Padres Minor League Report: Lucas Giolito Looks Ready As Missions Get Walk-off For First Series Win

[Steve Drumwright]

 

El Paso walked off Tacoma 7-6 in 10 innings as Nick Solak went 4-for-5 with three runs scored. San Antonio rallied past Midland 3-2 on a Lucas Giolito quality start and a walk-off single by Carson Tucker. Fort Wayne fell 9-7 to Beloit in extras despite six strong innings from Jamie Hitt. Lake Elsinore dropped a 5-4 decision to Inland Empire after Carlos Medina worked four scoreless and Ryan Wideman went 4-for-4 with five stolen bases.

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Mason McCoy, Chihuahuas Rally For Win In 10th

Mason McCoy's opposite-field line-drive single to right scored Nick Solak from third base with no outs in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Tacoma Rainiers 7-6. The walk-off win was the second of the series and fourth of the season for the Chihuahuas (19-20), who won the series 4-2.

Solak, who went 4-for-5, led off the 10th by bouncing an RBI single up the middle past a diving shortstop to score zombie runner Nick Schnell from second. Solak went to third on Clay Dungan's bunt single and a throwing error by the pitcher, then scored when McCoy hit the first pitch for the game-winner.

Solak also scored three times, while Dungan went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and Samad Taylor had a pair of hits and has reached base seven times in the last two games. Pablo Reyes had a first-inning single to extend his on-base streak to all 27 games he has played this year.

Chihuahuas right-handed starter Evan Fitterer bounced back from a subpar last outing to allow two runs 4⅔ innings, yielding seven hits and two runs with three strikeouts. Right-hander Logan Gillaspie pitched a perfect 2⅓ innings of relief, striking out two.

Tacoma took a 4-1 lead with three runs in the top of the sixth, but the Chihuahuas got two back in the bottom half on back-to-back one-out doubles by Solak and Dungan and Marcos Castanon's two-out single to make it 4-3. El Paso tied it in the bottom of the eighth as Solak, Dungan and Jose Miranda getting one-out singles, with Miranda's plating Solak.

In the 10th, Tacoma scored once in the top, before the Chihuahuas rallied for the win in the bottom half.

El Paso's Jase Bowen had a first-inning triple, his fourth, which is tied for the Pacific Coast League lead.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Jase Bowen	5	1	1	0	0	1
Samad Taylor	4	0	2	0	1	1
Pablo Reyes	3	0	1	2	1	0
Nick Schnell	5	1	0	0	0	2
Nick Solak	5	3	4	1	0	0
Clay Dungan	4	1	3	1	1	0
Jose Miranda	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mason McCoy	1	0	1	1	0	0
Marcos Castañon	4	0	1	1	0	0
Colton Vincent	4	1	1	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Evan Fitterer	4 2/3	7	2	2	2	3	1
Triston McKenzie	1/3	0	0	0	1	1	0
David Morgan	2/3	4	3	3	0	0	0
Logan Gillaspie	2 1/3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alek Jacob (W)	2	2	1	0	1	1	0

Lucas Giolito Shines, Missions Walk It Off For First Series Win

Kai Murphy and Carson Tucker had back-to-back RBI singles with one out in the bottom of the ninth as the Double-A San Antonio Missions pulled out a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Midland RockHounds. With their second straight walk-off, the Missions (11-22) won their first series of the season 4-2. It is also their first series victory since July 8-13 last season against Wichita.

San Diego Padres right-handed starter Lucas Giolito, in what is likely to be his final tuneup before joining the major-league rotation, allowed one run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts in six innings.  He threw 74 pitches, 52 for strikes. In four starts since signing a one-year contract April 22, Giolito has thrown 17 innings, allowing 11 runs (nine earned) on 18 hits with six walks and 15 strikeouts. He has a clause in his contract that requires him to be added to the MLB roster by Saturday.

Midland had grabbed a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth before Braedon Karpathios led off the bottom with a walk, was bunted to second, pinch-hitter Leandro Cedeno intentionally walked and replaced by pinch-runner Luis Verdugo. Murphy lined the tying single to right, easily scoring Karpathios, and Tucker won it by going the other way with a single down to right, driving in Verdugo from second.

