Padres Minor League Report: Jake Cunningham has 5 RBIs, Homer In TinCaps' Triumph

[Padres Mission Staff]

 

Samad Taylor's two homers and Alek Jacob's three-strikeout save delivered a 7-6 win by the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas over Albuquerque. Jake Cunningham's five RBIs, including a two-run homer, pushed the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps past South Bend 7-4. Victor Duarte's two-run shot and Rordy Mejia's 2⅔ scoreless innings carried the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm to a 4-3 win in Ontario. The Double-A San Antonio Missions fell 4-3 in Tulsa despite back-to-back homers from Leandro Cedeño and Tirso Ornelas.

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Samad Taylor Goes Deep Twice, Triples In Chihuahuas' Victory

The El Paso Chihuahuas built a five-run lead and then survived a late Albuquerque Isotopes rally to win 7-6. Samad Taylor powered the offense with a 3-for-5 night, with two home runs, a triple, four RBIs, and two runs scored. Jose Miranda finished 3-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Sung-Mun Song added two hits, two runs, and a double.

The Chihuahuas pounced in the first. Sung-Mun Song singled with one out, Taylor crushed a two-run homer to right-center, and Jose Miranda capped the inning with an RBI single that brought home Nick Schnell. El Paso added a Song RBI double in the second, a Jase Bowen sacrifice fly in the fourth following a Jase Bowen triple, and another two-run Taylor blast in the sixth that pushed the lead to 7-3.

The Isotopes finally broke through against starter JP Sears in the fifth. After a strikeout, five consecutive singles produced three runs and chased Sears from the game, still with the Chihuahuas leading 5-3. Yuki Matsui, nearing the end of his rehab assignment, surrendered two more in the sixth on two hits, a walk and a strikeout. Albuquerque trimmed it to one in the eighth on another sacrifice fly off Eli Villalobos.

Sears, working 4⅓ innings, gave up seven hits and three earned runs while walking one and striking out five. Alek Jacob took over in the ninth, struck out three of the four hitters he faced, walked one, and locked down his second save.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Jase Bowen, CF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Sung-Mun Song, 3B	5	2	2	1	0	1
Samad Taylor, LF	5	2	3	4	0	1
Nick Schnell, RF	4	1	1	0	1	3
Mason McCoy, SS	5	0	1	0	0	2
Nate Mondou, 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Miranda, DH	3	0	3	1	1	0
Clay Dungan, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rodolfo Durán, C	4	1	1	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
JP Sears	4 1/3	7	3	3	1	5	0
Miguel Cienfuegos (W, 1-0)	2/3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Yuki Matsui	1	2	2	2	1	1	0
Eli Villalobos (H, 2)	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
Alek Jacob (S, 2)	1	0	0	0	1	3	0

Missions Drop Tight One In Tulsa As Drillers Rally

The San Antonio Missions saw a 3-0 lead slip away in Tulsa, falling 4-3 to the Drillers after a tying solo home run in the fifth and a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh.

Carson Tucker had a productive night with two doubles in four at-bats. Kai Murphy added two hits and a run scored. Romeo Sanabria reached three times with a hit, an RBI, and a walk.

San Antonio struck first in the top of the first. Murphy had a leadoff double and scored on a Sanabria single. The Missions stayed quiet until the fourth, when Leandro Cedeño and Tirso Ornelas hit back-to-back solo home runs, Cedeño to center and Ornelas to right, opening a 3-0 cushion. It was the first of the season for Cedeño and the third for Ornelas.

The Drillers answered in the bottom of the inning. Starter Victor Lizarraga gave up a two-run home run to cut the lead to one, then surrendered a tying solo blast in the fifth. Lizarraga went five innings, allowing two hits, three runs, all earned, on two walks and three strikeouts.

San Antonio could not crack the Tulsa bullpen the rest of the way. In the bottom of the seventh, Sadrac Franco gave up an RBI double that put the Drillers ahead for good. The Missions had a chance to tie in the ninth as Albert Fabian was hit by a pitch with one out and went to third on Tucker's second double of the game. Ethan Salas, who had homered in three straight games, came off the bench to pinch-hit, but popped out to third. Braedon Karpathios also pinch-hit, flying out to center to end the game.  

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Victor Lizarraga	5	2	3	3	2	3	2
Sadrac Franco (L, 0-2)	1 1/3	2	1	1	1	2	0
Harry Gustin	1 2/3	0	0	0	1	1	0

Jake Cunningham Homers, Drives In 5 As TinCaps Outlast Cubs

The Fort Wayne TinCaps weathered a four-run South Bend fourth inning and pulled away for a 7-4 win, behind a five-RBI performance from Jake Cunningham.

