Padres Minor League Report: Pablo Reyes Homers Twice, Mason McCoy Snaps Late Tie For El Paso

El Paso erased a six-run deficit and beat Tacoma 11-10, as Pablo Reyes launched two home runs and Mason McCoy delivered the eighth-inning, go-ahead single. Fernando Sanchez struck out eight over five scoreless innings for San Antonio in a Missions loss. Fort Wayne split its doubleheader, with Matt Watson and Isaiah Lowe combining to shut out Beloit and Zach Evans driving in three. Lake Elsinore fell 3-2 despite Jesus A. Castro's seven strikeouts.

Padres Transactions

• El Paso Chihuahuas activated RHP Justin Yeager from the Development List.

Chihuahuas Erupt For 7-Run Fourth, Score Twice In Eighth For Win

Pablo Reyes drilled a pair of homers and Mason McCoy snapped an eighth-inning tie with a go-ahead single as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas used a seven-run fourth inning for an 11-10 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers.

McCoy capped a three-hit day with two outs in the eighth by grounding an RBI single to left to score Rodolfo Duran, who had just doubled in Clay Dungan with the tying run. Tacoma had taken a 10-9 lead in the top of the eighth. McCoy has a career-high 14-game hitting streak.

Samad Taylor had a homer and a Little League homer, while Jose Miranda also homered for the Chihuahuas, who have won six of eight games vs. the Rainiers this year.

Tacoma jumped out to a 6-2 lead when the Chihuahuas came up in the bottom of the fourth. McCoy had a leadoff double and Miranda belted his fourth homer of the season to pull El Paso within 6-4. Marcos Castanon, Carlos Rodriguez singled and Taylor laid down a sacrifice bunt that turned into a Little League homer when the first baseman threw the ball into right field, scoring all three and putting the Chihuahuas up 7-6. Will Wagner walked and Reyes greeted the new reliever by drilling the second pitch for an opposite-field homer to right to make it 9-6. It was Reyes' fifth homer of the season and extended his on-base streak to all 24 games he has played this year. Reyes also hit a homer Tuesday, giving him three in two games.

But the Rainiers tied it with a three-run fifth inning.

Chihuahuas left-handed starter Marco Gonzales lasted just three innings, giving up six runs (three earned) on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Right-hander Triston McKenzie followed by allowing three runs on two hits and four walks and three strikeouts in 1⅓ innings.

Fernando Sanchez's 8 K's Wasted As Missions Fall To RockHounds

Left-handed starter Fernando Sanchez was sterling in five shutout innings, striking out eight, but the bullpen imploded by allowing a pair of four-run innings as the Double-A San Antonio Missions dropped an 8-3 decision to the Midland RockHounds.

Carson Tucker went 3-for-4, while Kai Roberts and Romeo Sanabria—the top two hitters in the lineup—each had two hits and Francisco Acuna drove in a pair of runs.

Sanchez went a season-high five innings while making his third straight start and five relief appearances. He allowed three hits with three walks and the season-high eight strikeouts. Sanchez has two six-strikeout games, one in relief and another in his previous start. He has allowed eight hits in 12⅓ innings as a starter with 18 strikeouts.

The Missions took a 3-0 lead with single runs in the first, second and fourth innings. Sanabria doubled home Roberts, who had singled and stole second, to begin the bottom of the first. In the second, Tucker and Acuna had back-to-back doubles for a 2-0 lead. Ryan Jackson and Albert Fabian drew one-out walks in the fourth and Tucker singled to load the bases. Acuna made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly.

After Sanchez left, left-handed reliever Harry Gustin gave up four runs in two-thirds of an inning in the seventh as Midland took a 4-3 and right-handed reliever Sadrac Franco coughed up another four in the top of the ninth.

Matt Watson's Scoreless Start, Zach Evans' 3 RBIs Give TinCaps Split

Right-handed Matt Watson threw four scoreless innings in his first professional start, while Zach Evans homered and drove in three as the High-A Fort Wayne Tin Caps blanked the Beloit SkyCarp 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Beloit won the nightcap 4-2, snapping the TinCaps' six-game winning streak.

Watson, a 13th-round draft choice in 2024 who had Tommy John surgery after being selected, had made three relief appearances before his scheduled start against Beloit. He gave up just two hits, while walking one and striking out one, throwing 31 of his 48 pitches for strikes. Isaiah Lowe finished with three hitless innings, walking two and striking out three.

Evans was the surprise offensive star. He entered the game with a .188/.263/.232 slash line and just one RBI in 18 games this year. With two outs in the second inning, Carlos E. Rodriguez singled and Evans doubled down the left-field line for a 1-0 lead. Kavares Tears followed with an RBI single to put the TinCaps up 2-0. Jake Cunningham drew a leadoff walk in the fourth and Evans crushed a 1-1 pitch for a two-run homer, his first of the year.

In the second game, the TinCaps managed just four hits, including two by Jake Cunningham. Cunningham had a bases-loaded single in the third inning that plated a pair of runs to tie the game 2-2. Beloit, which scored twice in the second, took the lead back with a run in the top of the fourth and added another in the sixth.

TinCaps right-handed starter Maikel Miralles had second encouraging outing after back-to-back rough starts. Miralles allowed three runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in four innings. His five strikeouts were the most since he had nine in his season debut. Right-handed reliever Tucker Musgrove struck out three in 1⅓ innings, allowing a run, and left-handed reliever Braian Salazar allowed one hit and a walk in 1⅔ scoreless innings, striking out one.

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Jesus Castro Strikes Out 7, But Storm Fall Short

Right-handed starter Jesus A. Castro struck out a season-high seven, but the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm couldn't muster enough offensively in a 3-2 loss to the Inland Empire 66ers.

Bradley Frye, Jorge Quintana and Kerrington Cross each had two hits for the Storm, who outhit the 66ers 9-5. Cross scored both of the Storm's runs and had his first stolen base of the season.

Castro, an 18-year-old who made his pro debut last season in the Dominican Summer League, also set a season best by going 5⅔ innings. He struck out a career-best eight in 4⅔ in a game last year and fell one out short of matching his longest out of 2025. Castro allowed four hits and didn't walk anyone. The score was tied 1-1 when he left in the sixth after retiring the first two batters and hitting the third. Daichi Moriki came on and gave up a walk and a two-run double for a 3-1 66ers lead.

Cross led off the top of the third inning with a double, stole second base with one out and scored on Frye's single to center for a 1-0 Storm lead. The 66ers tied it in the bottom of the inning. The Storm got their only other run in the top of the eighth. With one out, Cross tripled to dead center and scored on pinch-hitter Ryan Wideman's groundout to short.

Right-hander Nick Falter turned in two scoreless innings for the Storm, walking one and striking out four.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: DNP
2. Ethan Salas: 0-for-1
3. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
4. Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP
5. Humberto Cruz: DNP
6. Miguel Mendez: DNP
7. Ty Harvey: DNP
8. Jorge Quintana: 2-for-3, 2B, K
9. Kale Fountain: DNP
10. Ryan Wideman: 0-for-1, RBI
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, 3 BB, K, SB
13. Romeo Sanabria: 2-for-4, 2B, BB, RBI
14. Truitt Madonna: 1-for-4
15. Michael Salina: DNP
16. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
17. Kavares Tears: 1-for-3, RBI
18. Deivid Coronil: DNP
19. Francis Pena: DNP
20. Bryan Balzer: DNP

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