Padres Minor League Report: Lucas Giolito Gives Up 3 Runs In Second Start For Storm

[Padres Mission Staff]

 

The San Diego Padres' four full-season affiliates all won Thursday. Anthony Vilar drove in four for in the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas' 12-2 rout at Albuquerque. Tirso Ornelas scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 12th inning as the Double-A San Antonio Missions pulled out a 5-4 win. Carson Montgomery threw five scoreless innings as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps beat South Bend 6-1, fueled by Rosman Verdugo's two-run homer. Bryan Balzer struck out six in four scoreless relief innings, and Luke Cantwell hit a three-run homer in the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm's 9-3 win at Ontario.

Padres Transactions

• San Diego Padres optioned RHP David Morgan to El Paso Chihuahuas.

Anthony Vilar's 4-RBI Night Powers Chihuahuas Past Isotopes

Anthony Vilar collected three hits and drove in four runs as the El Paso Chihuahuas pounded Albuquerque 12-2. Mason McCoy scored three times on two hits, including a triple, while Nate Mondou added two hits and two RBIs. Pablo Reyes didn't have a hit, but scored twice and walked once.

The breakthrough came in the sixth inning, when El Paso pushed across five runs to take command 9-1. Clay Dungan opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to plate Nate Mondou. Vilar followed with a two-run double to center field, scoring Nick Schnell and Mason McCoy. Carlos Rodríguez later drew a bases-loaded walk, and Mondou was hit by a pitch with the bases full to bring home another run, pushing the lead to 9-1.

El Paso struck early in the first, taking a 2-0 lead when Sung-Mun Song scored on a Nick Solak single, and Pablo Reyes came home on a Nick Schnell sacrifice fly to center.

Starter Evan Fitterer logged 3⅔ innings of relief, surrendering two hits and an unearned run, walking three, and striking out four. Logan Gillaspie earned the win after working 2⅓ innings, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out two.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Sung-Mun Song, SS	5	1	2	0	1	0
Pablo Reyes, DH	5	2	0	0	1	1
Carlos Rodríguez, CF	4	0	1	1	2	1
Nick Solak, LF	4	1	2	1	1	0
Nate Mondou, 1B	4	2	2	2	0	0
Nick Schnell, RF	4	1	0	1	0	0
Mason McCoy, 2B	3	3	2	1	1	0
Clay Dungan, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	2
Anthony Vilar, C	5	2	3	4	0	0

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Justin Yeager	1	1	0	0	2	1	0
Logan Gillaspie (W, 2-1)	2 1/3	3	1	1	1	2	0
Misael Tamarez	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
Evan Fitterer	3 2/3	2	1	0	3	4	0

Sac Fly Boosts Missions To Wild Victory In 12 Innings

Tirso Ornelas scored the decisive run in the top of the 12th on Luis Verdugo's sacrifice fly as the San Antonion Missions pulled out a thrilling 5-4 win over the Tulsa Drillers.

Leandro Cedeño launched a two-run home run in the 11th inning to give the Missions a 4-2 lead, but the Drillers got a two-run homer of their own in the bottom half to send the game to the 12th. Ornelas started the 12th on second base as the zombie runner and went to third on Ryan Jackson's sacrifice bunt. After a walk to Braedon Karpathios, Verdugo lofted a fly ball to left field and Ornelas slid under the catcher's tag for the decisive run. Michael Flynn picked up the save despite hitting the first batter he faced, striking out the next two batters and getting a game-ending groundout.

San Antonio's first scoring inning came in the sixth, when the Missions pushed across two runs on a Jackson dribbler to third that went for a single and a throwing error. Tulsa had single runs in the fourth and seventh and the score sat 2-2 entering the 11th. Cedeño homered with zombie runner Francisco Acuna aboard to take a 4-2 edge.

Ethan Salas went 2-for-5 with a stolen base. Ornelas scored twice. Cedeño finished with two hits and two runs, including the long ball.

