Steve Drumwright

The San Diego Padres will have another team playing for a championship, while the other two full-season affiliates still playing went 0-2 Thursday. The Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm completed a sweep of Ontario in the California League semifinals with a 6-1 win, while the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas were walked off by Tacoma 5-4 in 11 innings and the Double-A San Antonio Missions were beaten by Amarillo 5-3. Padres Minor-League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas placed DH Will Wagner on the 7-day injured list. El Paso Chihuahuas activated 2B Victor Duarte from the Development List. CAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Storm Sweep Way To Cal League Finals; Coleman Borthwick Debuts The Padres' most recent two first-round draft picks, left-hander Kruz Schoolcraft and Coleman Borthwick, along with right-hander Lan-Hong Su combined for 15 strikeouts and the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm rode a three-run second inning to beat the Ontario Tower Buzzers 6-1 to sweep the best-of-three California League South Division Series. The Storm, who won the 2024 Cal League crown, will face the San Jose Giants in the best-of-three series beginning Sunday at The Diamond. Borthwick, the Padres' first-round draft pick and Padres Mission's No. 3 prospect, made his pro debut by going two innings, allowing a run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Borthwick struck out the first batter he faced on a 97 mph four-seamer, then the second batter on a breaking ball. The run came when the third batter he faced laced a double inside the third-base line and the next batter hit a grounder to shortstop Jose Verdugo, who tried to backhand the ball and had it roll up his arm and deflect into shallow left, allowing the run to score. The play was ruled a hit despite it being rather routine. While Borthwick was good, Schoolcraft was fantastic. Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect, the 2025 first-round draft choice, started and went five shutout innings, striking out eight and allowing just two hits and a walk. His eight punchouts were his second-highest total of the season. The offense came early for the Storm. With two outs, seventh-round draft choice Joe Tiroly walked and stole second, then fourth-round draft pick Alex Conover hit a ground-rule double to left for a 1-0 lead. With two out and Qrey Lott on first following a forceout, second-round draft choice Elliot Lascelles (Padres Mission's No. 11 prospect) lined a double to right to make it 2-0. Tiroly drew his second walk of the game and, with runners on second and third, Conover was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Nu'u Contrades followed with a double off the big wall in right field that scored two, with Conover being thrown out at the plate, leaving the Storm up 4-0. The Tower Buzzers got their run in the sixth off Borthwick. The Storm benefited from a miscue to add two more runs in the eighth. With two outs, Verdugo walked and Dawson Willis doubled to left. Following a pitching change, Ty Harvey (Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect) hit a fly ball to right that was dropped, allowing Verdugo and Willis to score. Su came on for the eighth and didn't allow a hit over his two innings, walking one and striking out three. LE1_0910.mp4 LE2_0910.mp4 LE3_0910.mp4 LE4_0910.mp4 LE5_0910.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Elliot Lascelles, 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 Joe Tiroly, 1B 2 2 0 0 2 1 Alex Conover, LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 Nu'u Contrades, DH 3 0 2 2 1 0 Jorge Quintana, 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 Jose Verdugo, SS 3 1 0 0 1 0 Dawson Willis, CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 Ty Harvey, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 Qrey Lott, RF 4 1 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kruz Schoolcraft 5 2 0 0 1 8 0 Coleman Borthwick 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 Lan-Hong Su 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 Bounces Don't Go Chihuahuas' Way In 11-Inning Loss A bases-loaded comebacker deflected off right-hander Alek Jacob's glove, allowing the winning run to score with no outs in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas fell to the host Tacoma Rainiers 5-4. Rehabbing Padres designated hitter Miguel Andujar had a double in four at-bats with a strikeout before being lifted for a pinch-runner in the top of the eighth inning. In three games so far, Andujar is 2-for-12 with both hits being doubles. Bryce Johnson went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles and an RBI, while Marcos Castanon went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs, Carlos Rodirguez had two hits, a walk, an RBI and a run scored and Nick Solak had two singles for the Chihuahuas, who outhit the Rainiers 12-10. Chihuahuas left-hander Luis Gutierrez, in his second career Triple-A start after making one last year for El Paso, allowed a run over four innings with four strikeouts. Left-hander Jagger Haynes, Padres Mission's No. 13 prospect, gave up two runs in three innings, with right-hander Garrett Hawkins going two scoreless and Jacob pitching the 10th and 11th, giving up two unearned runs while allowing three hits and walking three with two strikeouts. The Chihuahuas forced extra innings by scoring once in the ninth. Castanon had a leadoff double and scored on Johnson's second double of the game one out later. But Johnson was stranded there as pinch-hitter Rodolfo Duran and Mason McCoy struck out. McCoy, the zombie runner to begin the 10th, would score on Rodriguez's one-out single, but the Rainiers countered with a run of their own. The Chihuahuas couldn't score in the top of the 11th. EP1_0910.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy, SS 6 1 0 0 0 4 Miguel Andujar, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 Braedon Karpathios, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez, RF 4 1 2 1 1 2 Nick Solak, LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 Nick Pratto, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 2 Marcos Castañon, 2B 4 2 2 1 1 0 Gage Workman, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 Bryce Johnson, CF 4 0 3 1 1 1 Anthony Vilar, C 2 0 1 1 0 0 Rodolfo Durán, C 2 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Luis Gutierrez 4 3 1 1 2 4 0 Jagger Haynes 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 Garrett Hawkins 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Alek Jacob 1 3 2 0 3 2 0 Despite 3 Homers, Missions Fall To Sod Poodles Brendan Durfee, Kai Roberts and Ryan Jackson each hit solo homers, but the Double-A San Antonio Missions were unable to muster any other offense in falling to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 5-3. Alex McCoy, Padres Mission's No. 8 prospect, went 3-for-4, his third time in 23 games at Double-A with at least three hits for the Missions. Jack Costello went 2-for-4 for the Missions, who outhit the Sod Poodles 11-10. https://padresmission.com/san-diego-padres-top-prospect-rankings/alex-mccoy-r143/ Missions left-handed starter Fernando Sanchez finished his season by allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts over five innings. Right-hander Francisco Pena allowed a solo homer on two hits over two innings, while right-hander Josh Mallitz allowed a hit in one inning, striking out one. Trailing 2-0 entering the top of the third, Durfee led off the inning with his fourth homer of the year and Roberts followed with his fifth of the season. The Sod Poodles went up 3-2 in the bottom of the third, with the Missions getting Jackson's homer leading off the top of the fourth to tie it 3-3. But the Sod Poodles answered back with one in the bottom of the fourth and one in the sixth. SA1_0910.mp4 SA2_0910.mp4 SA3_0910.