Padres Minor League Report: Affiliates Experience A Rough Night

[Steve Drumwright]

 

It was a rough Thursday for the top four San Diego Padres affiliates, which all lost. The Triple-A El Paso  Chihuahuas were blanked by Sugar Land 11-0, the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to Arkansas 12-7, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps didn't score in an 8-0 loss to Lake County and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm came up short vs. Fresno 8-7.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres sent 1B Nick Solak outright to El Paso Chihuahuas.
• 1B Nick Solak elected free agency.
• San Diego Padres sent 2B Jake Cronenworth on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas.

Matt Waldron Walks Four In Rehab Outing As Chihuahuas Lose

Padres right-hander Matt Waldron made his third rehab start, turning in a rocky 2⅔ innings, and the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas gave up nine runs late in an 11-2 setback to the Sugar Lane Space Cowboys.

Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth was scheduled to make his first rehab appearance following a concussion, but the paperwork was finished in time to allow him to play, according to Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Croenworth will be in Friday's game.

Sugar Land had a rehabber of its own in Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr., who struck out four and allowed two hits in three shutout innings. Waldron walked four and allowed two hits and two runs while striking out four. Right-hander Misael Tamarez followed Waldron with a career-best 3⅓ shutout innings.

Marcos Castanon and Nick Schnell each had two of the Chihuahuas' seven hits. Carlos Rodriguez had a single and a walk to keep his on-base streak alive at 33. The Chihuahuas had runners on in eight of the nine innings.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mason McCoy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clay Dungan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pablo Reyes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Rodríguez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Marcos Castañon	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bryce Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Romeo Sanabria	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Schnell	3	0	2	0	0	0
Anthony Vilar	2	0	0	0	0	1
Blake Hunt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	32	0	7	0	1	6

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Matt Waldron	2 2/3	2	2	2	4	4	0
Misael Tamarez	3 1/3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Ty Adcock	1	2	2	2	2	1	0
Michael Flynn	2/3	2	6	6	4	1	1
Triston McKenzie	0	0	1	1	4	0	0
Victor Duarte	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8	7	11	11	15	7	1

Missions Throttled By Early Travelers Surge

The Double-A San Antonio Missions gave up nine runs in the first three innings en route to a 12-7 loss to the host Arkansas Travelers.

Kai Roberts went 4-for-5, Ryan Jackson had two hits and three RBIs and Chris Sargent Jr. had a homered, had a pair of hits, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Missions. Tirso Ornelas also had two hits, while Kai Murphy homered and scored three times.

Missions right-handed starter Ian Koenig was lit up for seven runs (six runs), including a pair of homers, in two innings on nine hits with a walk and a strikeout.

Arkansas scored three in the first and four in the second before the Missions got a pair back in the top of the third on a Ryan Jackson double, then the Travelers got two more in the bottom of the third.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Jackson	6	0	2	3	0	1
Francisco Acuna	5	0	1	0	0	2
Tirso Ornelas	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jake Cunningham	5	0	1	0	0	1
Braedon Karpathios	5	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Verdugo	4	1	0	0	1	2
Kai Murphy	5	3	1	1	0	0
Kai Roberts	5	1	4	1	0	0
Chris Sargent	3	2	2	2	2	0
Totals	42	7	14	7	4	7

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Ian Koenig	2	9	7	6	1	1	3
Andrew Thurman	3	3	2	2	1	4	0
Clark Candiotti	2	2	2	2	1	3	0
Francis Peña	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Totals	8	15	12	11	4	10	4

TinCaps Bottled Up, Blanked By Captains

The combination of a poor start and a punchless offense led the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps to drop an 8-0 decision to the Lake County Captains. Three Captains pitchers combined to limit the TinCaps to two hits.

Kavares Tears had a leadoff single in the third inning and Justin DeCriscio a two-out single in the sixth for the TinCaps' only hits.

TinCaps right-handed starter Carson Montgomery gave up five runs in just 1⅔ innings on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Right-hander Nick Falter followed by allowing three runs in two-thirds of an inning on five hits and a walk.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Justin DeCriscio	4	0	1	0	0	2
Luke Cantwell	4	0	0	0	0	4
Kerrington Cross	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lamar King Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	1
Zach Evans	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kavares Tears	3	0	1	0	0	1
Oswaldo Linares	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Costello	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	0	2	0	1	11

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Carson Montgomery	1 2/3	4	5	5	3	2	1
Nick Falter	2/3	5	3	3	1	1	1
Bernard Jose	1 2/3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ryan Och	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Javier Chacon	2	0	0	0	1	3	0
Totals	8	10	8	8	5	11	2

Storm Rally Comes Up Shy Against Grizzlies

Yoiber Ocopio and Jose Verdugo each drove in a pair of runs, but the host Lake Elsinore Storm came up short in an 8-7 loss to the Fresno Grizzlies.

Storm right-hander Lan-Hong Su, a 19-year-old international signing in October from Taiwan, gave up four runs in 2⅔ innings in his Lake Elsinore debut. He allowed four hits, while walking one and striking out two.

Fresno scored once in the top of the first, but the Storm came back in the bottom half on a Dylan Grego one-out double, Jose Verdugo was hit by a pitch with two outs and Ocopio brought them both home with a double. The Grizzlies tied it in the top of the second, scored twice in the third, two more in the fifth and one more in the sixth and seventh for an 8-2 lead.

But the Storm made a furious comeback in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs, Yimy Tovar singled, Dawson Willis walked and Grego hit a grounder to short that was booted, allowing Tovar to score. Qrey Lott struck out, but reached on a wild pitch with Willis scoring and Grego going to third. Verdugo followed with a two-run double to make it 8-6, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball to pull within 8-7.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Dawson Willis	4	1	0	0	1	2
Dylan Grego	4	2	1	0	1	0
Qrey Lott	4	1	0	0	0	3
Jorge Quintana	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Verdugo	4	2	1	2	0	1
Yoiber Ocopio	3	0	1	2	1	1
Bradley Frye	2	0	0	0	2	2
Truitt Madonna	4	0	0	0	0	2
George Bilecki	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yimy Tovar	3	1	1	0	1	1
Totals	33	7	4	4	6	15

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Lan-Hong Su	2 2/3	4	4	4	1	2	1
Cal Riehl	2 1/3	3	2	2	1	1	0
Zack Qin	3	3	2	2	1	4	0
Rordy Mejia	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9	11	8	8	3	9	1

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

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