Padres Minor League Report: Wild Ninth Leads Storm To Victory

Alex McCoy went 3-for-5 with a homer and a two-out, two-run single to lift Lake Elsinore. At Triple-A, Luis Campusano doubled twice and Tyler Wade reached three times in El Paso’s 6–4 loss. San Antonio’s Enmanuel Pinales fired five scoreless innings, while Jacob Campbell and Marcos Castañon delivered RBIs before extra-inning heartbreak. At High-A, Brendan Durfee homered after a Lamar King Jr. double, and Luis Gutierrez struck out five over six in Fort Wayne’s defeat.

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• Signed free agent SS Damon Dues to a minor league contract.

Campusano’s Two Doubles Spark Chihuahuas, Seventh-Inning Push Falls Short
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El Paso chipped away all afternoon but fell 6-4 at Southwest University Park. After the Comets opened with two in the first, Tyler Wade jump-started the Chihuahuas by walking, stealing second, and scoring on Luis Campusano’s RBI double to right in the bottom half. The deficit grew across the second and third, yet El Paso kept pressing.

In the fourth, Nate Mondou doubled, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and came home on Trenton Brooks’s sacrifice fly. Campusano opened the sixth with a ground-rule double, moved to third on Mondou’s groundout, and scored on Brooks’s RBI groundout to trim the margin to two. The Chihuahuas pulled closer in the seventh when Clay Dungan singled, Tim Locastro bunted him over, Wade singled, and Will Wagner lined an RBI single to left. Manager Pete Zamora was ejected later in the inning.

Campusano led the offense, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, one run, and one walk. Wade reached three times, scored once, and stole his fourth base. Dungan added a hit, a walk, and a run, and Mondou doubled and scored.

Randy Vásquez started and took the loss, allowing five runs on five hits over three innings, with three walks and four strikeouts. Omar Cruz worked two scoreless innings with one hit, no walks, and two strikeouts, and Kyle Hart contributed two innings with one run allowed, no walks, and one strikeout. Alek Jacob struck out three in the eighth, and Harold Chirino finished the ninth.

Campbell, Castañon Deliver RBIs, Pinales Shines As Missions Fall In Ten
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San Antonio built a 3–0 lead behind timely hits and a strong start, but dropped a 5–3 decision in ten innings at Nelson Wolff Stadium. Devin Ortiz set the tone with a first-inning single and later scored on Marcos Castañon’s RBI single to left. In the fourth, Moisés Gómez and Albert Fabian singled, and Jacob Campbell lined an RBI single to center. The Missions added insurance in the eighth when Ortiz scored on Romeo Sanabria’s RBI grounder.

Starter Enmanuel Pinales was sharp, working five innings with two hits, no runs, no walks, and five strikeouts. José Geraldo followed with one inning, two walks, and two strikeouts, Kevin Kopps tossed a scoreless frame, and Austin Krob added a scoreless inning with one hit. Ethan Routzahn entered for the ninth and was charged with five runs, four earned, in 1 2/3 innings, and Stephen Jones recorded the final out of the tenth with 1/3 of an inning.

Campbell finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and his first stolen base, Gómez went 2-for-4 and scored, and Fabian added two hits. Ortiz reached twice, scoring two runs after a single and a walk. Castañon drove in one and was hit by a pitch, and Sanabria collected an RBI. San Antonio went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven on base.

Durfee’s Two-Run Homer Sparks Seventh-Inning Push, Gutierrez Works Six In TinCaps’ 4-2 Loss
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Fort Wayne’s offense slept until the seventh, when Brendan Durfee drove a pitch to center for a two-run homer after Lamar King Jr. ripped a double. That swing cut the deficit to two, but the TinCaps could not find another run in a 4-2 defeat at Four Winds Field.

Durfee finished 2-for-4 with the homer and two RBI. King Jr. went 1-for-4 with a double and scored on Durfee’s blast. Kasen Wells added a 2-for-4 day that included a double, and Rosman Verdugo chipped in two hits. Ryan Jackson singled, and Fort Wayne totaled eight hits without a walk. The TinCaps were 2-for-6 with runners in scoring position, and they left five on base. Jack Costello was caught stealing in the fifth.

Right-hander Luis Gutierrez started and worked six innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, with one walk and five strikeouts. He gave up one home run and took the loss. Josh Mallitz followed with two scoreless innings, yielding one hit, no walks, and striking out two.

McCoy Homers, Delivers Two-Out Winner In Ninth As Storm Win 7-6
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Lake Elsinore erupted for five runs in the ninth to stun Rancho Cucamonga, 7-6. Jorge Quintana and Kavares Tears opened the frame with singles, Kale Fountain was hit by a pitch, and after a popout, Kerrington Cross and Dylan Grego kept the line moving with RBI singles. Carlos Rodriguez drew a bases-loaded walk to make it a one-run game. With two outs, Alex McCoy lined a two-run single to right for the go-ahead hit, then added his sixth stolen base.

McCoy powered the offense, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a solo homer in the fourth. Grego finished 1-for-3 with two runs, an RBI, and a walk, and Cross went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. Ryan Wideman chipped in an RBI single in the eighth, while Quintana scored a run and Fountain reached via hit-by-pitch and scored. The Storm went 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Tucker Musgrove started and worked one scoreless inning with no hits, no walks, and no strikeouts. Abraham Parra handled the bulk of the work, pitching five innings, allowing four hits and three runs, walking two, and striking out four. Adam Conrad earned the win, striking out three over 1 2/3 scoreless innings, while permitting one hit and one walk. Kleiber Olmedo also appeared in relief.

Powered by McCoy’s homer, timely swings from Cross and Grego, and Conrad’s late work on the mound, the Storm turned a four-run deficit into a road win in the ninth.

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