Padres Minor League Report: Jhony Brito Has Superb Outing In First Game Since Surgery

Justin DeCriscio launched a three-run homer and finished 3-for-6 with three RBIs as the Fort Wayne TinCaps held off Cedar Rapids 11-8, with Clay Edmondson collecting his eighth save over two innings. Ethan Routzahn worked three innings for a save of his own in El Paso's 12-7 win at Salt Lake, where Jase Bowen drove in four. Ethan Salas reached three times for San Antonio in a 6-3 win, while Ryan Wideman went 3-for-3 with a steal in Lake Elsinore's loss.

Jase Bowen Comes Up Big As Chihuahuas Prevail

Jase Bowen was on base four times and drove in four, including a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas scored 10 runs over the final four innings to pull out a 12-7 triumph over the host Salt Lake Bees. El Paso went 2-4 in the series.

Marcos Castanon and Victor Duarte homered and had two hits, as did Samad Taylor, Nick Solak and Carlos Rodriguez for the Chihuahuas, who pounded out 16 hits. Castanon drove in three and Rodriguez and Duarte a pair. Rodriguez had a pair of doubles. Solak extended his on-base streak to 24 games. Duarte had just been promoted this week from Low-A Lake Elsinore.

Trailing 1-0, Taylor and Will Wagner singled to open the fourth and Solak walked to load the bases before Bowen singled home a pair for a 2-1 Chihuahuas lead. Salt Lake tied it in the bottom of the fourth and scored four times in the fifth for a 6-2 advantage.

El Paso began the comeback in the sixth. Solak had a leadoff single and Bowen walked before the next two batters were retired. Castanon came up with his fifth homer of the season to pull the Chihuahuas with 6-5. In the seventh, Taylor had a one-out walk and Solak singled before Bowen hit a liner to left-center for a double that scored both to take a 7-6 lead. Bowen was caught in a rundown heading to third after the ball was fumbled in the outfield.

The Chihuahuas tacked on four runs in the eighth on as Jose Miranda and Rodriguez had RBI doubles and Duarte blasted his first homer at Triple-A, a two-run shot, to make it 11-6. Each team added a run in the ninth, with El Paso getting a Rodriguez run-scoring double.

Chihuahuas right-hander Ethan Routzahn pitched the final three innings to pick up his second save of the series.

Jhony Brito Stellar In First Game Since Surgery In Missions' Loss

San Diego Padres right-hander Jhony Brito made his first appearance in a game since undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2025 and turned in a very positive performance. Brito didn't allow an earned run in four innings of the host Double-A San Antonio Missions' 6-3 loss to the Wichita Wind Surge. The teams split the six-game series.

Brito only allowed two hits and did give up two unearned runs thanks to some poor Missions defense, but he did walk two and struck out one in his 53-pitch performance that included 29 strikes. Both hits Brito gave up came to the second and third hitters he faced. The No. 2 hitter doubled and the No. 3 hitter singled, with the runner being thrown out at the plate. Brito settled in and retired the next eight batters before giving up back-to-back one-out walks. After another out, Brito looked to be getting out of the mess but a throwing error by shortstop Francisco Acuna allowed a run to score and kept the inning alive. Brito then made an errant pickoff attempt, allowing the second run to score.

That erased what had been a 2-0 lead that the Missions took in the bottom of the first. Ethan Salas had a leadoff single and Braedon Karpathios' one-out single moved him to third. Back-to-back walks to Tirso Ornelas and Romeo Sanabria and a wild pitch brought in the two runs. After the Wind Surge tied the game, the Missions retook the lead in the fifth. Salas again had a leadoff single and then stole second, his ninth steal of the year. An errant pickoff attempt put Salas at third and he came home on Kai Roberts' single to right.

It stayed 3-2 until the eighth, when the Wind Surge got a leadoff homer, a walk and an RBI double to grab a 4-3 lead. In the ninth, the Wind Surge added two more thanks to no hits and two walks, with both runs scoring on a Salas throwing error to third base on a double steal.

Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, and Roberts each had two hits, with Salas scoring twice and Roberts also drawing a walk and driving in a run.

Newcomer Justin DeCriscio Sparks TinCaps To Win, Series Split

Justin DeCriscio had three hits—including his first High-A homer, a three-run shot—as the Fort Wayne TinCaps notched an 11-8 victory over the host Cedar Rapids Kernels to earn a split of the six-game series.

Jack Costello and Oswaldo Linares each had a pair of hits, with Linares also driving in two runs and scoring once and Costello scoring twice and driving in one. Kasen Wells drew three walks and singled, scoring twice. Kavares Tears had a double and a walk with two RBIs.

Just promoted from Low-A Lake Elsinore to Fort Wayne at the beginning of the week, was 1-for-12 in the series before erupting for his big game out of the leadoff spot. He singled to begin the game and came around to score on a Tears sacrifice fly. A five-run TinCaps second inning featured a run-scoring wild pitch before DeCriscio's three-run blast restored the lead at 5-2. He hit three homers in 28 games at Lake Elsinore. Tears added his RBI double in the frame.

Cedar Rapids scored once in the bottom of the second to make it 6-3, then rallied for four runs in the fourth to go up 7-6. But Fort Wayne came back in the fifth and sixth innings to take control. In the fifth, Costello tripled and scored on Zach Evans' sac fly to tie it. Wells walked and stole second before going to third on a flyout and coming home on Jonathan Vastine's go-ahead single. Rosman Verdugo and Tears sandwiched walks around a strikeout to begin the sixth, then Costello doubled home Verdugo. A fielder's choice and a walk preceded Linares singling home a pair for an 11-7 lead.

TinCaps left-handed starter Jamie Hitt gave up seven runs (six earned) in five innings. Right-handed closer Clay Edmondson pitched the final two innings, including coming into the eighth with the bases loaded and only allowing one run to score, to pick up his eighth save, which leads all of Minor League Baseball.

Ryan Wideman Goes 3-for-3 With 29th Steal, But Storm Thumped

The host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm watched as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes scored runs in the first five innings en route to a 16-7 victory. The Storm won four of the six games in the series.

Ryan Wideman—Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect—went 3-for-3, including a double and a triple, with a walk and his 29th stolen base of the season for the Storm, while Kerrington Cross and Truitt Madonna each had a pair of hits, with Madonna and Yoiber Ocopio driving in a pair of runs. Ocopio, who just joined the team this week, hit his first homer.

Rancho Cucamonga scored five times in the first, one each in the second and third and three each in the fourth and fifth innings to grab a 13-2 cushion.

Padres Transactions

• Padres sent RHP Jhony Brito on a rehab assignment to San Antonio Missions.

Top 20 Prospect Performance

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

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