Padres Minor League Report: Kash Mayfield Strikes Out Nine In Dominant Performance

Power and pitching paced Padres affiliates. In El Paso, Rodolfo Durán’s three-run homer flipped the night, while Wes Benjamin delivered five scoreless. San Antonio erupted behind Devin Ortiz, Marcos Castañon, Christopher Sargent, and Braedon Karpathios, with Stephen Jones closing. Fort Wayne got four shutout innings from Fernando Sanchez, but fell 3-2 despite Zach Evans and Chase Valentine. At Lake Elsinore, Kash Mayfield fanned nine and Bradley Frye stole home, yet the Storm lost in extras.

Padres Transactions

• Signed Christopher Sargent to a minor league contract.

Durán’s Three-Run Homer Sparks El Paso, Ornelas And Perlaza Stack Doubles
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El Paso shook off a rocky start against Tacoma with a power-and-doubles barrage at Southwest University Park. After falling behind 3-0 in the first, the Chihuahuas answered immediately when Luis Campusano lined an RBI single to get them on the board. Campusano finished 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and an RBI.

The breakthrough came in the sixth. Campusano doubled, Nate Mondou followed with a single, and Rodolfo Durán emptied the bases with a three-run homer to left, turning a two-run deficit into a 4-3 lead. Durán went 1-for-4 with three RBIs. Tirso Ornelas kept it going in the seventh with a double, then Yonathan Perlaza ripped a run-scoring double of his own. Ornelas added late insurance in the eighth, bouncing a ground-rule double down the right-field line to plate Clay Dungan. Ornelas went 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI, Perlaza went 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI, and Dungan chipped in a 2-for-3 day with two doubles and a walk. Mondou and Ripken Reyes each collected two hits.

Matt Waldron started for El Paso, working one inning and allowing three runs on four hits with one walk and no strikeouts. Wes Benjamin kept the Chihuahuas in the game with five scoreless innings, giving up two hits, walking one, and striking out one. Bradgley Rodriguez and Kyle Hart each handled an inning, and Ron Marinaccio closed the ninth with one strikeout for his sixth save. Reyes anchored the defense, taking part in a pair of key double plays.

Seventh-Inning Power Surge Lifts Missions Past Frisco In 25-Run Affair
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San Antonio’s bats erupted in the seventh, turning a 10-6 hole into a 14-11 win in Frisco. Marcos Castañon got the Missions started with a solo homer in the second, and Moisés Gómez answered with a blast to center in the third as the game seesawed early. San Antonio nudged ahead 6-4 by the sixth when Albert Fabian walked, stole second, and later scored on a throwing error during a pickoff attempt.

Frisco surged back with a five-run sixth that included an inside-the-park homer and two wild pitches, pushing the RoughRiders in front. The Missions immediately countered with an eight-run seventh. Braedon Karpathios and Francisco Acuna drew walks, Devin Ortiz crushed a three-run homer to left center, Castañon followed with his second homer, Ryan Jackson singled, Gómez ripped an RBI double, Christopher Sargent launched a two-run shot, and Karpathios capped the frame with a solo blast.

Karpathios finished 3-for-4 with two homers, four runs, and two RBI. Castañon went 2-for-5 with two homers, three RBI, and a steal, while Gómez doubled and homered with two RBI. Sargent added a two-run homer, and Ortiz drove in three. Fabian contributed a stolen base.

Starter Eric Yost worked 3 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits, with four walks and two strikeouts. José Geraldo covered two innings with two runs, two walks, and two strikeouts to earn the win. Stephen Jones closed it out for San Antonio, delivering 1 1/3 scoreless innings with one hit and one strikeout for the save against the RoughRiders.

TinCaps’ Bats Quiet In 3-2 Loss
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Fort Wayne fell behind when Dayton opened with three in the first, capped by a pair of run-scoring doubles. Starter Clark Candiotti settled in and struck out eight, but his four innings ended with three runs allowed and two walks.

The TinCaps answered in the fourth. After Jonathan Vastine reached on a strikeout and wild pitch, Jack Costello bounced a single, and Zach Evans punched an RBI single to center to get Fort Wayne on the board. In the seventh, Evans ripped a double, then Chase Valentine followed with a ground-rule double down the left-field line to bring Evans home and make it 3-2.

Fernando Sanchez kept the game close out of the bullpen. The righty worked four scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Josh Mallitz handled the ninth to keep the deficit at a run, giving the offense a final chance.

Eguy Rosario doubled with one out in the eighth to spark a late threat, but Fort Wayne could not deliver the big hit. Evans led the offense, going 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run. Valentine finished 1-for-4 with an RBI double, and Rosario added a double. The TinCaps totaled seven hits, including three extra-base knocks, but came up a run short at Parkview Field.

Mayfield Fans Nine, Frye Steals Home, But Storm Fall In Extras
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Kash Mayfield set the tone for Lake Elsinore, working five scoreless innings with three hits, one walk, and nine strikeouts. The Storm grabbed a first-inning lead when Ryan Wideman doubled to right, took third on a balk, then scored on Carlos Rodriguez’s groundout.

Clay Edmondson followed with two shutout frames, and Lake Elsinore added an insurance run in the eighth. Bradley Frye led off with a single, George Bilecki singled him to third, Bilecki stole second, and Frye swiped home to make it 2-0 against Rancho Cucamonga.

The Quakes pulled even in the ninth, using a single to center and a double-play grounder to tie the game. In the tenth, Rancho Cucamonga’s zombie runner advanced and scored on a forceout for a 3-2 edge.

Lake Elsinore could not do the same in the bottom of the frame, as two strikeouts and a lineout ended the game. Bernard Jose took the loss.

Dylan Grego led the Storm offense with two doubles in four trips. Wideman finished 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run, Rodriguez drove in one, and Bilecki added a single and a stolen base.

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