Padres Minor League Report: Lucas Giolito Shaky In Double-A Start

[Steve Drumwright]

 

 

The El Paso Chihuahuas walked off Tacoma 10-9 in 10 innings on a wild pitch, with Rodolfo Durán going 4-for-4 with four RBIs. The San Antonio Missions beat Midland 10-5 behind three consecutive home runs, and Victor Lizarraga delivered five scoreless innings of relief of Lucas Giolito. The Lake Elsinore Storm dropped an 8-6 game at Inland Empire after a five-run fifth. Fort Wayne was postponed.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• Padres optioned LHP Kyle Hart to El Paso Chihuahuas.
• Padres recalled IF Sung-Mun Song from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• RHP Lucas Giolito assigned to San Antonio Missions from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• San Antonio Missions transferred RHP Andrew Dalquist to the Development List.
• RHP Bernard Jose assigned to ACL Padres from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• LHP Javier Chacon assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• LHP Cal Riehl assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
• Lake Elsinore Storm sent C Ty Harvey on a rehab assignment to ACL Padres.

Chihuahuas Blow Lead, But Rally For 10th-Inning Victory Over Rainiers

Jase Bowen scored on a wild pitch with one out in the bottom of the 10th as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas overcame a five-run eighth inning by Tacoma to hand the Rainiers a 10-9 loss. El Paso blew a 7-1 lead after three innings, but came up with its third walk-off win and snapped a three-game losing streak.

Rodolfo Duran homered as part of a four-hit, four-RBI performance, Pablo Reyes went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs and Nick Solak had three hits and scored twice for the Chihuahuas. Reyes has reached base safely in all 23 games he has played this year. Mason McCoy singled in the second inning to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games.

Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Reyes had an RBI double, Clay Dungan a sacrifice fly and Duran a run-scoring single to put the Missions up 3-1.

In the third, Reyes hit an opposite-field three-run homer, his third of the season and Duran had a two-out RBI double for a 7-1 advantage. Tacoma scored twice in the fourth and once in the fifth to make it 7-4. Duran led off the bottom of the sixth with his fourth homer and then, in the seventh, singled home another for a 9-4 lead. But the Rainiers scored five times in the top of the eighth to tie it.

In the 10th, Bowen was the zombie runner at second, went to third on Samad Taylor's weak groundout to third and scored on a wild pitch on the second pitch to Nate Mondou.

Missions right-handed starter Evan Fitterer allowed four runs on five hits and five walks with one strikeout in 4⅓ innings. Right-hander Alek Jacob got the win after striking out five in 2⅓ innings.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Jase Bowen, CF	6	1	0	0	0	3
Samad Taylor, LF	6	0	0	0	0	2
Will Wagner, 2B	4	1	2	0	1	0
Nate Mondou, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Solak, DH	4	2	3	0	1	0
Pablo Reyes, 3B	5	2	3	4	0	1
Nick Schnell, RF	4	2	1	0	1	2
Mason McCoy, SS	5	0	1	0	0	2
Clay Dungan, 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0
Rodolfo Durán, C	4	1	4	4	1	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Evan Fitterer	4 1/3	5	4	4	5	1	1
Miguel Cienfuegos	2/3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Logan Gillaspie (H, 2)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Eli Villalobos	2/3	3	3	3	0	1	1
Alek Jacob (W, 2-0; BS, 2)	2 1/3	1	2	2	1	5	1

Giolito Struggles, Missions Hit Back-To-Back-To-Back HRs In Win

Leandro Cedeno, Tirso Ornelas and Ryan Jackson hit consecutive homers in a five-run third inning as the Double-A San Antonio Missions pulled away late for a 10-5 victory over the Midland RockHounds.

San Diego Padres right-hander Lucas Giolito had his third tune-up as he prepares to return to the majors, taking a step up to Double-A after two games at Low-A Lake Elsinore. It was the roughest of the three outings, although some shaky defense didn't help. Giolito pitched three scoreless innings before giving up a five-spot in the fourth. Giolito gave up a leadoff homer and four singles, along with an error and a catcher's interference, leading to the five runs (three earned), trimming the Missions' lead to 6-5. Overall, Giolito gave up eight hits and two walks while striking out a pair.

Ethan Salas went 3-for-5 with an RBI and run scored for the Missions, while Cedeno, Jackson and Luis Verdugo each had a pair of hits.

The fireworks for the Missions came in the third inning. Up 1-0, Salas and Romeo Sanabria walked to lead off the frame when Cedeno unloaded on the first pitch, sending a towering shot to center for his fourth homer of the season to make it 4-0. His other three homers came during last week's road trip, including one Sunday. Ornelas hit the next pitch off the scoreboard in right field and Jackson sent a 1-1 pitch over the wall in right for the hat trick of homers. It was Ornelas' fifth homer and Jackson's first of the year.

After the RockHounds pulled with 6-5 vs. Giolito, the Missions secured the win with a four-run seventh inning. Cedeno doubled, Ornelas and Jackson walked and Braedon Karpathios' groundout to second plated Cedeno. Verdugo had an RBI single, Francisco Acuna a run-scoring groundout and Salas an RBI single.

Right-hander Victor Lizarraga relieved Giolito and pitched five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Since it was Cinco de Mayo, both teams played as their Copa de la Diversion alter egos, the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio and the Midland Amigos.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Lucas Giolito	4	8	5	3	2	2	1
Victor Lizarraga (W, 1-3)	5	3	0	0	1	2	0

TinCaps Postponed, Will Play Two Wednesday; McCoy Honored

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps were rained out in their series opener against the Beloit Snappers. The two teams will play a doubleheader Wednesday. Right-hander Matt Watson had been scheduled to start for the TinCaps. Also, outfielder Alex McCoy was named Midwest League Player of the Month for April. McCoy led the league in hits (29), doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.683), while being second in batting average (.354), total bases (56) and OPS (1.069). His five home runs were fifth in the league. McCoy had nine games with multiple hits, including three with multiple extra-base hits.

Walks Haunt Storm In Loss to 66ers

Despite racking up 14 strikeouts, Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm pitchers issued eight walks and allowed two eighth-inning runs in an 8-6 loss to the Inland Empire 66ers.

Jorge Quintana went 3-for-5, Truitt Madonna hit a two-run homer and Justin DeCriscio had two hits for the Storm, which outhit the 66ers 11-8. The Storm jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Madonna got things going in the top of the first when he followed Bradley Frye's walk and 10th stolen base by crushing his first homer of the season to left.

After the 66ers tied it in the bottom of the first, Jose Verdugo, with one out, reached on a two-base error, Qrey Lott walked and Frye had an RBI single to center for a 3-1 lead. Quintana led off the fourth with a single to center and Verdugo attempted to bunt him over, but the pitcher threw the ball away and Quintana scored all the way from first to make it 4-1, with Verdugo ending up at third.

Inland Empire scored five times in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead, but the Storm came back with a run in the sixth on Verdugo's sacrifice fly and another in the seventh on Conner Westenburg's leadoff triple and DeCriscio's one-out single to center to tie it 6-6. But the 66ers reclaimed the lead in the eighth on a pair of bases-loaded walks.

Storm right-hander Winyer Chourio turned in another strong start, allowing one run on two hits but walking four and striking out six in four innings.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Winyer Chourio	4	2	1	1	4	6	0
Brandon Langley	2/3	3	5	3	1	2	0
Cal Riehl	2 1/3	2	0	0	1	4	0
Sean Barnett (L, 0-1)	1	1	2	2	2	2	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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