Rout Express

The El Paso Chihuahuas demolished the Round Rock Express 14-1, pounding out 16 hits, including three home runs. Starter Jackson Wolf set the tone with three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit while striking out five and issuing no walks. Chihuahuas pitchers allowed just two hits and struck out 12. Catcher Rodolfo Durán led the offensive attack, going 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in the second inning and a two-run single in the eighth, driving in five. He also scored twice and drew a walk.

Carlos Rodríguez added three hits, including a double, with three RBIs and a stolen base, while Pablo Reyes reached base four times on two hits, including a home run, and two walks, scoring three times. Samad Taylor contributed a ninth-inning solo shot among his two hits, and Jose Miranda ripped a triple, scored twice, and drove in a run. Sung-Mun Song chipped in two hits and an RBI. After Wolf, Logan Gillaspie worked three perfect innings with four strikeouts to pick up the win, and Eli Villalobos added two hitless frames with two strikeouts. Garrett Hawkins allowed the lone Round Rock run in the ninth while giving up one hit, two walks, and striking out one.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Samad Taylor, LF	5	2	2	1	1	2
Carlos Rodríguez, CF	5	1	3	3	0	0
Sung-Mun Song, SS	5	1	2	1	1	1
Marcos Castañon, 3B	6	0	1	0	0	4
Pablo Reyes, DH	3	3	2	1	2	1
Clay Dungan, 2B	5	1	1	1	0	0
Rodolfo Durán, C	4	2	2	5	1	1
Jose Miranda, 1B	5	2	2	1	0	2
Nick Schnell, RF	5	2	1	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jackson Wolf	3	1	0	0	0	5	0
Logan Gillaspie (W)	3	0	0	0	0	4	0
Eli Villalobos	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Garrett Hawkins	1	1	1	1	2	1	0

Missions' Bats Go Quiet In Lopsided Loss To Midland

The San Antonio Missions dropped a 9-2 decision to the Midland RockHounds on the road, managing just two runs despite collecting 10 hits. Starting pitcher Victor Lizarraga was roughed up for eight runs, six earned, on six hits across 1⅓ innings and took the loss. He struck out two without issuing a walk, but the Missions trailed 9-0 after two innings.

Romeo Sanabria broke through with the only extra-base hit for San Antonio, doubling to left in the fifth inning to plate Braedon Karpathios for the club's first run. The second run came in the sixth when Tirso Ornelas scored on a Karpathios groundout. Ornelas finished 2-for-4 with a run, Francisco Acuna added a double, After Lizarraga's rough start, the San Antonio bullpen stabilized things. Fernando Sanchez worked 3⅔ innings, yielding one run on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts. Francis Peña tossed two scoreless innings with a walk, three strikeouts, and one hit allowed, and Harry Gustin delivered a clean inning, striking out three while giving up two hits and a walk. The relief corps combined for 12 strikeouts but could not undo the early damage.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Jackson, SS	4	0	1	0	1	1
Romeo Sanabria, DH	4	0	1	1	0	1
Leandro Cedeño, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	3
Tirso Ornelas, RF	4	1	2	0	0	1
Carson Tucker, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kai Murphy, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Francisco Acuna, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Braedon Karpathios, CF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Chris Sargent, C	4	0	1	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Victor Lizarraga (L)	1 1/3	6	8	6	0	2	0
Fernando Sanchez	3 2/3	3	1	1	1	6	0
Francis Peña	2	1	0	0	1	3	0
Harry Gustin	1	2	0	0	1	3	0

Musgrove's Fort Wayne Season Debut Rained Out

The Fort Wayne TinCaps' road game against the Lake County Captains was postponed by rain. The teams will make it up as part of a doubleheader Friday. The game was slated to be the season debut of two-way Padres prospect Tucker Musgrove, who had been scheduled as the starting pitcher. Musgrove has one of the best four-seamers in the system and a sinker that also can be in the upper 90s. It was not announced whether Musgrove would start Thursday's game or one in Friday's doubleheader.

Storm Fall To Ports In Walk-Off Extras Thriller

For the second day in row, the Lake Elsinore Storm and Stockton Ports went to extra innings. And like in the series opener, the Storm came out on the wrong end of a walk-off. The Storm lost 9-8 in 10 innings to the Ports on a walk-off single to cap a three-run rally. In the top of the 10th with zombie runner Conner Westenburg aboard, Truitt Madonna doubled to right to push the Storm ahead 7-6, and Kale Fountain then singled to plate Madonna for an 8-6 advantage. Fountain finished 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored.

Starter Jesus A. Castro turned in a solid four-inning outing, allowing two runs, both earned, on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The Storm pushed across four runs in the second inning, highlighted by a Yoiber Ocopio fielder's choice RBI that scored Justin DeCriscio, and the lead grew to 6-1 in the third when Fountain doubled home Bradley Frye, and Jose Verdugo drove Fountain in on a groundout. Stockton chipped away, scoring one in the fifth and four in the sixth to tie the game at 6-6.

Ryan Wideman and Westenburg each swiped two bags for Lake Elsinore.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman, CF	4	1	0	0	1	1
Truitt Madonna, C	5	1	1	0	0	3
Bradley Frye, 3B	4	1	1	0	1	1
Kale Fountain, RF	5	1	2	2	0	1
Justin DeCriscio, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Verdugo, SS	3	0	0	1	0	0
Yoiber Ocopio, DH	4	1	0	1	0	1
Luke Cantwell, 1B	2	0	1	0	2	0
Conner Westenburg, LF	4	2	0	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jesus A. Castro	4	2	2	2	2	3	0
Joseph Herrera	1	2	4	4	2	1	0
Carlos Medina (BS)	3 2/3	1	0	0	0	6	0
Nick Falter (L)	1/3	2	3	2	1	1	0

Padres Top 20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: DNP
2. Ethan Salas: DNP
3. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
4. Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP
5. Humberto Cruz: DNP
6. Miguel Mendez: DNP
7. Ty Harvey: DNP
8. Jorge Quintana: DNP
9. Kale Fountain: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, SB, K
10. Ryan Wideman: 0-for-4, R, BB, K, 2 SB
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Lamar King Jr: DNP
13. Romeo Sanabria: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, K
14. Truitt Madonna: 1-for-5, 2B, R, 3 K
15. Michael Salina: DNP
16. Garrett Hawkins: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
17. Kavares Tears: DNP
18. Deivid Coronil: DNP
19. Francis Pena: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
20. Bryan Balzer: DNP

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