Alex McCoy came around to score three times with two hits, including a double, and two stolen bases. Jack Costello reached three times and stole three bases. Rosman Verdugo went 2-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base. McCoy reached base in four of his five plate appearances and has an 18-game on-base streak and has a Midwest League-leading 10 doubles.

Through three innings the contest was a stalemate. Then came the fourth. Verdugo, Lamar King Jr., and McCoy strung together three consecutive singles to load the bases, and Cunningham slashed a two-run single to right. Two batters later, Costello laced a two-RBI single to left to make it 4-0 Fort Wayne.

The TinCaps' lead lasted barely a half-inning. Starter Isaiah Lowe gave up a single, a double, and a three-run homer to open the bottom of the fourth, then walked a batter and yielded another single before being lifted with runners at first and second. Braian Salazar entered and surrendered a sacrifice fly that tied the game on an inherited runner. Lowe was charged with all four runs over 3⅓ innings, allowing four hits and walking four with two strikeouts.

Fort Wayne reclaimed the lead in the fifth on a Cunningham two-run homer to center, his fifth of the season, that scored McCoy. Cunningham added an RBI in the ninth on a sacrifice fly that brought home McCoy.

The bullpen kept South Bend off the board the rest of the way. Salazar tossed 1⅔ scoreless innings to pick up the win, his second of the year. Kleiber Olmedo worked two perfect innings and Tucker Musgrove punched out one in a eighth. Clay Edmondson allowed one hit and struck out one to seal his third save.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Kasen Wells, CF	4	0	1	0	1	2
Rosman Verdugo, 2B	3	1	2	0	2	0
Lamar King Jr., C	5	1	2	0	0	1
Alex McCoy, LF	4	3	2	0	0	1
Jake Cunningham, RF	4	2	2	5	0	2
Carlos Rodriguez, DH	5	0	1	0	0	2
Zach Evans, 3B	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Costello, 1B	2	0	1	2	1	0
Dylan Grego, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Isaiah Lowe	3 1/3	4	4	4	4	2	1
Braian Salazar (W, 2-2)	1 2/3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kleiber Olmedo (H, 3)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tucker Musgrove (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Clay Edmondson (S, 3)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Victor Duarte's Homer Sends Storm Past Tower Buzzers

The Lake Elsinore Storm rallied from an early two-run hole to beat the host Ontario Tower Buzzers 4-3. Victor Duarte's two-run home run in the fifth put the Storm ahead, and the bullpen made the lead stand up.

Justin DeCriscio finished 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run. Ryan Wideman went 2-for-5. Luke Cantwell added two hits, scored a run, and stole a base. George Bilecki, Qrey Lott, and Bradley Frye each added a stolen base.

Ontario opened the scoring in the bottom of the third. Starter Jesus A. Castro walked three batters in the inning, including a bases-loaded walk, before being lifted. Rordy Mejia inherited the bases loaded with one out and limited the damage to a sacrifice fly, leaving the Storm down 2-0.

Lake Elsinore came right back in the fourth as George Bilecki lined an RBI single to right and Lott followed with a sacrifice fly, knotting the score at two.

The Storm took the lead an inning later. With two outs, DeCriscio doubled and Duarte hammered a two-run homer to center for a 4-2 advantage. Ontario answered with a solo home run in the sixth, but Lake Elsinore's bullpen kept the Tower Buzzers off the board the rest of the way.

Vicarte Domingo pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit and a walk with a strikeout, for his second save.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman, CF	5	0	2	0	0	2
Bradley Frye, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2
Justin DeCriscio, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0
Victor Duarte, C	4	2	2	2	0	2
Luke Cantwell, 1B	3	1	2	0	0	0
Truitt Madonna, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Quintana, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2
George Bilecki, RF	3	0	1	1	1	2
Qrey Lott, DH	2	0	0	1	1	1
Conner Westenburg, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jesus A. Castro	2 1/3	3	2	2	4	2	0
Rordy Mejia (W, 1-1)	2 2/3	2	0	0	2	4	0
Carson Swilling (H, 3)	2	1	1	1	0	2	1
Vicarte Domingo (S, 2)	2	1	0	0	1	1	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: DNP
2. Ethan Salas: 0-for-1
3. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
4. Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP
5. Humberto Cruz: DNP
6. Miguel Mendez: DNP
7. Ty Harvey: DNP
8. Jorge Quintana: 0-for-3, 2 K
9. Kale Fountain: DNP
10. Ryan Wideman: 2-for-5, 2 K
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Lamar King Jr.: 2-for-5, R, K
13. Romeo Sanabria: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, K
14. Truitt Madonna: 0-for-1
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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