Padres Minor League Report: Qrey Lott Homers Twice In 5-for-5, 6-RBI Day As Storm Rally

Three of four San Diego Padres affiliates won Sunday. Eric Yost struck out seven across four innings as San Antonio held off Tulsa 8-7, and Tirso Ornelas drove in the go-ahead run. Lamar King Jr. drove in four runs, and Igor Gil delivered three hitless innings as Fort Wayne edged South Bend 11-10. Qrey Lott went 5-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs as Lake Elsinore won 12-10 in 10 innings. El Paso fell 4-3.

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Sung-Mun Song Homers, But Chihuahuas Drop Finale For Split

After being on the wrong end of two blowouts, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas found themselves in a tight one during the series finale. Unfortunately, this one ended like the previous two: with a loss. The host Albuquerque Isotopes scored an eighth-inning run to pull out a 4-3 triumph, splitting the six-game series.

Left-handed starter Jackson Wolf kept things from getting out of hand like they did the previous two games, allowing three runs in 4⅔ innings on five hits and two walks with a strikeout. The bullpen of right-handers Garrett Hawkins, Ethan Routzahn and David Morgan only gave up one run on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts over the final 3⅓ innings.

El Paso jumped out to a 1-0 win in the top of the first as Will Wagner, in his second game of a rehab assignment following a spring training right oblique strain, doubled and took third on a throwing error, then scored on Samad Taylor's single to left. Albuquerque took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third, which stood until the Chihuahuas came to bat in the seventh.

Sung-Mun Song hit his first home run as a member of the Padres organization, driving the first pitch of the inning over the fence in right. Mason McCoy singled and stole second, Pablo Reyes walked and a groundout moved the runners to second and third. Rodolfo Duran then lined an opposite-field single through the infield to right to score a pair and tie the game 3-3. But the Isotopes put together a rally in the bottom of the eighth against Morgan, making his first appearance since being demoted by the Padres, that proved to be the difference.

Six players had hits for the Chihuahuas, but none had more than one. Reyes walked twice and has reached base in all 22 games he has played. Wagner was also hit by a pitch.

Leandro Cedeno, Tirso Ornelas Lead Missions To Victory

While wins have been hard to come by for the Double-A San Antonio Missions, that doesn't mean they don't have some talent on the roster. Leandro Cedeno hit a three-run homer and Tirso Ornelas also homered and drove in three, including the tiebreaking run in the eighth, as the Missions won the series finale 8-7. The Missions (7-20) won two games in a series for just the second time this year.

Cedeno, Ornelas, Romeo Sanabria and Braedon Karpathios each had two of the 10 hits for the Missions, who also were issued eight walks.

The Missions held a 6-1 lead in the top of the fourth before needing the late heroics. Ornelas homered leading off the second, his fourth of the year, and a wild pitch made it 2-0. Karpathios tacked on an RBI single in the third for a 3-0 lead. After a pair of walks in the fourth, Cedeno cranked a no-doubt three-run blast, with a nice little bat flip, to deep left to make it 6-1. It was Cedeno's third homer of the season. Ornelas made it 7-1 when he drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth, but Tulsa scored three in the bottom of the sixth and three more in the seventh to tie it 7-7.

In the eighth, Sanabria got things going with a two-out single and was pinch-run for by Kai Roberts. Ornelas then laced a double on an 0-2 pitch to right-center to easily score Roberts from first.

Missions right-handed starter Eric Yost didn't allow a hit, but did give up a run on three walks while striking out seven in four innings. Johan Moreno picked up the win with 2⅓ hitless innings.

Lamar King Jr. Leads Homer Brigade As TinCaps Win 5th Straight

The Padres have another catcher on a bit of a hot streak. Lamar King Jr., Padres Mission's No. 13 prospect, homered and matched his career high with four RBIs as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps won their fifth in a row, fending off the host South Bend Cubs 11-10.

Carlos E. Rodriguez hit a three-run homer, while Rosman Verdugo and Jake Cunningham also homered and had a pair of RBIs. King, Rodriguez, Verdugo and Cunningham each had two of the TinCaps' 10 hits. Fort Wayne also drew seven walks.

Coming off his first career four-hit game, King, at designated hitter Sunday, homered on the first pitch he saw for a two-run homer for a quick 2-0 lead. It was his second homer of the season. Rodriguez continued the big first inning with his three-run blast and a 5-0 lead, his third homer this year. South Bend scored five in the third to tie it. Verdugo led off the top of the fourth with his fourth homer and Cunningham doubled home a pair for an 8-5 lead. South Bend countered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth, then King went back to work in the fifth with his two-run double and a 10-7 TinCaps lead. After the Cubs made it 10-8 in the bottom of the fifth, Cunningham led off the top of the sixth with his sixth homer this year, making it 11-8. South Bend scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, but both bullpens shut out the offenses over the final three innings.

TinCaps starter Abraham Parra was tagged for five runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts over 2⅔ innings. Igor Gil came in during the sixth inning and pitched three scoreless innings, while Clay Edmondson picked up his Midwest League-best fifth save with a scoreless ninth.

Qrey Lott's Huge Day Helps Storm Rally To Win In 10

You don't have to look far to find the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm in the California League standings. And it is because of wins like this.

Down to the final strike of the game, Qrey Lott hit his second homer of the game, a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the ninth, and Luke Cantwell singled home the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th inning as the Storm surged past the host Ontario Tower Buzzers 12-10. The Storm have won five straight after dropping the series opener.

Lott's two homers were part of a 5-for-5, six-RBI day. Lott also homered in the second inning, a two-run shot as part of the best day of his young career. Lott had no homers and three RBIs in the first seven games of his career. Lott went undrafted in 2025 and signed with the Padres in July. 

Cantwell went 4-for-5 and scored a pair of runs, while Truitt Madonna and George Bilecki each went 3-for-6, with Bilecki driving in a pair and scoring twice. Justin DeCriscio also homered.

Lake Elsinore trailed 5-4 entering the top of the seventh when Jorge Quintana's one-out RBI single tied it, Bilecki singled home Quintana with the go-ahead run and Lott drove in Bilecki to make it 7-5. But Ontario scored three runs of its own in the eighth to reclaim the lead at 8-7.

In the ninth, Kerrington Cross drew a two-out walk and Lott hit a towering two-run blast to center on a 2-2 pitch to flip the script and take a 9-8 lead. But Ontario tied it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings. DeCriscio was the zombie runner and went to third on a wild pitch, then scored on Cantwell's one-out single to right to put the Storm up 10-9. A two-out passed ball put Cantwell on third and Quintana doubled to left that was misplayed to make it 11-9. Bilecki capped the outburst with a single to center for a 12-9 lead.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: DNP
2. Ethan Salas: 0-for-2, 3 BB, SB
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-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, SB, 2 K
9. Kale Fountain: DNP
10. Ryan Wideman: 0-for-3, K
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Lamar King Jr.: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, BB, 4 RBI, K
13. Romeo Sanabria: 2-for-3, BB, SB, K
14. Truitt Madonna: 3-for-6, K
15. Michael Salina: DNP
16. Garrett Hawkins: 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
17. Kavares Tears: DNP
18. Deivid Coronil: DNP
19. Francis Pena: 0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
20. Bryan Balzer: DNP

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