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts, CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 Alex McCoy, RF 4 0 3 0 0 1 Albert Fabian, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 Kerrington Cross, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Ryan Jackson, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 Jack Costello, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 Justin DeCriscio, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 Wyatt Hoffman, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Brendan Durfee, C 3 1 1 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Fernando Sanchez 5 7 4 3 2 6 1 Francis Peña 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 Josh Mallitz 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas, C: DNP Ryan Wideman, CF: On injured list Coleman Borthwick, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Ty Harvey, C: 0-for-3, BB, K Kale Fountain, OF: Injured, out for season Jorge Quintana, SS: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K Alex McCoy, LF: 3-for-4, K Braedon Karpathios, RF: 0-for-0, sac Lamar King Jr., C: DNP Elliot Lascelles, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI Tucker Musgrove, RHP: On injured list Jagger Haynes, LHP: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HR Jake Cunningham, OF: DNP Truitt Madonna, C: DNP Eric Yost, RHP: DNP Winyer Chourio, RHP: DNP Jesus Castro, RHP: DNP Michael Salina, RHP: On injured list Rosman Verdugo, SS: DNP View full article

Only two of the San Diego Padres' full-season affiliates were in action Wednesday, going 1-1. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas prevailed 4-2 over Tacoma and the Double-A San Antonio Missions lost to Midland 6-2. The Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm resume the best-of-three California League Division Series on Thursday, looking to sweep the Ontario Tower Buzzers. Padres Minor-League Transactions None. Chihuahuas' Insurance Pays Dividends In Win; Ian Koenig Goes 6 Shutout Nick Pratto homered to ignite a three-run ninth inning, Mason McCoy went 5-for-6 and right-hander Hunter Stratton survived a rocky bottom of the ninth as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas beat the host Tacoma Rainiers 4-2. Padres designated hitter Miguel Andujar went 0-for-4 in his second rehab game as he comes back from a fractured right wrist. Chihuahuas right-handed starter Ian Koenig went six shutout innings, allowing five hits while striking out four and walking none. Right-hander Logan Gillaspie added two shutout innings on one hit and striking out one. Following the three-run top of the ninth, Stratton was handed a 4-0 lead. Stratton got a groundout to begin the ninth, then gave up a single to Andy Ibanez and a two-run homer to Connor Joe. But he recovered to retire Patrick Wisdom and Nolan Jones. For eight innings, it looked as if the Chihuahuas' run in the first would stand up for a victory. That run came when McCoy singled, Andujar hit into a fielder's choice on which McCoy reached second when the second baseman dropped the throw at second. After a flyout, Nick Solak doubled home McCoy. The Chihuahuas would tack on three runs in the ninth. Pratto hit the second pitch of the ninth off the scoreboard in right-center, his 12th of the season and seventh with the Chihuahuas. After a strikeout, Rodolfo Duran singled to center, Gage Workman walked and Braedon Karpathios (Pades Mission's No. 9 prospect) reached on an error by the shortstop to load the bases. McCoy's fifth hit of the game brought in the third run of the game and prompted a pitching change. Marcos Castanon singled home Karpathios to make it 4-0. EP1_0909.mp4 EP2_0909.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy 6 1 5 1 0 1 Miguel Andujar 4 0 0 0 0 0 Marcos Castañon 2 0 1 1 0 1 Carlos Rodríguez 4 0 2 0 2 0 Nick Solak 3 0 1 1 2 0 Nick Pratto 4 1 1 1 1 1 Will Wagner 1 0 0 0 0 1 Clay Dungan 3 0 0 0 0 3 Anthony Vilar 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rodolfo Durán 4 0 1 0 0 1 Gage Workman 4 1 1 0 1 1 Braedon Karpathios 5 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 41 4 13 4 6 12 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ian Koenig 6 5 0 0 0 4 0 Logan Gillaspie 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Hunter Stratton 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 Totals 9 8 2 2 0 5 1 Missions' Rough Eighth Inning Boosts RockHounds While pitching dominated on both sides, it was a bad eighth inning that cost the Double-A San Antonio Missions in a 6-2 loss to the Amarillo RockHounds. Oswaldo Linares hit a solo homer for the Missions, who outhit the RockHounds 7-6. Linares' third homer of the season and first for the Missions, putting San Antonio up 2-1. The Missions' first run—and first of the game—came in the sixth when Tirso Ornelas and Romeo Sanabria had leadoff singles to put runners on the corners. Luis Verdugo grounded into a double play that plated Ornelas. Missions right-hander Abraham Parra, in his final start of the season, pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out five. Left-hander Igor Gil gave up a solo homer and struck out three over two innings. Right-hander Johan Moreno, however, didn't record an out in the eighth, surrendering five runs on two hits and two walks, giving up a two-run homer to cap the scoring in the inning and the game. SA_0909.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts 5 0 1 0 0 3 Alex McCoy 3 0 1 0 2 0 Tirso Ornelas 4 1 1 0 1 1 Romeo Sanabria 3 0 1 0 1 1 Luis Verdugo 3 0 1 0 1 0 Justin DeCriscio 3 0 0 0 0 1 Kerrington Cross 4 0 1 0 0 0 Wyatt Hoffman 3 0 0 0 1 1 Oswaldo Linares 3 1 1 1 1 0 Totals 31 2 7 1 7 7 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Abraham Parra 5 3 0 0 3 5 0 Igor Gil 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 Johan Moreno 0 2 5 5 2 0 1 Will Varmette 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8 6 6 6 5 9 2 Kruz Schoolcraft Gets Nod As Storm Eye Playoff Sweep The Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm will go for a sweep of the best-of-three California League Division Series on Thursday against the Ontario Tower Buzzers. Left-hander Kruz Schoolcraft (Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect) will start for the Storm, winners of the South Division's first-half title who will host Game 2 at The Diamond at 6:05 p.m. Schoolcraft is 3-7 with a 5.90 ERA in 22 starts this season. The Storm won Game 1 10-9 after scoring four runs in the top of the ninth, then watching the Tower Buzzers get six in the bottom half. Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: 0-for-2, 1 K Ryan Wideman: On injured list Coleman Borthwick: DNP Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Jorge Quintana: DNP Alex McCoy: 1-for-3, 2 BB Braedon Karpathios: 1-for-5, 2 K Lamar King Jr.: DNP Elliot Lascelles: DNP Tucker Musgrove: On injured list Jagger Haynes: DNP Jake Cunningham: DNP Truitt Madonna: DNP Eric Yost: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP Jesus Castro: DNP Michael Salina: On injured list Rosman Verdugo: DNP View full article

