Padres Minor League Report: Chihuahuas' Carlos Rodriguez Extends Hitting Streak To 15 In Win

[Steve Drumwright]

 

San Diego Padres affiliates went 1-3 Tuesday as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas held on for a 5-3 win over Round Rock, the Double-A San Antonio Missions dropped a 10-4 decision to Frisco, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps were pounded 11-2 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm lost to Ontario 5-4.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres recalled IF Will Wagner from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• El Paso Chihuahuas activated RHP Triston McKenzie from the Development List.
• Lake Elsinore Storm transferred C Ty Harvey from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.

Carlos Rodriguez Extends Streak To 15 With 3 Hits In Chihuahuas' Win

Carlos Rodriguez went 3-for-5 to extend his career-high hitting streak to 15 games and left-hander Marco Gonzales turned in a nice start as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas turned back the host Round Rock Express. The Chihuahuas scored single runs in five innings.

Pablo Reyes, Nick Schnell and Mason McCoy each had two of the Chihuahuas' 12 hits, with Schnell homering. Clay Dungan walked three times and had a single in his four plate appearances and has reached base seven times in two games.

Gonzales, who entered the game with a 9.16 ERA, has had four of his best starts this season in his last five outings. Against the Express, he went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and one strikeout as his ERA dropped to 8.52. Right-hander Evan Fitterer came on and pitched 3⅓ innings before running into trouble in the ninth. He gave up four hits and walked four while striking out a pair, giving up a ninth-inning run. Left-hander Kyle Hart finished off the final two-thirds of an inning for his first career save.

Reyes led off the game with a double, went to third on a flyout and scored one batter later on Marcos Castanon's groundout. In the second, Dungan drew a one-out walk and Anthony Vilar doubled him home with two outs for a 2-0 lead. After Round Rock scored once in the third, Schnell led off the top of the fourth with his 11th homer to restore a two-run lead at 3-1. The Express trimmed it to 3-2 in the fifth, but the Chihuahuas added a run in the eighth when McCoy, as part of a double steal, scored on a throwing error by the catcher, then added the final run in the ninth as Castanon walked with two outs followed by singles by Schnell and McCoy.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Pablo Reyes	5	1	2	0	0	0
Carlos Rodríguez	5	0	3	0	0	0
Nick Solak	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marcos Castañon	4	1	1	1	1	1
Nick Schnell	5	1	2	1	0	1
Mason McCoy	5	1	2	1	0	2
Clay Dungan	1	1	1	0	3	0
Nate Mondou	4	0	0	0	1	3
Anthony Vilar	4	0	1	1	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Marco Gonzales	5	5	2	2	2	1	0
Evan Fitterer	3 1/3	3	1	1	4	2	0
Kyle Hart	2/3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Missions Watch Early Lead Evaporate Against RoughRiders

Despite jumping out to a 4-0 lead, the host Double-A San Antonio Missions gave up five late runs and suffered a 10-4 loss to the Frisco RoughRiders.

Kai Murphy had two of the six hits for the Missions, who only had one RBI with the four runs they scored. The Missions scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth. With the bases loaded, Ethan Salas drove in a run on a fielder's choice and an error. One out later, a wild pitch scored a run and then a passed ball brought in another for a 3-0 lead. In the fourth, two singles put runners on the corners, with Luis Verdugo scoring on a wild pitch.

Missions right-handed starter Victor Lizarraga took a four-hit shutout into the sixth inning, but then gave up five runs on five hits and a walk while getting just one out in the sixth as the RoughRiders grabbed a 5-4 lead. After adding one run in the eight, the RoughRiders scored four in the ninth to put this one out of reach.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Victor Lizarraga	5 1/3	9	5	5	1	3	0
Harry Gustin	1 2/3	1	0	0	0	3	0
Clark Candiotti	1	1	4	4	4	1	0
Francis Peña	1	2	1	1	0	2	0

TinCaps Throttled By Early Dragons Onslaught

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps were hit hard early, giving up 12 runs in the first four innings en route to a 12-2 loss to the host Dayton Dragons. The TinCaps have won just three of their past 13 games.

Zach Evans went 2-for-4, both doubles, as the TinCaps had six hits. Evans has hits in nine of his last 11 games.

TinCaps right-handed starter Matthew Watson was tagged for nine runs in three-plus innings on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Dayton hit four homers off Watson.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Matthew Watson	3	9	9	9	1	4	4
Kleiber Olmedo	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Ryan Och	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
C.J. Widger	1	2	1	1	0	2	0

Winyer Chourio Fans 9, but Storm Can't Hold Off Tower Buzzers

Right-hander Winyer Chourio struck out nine and tossed six quality innings, but a three-run eighth inning proved to be the downfall for the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm, who fell 5-4 to the Ontario Tower Buzzers.

Luke Cantwell went 3-for-4, including a ninth-inning triple, with three RBIs and a run scored to lead the Storm offensively.

Chourio gave up two runs on four hits with a walk and those nine punchouts over six innings, which tied his career high set in 2024 in the Dominican Summer League. Chourio, who struck out a career-high 10 on May 12 and followed that up with a nine-K game May 19, has fanned 69 in 45⅔ innings this year.

Ontario scored twice in the first inning before Cantwell was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fourth to make it 2-1. In the sixth, Cantwell singled home a pair of runs to put the Storm up 3-2. Ontario countered with three runs in the eighth to take a 5-3 advantage. Cantwell led off the bottom of the ninth with his first triple of the season and scored on Kerrington Cross' groundout to second. But that would be it for the Storm.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Winyer Chourio	6	4	2	2	1	9	0
Joseph Herrera	1	2	2	2	1	0	0
Rordy Mejia	2	1	1	1	1	0	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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