Padres Minor League Report: TinCaps Fire 1-Hitter, Missions 2-Hitter In Victories

As the top four affiliates opened the second half Tuesday, they combined to go 2-2 with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas falling to Sugar Land 12-5, the Double-A San Antonio Missions cruising past Arkansas 7-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps allowed just one hit in a 6-2 triumph over Lake County and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm lost to Fresno 6-4. For a recap of all the player moves from recent days, check out this article.

Padres Minor-League Transactions

• San Diego Padres optioned C Blake Hunt to El Paso Chihuahuas.
• San Diego Padres recalled LHP JP Sears from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• RHP Andrew Moore assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from San Antonio Missions.
• 1B Romeo Sanabria assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from San Antonio Missions.
• SS Dylan Grego assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from El Paso Chihuahuas.
• El Paso Chihuahuas sent RHP Daison Acosta on a rehab assignment to Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• San Antonio Missions activated SS Wyatt Hoffman from the 60-day injured list.
• OF Jake Cunningham assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Bernard Jose assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from San Antonio Missions.
• RHP Tucker Musgrove assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Clay Edmondson assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Nick Falter assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• RHP Bryan Balzer assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• RHP Winyer Chourio assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• OF Ryan Wideman assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• 3B Kerrington Cross assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• RHP Isaiah Lowe assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Will Koger assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• 1B Luke Cantwell assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
• RHP Luis Germán assigned to ACL Padres from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Jeferson Villabona assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• RHP Isaiah Lowe assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• LHP Zack Qin assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
• RHP Jordan Valenzuela assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
• RHP Lan-Hong Su assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
• LHP Joseph Herrera assigned to ACL Padres from Lake Elsinore Storm.

Chihuahuas Walk 13 In Loss As German Marquez Appears In Relief

In a stat line straight out of Nuke LaLoosh lore, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas walked 13, a season high, and struck out 15, also a season high, in dropping a 12-5 decision to the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys to open the second half of the Pacific Coast League schedule.

Padres right-handed starter German Marquez made a brief relief appearance in his fifth rehab game as he comes back from right forearm irritation. Marquez came on with one out and one on in the second inning and the Chihuahuas up 1-0. He allowed the inherited runner to score and gave up another in 1⅔ innings, giving up three hits while walking two and striking out three. The run he gave up came on a homer in the third inning.

Marcos Castanon hit a three-run homer, drove in four and had two hits, as did Carlos Rodriguez and Pablo Reyes.

While Marquez got the loss, the damage done by the Space Cowboys came off right-hander Michael Flynn, who was tagged for five third-inning runs on four hits and two walks while getting just one out, putting Sugar Land up 7-1. Castanon hit his three-run blast, his 11th homer of the year, in a four-run fifth inning, but the Space Cowboys pulled two of those runs back in the bottom of the fifth to go up 9-5. Chihuahuas right-hander Triston McKenzie gave up three runs while walking five in two-thirds of an inning.

Tirso Ornelas Homers Twice, Eric Yost Leads 2-Hitter For Missions

Tirso Ornelas homered twice, while right-hander Eric Yost and two relievers combined to allow just two hits as the Double-A San Antonio Missions jumped out to a 4-0 lead and went on to a 7-1 triumph over the host Arkansas Travelers to open the second half.

Albert Fabian also homered as part of a two-hit, two-RBI night, while Ryan Jackson also had a pair of hits and drove in two and Kai Roberts had two hits and scored twice. Ornelas hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the third, giving him 10 homers. Fabian's blast was his fifth this year.

Yost retired the first nine Travelers of the game before giving up a leadoff homer in the fourth inning and then gave up a one-out double in the sixth. But those would be the only hits against the Missions. Right-hander Sadrac Franco struck out five of the six hitters he faced in his two innings and right-hander Johan Moreno was perfect in the ninth, striking out one.

For Yost, it was the second straight start in which he went six innings and allowed two hits.

Matthew Watson Spearheads 1-Hitter As TinCaps Prevail

Right-hander Matthew Watson, right-hander Will Varmette and left-hander Braian Salazar combined on a one-hitter, while Kavares Tears broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps dropped the host Lake County Captains 6-2.

Watson gave up the only hit during his six-inning start, a homer leading off the fourth inning by Jace LaViolette, and two of his four walks came in the second inning, leading to another run. Watson did strike out three in earning his first professional win in five decisions since debuting this season. Varmette followed with a perfect seventh and Salazar finished the final two innings, walking one and striking out four for the 18th one-hitter in TinCaps history.

The TinCaps were down 2-1 entering the top of the sixth, when they batted around and scored four times. After Rosman Verdugo singled home Alex McCoy to tie the game, Tears singled to center, bringing in newcomer Kerrington Cross and Verdugo for a 4-2 lead. Two outs later, Ryan Wideman, another promotion, singled Tears to third and Justin DeCriscio drove home Tears to make it 5-2. The TinCaps added their final run in the sixth as Cross and Verdugo drew one-out walks, then pulled off a double steal. One out later, Zach Evans walked to load the bases and Kasen Wells lined a single to left to bring in Cross.

6-Run First Inning Dooms Storm; George Bilecki Goes Deep

George Bilecki homered and drove in two runs, but the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm couldn't overcome a six-run first inning in a 6-4 loss to the Fresno Grizzlies.

Storm right-handed starter Jesus Castro was roughed up in the first inning, giving up six runs (three earned) on two hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts, the only outs he would record on the night. Storm shortstop Jorge Quintana booted a grounder by the second batter of the game, contributing to the three unearned runs.

The Storm didn't get going until the sixth inning, when Bilecki hit his fourth homer of the season to make it 6-1. In the seventh, Truitt Madonna had an RBI double, Quintana a run-scoring groundout and Bilecki drove in the final run with a double. Bilecki, Madonna and Jose Verdugo each had two hits.

Padres Mission Top 20 Prospect Performance

1. Ethan Salas: On injured list
2. Kash Mayfield: DNP
3. Miguel Mendez: DNP
4. Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
5. Ryan Wideman: 1-for-5, 2 K
6. Jorge Quintana: 1-for-4, RBI, K
7. Ty Harvey: On injured list
8. Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season
9. Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-4, K
10. Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-4, BB, 2 K
11. Jagger Haynes: DNP
12. Alex McCoy: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, K
13. Truitt Madonna: 2-for-4, 2B, R, RBI, K
14. Tucker Musgrove: DNP
15. Garrett Hawkins: DNP
16. Michael Salina: DNP
17. Eric Yost: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (W)
18. Rosman Verdugo: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
19. Bryan Balzer: DNP
20. Deivid Coronil: DNP

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