Padres Minor League Report: Welcome To Fort Wayne! Luke Cantwell Homers On First Pitch In TinCaps' Win

[Steve Drumwright]

 

Tuesday saw the San Diego Padres' top four affiliates go 2-2 as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas were bounced by Sugar Land 7-1, the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to Arkansas 8-5, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps edged Lake County 7-6 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm prevailed 4-2.

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Sean Boyle's Emergency Start Foiled As Chihuahuas Stumble Late

Despite a strong start from right-hander Sean Boyle, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas succumbed to a late surge by the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys 7-1.

Carlos Rodriguez went 3-for-4 for the Chihuahuas to extend his on-base streak to 32 games, while Nick Pratto had a pair of hits and Marcos Castanon drove in the only run on a fourth-inning sacrifice fly.

The 29-year-old Boyle was making his first start since May 8, yet went five innings, allowing just one run on four hits with a pair of walks and three strikeouts. Boyle was starting in place of left-hander JP Sears, who was called up by the Padres. But the bullpen let the Chihuahuas down as right-hander Miguel Cienfuegos gave up two runs (one earned) in 1⅓ innings and right-hander Ethan Routzahn was roughed up for four runs in 1⅔ innings on five hits and a walk.

Castanon's sac fly made it 1-1, then the Space Cowboys scored twice in the sixth and four more in the eighth to put this one away.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mason McCoy	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nate Mondou	4	1	1	0	0	2
Carlos Rodriguez	4	0	3	0	0	0
Marcos Castanon	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Pratto	4	0	2	0	0	1
Romeo Sanabria	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clay Dungan	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nick Schnell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Colton Vincent	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Vilar	2	0	0	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Sean Boyle	5	4	1	1	2	3	0
Miguel Cienfuegos	1 1/3	3	2	1	1	0	1
Ethan Routzahn	1 2/3	5	4	4	1	0	0

Missions' Early Runs Don't Stand Up In Loss To Travelers

Ryan Jackson had two hits and drove in two runs, while Jake Cunningham had his first three Double-A hits, but the San Antonio Missions watched the host Arkansas Travelers snap a tie with a four-run eighth inning for an 8-5 victory.

Missions left-handed starter Jagger Haynes, Padres Mission's No. 11 prospect, struck out seven while matching his season high of 6⅔ innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks. Right-hander Clay Edmondson got the final out of the seventh in his Double-A debut.

After Arkansas grabbed a 3-0 first-inning lead, the Missions came back with two runs in the third as Carson Tucker hit a sac fly and Jackson an RBI groundout, then two more in the fifth on Jackson's run-scoring double and Cunningham's first Double-A RBI on a single to put the Missions up 4-3. The Travelers tied it in the bottom of the seventh, but then jumped on left-hander Harry Gustin for four runs in the eighth on two hits and two walks. Right-hander Tucker Musgrove, like Cunningham and Edmondson up from High-A Fort Wayne, made his Double-A debut with a walk and a strikeout in the three batters he faced to end the eighth. He also had a run-scoring wild pitch. Musgrove is Padres Mission's No. 14 prospect.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Carson Tucker	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ryan Jackson	5	2	2	2	0	1
Tirso Ornelas	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Cunningham	5	0	3	1	0	1
Braedon Karpathios	4	0	0	1	1	0
Luis Verdugo	5	0	2	0	0	1
Albert Fabian	3	1	0	0	2	1
Kai Roberts	3	1	1	0	1	1
Brendan Durfee	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jagger Haynes	6 2/3	5	4	3	2	7	0
Clay Edmondson	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Gustin	1/3	2	4	4	2	0	1
Tucker Musgrove	2/3	0	0	0	1	1	0

Newcomers Fuel TinCaps, Who Hang On For Win Over Captains

Luke Cantwell homered on the first pitch he saw at High-A homer and drove in three runs, Kavares Tears had three hits with a homer and the Fort Wayne TinCaps held off a furious ninth-inning rally for a 7-6 victory over the host Lake County Captains, their fourth straight win. Tears finished a triple shy of the cycle. The Captains scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth and had runners on the corners when the final out was recorded.

Right-hander Winyer Chourio picked up where he left off at Low-A Lake Elsinore in his TinCaps debut. Chourio allowed just one run on five hits but did walk three while punching out four over five innings. He did give up a homer.