With one full-season affiliate done for the season and another in the playoffs, the San Diego Padres farm teams went 1-2 Tuesday. That one win was by the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm, who opened the California League playoffs with a 10-9 win over Ontario. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas were walked off by Tacoma 8-7, while the Double-A San Antonio Missions lost to Amarillo 7-6. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Diego Padres sent DH Miguel Andujar on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas. San Diego Padres released C Blake Hunt. San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Trevor Gott to a minor league contract and assigned him to El Paso Chihuahuas. OF Braedon Karpathios assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from San Antonio Missions. C Anthony Vilar assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from San Antonio Missions. El Paso Chihuahuas transferred OF Kai Murphy to the Development List. El Paso Chihuahuas transferred 2B Victor Duarte to the Development List. RHP Will Varmette assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps. 3B Kerrington Cross assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps. RHP Carson Montgomery assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps. RHP Coleman Borthwick assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres. LHP Jeronimo Palmeros assigned to ACL Padres from Lake Elsinore Storm. San Diego Padres optioned RHP Jhony Brito to El Paso Chihuahuas. El Paso Chihuahuas released RHP José Leclerc. El Paso Chihuahuas released RHP J.P. France. CAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Dominant Jesus Castro, 4-Run Fourth Help Storm Hold On In Game 1 Right-handed starter Jesus Castro turned in six fantastic innings, while Qrey Lott and Ty Harvey homered as the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm won Game 1 of the California League Division Series, withstanding a six-run bottom of the ninth for a 10-9 win over the host Ontario Tower Buzzers. The Storm, the first-half South Division champ, can earn a spot in the Cal League Championship Series with a win in Thursday's Game 2 in Lake Elsinore at 6:05 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is Friday at 6:45 p.m. at Lake Elsinore. Castro, Padres Mission's No. 18 prospect, struck out five while allowing just two hits and a run, walking one. While Castro stepped up on the pitching side, the bats also rose to the occasion. Fourth-round draft choice Alex Conover went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and sixth-round selection Nu'u Contrades went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Lott had two hits and scored twice, while Harvey (Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect) also scored two runs. The Storm got off to a quick start as second-round draft pick Elliot Lascelles and seventh-rounder Joe Tiroly drew leadoff walks with No. 3 hitter Conover singling to left for a 1-0 lead. The Storm took control of the game with a four-run fourth inning. With one out, Dawson Willis reached when the shortstop booted his grounder and went to second when Harvey was hit by a pitch and Lott had an infield single to load the bases. Lascelles (Padres Mission's No. 11 prospect) grounded out to first to make it 2-0. Tiroly continued his big offensive role by grounding a single to left to bring in Harvey and Lott for a 4-0 lead. Conover capped the outburst with an RBI double. The Tower Buzzers got on the board on Easton Shelton's 38th homer of the season in bottom of the fourth, with Lott notching his ninth homer in the top of the sixth to make it 6-1. After the Tower Buzzers scored twice in the seventh, the Storm seemingly put this one away with a four-run top of the ninth. Willis hit a sacrifice fly, then Harvey crushed his sixth homer of the year, a three-run shot, to make it 10-3. The Tower Buzzers rallied in the ninth against three Storm relievers, with a three-run homer with two outs slicing Lake Elsinore's lead to 10-9. That brought up Shelton to face Storm left-hander Rob Evans, the Padres' 12th-round draft choice out of Miami (Fla.). Evans would get Shelton looking on a 2-2 pitch to end the game. LE1_0908.mp4 LE2_0908.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Elliot Lascelles 5 1 0 1 1 0 Joe Tiroly 4 1 1 2 1 2 Alex Conover 5 0 4 2 0 0 Nu'u Contrades 4 1 3 0 1 1 Jorge Quintana 3 1 0 0 2 1 Jose Verdugo 4 1 0 0 0 1 Dawson Willis 4 1 1 1 0 1 Ty Harvey 4 2 1 3 0 3 Qrey Lott 5 2 2 1 0 1 Totals 38 10 12 10 5 10 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jesus A. Castro 6 2 1 1 1 5 1 Jordan Valenzuela 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 Andrew Wright 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 3 0 Sean Fitzpatrick 2/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 Albert Roblez 1/3 0 2 2 2 0 0 Rob Evans 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 Totals 9 9 9 9 4 11 4 Chihuahuas Walked Off By Rainers; Miguel Andujar Goes 1-for-4 After scoring two insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas gave up four in the bottom of the ninth to lose 8-7 to the host Tacoma Rainiers. Former Padres right-hander Brent Honeywell allowed all four runs, including the walk-off three-run homer by Patrick Wisdom to begin the Chihuahuas' final road series of the season. The Chihuahuas led 5-0 after the top of the sixth. Padres designated hitter Miguel Andujar, in his first rehab game as he comes back from a fractured right wrist, went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in the third inning, driving in another Chihuahuas newcomer, Braedon Karpathios. Karpathios, Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect, was promoted from Double-A San Antonio before the game. Chihuahuas left-handed starter allowed just one hit over four shutout innings, while right-handers Ty Adcock (1⅔ innings) and and Hans Crouse (one inning) each allowed two runs, with Crouse's runs unearned while not giving up a hit. Crouse also walked four. Right-hander Alek Jacob went 1⅓ scoreless before handing it off to Honeywell to begin the ninth. Nick Pratto went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored, while Will Wagner also had two hits and scored a run. Karpathios, in his Triple-A debut, walked three times while going 0-for-1. Clay Dungan drove in a pair of runs. Andujar's double gave the Chihuahuas a 1-0 lead after Karpathios drew his first walk and went to third on Wagner's single to right. Carlos Rodriguez followed Andujar with an RBI single. Two walks set up a three-run sixth inning by the Chihuahuas. Marcos Castanon and Pratto drew leadoff free passes, then Rodolfo Duran singled home Castanon and Pratto to third. Duran stole his fourth base of the season before Dungan's two-run single to right to make it 5-0. The Rainiers scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and seventh, with the Chihuahuas adding two in the top of the ninth on Pratto's sacrifice fly and Gage Workman's RBI double. Honeywell sandwiched two walks around a single to load the bases with no outs. A grounder to short got an out at second as a run scored before Wisdom blasted his 33rd homer of the season to walk it off. EP_0908.