Padres Minor League Report: Tyler Schmitt Punches Out 11 In Storm Laugher

[Steve Drumwright]

 

San Diego Padres affiliates went 2-2 as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas dropped Round Rock 7-2, the Double-A San Antonio Missions were pounded by Frisco 10-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps fell to Dayton 7-3 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm cruised past Ontario 17-1.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres selected the contract of 1B Nick Solak from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• SS Dylan Grego assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• El Paso Chihuahuas activated 2B Victor Duarte from the Development List.

Two Homers From Marcos Castanon Send Chihuahuas Past Express

Marcos Castanon homered twice and newcomer Nick Pratto went deep and drove in three runs as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas toppled the host Round Rock Express 7-2. Carlos Rodriguez made it a career-best 19 games in a row with a hit, but it took a ninth-inning infield single to keep it going. He has also reached base in 23 straight games.

Chihuahuas left-handed starter Jackson Wolf struck out six over five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks. Right-handers Logan Gillaspie (two innings), Ty Adcock and Alek Jacob pitched four scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and no walks.

El Paso jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the top of the fourth. Castanon hit a solo shot in the second inning to left field, then followed Nick Schnell's RBI single with a sacrifice fly in the third inning for a 3-0 edge and Pratto delivered his second homer in three games after joining the Chihuahuas on Wednesday after playing for the Express.

After the Express scored once in the bottom of the fourth, Castanon got that run back on a one-out solo homer in the fifth on an opposite-field line shot down the right-field line, his 10th of the season, for a 6-1 lead. Castanon has four multihomer games in his career. Round Rock answered right back with a run in the bottom of the fifth, but that would be it against the Chihuahuas' bullpen. Pratto sealed things in the ninth with an RBI single.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Carlos Rodriguez	3	2	1	0	2	0
Nick Pratto	4	2	2	3	1	1
Clay Dungan	4	1	0	0	0	2
Nick Schnell	5	0	1	1	0	3
Marcos Castanon	3	2	2	3	0	0
Blake Hunt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Anthony Vilar	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dylan Grego	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nate Mondou	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jackson Wolf	5	5	2	2	3	6	1
Logan Gillaspie	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
Ty Adcock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alek Jacob	1	1	0	0	2	0	0

Missions Come Apart Late In Falling To Frisco

For the second time this week, the host Double-A San Antonio Missions were held to just three hits and lost, this one punctuated with all 10 Frisco runs coming in the eighth and ninth innings as the RoughRiders won 10-1.

For quite a while, it looked like the Missions were going to make Tirso Ornelas' first-inning solo homer with two outs stand up. But the RoughRiders scored two runs in the top of the eighth when, with runners on second and third, third baseman Luis Verdugo couldn't handle a throw from catcher Brendan Durfee after pitcher Sadrac Franco fielded a comebacker and threw home. Both runners scored for a 2-1 lead.

The floodgates opened in the ninth when the RoughRiders scored eight runs, including a pair of homers.

Before that, Missions pitching had been pretty good. Right-handed starter Ian Koenig pitched five shutout innings, giving up a pair of his while walking three and striking out a pair. Left-hander Harry Gustin struck out four in two shutout innings, while Franco allowed the two unearned runs on one hit and a walk with two punchouts. Right-hander Francis Pena was tagged for five runs and didn't record an out in the ninth, while right-hander Clark Candiotti gave up the other three runs.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Ian Koenig	5	2	0	0	3	2	0
Harry Gustin	2	2	0	0	0	4	0
Sadrac Franco	1	1	2	0	1	2	0
Francis Pena	0	3	5	5	2	0	0
Clark Candiotti	1	3	3	3	0	1	2

TinCaps Unable To Keep Up With Dragons

Justin DeCriscio homered for the second game in a row, but the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps dropped a 7-3 decision to the host Dayton Dragons, who scored four runs in the fourth inning.

After hitting a grand slam the night before as the TinCaps snapped an eight-game losing streak, DeCrisco went deep for the fourth time this year, leading off the game with a drive to left field. Kavares Tears also homered for the TinCaps, hitting a solo shot to right-center in the fourth inning, his sixth this season.

That put the TinCaps up 2-1, but the Dragons took control with four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and put it away with two more in the seventh.

TinCaps left-handed starter Jamie Hitt surrendered five runs on six hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts in 3⅓ innings. Tucker Musgrove, Padres Mission's No. 14 prospect, pitched a perfect ninth inning with two punchouts. With 36 strikeouts in 16⅔ innings, Musgrove leads all minor-league relievers (10 innings minimum) with 19.44 strikeouts per nine innings.

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

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jamie Hitt	3 1/3	6	5	5	2	2	1
Igor Gil	1 2/3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Javier Chacon	2	3	2	2	2	2	0
Tucker Musgrove	1	0	0	0	0	2	0

Tyler Schmitt Fans 11, Storm Explode For 17 Runs In Rout

Right-handed starter Tyler Schmitt struck out a season-high 11 over six innings, while Kerrington homered and drove in four runs as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm blitzed the Ontario Buzzers early and often for a 17-1 victory. It was the Storm's second-highest run total, behind only a 21-0 victory over Rancho Cucamonga on April 9.

Schmitt, who made his pro debut after being a 17th-round draft choice last year, allowed just four hits and a walk and surpassed his previous season high of nine set two starts ago. Right-hander Daichi Moriki allowed just one hit in two innings, while left-hander Cal Riehl allowed a run in the ninth.

Yoiber Ocopio had four hits and scored three times, Truitt Madonna went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored, George Bilecki homered and drove in three, Cross had a pair of hits and scored twice and Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect, went 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs scored and two more stolen bases to bring his minors-leading total to 42.

Cross' ninth homer was a two-run shot that highlighted a four-run first inning, while a six-run third inning featured runs scoring on a hit by pitch, a wild pitch, a sacrifice fly, two balks and Cross' RBI double to cap the outburst. Four more runs came across in the fifth on a hit by pitch, two more bases-loaded walks and another wild pitch. In the seventh, Madonna had an RBI double and Bilecki a two-run homer.

The Storm drew nine walks in addition to pounding out 17 hits.

	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	3	3	2	0	2	1
Qrey Lott	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kerrington Cross	4	2	2	4	0	0
Yimy Tovar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Verdugo	4	1	1	1	1	0
Alcides Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Cantwell	4	2	1	1	2	1
Yoiber Ocopio	5	3	4	0	0	0
Truitt Madonna	4	2	3	3	1	1
Jorge Quintana	6	0	1	0	0	1
George Bilecki	4	2	1	3	1	2
Conner Westenburg	2	2	1	0	2	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Tyler Schmitt	6	4	0	0	1	11	0
Daichi Moriki	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Cal Riehl	1	2	1	1	0	1	0

Padres Mission Top 20 Prospect Performance

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

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