Padres Minor League Report: Lucas Giolito Strikes Out 4, But Sustains Minor Injury In Storm Win

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The San Diego Padres' minor-league affiliates split four games. High-A Fort Wayne edged Wisconsin 2-1 behind five scoreless innings and eight strikeouts from Jamie Hitt. Low-A Lake Elsinore rallied for six runs in the sixth to top Visalia 6-5 as Lucas Giolito made his first start. Ethan Salas homered and doubled, but Double-A San Antonio fell 5-4 in 10 innings to Amarillo. Jase Bowen homered for Triple-A El Paso, which dropped an 8-2 decision to Reno after a six-run sixth.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres recalled IF Sung-Mun Song from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• El Paso Chihuahuas activated LHP Marco Gonzales from the 7-day injured list.
• LHP Omar Cruz assigned to San Antonio Missions from El Paso Chihuahuas.

Chihuahuas Fall To Reno On 6-Run Sixth Inning

The El Paso Chihuahuas dropped an 8-2 decision to the visiting Reno Aces, undone by a six-run sixth inning.

Marco Gonzales opened with two scoreless innings, allowing two hits, no runs, no walks, and two strikeouts. Sean Boyle followed with three-plus innings of relief and was tagged with the loss after surrendering five runs on three hits, three walks, and four strikeouts.

El Paso scored in the bottom of the first when Samad Taylor walked, advanced on a Pablo Reyes single, and scored on a Nick Solak base hit to center. Reno tied it in the fifth on a two-run double, then broke the game open in the sixth. Two singles and a hit by pitch loaded the bases, a two-run single brought home the go-ahead runs, a two-run single off Gillaspie made it 6-1, and a two-run double pushed the lead to 8-1.

Leading off the eighth, Jase Bowen launched a solo home run, his team-leading seventh of the season, for the Chihuahuas' only other run. Solak added a multi-hit night with two singles and an RBI.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Jase Bowen	4	1	1	1	0	1
Samad Taylor	3	1	0	0	1	0
Pablo Reyes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Miranda	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Solak	4	0	2	1	0	1
Rodolfo Duran	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mason McCoy	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marcos Castanon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Vilar	3	0	1	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Marco Gonzales	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sean Boyle (L)	3	3	5	5	3	4	0
Logan Gillaspie	2	4	3	2	0	2	0
Misael Tamarez	2	1	0	0	0	1	0

Salas Homers As Part of 3-Hit Night, But Missions Fall In 10

The San Antonio Missions came up short in 10 innings, losing 5-4 to the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles despite a three-hit, three-RBI performance from Ethan Salas.

Starter Jagger Haynes turned in five innings of two-run baseball, scattering four hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

Amarillo jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on a two-run double off Haynes. Salas tied the game in the third with a two-run home run, his second of the season and coming on back-to-back nights. Albert Fabian's solo shot in the seventh, his second of the season, trimmed Amarillo's lead to one, but the Sod Poodles answered in the top of the seventh with an RBI double and a run-scoring single. Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Murphy singled with one out and Salas roped a game-tying double to score him.

In the 10th, Amarillo plated the zombie runner on a double, and the Missions stranded a runner in the bottom half when Tirso Ornelas was intentionally walked and Luis Verdugo struck out swinging to end it.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ethan Salas	4	1	2	3	1	0
Francisco Acuna	5	0	0	0	0	3
Romeo Sanabria	4	0	0	0	1	3
Leandro Cedeno	5	0	1	0	0	2
Tirso Ornelas	4	0	1	0	1	1
Braedon Karpathios	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Verdugo	4	0	1	0	1	3
Ryan Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Albert Fabian	4	1	1	1	0	0
Kai Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kai Murphy	4	2	3	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jagger Haynes	5	4	2	2	3	6	0
Andrew Dalquist	1 2/3	2	2	2	2	3	0
Johan Moreno	1 1/3	1	0	0	0	4	0
Andrew Moore (L)	2	2	1	0	0	3	0

Hitt's Eight-Strikeout Gem Lifts TinCaps Past Wisconsin

Jamie Hitt was outstanding for the Fort Wayne TinCaps, striking out eight over five scoreless innings on two hits and no walks as Fort Wayne edged the visiting Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2-1. Clark Candiotti added two scoreless innings of relief on one hit, and Braian Salazar earned the win with two innings of one-run ball, one walk, two strikeouts, and a solo home run allowed.

