Padres Minor League Report: Affiliates Overwhelmed Despite Scattered Bright Spots

It was a rough Wednesday for Padres affiliates, who went 1-3 while allowing a combined 48 runs. San Antonio, Fort Wayne, and Lake Elsinore each fell behind early and never recovered.

Chihuahuas Bash Four Homers in 14-Run Outburst
El Paso used four home runs and a 16-hit attack to overwhelm Sugar Land, 14–8, on Tuesday night at Southwest University Park. The Chihuahuas erased a three-run deficit in early innings and never looked back.

Forrest Wall tied the game in the second with a three-run homer, then Clay Dungan followed with a two-run shot to give El Paso a 5–3 lead. In the fourth, Mason McCoy crushed a three-run home run to make it 10–3, and Luis Campusano added a two-run blast in the sixth.

Wall led the charge, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and a homer. Campusano went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, and two RBI. McCoy collected a homer and three RBI while scoring twice. Yonathan Perlaza also had a two-hit day, including a double and two runs scored.

Starter Jackson Wolf struggled, allowing seven runs in 4 1/3 innings but was backed by 4 2/3 innings of one-run relief from five El Paso pitchers. Kevin Kopps earned the win, and Bradgley Rodriguez notched a hold.

The Chihuahuas went 6-for-8 with runners in scoring position and totaled 32 total bases.

Missions Overpowered in 18–4 Loss at Midland
San Antonio’s pitching faltered early and often in an 18–4 loss to Midland at Momentum Bank Ballpark. The Missions surrendered eight runs in the first two innings and allowed runs in five of six frames to fall behind by double digits.

Romeo Sanabria opened the scoring for San Antonio with a solo homer in the second. Devin Ortiz and Anthony Vilar followed with singles, and Kai Murphy’s sac fly tied the game at 2–2. Moisés Gómez later launched a two-run homer in the fifth, but it was the final scoring for the Missions.

Gómez went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, while Sanabria, Ortiz, and Vilar each added hits. The Missions tallied six hits and four walks overall but only had one opportunity with runners in scoring position.

Starter Jared Kollar allowed eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. José Geraldo and Ryan Och each gave up multiple runs in relief, while the bullpen as a whole yielded 11 hits and three walks.

Midland capitalized on three extra-base hits, two errors, and five different San Antonio pitchers, pulling away with a four-run sixth inning that sealed the outcome.

TinCaps Shut Out at Home
Fort Wayne was limited to six hits and went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position in an 11–0 loss to Great Lakes on Tuesday night at Parkview Field. Despite several early opportunities, the TinCaps couldn’t capitalize.

Leo De Vries doubled twice and reached base three times, while Rosman Verdugo and Brendan Durfee each collected singles. Jack Costello added a hit, but the offense couldn’t sustain any rallies. Fort Wayne’s only extra-base hits came from De Vries, who was thrown out stealing third in the first and left stranded in the sixth.

Starter Harry Gustin was charged with one earned run in one inning before exiting. The TinCaps bullpen struggled behind him, as five relievers combined to allow ten more runs, including four-run innings by Sam Whiting and Victor Duarte.

Fort Wayne committed one error and grounded into a double play, a costly one in the fifth after a single by Durfee. The TinCaps stranded seven runners and failed to advance a runner past second base after the fourth inning in the lopsided defeat.

Storm’s Late Rally Falls Short in 11–6 Loss
Lake Elsinore’s ninth-inning rally couldn’t overcome an eight-run sixth by Modesto, as the Storm fell 11–6 at The Diamond on Tuesday night. Four walks and two singles in the sixth helped Lake Elsinore plate four, and Carlos Rodriguez added a two-run homer in the ninth, but the damage had already been done.

Starter Kash Mayfield recorded only two outs before exiting, and although the bullpen kept Modesto off the board for much of the middle innings, the floodgates opened in the sixth. Reliever Adam Conrad was tagged for five earned runs in only one-third of an inning.

Lamar King Jr. reached base twice, and B.Y. Choi and Kaden Hollow each walked in runs during the sixth. Ryan Wilson’s two-run single pulled Lake Elsinore closer, while Rodriguez’s ninth-inning blast — his first of the year — gave the home crowd a final jolt.

Modesto shortstop Felnin Celesten reached base three times and stole two bases. The loss drops Mayfield to 0–4 on the season. 

Top Padres Affiliate Performers – June 25, 2025

• Jake Gelof (FW): 3-for-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, 3 R
• Carlos Rodriguez (LE): 1-for-4, HR (1), 2 RBI
• Mike Sirota (FW): 2-for-5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, R
• Romeo Sanabria (SA): 1-for-4, HR (6), RBI

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