Padres Minor League Report: Wade Rakes, King Jr. Sparks, Storm Slam the Door

Tyler Wade drove in four as El Paso rolled, backed by five scoreless from Logan Gillaspie and a four-inning save by Wes Benjamin. Marcos Castañon scored three and Moisés Gómez drove in three for San Antonio. Lamar King Jr. had three hits, Braedon Karpathios and Ryan Jackson added RBIs, but Fort Wayne lost. Lake Elsinore rode Kash Mayfield’s scoreless, while Jorge Quintana stole home and Carlos Rodriguez delivered two RBIs to cap a 7-0 shutout.

Campusano’s Two Homers, Wade’s Four RBIs Power El Paso’s 12-3 Win In Reno
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Luis Campusano launched a solo shot in the sixth, then hammered a two-run homer in the seventh to ignite the Chihuahuas’ 12-3 victory over Reno at Greater Nevada Field. The catcher finished 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs, giving him 19 home runs on the season.

El Paso cracked the game open with a six-run seventh. After Nate Mondou reached on an error, Clay Dungan and Tim Locastro singled to start the rally. Tyler Wade followed with a two-run single, Will Wagner added an RBI knock, and Campusano punctuated the surge with his second homer. The bats kept rolling in the eighth, when Dungan lined an RBI single and Wade pushed across two more with another single. In the ninth, Mason McCoy and Dungan added sacrifice flies to cap a 14-hit night. Wade went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, Dungan was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Locastro added two hits and an RBI, and Wagner collected two hits and an RBI. Trenton Brooks reached four times on walks and scored twice.

On the mound, starter Logan Gillaspie set the tone. The right-hander worked five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, with five strikeouts. Wes Benjamin took it the rest of the way for a four-inning save, yielding three runs on four hits, with one walk and six strikeouts. El Paso finished with 12 runs on 14 hits, while holding Reno to three runs on seven hits.

Castañon Scores Three, Gómez Drives In Three As Missions Fall Short
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San Antonio fell 14-8 in Tulsa, but the Missions made a late push in what looked like a blowout. Romeo Sanabria jump-started the fourth with a single, stole second, then scored on Devin Ortiz’s base hit. In the fifth, Marcos Castañon reached on an error, and Oswaldo Linares ripped an RBI double to left.

Castañon and Moisés Gómez teamed up again in the seventh. Castañon singled, Gómez followed with an RBI double to left, and a wild pitch moved Gómez to third before the inning ended. The Missions put up three more in the eighth when Castañon doubled home a run, then Gómez lined a two-run single to center. In the ninth, walks to Damon Dues and Francisco Acuna set the table for Sanabria, who smashed a two-run double to left.

Castañon finished 2-for-4 with a double, three runs, and one RBI. Gómez went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Sanabria added a 2-for-4 night with a walk, a stolen base, a double, and two RBI, and Ortiz went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Linares chipped in an RBI double. San Antonio totaled 10 hits.

Starter Miguel Mendez worked 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight runs on four hits, with five walks and three strikeouts. Kevin Kopps covered two innings with two runs allowed, one walk, and one strikeout. Despite a six-run fourth for Tulsa that included a grand slam and additional insurance in the sixth and eighth, the Missions answered with five runs across the eighth and ninth to close the gap.

TinCaps Battle Back Behind King Jr., Karpathios, But Lose 5-4
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West Michigan opened with a three-run homer in the first, but Fort Wayne answered right away. In the second, Ryan Jackson lifted a sacrifice fly to center to put the TinCaps on the board, then Braedon Karpathios ripped a two-out RBI single to right to make it 3-2. Karpathios promptly stole second. The TinCaps kept pressing in the third when Lamar King Jr. reached, moved up on a wild pitch, and scored on Jonathan Vastine’s sacrifice fly. Jack Costello followed with a line-drive RBI single to left to even the game at 4-4.

West Michigan nudged back in front with a fourth-inning sacrifice fly, and that proved to be the difference. Fort Wayne mounted a ninth-inning opportunity when Jackson singled to right, but a pop-up and a strikeout ended the night.

Clark Candiotti started for Fort Wayne and worked 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on three hits, three walks, and one strikeout, with two homers. Fernando Sanchez provided length out of the bullpen, covering 4 1/3 innings with one run on three hits, no walks, and three strikeouts. Nick Wissman and C.J. Widger each delivered a scoreless inning to keep the deficit at one.

King Jr. paced the offense, going 3-for-4 with a double. Karpathios went 2-for-5 with an RBI, a steal, and a sharp single that brought the TinCaps within a run in the second. Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Costello went 1-for-3 with an RBI and also reached when he was hit by a pitch.

Mayfield Shines, Quintana Steals Home As Lake Elsinore Blanks San Jose
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Lake Elsinore set the tone early and never looked back in a 7-0 win at The Diamond. Carlos Rodriguez put the Storm on the board in the first with a run-scoring double to right, bringing home Alex McCoy after a single and a groundout moved him into scoring position. Two innings later, Dylan Grego’s leadoff single turned into a run when Jorge Quintana lifted a sacrifice fly to left for a 2-0 lead.

The fifth proved decisive. After McCoy doubled and Quintana singled, Rodriguez added a sacrifice fly. A balk moved Quintana up, and Kale Fountain followed with a run-scoring single to center, then swiped second. Ryan Wideman capped the frame with a double to left to score Fountain, pushing the advantage to 5-0.

Lake Elsinore kept pressing in the sixth. McCoy lined a single to left, Quintana reached, and Rodriguez shot an RBI single to right. With runners at the corners, Quintana timed his break and stole home to make it 7-0.

On the mound, starter Kash Mayfield was in control. The lefty worked five scoreless innings with two walks and seven strikeouts. Johan Moreno handled the sixth and seventh, and Kleiber Olmedo closed it out to finish the shutout. Defensively, the Storm turned two early double plays to snuff out traffic, and Rodriguez was in the middle of three run-producing plate appearances with a double, a sacrifice fly, and an RBI single.

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