Padres Minor League Report: Ethan Salas Homers In Third Straight Game For Missions

Mason McCoy went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, and Griffin Canning fired five innings of one-run ball, as Triple-A El Paso routed the Albuquerque 16-2. Ethan Salas crushed a three-run homer, his third in as many games, in Double-A San Antonio's 17-7 loss. Alex McCoy homered for Fort Wayne in a 6-4 defeat at South Bend. Winyer Chourio struck out eight over five innings, but Lake Elsinore's bullpen succumbed late in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to Ontario.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• El Paso Chihuahuas transferred C Colton Vincent to the Development List.
• San Diego Padres transferred RHP Jeremiah Estrada's rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas.

Mason McCoy Homers, Chihuahuas Erupt In Rout Of Isotopes

The El Paso Chihuahuas needed only one inning to take command in Albuquerque, then kept stomping the gas in a 16-2 victory over the Isotopes. The Chihuahuas set a season high for runs. Mason McCoy finished 4-for-4 with a homer, four RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk, while Nick Solak went 3-for-5 with four runs scored, two RBIs, a double, and a stolen base. Marcos Castañon added two hits, and Samad Taylor had a bases-loaded triple.

Trailing 1-0, El Paso opened the second when Solak singled and moved up on a Pablo Reyes sacrifice bunt, before McCoy launched a two-run homer, his fifth of the season and fourth in the last five road games, to flip the lead. Castañon followed with a double, and the Chihuahuas were off.

The decisive blow came in a six-run fourth as El Pason scored all of its runs with two outs. Solak and Rodolfo Durán were each hit by a pitch, McCoy walked, and Carlos Rodríguez drew a one-out bases-loaded walk to plate Solak. Jase Bowen poked an RBI single, and Taylor cleared the bases with a three-run triple.

El Paso piled on five more in the ninth, capped by a Solak two-run double and a Reyes RBI triple.

Griffin Canning, on a rehab assignment from the San Diego Padres following last year's Achilles injury, was sharp across five innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run while striking out four and walking one to earn the win. Jeremiah Estrada, who had his first rehab outing Friday for Low-A Lake Elsinore, made his second appearance with one walk and one strikeout in his lone inning.  

Ethan Salas Hits HR In Third Straight Game, But Missions Fall

Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, continued his power surge by homering in his third consecutive game, but the San Antonio Missions dropped a 17-7 decision to the Tulsa Drillers. Missions pitchers surrendered seven homers.

Tulsa scored in the bottom of the first, then San Antonio answered in the second. Tirso Ornelas walked, Ryan Jackson singled him to second, and Luis Verdugo singled to load the bases before a wild pitch plated Ornelas and Francisco Acuna lifted a sacrifice fly that brought Jackson home. Tulsa countered with three in the bottom of the third to retake the lead 4-2.

San Antonio's biggest swing came in the fourth as it scored four times. Braedon Karpathios singled to start the frame, Acuna singled one out later to put two on, and Kai Roberts doubled home Karpathios. Salas, batting leadoff, then crushed his third home run of the year, all in the last three games he has played, a three-run shot to right-center, to push the Missions in front 6-4. The lead held until Tulsa scored once in the fifth and four in the sixth to move ahead for good at 9-6. Each team scored once in the seventh, but the Driller put the game away with a seven-run eighth inning.

Salas finished 2-for-5 with a homer, three RBIs, and a stolen base, while Karpathios went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored. The Missions left eight on base and struck out 14 times. Eric Yost, the starter, was tagged for five runs on four hits in 4⅓ innings with four walks and four strikeouts. Andrew Dalquist took the loss after allowing four runs in 1⅔ innings.  

Alex McCoy Homers, But Fort Wayne Falls Late In South Bend

The Fort Wayne TinCaps got a long ball from Alex McCoy and made a late charge, yet still dropped a 6-4 decision to South Bend. 

McCoy connected for his fifth homer of the year, a leadoff blast in the fourth that tied the game, 1-1. South Bend pulled back ahead with a run in the bottom of the fourth and added two more in the fifth to push the gap to 4-1. McCoy ended 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and two RBIs. Carlos Rodriguez had an RBI triple and Kasen Wells reached three times with a hit, two walks, scored a run, and had an RBI.

Fort Wayne's most productive frame came in the eighth. Trailing 4-1, Wells walked with one out and Carlos Rodriguez drilled a two-out triple to right that brought Wells home. McCoy followed with a sharp double, his Midwest League-leading ninth two-bagger, to center, scoring Rodriguez to cut the deficit to 4-3. But South Bend tacked on two in the bottom half. In the ninth, Jake Cunningham was hit by a pitch, Jack Costello walked, and Lamar King Jr. was hit by a pitch to load the bases, before Wells worked a one-out bases-loaded walk to force home Cunningham, but the rally died on a strikeout and a groundout.

Starter Maikel Miralles took the loss across four innings, allowing two runs on five hits with five walks and one strikeout.  

Winyer Chourio Dominates, But Lake Elsinore Falls In Extras

Winyer Chourio carved up the Ontario lineup, yet the Lake Elsinore Storm came up short in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Tower Buzzers. Chourio worked five innings and allowed just one run on one hit, walking two and striking out eight to set the tone.

After being held in check thanks in large part to rehabbing Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell, who struck out six and allowed one hit over three innings. The Storm finally broke through in the eighth. Trailing 2-1, pinch-hitter Luke Cantwell drew a walk, Qrey Lott entered to pinch-run, and Conner Westenburg reached on catcher's interference to put two aboard. Ryan Wideman grounded into a force out that pushed Lott to third, with Wideman then stealing second. Bradley Frye singled up the middle to plate Lott and Wideman, giving Lake Elsinore a 3-2 lead. The Storm threatened to add on after a Justin DeCriscio walk and a Victor Duarte hit by pitch, but Jorge Quintana flied out to strand the bases full. Ontario tied the game on a leadoff homer in the ninth and won it with two outs in the 10th.

Joseph Herrera tossed two scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts. Westenburg led the offense with a 2-for-3 night, a double, two stolen bases, including a steal of home, while Frye drove in two.  

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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