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Will Wagner 5 1 2 0 0 1 Miguel Andujar 4 0 1 1 0 0 Bryce Johnson 1 1 1 0 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 4 1 1 1 1 0 Marcos Castañon 3 1 0 0 1 1 Nick Solak 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Pratto 3 1 2 1 1 1 Gage Workman 5 0 1 1 0 3 Rodolfo Durán 4 1 1 1 1 1 Braedon Karpathios 1 1 0 0 3 1 Clay Dungan 4 0 1 2 0 1 Mason McCoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 7 10 7 7 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR JP Sears 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 Ty Adcock 1 2/3 2 2 2 1 3 1 Hans Crouse 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 Alek Jacob 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Brent Honeywell 1/3 3 4 4 1 0 1 Totals 8 1/3 7 8 6 8 11 2 Missions Unable To Erase All Of 4-Run Deficit A late rally that included Tirso Ornelas' solo homer in the top of the ninth came up just short as the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 7-6 to begin their final series of the season. The Sod Poodles clinched the second-half title in the Texas League's South Division with the win. Ornelas finished with two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, while Kai Roberts and Mason McCoy each went 2-for-5 with a run scored for the Missons. Luis Verdugo also homered, while Romeo Sanabria drove in a pair. Missions right-handed starter Victor Lizarraga gave up six runs (five earned) on six hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings, but he did surrender three homers. Right-hander Carlos Medina allowed a run over two innings in his second Double-A game, while right-hander Sadrac Franco pitched a scoreless eighth. Ornelas had an RBI double and came home on Sanabria's single to make it 2-0 in the top of the first. The Sod Poodles got one back in the bottom of the first, then scored three in the fourth and two in the fifth for a 6-2 lead. Brendan Durfee had an RBI single to pull the Missions within 6-3 in the top of the sixth, but the Sod Poodles added one in the bottom of the sixth. Sanabria's grounder in the seventh made it 7-4, then Verdugo hit his ninth homer of the year in the eighth to pull within 7-5 before Ornelas cracked his 17th of the season with one out in the top of the ninth. SA_0908.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts 5 1 2 0 0 0 Alex McCoy 5 1 2 0 0 0 Tirso Ornelas 5 2 2 2 0 1 Romeo Sanabria 5 0 1 2 0 2 Albert Fabian 3 0 0 0 2 1 Ryan Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 4 Justin DeCriscio 3 1 1 0 0 0 Luis Verdugo 3 1 1 1 1 1 Brendan Durfee 4 0 1 1 0 2 Totals 37 6 10 6 3 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Victor Lizarraga 5 6 6 5 3 5 3 Carlos Medina 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 Sadrac Franco 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8 11 7 6 3 8 3 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: DNP Ryan Wideman: Oninjured list Coleman Borthwick: DNP Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Ty Harvey: 1-for-4, HR, 3 K Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Jorge Quintana: 0-for-3, 2 BB, K Alex McCoy: 2-for-5, 2B Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-1, 3 BB, K Lamar King Jr.: DNP Elliot Lascelles: 0-for-5, BB Tucker Musgrove: On injured list Jagger Haynes: DNP Jake Cunningham: DNP Truitt Madonna: DNP Eric Yost: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP Jesus Castro: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, HR (W) Michael Salina: On injured list Rosman Verdugo: DNP View full article

Should San Diego Padres fans be excited over Nick Pivetta’s performance in his first MLB start since April? Of course. Should Padres fans also be skeptical of Pivetta’s outing? A little dose wouldn’t hurt at the moment. But for one day, the 33-year-old right-hander reminded everyone why he was the team’s Opening Day starter earlier this year. Pivetta threw five shutout innings in the Padres’ 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday at Petco Park. Not bad for a guy who walked off the mound at Low-A Lake Elsinore on Aug. 4 after just 14 pitches when his pitching elbow didn’t feel right. Now, everyone is thinking the best of what Pivetta can provide the Padres as they battle the Arizona Diamondbacks for the third and final NL wild-card berth. With Monday’s win, the Padres remained a half-game behind the Diamondbacks with the two teams set to play the final three games of the regular season at Petco Park. Reasons For Optimism Over Nick Pivetta Despite the importance of this outing, Pivetta never showed that the moment got the best of him. His first two pitches of the game were 93.8 mph four-seamers to Nationals star James Wood, who grounded out to second. The velocity was right on par with what he averaged in his first four starts of the season (94.1 mph) before he walked off the mound after three pitches in the fourth inning April 12 vs. the Colorado Rockies and went on the IL the next day. He wasn’t overly amped. The 93.8 mph was exactly what he averaged in the entire 2025 season. Pivetta isn’t an overpowering pitcher. Last year’s four-seamer ranked in the 41st percentile in MLB. But he gets outs, which is what he did Monday. Pivetta’s velocity was fairly consistent in the first inning, only going down to 92.9 mph. He only needed seven pitches to retire the first three batters he faced. The second inning also saw him retire the side in order as he was able to effectively mix in his high-spin curveball to complement his four-seamer, which got up to 95.3 mph and dipping to 92.6. Pivetta got another groundout and finished the inning with a called third strike that was confirmed on a challenge. Two innings, 21 pitches. The third inning was where he encountered his first difficulty. After Keibert Ruiz lined out to Fernando Tatis Jr. on the warning track in right field, No. 8 hitter Jorbit Vivas lined an opposite-field single to right on a 92 mph cutter, the first batter to reach against Pivetta. After a foul-out to Tatis, Wood came up for the second time and Pivetta fell behind 2-1 before Wood lined a 94.5 mph four-seamer one hop off the wall in right for a double, putting runners on second and third with two outs. The next batter grounded to first baseman Ty France, who took care of business as Pivetta showed some emotion crossing the first-base line. His four-seamer that inning ranged from 92.9 to 94.5 mph. Pivetta entered the fourth inning at 43 pitches. With his last rehab outing going 64 pitches after 35 pitches five days before that, you weren’t really sure how long of a leash manager Craig Stammen was going to give Pivetta. The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the third to give him a 3-0 cushion and he used the confidence from that to retire the next three batters on 12 pitches. Whether he knew it or not, the fifth would be his last inning. Nationals hitters remained aggressive and it only took him eight pitches to get the final three batters out. His velocity was down, though, throwing three four-seamers at 91.7, 92.3 and 92.5 mph. He was in line for the win, but Stammen and the Padres had seen enough. While he only struck out two in his 63 pitches, he did get five groundouts, two pop-ups and four fly-outs as he retired 15 of the 17 batters he faced. Another positive from both perspectives is that Stammen had Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, handle Pivetta's start instead of Freddy Fermin or Luis Campusano. It makes sense since Salas caught Pivetta in his last rehab outing, which was also Salas' last minor-league game before being promoted. Reasons For Skepticism Over Nick Pivetta The Nationals have one of the top offenses in MLB. They rank second in runs scored, homers and slugging percentage, while tops in extra-base hits. So keeping them off-balance over five innings is definitely an accomplishment. But you also have to consider the circumstances under which this took place. A 2:10 p.m. first pitch Monday came after the Nationals played Sunday up the 5 Freeway against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game that started at 7:10 p.m., a rare starting time for a Sunday game. Now, this wasn’t as bad as a trip that required a flight, but it wouldn't be surprising if the Nationals had a travel hangover that affected them as they faced Pivetta. Aside from