Ryan Wideman, another player just up from Lake Elsinore and Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect, singled and stole three bases, extending his minors-leading total to 46. Cantwell, who had two hits, hit a solo homer in the second inning after hitting just two at Lake Elsinore. He also doubled in a three-run fifth inning that put the TinCaps up 5-1. Tears' ninth homer of the season came one out after Cantwell went deep.

The Storm, leading 5-2, tacked on what would prove to be two important runs in the top of the ninth as Wideman singled home Tears, with a wild pitch bringing in the second run. A leadoff error by Cantwell, the first baseman, opened the door for the Captains in the bottom of the ninth. Right-hander Will Koger, in his High-A debut, walked three straight after the error to bring in a run before he was replaced by left-hander C.J. Widger, who got a strikeout, issued a bases-loaded walk and two-run single before getting a strikeout to end the game for his second save.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	4	1	1	1	1	0
Justin DeCriscio	3	1	0	0	2	0
Alex McCoy	5	0	0	0	0	3
Kerrington Cross	3	1	0	0	1	2
Luke Cantwell	4	1	2	3	0	1
Rosman Verdugo	4	0	0	0	0	4
Kavares Tears	4	2	3	1	0	1
Carlos Rodriguez	2	1	0	0	2	1
Kasen Wells	4	0	0	0	0	3

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Winyer Chourio	5	5	1	1	3	4	1
Daison Acosta	1 2/3	1	1	0	1	2	0
Igor Gil	1	1	0	0	2	2	0
Will Koger	2/3	0	4	0	3	2	0
C.J. Widger	2/3	1	0	0	1	2	0

Dawson Willis, Yoiber Ocopio Deliver Storm A Victory

Dawson Willis homered and drove in two runs, while Yoiber Ocopio also had two RBIs as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm turned back the Fresno Grizzlies 4-2.

Storm right-handed starter Carlos Medina went three innings, giving up a run on three hits with no walks and four punchouts. Right-hander Isaiah Lowe, back with the Storm after a rough first half with High-A Fort Wayne, pitched two perfect innings. Right-hander Jordan Valenzuela, also made his return to the Storm after starting the season in the Arizona Complex League, walked two and struck out two in a scoreless sixth inning. He pitched in 10 games for the Storm last year. Right-hander Brandon Langley struck out two and allowed three hits in two innings, while right-hander Sean Barnett picked up his first professional save despite allowing a run on a hit and a walk while getting a strikeout.

After Fresno jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, the Storm came back with two in the bottom half as Yimy Tovar had a sacrifice fly that was dropped by the left fielder, allowing Ocopio, who had doubled and stolen third, to score and putting Tovar at first. Conner Westenburg reached on a forceout that erased Tovar, then stole second and third, giving him 29 on the year. Willis doubled to bring in Westenburg. Willis hit his second homer with the Storm in the fifth inning, a solo shot, to go up 3-1 and Tovar had an RBI single in the sixth for a 4-1 lead.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Dawson Willis	4	1	2	2	0	0
Dylan Grego	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Verdugo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Truitt Madonna	4	0	1	0	0	3
George Bilecki	4	1	0	0	0	0
Yoiber Ocopio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jorge Quintana	4	0	0	0	0	3
Yimy Tovar	2	0	1	2	0	0
Conner Westenburg	3	1	0	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Carlos Medina	3	5	1	1	0	4	0
Isaiah Lowe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Valenzuela	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
Brandon Langley	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
Sean Barnett	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

Padres Mission's Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Ethan Salas: On injured list
2. Kash Mayfield: DNP
3. Miguel Mendez: DNP
4. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
5. Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4
6. Jorge Quintana: 0-for-4, 3 K
7. Ty Harvey: On injured list
8. Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season
9. Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-4
10. Lamar King Jr.: DNP
11. Jagger Haynes: 6⅔ IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
12. Alex McCoy: 0-for-5, 3 K
13. Truitt Madonna: 1-for-4, 3 K
14. Tucker Musgrove: ⅔ IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
15. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
16. Michael Salina: DNP
17. Eric Yost: DNP
18. Rosman Verdugo: 0-for-4, 4 K
19. Bryan Balzer: DNP
20. Deivid Coronil: DNP

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