Padres Minor League Report: Kannon Kemp, Storm Cruise To Easy Win

Jackson Wolf dealt five one-run innings as El Paso fell. In San Antonio, Jared Kollar delivered six frames after opener Jagger Haynes, and Harry Gustin closed it. Fort Wayne’s Sam Whiting spun five hitless to keep a rally. Lake Elsinore rode Kannon Kemp’s six scoreless while Kavares Tears tallied three hits including a homer and Dylan Grego went deep. Mason McCoy drove in three, Braedon Karpathios doubled home two, and Damon Dues rapped three hits.

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McCoy Drives In Three, Durán Doubles Twice, Wolf Deals Five In Extra-Inning Heartbreaker
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El Paso stacked a four-run second to seize control, but Tacoma rallied in the ninth and pulled away in the 10th, handing the Chihuahuas a 9-5 defeat. Mason McCoy got things started with a two-run single in the second, then added an RBI knock in the third. Rodolfo Durán kept the line moving all night with three hits, including two doubles, and scored twice.

Tim Locastro was hit by a pitch in the second that helped extend the rally, then swiped second for his 26th steal. Tyler Wade chipped in a sacrifice fly in the second and doubled in the sixth. Clay Dungan contributed an RBI single in the second and tracked down several deep balls in center as El Paso held a 5-1 lead through five.

Starter Jackson Wolf gave the Chihuahuas exactly that cushion, working five innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts and no walks. He navigated traffic only in the opening frame.

Tacoma cut into the lead with sacrifice flies in the sixth and seventh, then tied it in the ninth with two runs. In the 10th, the Rainiers’ zombie runner came around, and a run-scoring double to right opened the floodgates in a four-run inning that proved decisive. McCoy finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Durán went 3-for-5 with two doubles, and Locastro added two hits, a steal, and reached three times.

Karpathios’ Two-Run Double Propels Missions Past Frisco
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San Antonio erased an early Frisco edge with a three-run fifth, then added insurance in the eighth to finish off a 4–1 win. After the RoughRiders scored on a sacrifice fly in the third, the Missions answered when Anthony Vilar singled, Damon Dues followed with a knock, and Braedon Karpathios ripped a two-run double down the left-field line. Devin Ortiz immediately plated Karpathios with a ground-ball single to right for a 3–1 lead.

Dues provided the late cushion in the eighth. Marcos Castañon singled, stole second, and moved up on a walk and a strikeout. With two down, Dues lashed a double to left to score Castañon and make it 4–1. Dues finished 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, Karpathios doubled and drove in two, Ortiz added an RBI single, and Castañon collected two hits with a steal. Romeo Sanabria chipped in two hits, including a late double.

Jagger Haynes set the tone at the start, working two innings with one hit, no runs, no walks, and one strikeout, and he erased a runner with a pickoff at first. Jared Kollar took it from there and carried the game to the ninth, logging six innings with four hits, one run, one walk, and two strikeouts. Harry Gustin handled the final frame, pitching one inning with no runs, no walks, and one strikeout.

San Antonio’s defense stamped out rallies with a caught stealing from Vilar in the third and a smooth shortstop-to-second-to-first double play in the fourth against the RoughRiders. Manager Luke Montz was ejected in the fifth.

Whiting Spins Five Scoreless, Costello’s RBI Double Not Enough For TinCaps
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Dayton jumped ahead quickly at Parkview Field, plating two in the first and adding another in the second. That was enough to hand the TinCaps their 67th loss of the season.

The TinCaps tried to rally in the fifth. Sean Barnett led off with a single to left, and Jack Costello followed by ripping a double down the line to bring Barnett home. Jonathan Vastine dropped a bunt single to put runners at the corners, but a grounder to third started a double play, and the rally settled at one run.

Fort Wayne kept pressing late. In the eighth, Lamar King Jr. drew a two-out walk, Kasen Wells doubled to left to move him to third, and Brendan Durfee worked a free pass to load the bases. The Dragons held on when Rosman Verdugo lifted a fly to center.

Isaiah Lowe started for the TinCaps and worked four, allowing three runs on eight hits, with one walk and two strikeouts. Sam Whiting took it from there and gave Fort Wayne a chance, turning in five hitless innings with two walks and one strikeout. Offensively, Costello’s RBI double provided the highlight, while Wells added a late double, and King Jr. singled and stole second in the first as Fort Wayne fell 3-1.

Kemp Cruises For Six Scoreless, Tears And Grego Power Storm To Easy Win
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Lake Elsinore jumped on Rancho Cucamonga immediately and never looked back in a 10-0 win. After an HBP and a walk loaded the bases in the first, Kavares Tears punched an RBI single to left for the opening run, a balk brought in another, and Justin DeCriscio added a run-scoring groundout for a 3-0 lead. The Storm kept pressing in the third when Yoiber Ocopio bounced an RBI single to left, then Bradley Frye forced in another run to make it 5-0.

The offense kept humming. In the fourth, Alex McCoy singled and Dylan Grego lined an RBI single to center, then Tears followed with another RBI knock. Frye doubled in the seventh and scored on a wild pitch before Cardell Thibodeaux produced a two-out RBI infield single. Grego launched a solo homer in the eighth, and Tears followed with his 12th of the season to right.

On the mound, Kannon Kemp set the tone for Lake Elsinore with six scoreless innings, allowing four hits, walking three, and striking out seven. Jordan Valenzuela kept the shutout intact over two frames with three strikeouts and three walks, and Igor Gil closed it with a scoreless ninth, fanning one. Grego finished 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, Tears went 3-for-5 with three RBI, and McCoy scored twice. Carlos Rodriguez swiped second in the third, and Ryan Wideman stole third in the fifth.

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