that consideration, Pivetta was not overpowering in the least. He only generated one whiff on 25 swings (4%), getting it on a four-seamer. Last year, Pivetta had a 23.8% whiff rate on his four-seamer and 35.3% on his curve. That did not manifest against the Nationals. His curve, while good, had a slightly lower spin rate than in 2025, while his four-seamer was right on last year. His cutter and sweeper were also down. Chalk that up to not yet being in excellent game shape. Aside from the early exit from his very first rehab outing, Pivetta only had two other appearances in the minors before Monday. Typically, a starter has four or five games to build up stamina and perfect their pitches. Bringing back Pivetta early has the feel of a rehab assignment in the majors instead of at Triple-A. That would also account for his velocity range. While his cutter was up slightly, his four-seamer (0.5 mph), curve (0.9) and sweeper (1.6) were down. Again, that could be rectified with more work. But with that work coming in games that count for the Padres as they chase a spot in the postseason. What Should Padres Fans Think About Nick Pivetta’s Start? Ride the vibes—Pivetta has looked good in all three games since the Aug. 4 scare. While not as sharp as he needs to be for the postseason, he has three more starts in the rest of the regular season, including Sunday against the San Francisco Giants. The last of those would be the series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pivetta’s return has bumped right-hander Randy Vasquez from the rotation to the bullpen, which gives the Padres a very quality option for multiple innings. Vasquez is deserving of a rotation spot, but Pivetta has earned the right due to his ace-like performance in 2025, when he had a 3.49 FIP (2.25 ERA) and posted a 5.0 bWAR, finishing sixth in the NL Cy Young Award voting. Getting a quality Pivetta back alongside Michael King, Walker Buehler, Ray and Mize puts the Padres in prime position to make a deep run in October. View full article

It was most certainly a tale of two seasons for the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm. Now, those two collide with a California League championship at stake. The Storm begin the best-of-three Division Series in the California League playoffs Tuesday when they travel to play the Ontario Tower Buzzers in Game 1 at 6:35 p.m. Game 2 is Thursday at Lake Elsinore at 6:05 p.m., with a potential Game 3 on Friday at 6:45 p.m. The Storm won the first-half South Division title by going 39-27. The Tower Buzzers, a Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate, won the second half at 38-28 after going 33-33 and finishing third in the division in the first half. The Storm finished last in the four-team division in the second half at 27-38. Right-hander Jesus Castro (Padres Mission's No. 18 prospect) will start for the Storm in Game 1. In 22 games and 20 starts, the 19-year-old has a 4.18 ERA with 31 walks and 100 strikeouts in 90⅓ innings. While many of the names have changed for the Storm due to a slew of midseason promotions, one thing hasn't: Lake Elsinore likes to steal bases. The Storm have stolen 357 bases in 131 games, an average of 2.73 per game. They have also been caught 87 times. The 357 steals comes up a bit shy of the all-time minor-league and Cal League record of 372, set by the San Jose Bees in 1974. Outfielder Conner Westenberg leads the Storm with 45 in 94 games, squeaking past Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect who had 43 in 65 games before being promoted to High-A Fort Wayne midseason. The Storm also feature a handful of this summer's draft picks. That group is led by second-round shortstop Elliot Lascelles and also includes fourth-round compensation-pick outfielder Alex Conover, fifth-round right-hander James Guyette, sixth-round infielder Nu'u Contrades, seventh-round infielder Joe Tiroly, eighth-round left-hander Sean Fitzpatrick, 10th-round catcher Augie Lopez, 11th-round first baseman-outfielder Chris McHugh and 12th-round left-hander Rob Evans. In the North Division, the first-half champ San Jose Giants square off with the Stockton Ports. The Giants actually won both halves, but the Ports were selected as the second-half representative by virtue of finishing second in the second half. View full rumor

Let's check in on the San Diego Padres prospects who made a mark in the last week (check out Padres Mission's latest Top 20 rankings as well!). Note: This will be the last edition of the Hot Sheet as the regular seasons for High-A Fort Wayne and Low-A Lake Elsinore have concluded, although the Storm are in the playoffs this week. Double-A San Antonio is in its last week, while Triple-A El Paso has two more. Braedon Karpathios, RF, Double-A San Antonio Missions Season stats: 268/.353/.444, 120 games, 62 R, 22 2B, 3 3B, 17 HR, 73 RBI, 60 BB, 162 K, 6 SB, 6 CS Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect didn't slow down just because the calendar flipped from August to September. After being our Minor-League Hitter of the Month for August, Karpathios had his most productive week since signing as an undrafted free agent in 2022. The left-handed hitter drove in 13 runs for Double-A San Antonio, all coming in just three games, while putting together a .636/.667/1.045 (14-for-22) slash line over five games against the Midland RockHounds. His week got off to a tremendous start as he hit a grand slam Tuesday in his second at-bat of the game and would drive in another for a five-RBI game. It was his second slam of the year. The next day, Karpathios would produce his first career five-hit game while driving in four more runs, including homering in back-to-back games and for the third time in four games. After a 2-for-3 game with a walk Thursday (no RBIs), he came up with another four-RBI game Friday while going 3-for-5 with two doubles. Karpathios got Saturday off, then finished his week with another 2-for-3 day with a walk. He is certainly a player to watch for a possible backup outfield spot in 2027 as the one-time pitcher has a strong arm for either corner spot. Karpathios is eligible for the Rule 5 draft this offseason. Jorge Quintana, SS, Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm Season stats: .234/.328/.367, 103 games, 56 R, 18 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 52 RBI, 52 BB, 125 K, 29 SB, 6 CS The 19-year-old certainly isn't known for his bat as his batting average has hovered in the .230 range all season. Padres Mission's No. 7 prospect will bring a stellar glove, one reason why the Padres acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2025 trade deadline in the Brandon Lockridge-Nestor Cortes deal. But Quintana, wrapping up his first year in full-season ball with Low-A Lake Elsinore finished the regular season showing a bit of his offensive upside. The switch-hitter homered in each of his final two regular season games, including a mammoth blast over the big wall in right field at The Diamond. In addition to the big-time power, Quintana hit in all four games he played in last week against the Inland Empire 66ers, compiling a .563/.611/1.000 slash line. He also had a double, two walks and five RBIs as well as three stolen bases. Quintana, however, does have a strikeout problem, going down on strikes 125 times in 381 plate appearances, a scary 31.8% rate. For comparison, Kyle Schwarber leads MLB with 200 strikeouts entering the week, a 32.4% rate. Lan-Hong Su, RHP, Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm Season stats: 0-5, 5.10 ERA, 17 games (16 starts), 47⅔ IP, 48 H, 28 R, 27 ER, 17 BB, 58 K, .268 opponent average In his final start of the regular season—and