Starter Fernando Sanchez worked 4⅓ innings, scattering two hits and one earned run, walking two, and striking out six. Omar Cruz earned the win with two innings, allowing one earned run on a homer and striking out two.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ethan Salas, C	5	0	2	0	0	2
Romeo Sanabria, 1B	4	0	0	0	1	1
Leandro Cedeño, DH	4	2	2	2	0	0
Tirso Ornelas, LF	4	2	0	0	1	0
Ryan Jackson, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Braedon Karpathios, CF	4	0	0	0	1	1
Luis Verdugo, 3B	3	0	1	1	1	1
Carson Tucker, RF	5	0	1	0	0	2
Kai Roberts, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Albert Fabian, PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Acuna, PR-SS	0	1	0	0	0	0

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Fernando Sanchez	4 1/3	2	1	1	2	6	1
Johan Moreno	1 2/3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Andrew Moore (BS, 1)	1	3	1	1	1	1	0
Francis Pena	2	1	0	0	1	3	0
Omar Cruz (W, 1-0)	2	1	2	1	0	2	1
Michael Flynn (S, 2)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0

Carson Montgomery, Rosman Verdugo Carry TinCaps Past Cubs

Rosman Verdugo's two-run home run in the fifth inning helped the Fort Wayne TinCaps cruise to a 6-1 road win over the South Bend Cubs. Verdugo connected with two outs that pushed the lead to 4-0. Fort Wayne built that early margin one run at a time before the fifth-inning blast.

Carson Montgomery started and turned in five scoreless innings, holding the Cubs to three hits, walking nobody, and striking out four. Clark Candiotti followed with two perfect innings, striking out one. Igor Gil yielded the only South Bend run in the eighth on a solo home run, finishing the final two innings with one hit, three walks, and two strikeouts.

Alex McCoy extended his on-base streak to 19 games, pacing the offense with three hits in four at-bats, including his first triple of the season. Zach Evans added two hits, including a double, plus a stolen base.

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

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Carson Montgomery	5	3	0	0	0	4	0
Clark Candiotti	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Igor Gil	2	1	1	1	3	2	1

Lucas Giolito Gives Up 3 Runs, But Storm Pull Away Late

George Bilecki singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Bryan Balzer struck out six in four scoreless innings of relief as the Lake Elsinore Storm finished with a flurry in a 9-3 win over the Ontario Tower Buzzers. The Storm drew 16 walks off six Ontario pitchers.

San Diego Padres right-handed starter Lucas Giolito withstood a shaky first inning to pitch 4⅓ innings in his second start since signing with the Friars. Giolito was tagged by back-to-back doubles to open the game and a one-out sacrifice fly as the Tower Buzzers grabbed a quick 2-0 lead. Giolito settled in and yielded just one more hit until the fifth, where he gave up another double, an RBI fielder's choice and a single to the last batter he faced. Giolito threw 70 pitches (43 strikes), allowing three runs on five hits with a walk and six strikeouts. He is likely to pitch again Tuesday as the Storm's road trip continues against the Inland Empire 66ers.

Luke Cantwell crushed a three-run home run in the fourth inning to put the Storm up 3-2. After Ontario tied it off Giolito in the fifth, the Storm pulled ahead on Bilecki's two-out single to first where no one covered the bag, scoring Justin DeCriscio.

The Storm then poured on five runs in the ninth. Kerrington Cross walked and Jorge Quintana scored on another walk, Ryan Wideman drove in a run on a groundout, and Truitt Madonna doubled to plate two more.

Madonna finished 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, and a stolen base. Quintana added two hits and two stolen bases. Bilecki reached base in all five plate appearances on two hits and three walks, scoring once and driving in two. Cantwell, in addition to homering, also walked twice and stole a base.

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

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Lucas Giolito	4 1/3	5	3	3	1	6	0
Nick Falter	2/3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Balzer (W, 3-0)	4	1	0	0	0	6	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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