Padres Minor League Report: Affiliates Have A Bad Night, Going 0-4

[Steve Drumwright]

It was a bad Saturday for the San Diego Padres' full-season affiliates, going 0-4. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas lost to Sugar Land 5-2, the San Antonio Missions were routed by Arkansas 9-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps came up short against Lake County 8-6 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm fell 10-5.

Check out Padres Mission's June update to our Top 20 prospect list.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to San Antonio Missions from ACL Padres.
• San Antonio Missions placed RHP Miguel Mendez on the 7-day injured list.
• C Colton Vincent assigned to ACL Padres from El Paso Chihuahuas.

Jake Cronenworth Gets A Hit, But Chihuahuas Can't Get Going

Facing rehabbing Houston Astros right-handed starter Cristian Javier, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas weren't able to muster any offense until the ninth inning en route to a 5-2 loss to the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Javier allowed three hits and two walks in six shutout innings, striking out four.

San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, in his second game on his rehab assignment following his concussion, went 1-for-4 with a run scored as the Chihuahuas' designated hitter. Cronenworth struck out in the first inning, popped out to third in the third and grounded out to second in the sixth, all against Javier. His single was a pop fly to short that was booted and led to Cronenworth standing on third to lead off the ninth. Cronenworth is 3-for-8 in two rehab games.

Chihuahuas right-handed starter Jhony Brito was nearly as good, though. Brito went five innings, giving up three runs all unearned on two hits and two walks with six punchouts. He did give up one home run in a three-run first inning. The three unearned runs were courtesy of a throwing error by third baseman Clay Dungan to rehabbing Astros infielder Nick Allen. A walk preceded a three-run homer with one out. Brito recovered to retire 13 of the last 15 batters he faced.

Sugar Land added two runs in the sixth before the Chihuahuas foiled the shutout in the ninth. Following Cronenworth's lone hit off right-hander Alimber Santa, Pablo Reyes' comebacker was deflected by Santa for an infield single, scoring Cronenworth and putting Reyes on second following a throwing error. Two outs later and with Reyes now on third, Romeo Sanabria drove him home with a single to right.

Mason McCoy had two hits for the Chihuahuas, including his 10th double of the season, along with his 17th stolen base.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mason McCoy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jake Cronenworth	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pablo Reyes	4	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Pratto	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bryce Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	2
Romeo Sanabria	3	0	1	0	1	1
Nick Schnell	3	0	1	0	1	2
Blake Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	1
Clay Dungan	3	0	0	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jhony Brito	5	2	3	0	2	6	1
Evan Fitterer	2	4	2	2	2	2	0
Justin Yeager	1	1	0	0	0	2	0

Missions Stifled By Travelers; Tirso Ornelas Homers

The Double-A San Antonio Missions couldn't overcome two outbursts by the host Arkansas Travelers in a 9-1 loss. Right-hander Ryan Sloan, the No. 19 prospect overall and No. 3 for the Seattle Mariners by MLB Pipeline, struck out nine in 5⅓ innings.

Tirso Ornelas homered for the lone run and had two of the Missions' five hits. Kai Roberts had a single, drew the Missions' lone walk and stole two bases, giving him 24 this year.

The Missions had a bullpen game, with right-handed reliever Clay Edmondson getting roughed up for four runs in 1⅓ innings following left-hander Omar Cruz's opening first inning. Right-hander Tucker Musgrove, Padres Mission's No. 12 prospect, walked two and struck out three in two innings in his second Double-A appearance.

Arkansas scored one in the second, four in the third, one in the seventh and three in the eighth. The Missions' run came on Ornelas' sixth-inning homer, his 11th of the season.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Acuna	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tirso Ornelas	4	1	2	1	0	0
Albert Fabian	4	0	1	0	0	2
Braedon Karpathios	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wyatt Hoffman	4	0	1	0	0	3
Kai Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kai Roberts	2	0	1	0	1	1
Brendan Durfee	3	0	0	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Omar Cruz	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
Clay Edmondson	1 1/3	3	4	4	2	1	0
Francis Peña	1 2/3	0	0	0	1	3	0
Tucker Musgrove	2	0	0	0	2	3	0
Sadrac Franco	2	5	4	4	2	3	2

TinCaps Come Up Short Despite Justin DeCriscio's Homer, Late Rally

The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps rallied in the ninth inning, but couldn't overcome an early surge in dropping an 8-6 loss to the host Lake County Captains.

Justin DeCriscio, who went 2-for-5 with a homer, and Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect, each drove in two runs. DeCriscio's homer, his sixth of the year, was a two-out solo shot in the sixth inning that pulled the TinCaps within 6-3.

The Captains scored twice more in the seventh, but the TinCaps put together a rally in the ninth. Zach Evans plated a run as he grounded into a double play, Wideman, who also had a third-inning sacrifice fly, singled home a run and DeCriscio pulled the TinCaps within 8-6 on his RBI single. Wideman was on second before a pitching change, with a wild pitch moving him to third. But Alex McCoy flew out to left field to end the game.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Wideman	2	1	1	2	2	0
Justin DeCriscio	5	1	2	2	0	0
Alex McCoy	4	0	0	0	1	0
Kerrington Cross	3	0	1	1	1	0
Lamar King Jr.	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rosman Verdugo	3	1	0	0	1	2
Jack Costello	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zach Evans	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kasen Wells	3	2	1	0	1	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Bryan Balzer	3 2/3	4	6	6	5	2	1
Maikel Miralles	3	6	2	2	1	0	0
Will Varmette	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	3	0

Early Deficit Spells Doom for Storm

The host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm dug a 7-0 hole and couldn't climb out, falling to the Fresno Grizzlies 10-5. The Storm managed just six hits, while drawing six walks, but the Grizzlies pounded out 15 hits and seven walks.

Dawson Willis drove in a pair of runs for the Storm, including a sac fly in a four-run seventh inning. The other runs that inning came on a bases-loaded walk and two wild pitches. Willis drove in the other run on a sixth-inning groundout.

Storm right-handed starter Tyler Schmitt lasted just one inning, throwing 37 pitches and giving up three runs on four hits with a walk and no strikeouts.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Bradley Frye	3	1	1	0	2	1
Dylan Grego	4	1	0	1	1	3
Yoiber Ocopio	5	1	1	0	0	3
Dawson Willis	3	0	1	2	0	1
George Bilecki	3	0	1	0	0	1
Yimy Tovar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Quintana	4	0	1	0	0	2
Qrey Lott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Conner Westenburg	3	1	1	0	1	1
Alcides Hernandez	2	1	0	0	2	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Tyler Schmitt	1	4	3	3	1	0	0
Jordan Valenzuela	2	2	0	0	2	1	0
Brandon Langley	2	4	4	4	2	4	0
Sean Barnett	2	3	2	2	1	1	0
Rordy Mejia	2	2	1	1	1	1	0

Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance

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

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