After Giolito, right-hander Victor Lizarraga went the final three innings, giving up a run on three hits and a pair of walks with one strikeout.

Ethan Salas had an RBI single in the third inning for the Missions.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Lucas Giolito	6	3	1	1	0	3	0
Victor Lizarraga (W)	3	3	1	1	2	1	0

TinCaps Squander Lead, Fall To Sky Carp In Extras

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps gave up three runs in the top of the ninth and three more in the 10th to drop a 9-7 decision to the Beloit SkyCarp. The TinCaps (16-17), who lost for the first time in extra innings this year, won four of the six games in the series.

The TinCaps scored once in the bottom of the 10th on Alex McCoy's sac fly, but couldn't get anyone else on base. Fort Wayne had a 6-2 lead after the sixth and 6-3 after the top of the seventh before the SkyCarp tied it up with three runs in the top of the ninth.

Left-hander Jamie Hitt, the Padres' eighth-round pick in 2025 who is making his pro debut this year, turned in the TinCaps' first quality start of the season, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a season-high six innings. The outing is the longest by a TinCaps pitcher this year.

The TinCaps' bullpen had been instrumental in Fort Wayne winning nine of its last 10. Over that stretch, the relief corps led the entire minors in wins, saves, ERA and opponent batting average, but faltered in the ninth and 10th innings.

Carlos E. Rodriguez had his first three-hit game in 25 games with the TinCaps, driving in two and scoring once.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Kasen Wells	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rosman Verdugo	4	3	1	1	1	0
Carlos Rodriguez	4	1	3	2	1	1
Alex McCoy	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jake Cunningham	5	0	1	0	0	3
Jack Costello	4	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Evans	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Vastine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Oswaldo Linares	4	1	2	1	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jamie Hitt	6	5	2	2	2	5	0
Igor Gil	1	1	1	1	1	2	0
Kleiber Olmedo (H)	1	3	3	3	0	0	0
C.J. Widger (BS)	1	1	0	0	1	3	0
Isaiah Lowe (L)	1	2	3	2	0	1	1

Ryan Wideman Has 4 Hits, 5 Steals, But Storm Falter Late

Ryan Wideman went 4-for-4 and stole a career-best five bases, but the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm let a late lead slip away, losing in walk-off fashion to the Inland Empire 66ers 5-4. The Storm (19-14) went 2-4 in the series.

Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect, has 27 steals in 33 attempts in the 32 games he has played. He had a four-steal game April 23 vs. Visalia and has eight games with multiple stolen bases. Nine of his steals came in this series.

Lake Elsinore scored three times in the top of the eighth to take a 4-2 lead. But the 66ers tied it in the bottom of the eighth and won it in the ninth.

Storm right-handed starter Carlos Medina matched his season high with four innings, not allowing a run while giving up three hits and a walk with five strikeouts, one shy of his season high.

Luke Cantwell had a pair of hits and scored once for the Storm. Wideman got the Storm on the board in the fourth when he singled, then stole second and third. After Kerrington Cross was hit by a pitch and stole second, Jorge Quintana had an RBI groundout to bring in Wideman and put the Storm up 1-0.

Inland Empire went up 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, but the Storm regained the lead in the eighth. Cantwell had a leadoff double and went to third on a Wideman single. Wideman stole his fifth base of the day and Truitt Madonna singled home Cantwell. Wideman, now on third, scored on Cross' squeeze bunt and, with two outs, Jose Verdugo singled home Madonna from second.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Qrey Lott	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Bilecki	2	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Cantwell	5	1	2	0	0	2
Ryan Wideman	4	2	4	0	0	0
Truitt Madonna	4	1	1	1	0	2
Kerrington Cross	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jorge Quintana	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jose Verdugo	3	0	1	1	0	0
Yoiber Ocopio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Conner Westenburg	3	0	1	0	1	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Carlos Medina	4	3	0	0	1	5	0
Cal Riehl	1 1/3	0	0	0	2	3	0
Carson Swilling (BS)	1 2/3	1	2	2	2	2	0
Joseph Herrera (L)	1 1/3	2	3	3	2	0	1

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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