Padres Minor League Report: Storm's Tyler Schmitt Adds 5 More Scoreless Innings Before Streak Ends

[Steve Drumwright]

 

Tyler Schmitt held Rancho Cucamonga to two runs over 5⅔ innings as Lake Elsinore beat the Quakes 4-2, the only Padres affiliate to win Saturday. Victor Lizarraga turned in a six-inning, eight-strikeout quality start for San Antonio, but the Missions fell 5-2 to Wichita. Evan Fitterer also delivered a quality start in El Paso's 5-4 walk-off loss to the Salt Lake Bees. Rosman Verdugo homered for Fort Wayne in a 7-4 setback to Cedar Rapids.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• RHP Clark Candiotti assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• Fort Wayne TinCaps sent RHP Jeferson Villabona on a rehab assignment to ACL Padres.

Chihuahuas Rally Late, But Get Walked Off By Bees

Despite a standout start from right-hander Evan Fitterer, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas watched as the host Salt Lake Bees pulled out a 5-4 walk-off victory. The Chihuahuas held a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning.

Jose Miranda went 3-for-4, while Samad Taylor, Nick Solak and Jase Bowen each had a pair of hits for the Chihuahuas, who outhit the Bees 12-8. All but two of El Paso's hits were singles.

Taylor opened the game with a single to left and stole second before taking third on a flyout and scoring on a Solak single. The Chihuahuas made it 2-0 in the top of the third as Solak, Bowen and Mason McCoy had one-out singles to load the bases. Nick Schnell hit a grounder into the hole between second and first that the second baseman fielded near the outfield grass and spun to throw out McCoy at second as Solak scored. The shortstop pumped but didn't throw to first, then saw Bowen trying to score from second and threw home to nail him at the plate for a 4-6-2 double play to end the inning.

Fitterer, meanwhile, was in the midst of six strong innings, allowing one run on three hits with two walks and a strikeout. His six innings matched the longest start by a Chihuahuas pitcher this year. But left-hander Kyle Hart got into trouble in the eighth, exiting with runners on first and third and one out. Right-hander David Morgan came in and immediately gave up a two-run double and a two-out RBI single for a 4-2 lead. The Chihuahuas tied it in the top of the ninth. Marcos Castanon had a leadoff single and went to third on Miranda's double. Carlos Rodriguez singled home Castanon, with pinch-runner Clay Dungan moving to third. After a strikeout, Taylor hit a dribbler out in front of the home plate that the catcher fielded and could only throw to first as Dungan scored.

The Bees won it in the bottom of the ninth on a one-out double and a two-out RBI single.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Samad Taylor	5	1	2	1	0	0
Will Wagner	5	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Solak	4	1	2	1	0	2
Jase Bowen	4	0	2	0	0	2
Mason McCoy	3	0	1	0	1	1
Nick Schnell	3	0	0	1	0	1
Marcos Castañon	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Miranda	4	0	3	0	0	0
Clay Dungan	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Rodríguez	3	0	1	1	1	0
Anthony Vilar	4	0	0	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Evan Fitterer	6	3	1	1	2	1	0
Kyle Hart	1 1/3	1	2	2	2	3	0
David Morgan	1 1/3	4	2	2	0	3	0

Victor Lizzaraga K's 8, but Missions Can't Slow Wind Surge

Right-hander Victor Lizzaraga struck out eight over six innings, but a three-run seventh inning proved too much to overcome as the host Double-A San Antonio Missions fell 5-2 to the Wichita Wind Surge.

Lazzaraga gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and didn't walk anyone. Both runs came in the fifth inning on a solo homer and a throwing error by shortstop Carson Tucker.

San Antonio grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning as Tucker singled, stole second and went to third on an Ethan Salas groundout. Romeo Sanabria followed with a run-scoring single to right. After Lazzaraga gave up the two runs in the top of the fifth, the Wind Surge added three runs in the seventh.

The Missions came back in the eighth as Tucker again singled, stole second and went to third on a throwing error by the pitcher. Salas followed with an RBI groundout. Sanabria walked and Francisco Acuna drew a two-out walk, but Braedon Karpathios struck out to end the threat.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Victor Lizarraga	6	6	2	1	0	8	1
Johan Moreno	1	4	3	3	1	1	1
Clark Candiotti	2	1	0	0	0	2	0

Rosman Verdugo Homers Again, But TinCaps Fall To Kernels

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps couldn't dig themselves out of an early hole and dropped a 7-4 decision to the host Cedar Rapids Kernels. Cedar Rapids scored twice in the first, second and fourth innings to grab a 6-0 lead.

