Padres Minor League Report: Ornelas’ Power, Roberts’ Bat Lead Mixed Night For Affiliates

Tirso Ornelas belted two two-run homers to power El Paso, while Mason McCoy scored twice. In Double-A, Francisco Acuna collected three hits as San Antonio’s comeback bid fell short despite RBIs from Marcos Castanon, Jacob Campbell and Romeo Sanabria. High-A Fort Wayne rolled behind Ian Koenig’s seven innings and Kai Roberts’ three RBIs, with Rosman Verdugo and Braedon Karpathios setting the table. At Lake Elsinore, Alex McCoy and Kerrington Cross drew bases-loaded walks in defeat.

Ornelas’ Two Homers, Mondou Reaches Four Times As Chihuahuas Outlast Reno
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Tirso Ornelas powered El Paso with a pair of two-run shots, and the Chihuahuas held off Reno for a 9-7 win at Greater Nevada Field. Ornelas homered to right in the second after Nate Mondou’s leadoff single, then left the yard again in the third following a Mondou walk, giving him four RBIs on a 2-for-5 night.

Mondou set the tone all evening, going 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs, and an RBI. Tim Locastro entered as a pinch-runner in the second and sparked a fourth-inning tally with a single, a balk-assisted advance, and a steal of third before scoring on Mondou’s double. In the fifth, Mason McCoy singled and advanced on a wild pitch, Clay Dungan walked, and the pair executed a double steal. Will Wagner cashed both in with a two-run single to center.

Rodolfo Durán added three hits and two RBIs, McCoy finished 2-for-5 with two runs and a steal, and Dungan doubled, stole a base, and scored twice. Locastro also swiped a bag and was later caught stealing. El Paso turned a tidy first-inning double play from Tyler Wade to Wagner to Trenton Brooks.

Starter JP Sears earned the win with five innings of two-run ball, allowing six hits, walking one, and striking out three. After Raul Brito and Alek Jacob covered the middle frames, Sean Reynolds handled the eighth, and Ron Marinaccio closed the ninth for his fifth save despite a run, recording one strikeout.

Acuna’s Three Hits, Fifth-Inning Push Not Enough For Missions In Tulsa
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San Antonio fell 8-5 at ONEOK Field despite a 12-hit night led by Francisco Acuna. The shortstop went 3-for-4 with two runs, a walk, and an RBI, sparking a middle-inning surge that briefly erased an early deficit. Tulsa jumped ahead with four in the third, but the Missions answered in the fourth as singles from Marcos Castañon, Albert Fabian, and Jacob Campbell put two on the board, and Damon Dues added an RBI fielder’s choice. An inning later, Devin Ortiz doubled, Acuna lined an RBI single, a passed ball moved him up, and Romeo Sanabria tied it with a run-scoring single.

A daring attempt to score in the third turned into a foul-fly double play at the plate, then Tulsa moved back in front with two in the sixth. San Antonio pulled within one late when Dues reached on a fielder’s choice in the eighth for his first Double-A RBI, but Tulsa countered with two in the bottom half.

Starter Victor Lizarraga worked three innings, allowing four runs on five hits, with one walk and two strikeouts. Ryan Och followed with two innings, one hit, no walks, and two strikeouts. Misael Tamarez added 1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts, and Garrett Hawkins handled the eighth.

Moisés Gómez, Fabian, Anthony Vilar, and Dues each stole a base. The infield turned a double play on an Acuna to Castañon to Sanabria combination.

Roberts Drives In Three, Koenig Works Seven As TinCaps Handle West Michigan 6-1
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Fort Wayne jumped on West Michigan in the first and never looked back. Braedon Karpathios doubled, Rosman Verdugo followed with a single, and Zach Evans cashed in with a two-out single to center for a 2-0 lead. In the second, Sean Barnett singled ahead of Kai Roberts, who launched his fourth home run to center to make it 4-0.

Starter Ian Koenig set the tone on the mound. The right-hander worked seven innings, allowing one run on five hits, with one walk and seven strikeouts. He earned the win, his fifth of the season.

The TinCaps added on in the sixth without a hit. Kasen Wells drew a walk, stole second, moved to third, then scored on a wild pitch for a 5-0 cushion. West Michigan scratched across a run in the seventh, but Fort Wayne answered in the eighth when Brendan Durfee doubled and Roberts lined an RBI single to right.

Roberts finished 2-for-3 with a homer, a single, three RBI, a walk, and a stolen base. Karpathios went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a steal. Evans drove in two, Durfee doubled and walked, and Wells scored twice with three walks, a stolen base, and a caught stealing.

After Koenig, Ruben Galindo and Harry Gustin each delivered one scoreless inning, with Galindo striking out one and Gustin striking out two. 

Storm Blown Away Against San Jose
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Lake Elsinore’s offense showed flashes, but the Storm fell to San Jose, 13-2, at The Diamond. Alex McCoy set the tone early with a third-inning triple, then added a bases-loaded walk in the sixth for an RBI. He finished 1-for-2 with the triple, two walks, and one RBI. Kerrington Cross pushed across the first Storm run with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth. Dylan Grego and Jorge Quintana each collected two hits, Yoiber Ocopio singled, and Kale Fountain reached four times with a hit and three walks, scoring once.

Starter Humberto Cruz worked 2 2/3 innings for Lake Elsinore, allowing three runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Winyer Chourio followed with two innings, and the bullpen cycled through Igor Gil, Jordan Valenzuela, Yovannki Pascual, and Bernard Jose to the finish.

Lake Elsinore scratched across runs in the fourth and sixth, but San Jose’s multi-run frames in the third and fifth created the separation. Despite the result, the Storm saw patient plate appearances throughout, highlighted by two run-scoring walks, and steady work in the field with those two double plays.

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