Padres Minor League Report: Quick Start Sparks Chihuahuas To Victory

JP Sears earned the win for Triple-A El Paso, throwing six innings in an 8-5 victory. Ryan Wideman went 2-for-3 with four steals and Bradley Frye hit a two-run homer for Low-A Lake Elsinore in a 13-6 rout. High-A Fort Wayne fell 9-7 despite Carlos Rodriguez's three-run homer. Double-A San Antonio dropped a 7-5 decision.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Antonio Missions activated RHP Josh Mallitz from the 7-day injured list.
• San Antonio Missions transferred LHP Luis Gutierrez 7-Day IL to 60-Day IL.
• Lake Elsinore Storm placed 3B Kale Fountain on the 7-day injured list.
• OF Qrey Lott assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.

Chihuahuas Erupt For 5 In First, Hold On to Beat Aces

The El Paso Chihuahuas jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 win over the visiting Reno Aces on Thursday. El Paso scored five runs in the bottom of the first, with Jose Miranda reaching on a throwing error that plated a pair of runs, Carlos Rodríguez bringing in another with a single, and Mason McCoy capping the rally with a two-run ground-rule double. Jase Bowen pushed the lead to 6-0 with a solo home run in the second, his team-leading sixth blast of the year.

Samad Taylor paced the offense by going 3-for-3, with a double, a walk, and two runs scored out of the designated hitter spot. Bowen finished 2-for-5 with the homer and two runs scored. McCoy drove in two. Rodolfo Durán reached twice on a single and a walk.

JP Sears earned the win, moving to 2-1 on the year. Sears worked six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out one. He gave up two home runs in a four-run Reno fourth that trimmed the margin to 6-4. Ethan Routzahn closed the door in the ninth for his second save.  

Missions' Comeback Falls Short In Loss To Sod Poodles

The San Antonio Missions rallied to tie the game but could not grab the lead, falling 7-5 to the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles.

Leandro Cedeño led the offense with a 2-for-5 night from the DH spot, collecting a triple, a double, and an RBI. Romeo Sanabria went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk from the cleanup spot. Ethan Salas added two hits.

The Missions opened the scoring when Braedon Karpathios drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the first to plate Salas. Amarillo answered with four runs in the second, and San Antonio responded with two runs in the third on a Tirso Ornelas sacrifice fly and a Ryan Jackson RBI single. The Missions pulled even at 5-5 in the fifth on Cedeño's RBI triple and a Karpathios RBI double, but Amarillo plated two more in the sixth on a fielder's choice aided by a throwing error.

Starter Miguel Mendez didn't make it past the second inning. He allowed four runs on six hits.  

TinCaps' Seventh-Inning Homers Not Enough Against Timber Rattlers

The Fort Wayne TinCaps came up just short in their comeback bid, falling 9-7 to the visiting Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.

Wisconsin carried a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh before Fort Wayne answered with five runs of its own, but the Timber Rattlers tacked on an insurance run in the ninth to close out the win.

Carlos Rodriguez powered the offense with a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh that brought Fort Wayne within 8-7. Oswaldo Linares homered earlier in the inning with a two-run shot, finishing 2-for-3 with a walk and a double. Kavares Tears went 2-for-5 with an RBI double. Rosman Verdugo contributed two hits out of the DH spot. Alex McCoy extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest since the TinCaps became a High-A team in 2021 and the long since Xavier Edwards' 14 in 2019.

Carson Montgomery got the start for Fort Wayne, tossing four innings and allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and two strikeouts. He surrendered one home run. Kleiber Olmedo was charged with the loss after giving up three earned runs in 1⅔ innings of relief.  

Wideman Swipes Four Bases, Frye Homers In Storm Rout

The Lake Elsinore Storm routed the visiting Visalia Rawhide 13-6, piling up 12 hits and seven walks in a wire-to-wire victory.

Ryan Wideman had a monster night from the leadoff spot, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs, two walks, a double, and four stolen bases. Bradley Frye finished 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, two RBIs, and a walk. Kerrington Cross reached base three times, with a triple, two walks, three runs scored and an RBI. Justin DeCriscio drove in two with a single in the seventh, going 2-for-5 with a double from the cleanup spot.

The Storm plated five runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by Frye's two-run home run, Kerrington Cross had an RBI triple and two throwing errors allowed two runs to score.

Starter Bryan Balzer worked four innings, allowing four runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Javier Chacon earned the win in relief, firing three hitless innings and striking out four while walking two to improve to 2-0. Vicarte Domingo added 1⅓ scoreless innings with three strikeouts.  

Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kash Mayfield: DNP
2. Ethan Salas: 2-for-5, R, K
3. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
4. Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP
5. Humberto Cruz: DNP
6. Miguel Mendez: 2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, K
7. Ty Harvey: DNP
8. Jorge Quintana: DNP
9. Kale Fountain: DNP
10. Ryan Wideman: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 SB
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Lamar King Jr.: DNP
13. Romeo Sanabria: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB, K
14. Truitt Madonna: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, K
15. Michael Salina: DNP
16. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
17. Kavares Tears: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 K
18. Deivid Coronil: DNP
19. Francis Pena: 2⅓ IP, 4 H, R, ER, BB, 2 K
20. Bryan Balzer: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

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