Rosman Verdugo homered for the second day in a row, while Lamar King Jr. needed a ninth-inning infield single to extend his on-base streak to 27 games, the longest for a TinCap since Tirso Ornelas also had 27 in 2018.

Verdugo hit his seventh homer of the season, a two-run shot, in the sixth after Justin DeCriscio was hit by a pitch to pull the TinCaps within 6-2. But the Kernels got a run back in the bottom of the sixth to go up 7-2.

The TinCaps had one last rally in the ninth. Carlos E. Rodriguez singled and went to second on a throwing error by the third baseman, then took third on a wild pitch. Alex McCoy struck out and King hit a chopper to third base that couldn't be fielded cleanly and went for a hit, scoring Rodriguez. A passed ball put King on second base and a two-out single by Zach Evans moved King to third before Kavares Tears delivered an RBI single that ricocheted off the pitcher. But the TinCaps couldn't keep the rally going.

TinCaps starter Abraham Parra gave up those first six runs in 3⅓ innings.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Justin DeCriscio	3	1	0	0	0	0
Rosman Verdugo	4	1	1	2	0	2
Carlos Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Alex McCoy	4	0	0	0	0	3
Lamar King Jr.	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jake Cunningham	4	0	1	0	0	3
Zach Evans	4	0	2	0	0	0
Kavares Tears	4	0	2	1	0	0
Kasen Wells	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Costello	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Abraham Parra	3 1/3	7	6	6	2	4	0
Kleiber Olmedo	2	2	1	1	2	1	0
Javier Chacon	2 2/3	1	0	0	0	4	0

Tyler Schmitt Stellar Again, Kerrington Cross Delivers For Storm

Kerrington Cross had a tiebreaking two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm turned back the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4-2.

Truitt Madonna also drove in a pair of runs, while right-handed starter Tyler Schmitt gave up a pair of runs in 5⅔ innings as the Storm, who lead the California League's South Division, won for the fourth time in five games. Bradley Frye, Ty Harvey and George Bilecki each had two hits for the Storm.

Schmitt was coming off two straight shutout performances of five and six innings. He allowed just one hit in five shutout innings to begin his outing vs. the Quakes to make it 16⅓ scoreless innings. In the sixth, he walked the leadoff hitter, then gave up a two-run homer to tie the game 2-2. Schmitt would get two more outs before needing to be relieved. He finished with three hits allowed and two walks with five strikeouts.

The Storm scored twice in the bottom of the first. Frye and Harvey led off the inning with singles, with Frye taking third, before the next two batters flew out. Harvey stole second, then Madonna laced a double to left for a 2-0 lead.

After the Quakes tied it in the sixth, the Storm came back in the seventh. Frye had an infield single and stole second, with Harvey walking. With one out, Harvey stole second, then Cross hit an opposite-field liner that short-hopped the wall in right field to easily score the two go-ahead runs.

Right-hander Carson Swilling pitched 2⅓ scoreless innings after Schmitt exited and right-hander Will Koger earned his fourth save with a scoreless ninth.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Bradley Frye	5	2	2	0	0	1
Ty Harvey	3	2	2	0	1	1
Ryan Wideman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kerrington Cross	3	0	1	2	1	0
Truitt Madonna	3	0	1	2	1	2
Jorge Quintana	2	0	0	0	2	2
Jose Verdugo	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Bilecki	4	0	2	0	0	2
Conner Westenburg	4	0	0	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Tyler Schmitt	5 2/3	3	2	2	2	5	1
Carson Swilling	2 1/3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Will Koger	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Top 20 Prospect Performance

1. Ethan Salas: 0-for-4, RBI, K
2. Kash Mayfield: DNP
3. Miguel Mendez: DNP
4. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
5. Ryan Wideman: 0-for-4
6. Jorge Quintana: 0-for-2, 2 BB, 2 K
7. Ty Harvey: 2-for-3, BB, 2 SB, K
8. Kale Fountain: DNP
9. Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-4, 2 K
10. Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-4, RBI, K
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Alex McCoy: 0-for-4, 3 K
13. Truitt Madonna: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K
14. Tucker Musgrove: DNP
15. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
16. Michael Salina: DNP
17. Eric Yost: DNP
18. Rosman Verdugo: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
19. Bryan Balzer: DNP
20. Deivid Coronil: DNP

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