Padres Minor League Report: In Light Easter Day Action, Fort Wayne Splits Doubleheader

Marcos Castañon homered and doubled, and Samad Taylor drove in two runs in El Paso’s 6-5 loss. Fort Wayne split its twin bill, winning 4-1 behind Abraham Parra’s 3 2/3-inning, five-strikeout start and scoreless relief from Clark Candiotti, Luis Germán, and Clay Edmondson. Jack Costello homered in the win, while Kasen Wells doubled and scored in the 16-1 loss. Kavares Tears drove in Fort Wayne’s lone run.

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Castañon Homers, Taylor Drives In Two In Chihuahuas Loss

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The El Paso Chihuahuas carried a four-run lead into the fifth, but Tacoma came back for a 6-5 win on Sunday at Cheney Stadium.

El Paso broke through in the fourth. Marcos Castañon was hit by a pitch, Carlos Rodríguez singled, and Nate Mondou brought home the tying run with a sacrifice fly. Anthony Vilar followed with a single, Mason McCoy walked, and Samad Taylor lined a two-run single to left that scored Rodríguez and Vilar for a 3-1 advantage.

Castañon added to the lead in the fifth when he homered to left field, his second home run of the season. Later in the inning, Pablo Reyes walked, stole second, and scored on Mondou’s RBI single as the Chihuahuas moved ahead 5-1.

Taylor finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a stolen base, while Jase Bowen went 2-for-5 with a triple. Castañon went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, one RBI, and two runs scored. Mondou drove in two runs, and Reyes scored once and stole a base.

Starter JP Sears pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, four walks, and striking out four. Jackson Wolf worked 1 2/3 innings, allowing one run, two walks, and striking out three.

Tacoma answered with four runs in the fifth to tie the game. El Paso had a chance in the sixth after Taylor singled, stole second, and moved to third on a passed ball, but the score remained even. In the ninth, Tacoma brought home the winning run on a two-out single.

Costello Homers, Rodriguez Reaches Twice In TinCaps Win

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The Fort Wayne TinCaps scored early and held Great Lakes to two hits in a 4-1 win on Sunday at Dow Diamond.

Fort Wayne started quickly in the first inning. Kasen Wells walked, stole second, and moved to third on Carlos Rodriguez’s single. Lamar King Jr. then reached on a fielder’s choice, which brought Wells home, and Rodriguez later stole home while King Jr. stole second to make it 2-0.

Jack Costello added to the lead in the second when he hit a solo home run to left-center field, his first homer of the season. The TinCaps pushed across another run in the third after Zach Evans singled and Rodriguez doubled. Alex McCoy then reached on a fielder’s choice, and Evans scored as Fort Wayne moved ahead 4-0.

Rodriguez finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Costello went 1-for-2 with a home run, an RBI, and a walk. Wells scored once, walked twice, and stole two bases, while King Jr. drove in a run, walked once, and stole two bases. McCoy added an RBI, and Evans went 1-for-4 with a run scored.

Against the Loons, starter Abraham Parra pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three walks, and striking out five. Clark Candiotti followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, Luis Germán worked one scoreless inning, and Clay Edmondson finished with a scoreless seventh.

Great Lakes scored its only run on a fourth-inning solo homer, but the TinCaps kept the lead from there.

Wells Doubles, Tears Drives In TinCaps’ Lone Run In Loss

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In the second game of the doubleheader, the Fort Wayne TinCaps were held to two hits in a 16-1 loss to Great Lakes.

Great Lakes scored twice in the first, then broke the game open with a nine-run third. After a solo home run started the inning, Fort Wayne made a pitching change with two runners on base. The Loons added two runs on a double, two more on a single, and later in the inning, a grand slam pushed the lead to 11-0.

The TinCaps got their only run in the fourth. Kasen Wells opened the inning with a ground-rule double, Zach Evans followed with a single, and Lamar King Jr. walked to load the bases. Kavares Tears then lifted a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Wells.

Wells finished 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Evans went 1-for-3, while Tears drove in the lone Fort Wayne run and added a walk. Fort Wayne drew two walks and struck out 12 times.

Starter Kleiber Olmedo pitched two innings in a disaster start, allowing five runs, two walks, and striking out one. Will Varmette also worked 1/3 of an inning, allowing five runs, one walk, and striking out one. Vicarte Domingo pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up one run with one strikeout. Jeferson Villabona allowed two runs in 2/3 of an inning, Igor Gil gave up one run in one inning, and Bernard Jose surrendered two runs in 1 1/3 innings while striking out two.

Great Lakes added two more runs in the sixth to close the scoring.

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