Padres Minor League Report: Samad Taylor Homers To Spark Chihuahuas' Victory

Samad Taylor had three hits, four RBIs, and a home run as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas beat Reno 9-5, with Jackson Wolf working five innings and Yuki Matsui adding two scoreless. Carson Tucker's tying 10th-inning triple wasn't enough as Double-A San Antonio fell 3-2 in 11, despite three scoreless innings from Ian Koenig. Wisconsin shut out High-A Fort Wayne 8-0, though Abraham Parra struck out seven. Carlos Medina led Low-A Lake Elsinore past Visalia 5-2 with three strikeouts as the Storm won their sixth straight.

Chihuahuas Pound Out 11 Hits, Hold On To Beat Aces

The El Paso Chihuahuas used an early flurry for a 9-5 home win over the Reno Aces, scoring eight of their nine runs across the first three innings. Samad Taylor led the 11-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and four RBIs. Nick Schnell scored three runs and drove in another. Jase Bowen added two hits, and Carlos Rodríguez and Nate Mondou each drove in a run.

After Reno took an early 1-0 lead, El Paso answered in the bottom of the first when Rodríguez singled home Taylor, who had doubled, and Rodolfo Durán reached on a fielding error that allowed Nick Solak to score. Reno reclaimed the lead in the second, but Taylor responded with a three-run homer to left-center, scoring Schnell and Bowen for a 5-3 cushion. The Chihuahuas tacked on three more in the third, when Schnell reached on a fielder's choice that scored Durán, Bowen singled home Mason McCoy, and Taylor singled in Schnell to push the lead to 8-4.

Starter Jackson Wolf worked five innings, allowing four hits, four runs (three earned), including a home run, while striking out three without issuing a walk. Eli Villalobos and Yuki Matsui combined for three scoreless relief innings with four strikeouts before Alek Jacob gave up a solo home run in the ninth. For Matsui, it was his longest outing during his rehab assignment, perhaps a signal his return to the Padres is close. The only thing he hasn't done is go back-to-back.  

Missions Drop Extra-Innings Heartbreaker To Amarillo

After a tight first nine innings, the San Antonio Missions lost a back-and-forth game 3-2 in 11 innings to Amarillo. Carson Tucker provided the offensive highlight with a tying triple leading off the bottom of the 10th to score the zombie runner, but the Missions were unable to bring him home despite loading the bases on a pair of walks. Romeo Sanabria worked three walks, Tirso Ornelas scored a run and doubled, and Chris Sargent added a single.

San Antonio scored its first run in the second when Ornelas doubled with one out, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Braedon Karpathios sacrifice fly. The score held until the eighth, when Amarillo tied it on a solo home run off reliever Michael Flynn. In the 10th, Amarillo plated its zombie runner on a sacrifice fly. In the 11th, Amarillo's zombie runner went to third on a fielder's choice and then thrown out at the plate on a grounder to second baseman Francisco Acuna. With runners at first and second, Missions reliever Francis Pena got a fly ball for the second out, but the next batter doubled for the go-ahead run, with the second runner thrown out at the plate.

Right-hander Ian Koenig opened with three scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk while striking out three.  

TinCaps Shut Out At Home By Wisconsin

The Fort Wayne TinCaps were shut out at home 8-0 by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, who pounded out three home runs. The TinCaps managed only five hits and three walks and struck out 13 times. Jake Cunningham, Jack Costello, and Lamar King Jr. each contributed a hit, with Cunningham and Costello getting doubles. Kasen Wells went 1-for-3 with a walk.

Wisconsin took control in the third inning. With the game tied 0-0, the Timber Rattlers ripped a solo home run, then drew two walks before stringing together back-to-back doubles that drove in two more runs to make it 3-0. They tacked on another run in the fifth on a single, manufactured a fifth run in the sixth, and pulled away with a two-homer outburst in the seventh that pushed the score to 7-0. A run in the ninth completed the scoring.

Right-hander Abraham Parra struck out seven, but unable to limit the damage, working 4⅔ innings. He allowed four hits, four runs (three earned), two walks, and one home run.

Storm Roll Sweep 6 From Visalia Behind Frye, Quintana

The Lake Elsinore Storm capped a six-game sweep of the visiting Visalia Rawhide with a 5-2 win, getting a productive night from the top of the order and timely contributions through the lineup. Jose Verdugo had two hits with an RBI and a stolen base. Bradley Frye tripled and drove in two runs. Jorge Quintana hit his first home run of the year. Qrey Lott contributed a double and an RBI, and Ryan Wideman went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and a run scored.

After Visalia opened with a solo home run in the second, Quintana evened the score in the home half with a solo shot to center. The Storm broke the game open in the third inning. Yoiber Ocopio walked, came around to score on a Qrey Lott double. One out later, Lott scored on Bradley Frye's triple, and Frye in turn came home on a Jose Verdugo bunt that pushed Lake Elsinore in front 4-1. The Storm added an insurance run in the eighth when Frye's sacrifice fly brought home Wideman.

Right-hander Carlos Medina turned in four innings, giving up two hits, one run and a walk while striking out three. Javier Chacon followed with two scoreless innings, Daichi Moriki struck out two in a scoreless inning, Sean Barnett yielded a run in the eighth, and Vicarte Domingo closed the night with a scoreless ninth.  

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Antonio Missions activated RHP Ian Koenig from the 7-day injured list.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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