Padres Minor League Report: Weird Game-Ending Double Play Preserves Chihuahuas' Win

[Steve Drumwright]

 

San Diego Padres affiliates went 1-3 Thursday as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas won 7-6 in 10 innings over Round Rock, the Double-A San Antonio Missions lost to Frisco 6-3, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps were walked off by Dayton 5-4 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm fell in 10 innings to Ontario 10-8.

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Strange Double Play Completes Chihuahuas' 10th-Inning Victory

Carlos Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning and the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas pulled off a rare game-ending double play at home to squeak out a 7-6 victory over the host Round Rock Express.

Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games and on-base streak to 21 with a sixth-inning single. Nick Solak, Nick Schnell and Nate Mondou each had two hits, while newly signed Nick Pratto hit a solo homer in his second game with the Chihuahuas, his sixth of the season. Pratto was released by the Texas Rangers, the Express' parent team, on Tuesday and switched clubhouses for his first game Wednesday.

Chihuahuas left-handed starter JP Sears gave up four runs in 5⅓ innings on nine hits and no walks with one strikeout.

Rodriguez was the zombie runner to begin the top of the 10th and went to third on a wild pitch. After Solak walked, another wild pitch by Alexis Diaz brought in Rodriguez. But the real drama was in the bottom of the 10th. With one out, zombie runner Josh Smith stole third, with the hitter then walking. Jarred Kelenic pinch-ran. Kelenic was picked off first by left-hander Kyle Hart, with Pratto, the first baseman, throwing him out at second. Second baseman Nate Mondou spotted Smith trying to score and threw home to catcher Blake Hunt, who applied the game-ending tag to complete the double play.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
JP Sears	5 1/3	9	4	4	0	1	0
Michael Flynn	2/3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alek Jacob	2	2	1	1	0	2	1
Kyle Hart	2	2	1	1	1	2	0

 

Missions Throttled By 5-Run Inning From RoughRiders

A five-run third inning proved to be the difference as the host Double-A San Antonio Missions lost to the Frisco RoughRiders 6-3.

Ryan Jackson went 3-for-4 and Albert Fabian homered for the Missions, who scored all three of their runs in the second inning. Jackson singled with one out and scored on Francisco Acuna's double before Fabian launched his two-run blast, his fourth homer of the season.

Missions right-handed starter Miguel Mendez, Padres Mission's No. 3 prospect, had a rough night, giving up five runs on six hits with a walk and a strikeout in four innings. All five runs came in the third inning. Left-hander Omar Cruz struck out eight in three innings, allowing up an unearned run in the seventh, while Andrew Moore pitched two hitless innings.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Miguel Mendez	4	6	5	5	1	1	0
Omar Cruz	3	2	1	0	0	8	0
Andrew Moore	2	0	0	0	2	2	0

 

Walk-Off Steal Of Home Sends TinCaps To 8th Straight Loss

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps suffered their eighth loss in a row in heartbreaking fashion as the host Dayton Dragons stole home with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 win.

Kavares Tears and Kasen Wells each went 2-for-4, with Wells driving in a pair of runs and Tears with an RBI and a run scored. Mason McCoy singled, walked and scored twice.

TinCaps right-handed starter Carson Montgomery lasted four innings, surrendering three runs on four hits with a walk and six strikeouts. Five relievers followed, allowing two runs on three hits, with five walks and six strikeouts. Two of those walks came with one out in the ninth by TinCaps closer Clay Edmondson, who had already recorded three outs in the eighth. Edmondson was relieved by right-hander C.J. Widger, who hit the first batter he faced to load the bases. Widger struck out the next batter, then the runner at third stole home for the walk-off.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Justin DeCriscio	5	0	0	1	0	0
Carlos Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	1	2
Lamar King Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	1
Oswaldo Linares	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Cunningham	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alex McCoy	3	2	1	0	1	1
Rosman Verdugo	3	0	1	0	1	1
Kavares Tears	4	1	2	1	0	1
Zach Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Costello	3	1	0	0	1	1
Kasen Wells	4	0	2	2	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Carson Montgomery	4	4	3	3	1	6	2
Braian Salazar	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
Javier Chacon	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tucker Musgrove	2/3	1	0	0	1	2	0
Clay Edmondson	1 1/3	0	1	1	3	1	0
C.J. Widger	1/3	0	0	0	0	1	0

 

Storm Stumble Late, Fall To Tower Buzzers In 10 Innings

An offense that scored eight times over seven innings was held scoreless for the final three as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm was upended by the Ontario Tower Buzzers 10-8 in 10 innings. The Storm walked 10 times in addition to outhitting Ontario 9-7, but four Lake Elsinore pitchers also issued 10 walks.

A white-hot Luke Cantwell went 2-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored, while Bradley Frye went 2-for-3 with a double, a pair of walks and a run scored, Ryan Wideman drove in a pair and Jorge Quintana reached base three times on two walks and a single. Every Storm hitter reached base via a walk or a hit.

Storm right-handed starter Bryan Balzer went six innings, but yielded five runs on five hits and three walks while fanning four. Right-handers Carson Swilling (one strikeout), Will Koger (two strikeouts) and Sean Barnett (three strikeouts) each went 1⅓ innings. Swilling and Barnett walked a pair and Koger three.

The Storm were down 5-1 after the top of the fourth inning before tying it with a four-run bottom of the fourth. A wild pitch brought in one run, Conner Westenburg doubled home another and Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect, had a two-run double, his 19th of the season, one off the California League lead. Quintana had an RBI single in the sixth, while Cantwell had a run-scoring single in the seventh and scored on a balk for an 8-5 lead. Ontario came back with two in the eighth, one in the ninth and two in the 10th before holding the Storm scoreless in the bottom of the 10th for the win.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	6	0	1	2	0	3
Kerrington Cross	6	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Verdugo	5	1	0	0	1	1
Luke Cantwell	5	3	2	1	1	2
Yoiber Ocopio	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bradley Frye	3	1	2	0	2	1
Jorge Quintana	3	0	1	1	2	1
George Bilecki	3	1	0	0	2	3
Conner Westenburg	3	1	1	1	1	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Bryan Balzer	6	5	5	5	3	4	1
Carson Swilling	1 1/3	0	2	2	2	1	0
Will Koger	1 1/3	1	1	1	3	2	0
Sean Barnett	1 1/3	1	2	1	2	3	0

 

Padres Mission Top 20 Prospect Performance

1. Ethan Salas: 0-for-4
2. Kash Mayfield: DNP
3. Miguel Mendez: 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, BB, K
4. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
5. Ryan Wideman: 1-for-6, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 K
6. Jorge Quintana: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, K
7. Ty Harvey: On injured list
8. Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season
9. Braedon Karpathios: 1-for-3, BB, 2 K, SB
10. Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, K
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Alex McCoy: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB, K
13. Truitt Madonna: DNP
14. Tucker Musgrove: ⅔ IP, H, BB, 2 K
15. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
16. Michael Salina: DNP
17. Eric Yost: DNP
18. Rosman Verdugo: 1-for-3, BB, K
19. Bryan Balzer: 6 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, HR
20. Deivid Coronil: DNP

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