The TinCaps broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth. Oswaldo Linares drew a one-out walk, Jake Cunningham singled to right, and Kasen Wells put down a squeeze bunt to score Linares for a 1-0 lead. After Lamar King Jr. was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Alex McCoy struck out, Rosman Verdugo coaxed a bases-loaded walk to bring in Cunningham and make it 2-0. Wisconsin pulled within one in the ninth on a solo home run off Salazar. Salazar walked the next batter, then retired the next two and stranded the tying run.

McCoy's hitting streak ended at 15 games as he went 0-for-3. Wells had two of Fort Wayne's four hits.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Jake Cunningham	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kasen Wells	4	0	2	1	0	2
Lamar King Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	2
Alex McCoy	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rosman Verdugo	3	0	0	1	1	0
Zach Evans	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Costello	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Vastine	3	0	0	0	0	2
Oswaldo Linares	2	1	0	0	1	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jamie Hitt	5	2	0	0	0	8	0
Clark Candiotti	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Braian Salazar (W)	2	1	1	1	1	2	1

Giolito Strikes Out 4 In Debut, Leaves With Minor Injury In Storm Triumph

Right-handed starter Lucas Giolito made his first start since signing a one-year, $3 million contract with the Padres a few days ago as he works to get into game shape as the Lake Elsinore Storm rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Visalia Rawhide. The Storm won despite having only three hits as they drew eight walks.

Giolito looked a little rusty, with his command not sharp and left after 63 pitches, sustaining a minor injury to his pitching hand. Giolito allowed two runs on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 2⅔ innings. He threw 40 strikes and faced 13 batters. Both of the hits Gioito allowed were doubles, one an opposite-field groundball just inside the first-base bag and the other the only hard hit off him, an RBI double rocketed off the wall in right-center. The final batter he faced hit a liner back at Giolito that he put his right hand up to try and catch the ball, but it whizzed past his had for an RBI groundout. While he did not have a publicized pitch count, the manager came out to get him without checking him for an injury. He flexed his right hand and his thumb in particular as the manager made his way to the mound. Giolito threw 19 pitches in the first inning, 29 in the second and 15 in the third.

Meanwhile, the Storm trailed 3-0 entering the sixth, then sent nine batters to the plate and scored six runs.

Lucas Giolito drew the start on a rehab assignment and allowed two runs over 2 2/3 innings on two hits, three walks, and four strikeouts. Rordy Mejia followed with 1 1/3 hitless innings and two strikeouts. Tyler Schmitt earned the win despite a rocky three innings of three-run ball on four hits, five walks, and two strikeouts, and

Nick Falter retired all six batters he faced over two perfect innings to nail down his first save.

The sixth-inning rally began with one-out walks to Ryan Wideman and Jose Verdugo, followed by a Truitt Madonna hit by pitch to load the bases. Justin DeCriscio singled to left to plate Wideman and Verdugo, cutting the deficit to 3-2. Luke Cantwell walked to reload the bases and, after an out, a balk was called to tie the game 3-3 and Yoiber Ocopio walked to load the bases again. George Bilecki cleared the bases with a three-run double for a 6-3 lead, but he was thrown out trying for a triple. Visalia chipped away with a run in the seventh and added another in the eighth, but Nick Falter slammed the door.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jose Verdugo	3	1	0	0	1	0
Truitt Madonna	3	1	0	0	0	2
Justin DeCriscio	4	1	1	2	0	1
Luke Cantwell	3	1	0	0	1	2
Kerrington Cross	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Quintana	3	0	1	0	0	1
Yoiber Ocopio	1	1	0	0	2	1
George Bilecki	2	0	1	3	1	0
Conner Westenburg	2	0	0	0	1	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Lucas Giolito	2 2/3	2	2	2	3	4	0
Rordy Mejia	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Tyler Schmitt (W)	3	4	3	3	5	2	0
Nick Falter (S)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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