perhaps the season depending on his postseason usage for Low-A Lake Elsinore—the 19-year-old right-hander out of Taiwan continued his strong finish to his debut season. Su, a key international signing last year, struck out a season-high nine over 4⅔ innings allowing just one hit (a two-run homer) to his final batter. He didn't walk anyone, although he did hit a batter. Su was coming off his previous season best of seven strikeouts and has punched out 21 over his last three games covering 11⅔ innings. After making six appearances in the Arizona Complex League with a 4.06 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 15⅔ innings, the slender 6-foot-1, 150-pounder had some significant struggles when bumped up to the Storm. He allowed four runs in each of his first three starts over 7⅔ innings. After a small reset, he has turned things around in his last six starts. Over 15⅔ innings, he has allowed seven runs on 18 hits and five walks while fanning 26. That type of progress over a short period should bode well for Su, who was in the 89-94 mph range with his fastball before signing, then touched 97 in the Spring Breakout game in March. Considering his development stage, there would seem to be plenty of upside on the horizon for Su. Javier Chacon, LHP, High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps Season stats: 6-1, 3.76 ERA, 38 games (all relief), 3 holds, 1 save (2 chances), 67 IP, 51 H, 37 R, 28 ER, 47 BB, 82 K, .213 opponent average The 23-year-old left-hander has been a quiet yet steady performer this season. That was evident in his two relief appearances last week as he struck out eight over 5⅓ innings, while walking four and giving up just two hits while facing 22 batters. That included matching his season high of six punchouts over three innings Saturday vs. the 66ers. This has been a strong bounce-back season after missing almost all of 2025 due to injury. Chacon turned in a stellar first eight appearances for Low-A Lake Elsinore, with a 1.59 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 17 innings, earning him a quick promotion to High-A Fort Wayne. With the TinCaps, Chacon has continued to turn in valuable innings, posting a 4.50 ERA over 50 frames, walking 40 (15.7%) and striking out 58 (27.4%). He was signed as an international free agent in 2021 and putting up the numbers he did following last year's injury is a positive. Romeo Sanabria, 1B, Double-A San Antonio Missions Season stats: .273/.362/.404, 109 games, 52 R, 23 2B, 0 3B, 10 HR, 57 RBI, 55 BB, 102 K It has been a bit of a trying season for the left-handed-hitting first baseman. After a strong showing in spring training, Sanabria was sent back to Double-A San Antonio to begin 2026 when he might have thought he was going to Triple-A El Paso entering camp. San Antonio is a better environment for prospects as El Paso and many other Triple-A venues skew offensive performances. Last week, Sanabria had a .455/.500/.545 slash line in six games, with two doubles, three RBIs and two walks. That brought his Double-A line up to .290/.382/.427 with eight homers and 45 RBIs in 88 games. He did get a promotion to El Paso at midseason, but only produced a .200/.268/.307 slash line with two homers and 12 RBIs in 20 games before going back to the Missions in early August. Sanabria doesn't provide much in the way of power, topping out at 12 homers in 2025, but he does have the ability to make good contact. Perhaps this year will get him a ticket to El Paso to begin 2027. View full article

With the regular season winding down in the minors, there is still some roster juggling going on by the San Diego Padres' affiliates despite none of the teams affected playing in the postseason. The two biggest moves involve the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, who are getting Padres designated hitter Miguel Andujar on a rehab assignment as well as right fielder Braedon Karpathios (Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect). Karpathios was promoted from the Double-A San Antonio Missions after driving in 13 runs last week. Other moves are left-handed starter Luis Gutierrez and catcher Anthony Vilar going up from San Antonio to El Paso, with third baseman Kerrington Cross, right-handed starter Carson Montgomery and right-handed reliever moving from the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps to Double-A San Antonio. Andujar is making his way back from a fractured right wrist he sustained July 19. Double-A San Antonio is beginning its final week of the season on the road against the Amarillo Sod Poodles, while Triple-A El Paso has two weeks remaining, this week on the road vs. the Tacoma Rainiers and then finishing at home by facing the Oklahoma City Comets. High-A Fort Wayne completed its season Sunday, while the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm begin the best-of-three California League semifinals Tuesday against the Ontario Tower Buzzers on the road. The Padres also signed right-handed reliever Trevor Gott to a minor-league contract. He is expected to go to Triple-A. View full rumor

With the San Diego Padres making the return of right-handed starter Nick Pivetta official, two players are paying the price. Right-hander Jhony Brito was optioned to Triple-A El Paso to make room on the 26-man roster for Pivetta, while Triple-A catcher Blake Hunt was designated for assignment to create a spot on the 40-man roster. Pivetta, the Padres' Opening Day starter, was officially activated from the 60-day injured list, where he had been since April with a right forearm flexor injury. Pivetta will start Monday's series opener against the Washington Nationals. Pivetta's return was a bit surprising considering just a month ago, he walked off the mound in his first rehab outing, thinking he had aggravated his injury. But it was only a temporary setback and he made two more rehab appearances and pitched a bullpen over thr week, with the Padres deciding Pivetta was ready to come back. Brito had been called up Tuesday with rookie catcher Ethan Salas when rosters expanded from 26 to 28. He appeared in two games last week, going 3⅔ innings, allowing one run. Hunt made his MLB debut for the Padres following injuries to Freddy Fermin and Luis Campusano in June, playing in two games and going 0-for-3. He is a Costa Mesa native who was drafted by the Padres after the second round in the Competitive Balance B round out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana. View full rumor

San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 3-3 Runs scored last week: 19 Runs allowed last week: 21 (season run differential: plus-8) Scores Game 138 (Monday): Padres 5, Reds 0 Game 139 (Tuesday): Reds 4, Padres 3 Game 140 (Wednesday): Reds 7, Padres 3 Thursday: Off Game 141 (Friday): Padres 3, Yankees 2 Game 142 (Saturday): Yankees 5, Padres 1 Game 143 (Sunday): Padres 4, Yankees 3 Week in Review and Highlights Reds series Game 1: Coming off a tough series and even tougher ending to Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, a road trip to Cincinnati was the perfect tonic for the Padres. Manny Machado went 4-for-5 and right-handed starter Michael King turning in six shutout innings, the Friars had a smooth 5-0 victory over the Reds to open the three-game series. Combined with the Arizona Diamondbacks' loss, the Padres moved back into the No. 3 NL wild-card spot, a half-game up on the D-Backs, and remained five games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, who are now tied with the Chicago Cubs for the top two NL wild-card positions. For Machado, it was his first four-hit game of the season and 26th of his career. He doubled and was the