Padres Minor League Report: Ethan Salas Blasts Another Homer In Missions' Loss

Ethan Salas homered for the fourth time in eight days in the San Antonio Missions' 7-2 loss at Tulsa, while Jack Costello drove in four runs and homered in the Fort Wayne TinCaps' 6-2 win at South Bend. The Lake Elsinore Storm rode a five-run seventh inning to a 10-7 win at Ontario, where Justin DeCriscio doubled three times, and Pablo Reyes homered in El Paso's 26-8 loss at Albuquerque.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres sent 3B Will Wagner on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas.
• El Paso Chihuahuas transferred RHP Justin Yeager to the Development List.

Chihuahuas Blasted By Isotopes

All seven pitchers for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas gave up runs as the host Albuquerque Isotopes had two seven-run innings en route to a 26-8 throttling.

The Isotopes scored four in the second inning, seven in the third, seven in the fifth, two in the sixth, two in the seventh and four in the eighth. Eight of the nine Isotopes hitters had multiple hits and all nine drove in at least one run and scored at least one run.

Missions pitchers surrendered 23 hits and issued 13 walks. The only pitcher who didn't allow a walk was second baseman Nate Mondou, who came on to pitch the ninth.

Left-handed starter Marco Gonzales allowed four runs in two innings, right-hander Triston McKenzie gave up six without recording an out, left-hander Miguel Cienfuegos one run in two innings, right-hander Garrett Hawkins six runs in two-thirds of an inning, right-hander Ethan Routzahn three runs in 1⅓ and right-hander Eli Villalobos two runs in one inning. Mondou gave up four runs in the eighth.

Offensively for the Missions, Carlos Rodriguez and Nick Solak each had three-hit games, while Pablo Reyes drove in three, including a two-run homer in the ninth, Jose Miranda had a two-run double in the seventh to pull the Missions within 20-5 and Marcos Castanon also drove in a pair.

Ethan Salas Homers Again, Jagger Haynes K's 8, But Missions Fall

The Ethan Salas power show continued and Jagger Haynes struck out a season-high eight, but the Double-A San Antonio Missions dropped a 7-2 decision to the host Tulsa Drillers, who scored four times in the seventh inning. Salas, Albert Fabian and Braedon Karpathios each had two hits for the Missions.

The 19-year-old Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, hadn't homered until he went deep a week ago Friday. That was the first of three consecutive games he played in which he homered. After two more homerless games, one as a pinch-hitter, Salas cranked out his fourth homer of the season when he drilled a homer to lead off the game on an 0-2 pitch. It stayed 1-0 until the Drillers scored twice in the fourth. In the top of the sixth, Leandro Cedeno walked, Fabian singled him to third and Ryan Jackson had an RBI single to right to tie it 2-2.

But the Drillers took control in the seventh.  Three of the first four batters walked then, after a lineout, a hit by pitch snapped the tie and a bases-clearing double made it 6-2. Two singles and two more walks put the Drillers up 7-2 in the eighth.

Haynes, Padres Mission's No. 7 prospect, went a season-high six innings, allowing two runs on three hits with a walk and his season-best eight strikeouts, with his last two being two of the Los Angeles Dodgers' key prospects in Josue De Paula and Zyhir Hope. Haynes had a season-high six strikeouts last week against Amarillo.

Jack Costello Homers, Drives In 4 Late To Lift TinCaps

Former University of San Diego star Jack Costello drove in four runs, including a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, and a homer as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps topped the host South Bend Cubs 6-2.

The TinCaps trailed 2-0 after the Cubs scored twice in the second inning, and trimmed it to 2-1 in the fourth. Carlos Rodriguez walked and Zach Evans singled him to third. Dylan Grego bounced into a double play that scored Rodriguez.

In the seventh, there were two outs when Lamar King Jr. walked and stole second and Alex McCoy, who singled earlier and has reached base in 20 straight games, walked. A wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third and Jake Cunningham was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A wild pitch tied the game and Costello hit a line-drive single to center to put the TinCaps up 4-2. That hit extended his hitting streak to seven games.

Costello, a 10th-round draft choice in 2023 whose career high of five RBIs came in his fourth professional game with the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm that same year, put a nail in this one in the ninth. With two outs, Cunningham singled and Costello hit his third homer of the season for a 6-2 lead. His four RBIs are the most he has had in 131 games with Fort Wayne.

Left-hander Kash Mayfield, Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect, started and went 3⅔ innings, giving up two runs on three hits with five walks and four strikeouts. The bullpen did a terrific job, getting out of three jams and leaving the Cubs 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position. Right-hander Tucker Musgrove had the bases loaded in the seventh when he struck out a pair and got a groundout. Clay Edmondon picked up his Midwest League-best fourth save by coming on in the eighth and striking out all four batters he faced.

Trio Helps Storm Make Late Push To Get Past Tower Buzzers

Justin DeCriscio doubled three times, while Victor Duarte and Luke Cantell each had three hits and drove in three runs as the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm scored five times in the seventh inning to pull out a 10-7 victory over the host Ontario Tower Buzzers.

Truitt Madonna walked twice and scored twice and Qrey Lott also scored two runs for the Storm.

Lake Elsinore trailed 4-1 after three innings and it was still that score entering the sixth. Lott had a leadoff single and DeCriscio hit his second double of the game to put Lott on third. One out later, Duarte looped a two-run single to left to make it 4-3.

The Storm took control in the seventh. Kerrington Cross drew a one-out walk and Lott and Ryan Wideman were hit by pitches to load the bases. DeCriscio hit a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game. Lott and Wideman pulled a double steal to put them on third and second, then a balk brought in Lott with the go-ahead run. Madonna walked and Duarte pulled a double down the third-base line, scoring Wideman. Another balk brought in Madonna to make it 7-4. Cantwell then singled home Duarte to cap the five-run outburst for an 8-4 advantage. In the ninth, the Storm added two more runs on DeCriscio's third double of the game, a Madonna walk, Duarte's bunt single to load the bases and Cantwell's two-run single to right.

The Tower Buzzers scored twice in the bottom of the ninth.

Storm left-handed starter Kruz Schoolcraft, Padres Mission's No. 3 prospect, allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts in 3⅓ innings. Right-hander Daichi Moriki and left-hander Javier Chacon combined for 3⅔ shutout innings. Right-hander Will Koger picked up his first save of the season despite allowing the two ninth-inning runs, pitching the final 1⅓ innings.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: 3⅔ IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
2. Ethan Salas: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
3. Kruz Schoolcraft: 3⅓ IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, HR
4. Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP
5. Humberto Cruz: DNP
6. Miguel Mendez: DNP
7. Ty Harvey: DNP
8. Jorge Quintana: 0-for-5, K
9. Kale Fountain: DNP
10. Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4, R, K, SB
11. Jagger Haynes: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
12. Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, 2 SB
13. Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-5, K
14. Truitt Madonna: 0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K
15. Michael Salina: DNP
16. Garrett Hawkins: ⅔ IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, HR
17. Kavares Tears: DNP
18. Deivid Coronil: DNP
19. Francis Pena: DNP
20. Bryan Balzer: DNP

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