foundation of an offense that produced 15 hits. Even with that number of hits, it was one big inning that the Padres relied on for this win. The Friars began the top of the fourth inning with six consecutive hits, five singles, to score four runs. Xander Bogaerts had the biggest hit of the inning with a two-run double. Ty France had three hits, while Jackson Merrill, Dustin Harris and Luis Campusano each had a pair. They added a run in the seventh as Fernando Tatis Jr. had a leadoff double and scored on France's two-out single. While the offense took care of business, so did King, although not quite in the fashion you think of when you hear he had six shutout innings. The Reds had multiple baserunners in each of the first three innings and a potential home run robbery in the third by Merrill in center field. King retired all six batters over the fourth and fifth before more trouble appeared in the sixth with another pair of runners. However, none of those runners scored. King would finish with four hits and three walks allowed as well as six strikeouts, notching his fifth straight quality start and career-high 15th this season. Game 2: The day began with excitement over the promotion of Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, catcher Ethan Salas, but ended with a disappointing loss. While Salas wasn't available to start due to travel delays (he arrived in the third inning), the Padres misfired again with runners in scoring position, going 0-for-10, and surrendering two eighth-inning runs in a 4-3 loss to the Reds, their sixth setback in eight games. The defeat didn't hurt the Padres in the NL wild-card standings, remaining a half-game up on the D'backs and five games behind the Cubs, who fell into the No. 2 spot with a loss and a Phillies win. Tatis had his third two-homer game of the season, including one in the ninth, but there were too many missed opportunities in this one. Driving in runners in scoring position has been a bit of an issue recently (11-for-71 in last eight games). Some RISP performances are worse than others. This one was definitely worse, as the Friars had runners in scoring position with less than two outs in the second, third and fourth innings, resulting in an 0-for-6 showing. That included Jase Bowen's leadoff triple in the third, then the bases eventually being loaded on a one-out hit by pitch and walk before France hit into a double play. Samad Taylor got the Padres off to a good start with a first-inning triple, scoring on Machado's sacrifice fly to right. The Reds, though, got that one back off Padres right-handed starter Randy Vasquez in the bottom of the first. Tatis then lined one barely over the right-field fence in the top of the fifth for a 2-1 Padres lead. Again, the Reds tied it in the bottom half. After the Padres again failed to produce a run in the seventh after a two-out Merrill double and walk, left-hander Adrian Morejon came on to begin the eighth and issued a leadoff walk to Elly De La Cruz and a single to rookie Sal Stewart after a groundout left runners on second and third, back catcher Jose Trevino singled home De La Cruz and rookie Juan Brito hit a sac fly to put the Reds up 4-2. Tatis tightened things up with his 19th homer of the season, but it came with two outs in the ninth. Vasquez was just OK. He worked 4⅔ innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk, while the Padres didn't do as much damage as they could have against Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo, who lasted six innings. Game 3: The conclusion of a six-game road trip against a sub-.500 team did not go well for the Friars. The Padres couldn't take advantage of an inexperienced pitcher making his first start coming off the injured list and Padres right-handed starter Casey Mize gave up a pair of homers in a 7-3 loss to the Reds. The Padres finished a six-game trip against the best team in the AL and the worst team in the NL Central with a 1-5 record. With the D'backs winning, the Padres swapped spots with Arizona and are now a half-game behind Arizona for the third and final NL wild-card berth. But losing the final two games against the Reds, especially as Salas made his MLB debut, was disappointing. Salas looked good defensively and went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts while hitting from the No. 6 spot. His first plate appearance resulted in a 390-foot fly ball to center field to end the bottom of the first. Mize went just four innings, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts. He struggled with his command on a muggy getaway day where the first pitch in Ohio was at 9:40 a.m. California time. Two little-known Reds, Juan Brito and Hector Rodriguez, homered as part of a four-run third inning that erased a 3-0 Padres lead. JJ Bleday added a seventh-inning homer to cap the day's scoring, tot that it was needed. The Padres didn't do anything after the second inning, again struggling with runners in scoring position, going 1-for-7. The Friars' first two runs came in the first inning on France's 20th homer of the season, after Tatis' leadoff single. Tatis would have the only hit with a runner in scoring position, bringing in Austin Hays, who had doubled leading off the second. But that was it against left-handed starter Brandon Williamson, who had been out since April with a shoulder injury, and a rough Reds bullpen. Yankees series Game 1: The Campusano game. Even before he came up to the plate in the bottom of the 10th with the tying run on second, it was a pretty good game for Campusano. After enduring a trying year in 2025, stuck in Triple-A, Campusano has been pretty good behind the plate and doing nice things with the bat. But in the series opener vs. the New York Yankees, he put both together. After throwing out a career-best three would-be base stealers, Campusano crushed a two-run walk-off homer with one out to give the Padres a 3-2 victory over the Yankees. The win moved the Friars ahead of the D'backs, who lost, for the No. 3 NL wild-card spot. It also was a good bounce back from the bad vibes left following a 1-5 road trip. In a game dominated by pitching, someone was eventually going to come up with the big hit. Campusano, who had two of the Padres' six hits, did that when he turned on a middle-in sinker on the first pitch he saw and sent it to the front of the second deck in left. Combined with the caught stealings, Campusano became just the second player in the 75 years of tracking that stat to throw out three and hit a walk-off in Sammy Taylor of the Chicago Cubs in 1961. Campusano had never thrown out two, much less three in a single game before. As much credit as Campusano deserves, Padres pitchers should get the same. Behind a nice outing from right-handed starter Walker Buehler, going five innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six, his most since fanning seven over 5⅓ on July 26 vs. the Miami Marlins. Left-hander Yuki Matsui, right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez and Morejon each went a scoreless inning before superstar closer Mason Miller zipped through the ninth in a tie game on just nine pitches, an alternate version of an immaculate inning due to only having one strikeout. But the Yankees, with the ghost runner on in the 10th, jumped on Miller as rookie Spencer Jones, the Encinitas native who went to La Costa Canyon High School, lined a first-pitch four-seamer into center for an RBI single to put the Yankees up 2-1. Miller and Campusano combined for a double play as Miller struck out Heliot Ramos and Campusano nailed Jones trying to steal third. In the bottom of the 10th, Dustin Harris started as the zombie runner. Bogaerts struck out, bringing up Campusano. Sure, there were missteps by the Friars along the way in this one, but the bottom line was they didn't hurt like they did the previous weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays. They also came out victorious in a game started by a tough left-hander, Max Fried, after dropping their previous two games, both against southpaws. Game 2: Robbie Ray's walk issues caught up to him in this start. The Padres' left-hander issued three straight during a four-run second inning and four free passes overall in just 2⅓ innings as the Friars dropped a 5-1 decision to the Yankees. The Padres and D-Backs again flopped positions, with Arizona regaining the No. 3 NL wild-card spot. Ray needed just eight pitches to zip through a perfect first inning before things went sideways in the second. There, he needed 42 pitches to get three outs. He finished his seven-out start by allowing five runs, five hits and four walks while striking out one. Ray famously walks more than he should. His season high is seven and he has walked five or more four times in 28 games this year. The bullpen limited further damage. That was thanks to the work of right-hander Griffin Canning, who has found a nice role after being bumped from the starting rotation. Canning went 2⅔ shutout innings, allowing just one hit. Left-hander Wandy Peralta, right-hander David Morgan and right-hander Jhony Brito combined to finish the final four innings without allowing a run. But the Padres couldn't do much against Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon, who gave up a run on two hits over five innings, striking out seven and walking three. Machado provided the only offense, smacking his 25th homer of the season in the fourth inning. Outside of that, though, they managed just two other hits, with one coming from Hays as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. Salas made his Petco Park debut as a pinch-hitter for Freddy Fermin in the bottom of the sixth, striking out on three pitches against left-hander Brent Headrick, who came in to face the rookie. Salas stayed in at catcher before Hays hit for him in the ninth. Before the game, the Padres honored France for being the team's Heart and Hustle Award winner. Game 3: Boom! Boom! Boom! Just like that, the Padres had a 3-0 lead against one of the top pitchers in MLB. Tatis, Jake Cronenworth and Machado opened the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back-to-back home runs off right-hander Gerrit Cole that propelled the Friars to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. With the D'backs also winning, the Padres, who won two of three vs. the Yankees, remained a half-game behind Arizona for the third and final NL wild-card spot entering the final three weeks. Tatis hit Cole's sixth pitch of the game, a knuckle curve, the opposite way to right for his 20th homer of the season. Four pitches later, Cronenworth sliced a four-seamer that bounced off the yellow-painted line on the Western Metal Supply Co. building for his first career opposite-field homer and his fifth this year. Machado added his 26th of the season five pitches later also on a four-seamer, his second in as many days. It was almost four in a row, but France flew out to the warning track in center. The Padres had quickly taken a 3-0 lead, perhaps inspired by the presence of new owners Jose E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones, who made their first public game appearance at Petco Park. It was just the 12th time in MLB history and second in Friars lore that a team opened a game with three consecutive homers. That would be enough for King, the former Yankee and good buddies with Cole. King turned in his sixth straight quality start and 16th this season by going six shutout innings, allowing four hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Rodriguez kept the shutout going in the seventh, with Campusano adding to the lead with his second homer of the weekend and seventh of the season in the bottom of the seventh for a 4-0 lead. But Morejon had issues in the eighth. The left-hander allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk with one strikeout. His shakiness had Miller ready to come in before Campusano threw out his fourth baserunner of the series and getting a lineout to end the inning. Miller did come on for the ninth, striking out three of the four batters he faced for his 33rd save of the season. Marvelous Mason Miller Some of the amazing stats for the Padres' closer: Season stats: 5-2, 1.19 ERA, 57 games, 33 saves (35 chances), 60⅓ IP, 29 H, 11 R, 8 ER, 21 BB, 111 K, .141 opponent average. Pitched two innings for just the second time as a Padre in Friday's walk-off win. In Friday's outing, allowed a run for the third straight game, the first time as a Padre and first since May 10-24, 2025, with the A's. Before Sunday, had appeared in three straight losses after a streak of 13 outings in wins. Random Stats Xander Bogaerts scored the 1,000th run of his career in Monday's game. He is one of 14 active players to reach that mark. Manny Machado's solo homer Saturday gave him 11 straight seasons (excluding pandemic-shortened 2020) with 25 or more home runs, the longest active stretch in MLB. The only other time the Padres had three consecutive homers to begin a game was April 13, 1987, when Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk did the deed in the home opener against the San Francisco Giants. The last time the Padres hit three straight homes was Sept. 18, 2024, vs. the Houston Astros with Fernando Tatis Jr., Machado and Donovan Solano. Sunday marked the 59th sellout at Petco Park in 71 home games. Padres Transactions Tuesday: Selected the contract of C Ethan Salas from Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas. Tuesday: Recalled RHP Jhony Brito from Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas. Tuesday: Transferred LF Luis Rengifo (torn right ACL) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Website Highlights Padres promote No. 1 prospect Ethan Salas to make MLB debut — Steve Drumwright King has relentlessly proven he should be Padres' Game 1 starter in playoffs — Yirsandy Rodriguez NL playoff picture: Gauging Padres' best paths to October — N.B. Lindberg Padres' Buehler is still elite at handling high-pressure situations — Yirsandy Rodriguez Salas proves to be a rare developmental win for Padres — Steve Drumwright Looking Ahead Monday: Nationals at Padres (Nick Pivetta), 2:10 p.m. Tuesday: Nationals at Padres (Casey Mize), 6:40 p.m. Wednesday: Nationals at Padres (Walker Buehler), 1:10 p.m. Thursday: Off. Friday: Padres at Giants (Robbie Ray), 7:15 p.m. Saturday: Padres at Giants (Michael King), 1:05 p.m. Sunday: Padres at Giants (Randy Vasquez), 4:20 p.m. View full article

The final day of the season in which all four San Diego Padres full-season affiliates turned into only three playing due to some bad weather. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas blanked Las Vegas 7-0, the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to Midland 5-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps finished their season with a 10-3 win in 11 innings and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm had their regular-season finale canceled due to wet grounds. Padres Minor-League Transactions None. Chihuahuas Notch First Shutout Of Season For the first time this season, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas have thrown a shutout. And it came against the best offense in baseball. Right-hander Evan Fitterer and three relievers combined on a six-hitter as the host Chihuahuas blanked the Las Vegas Aviators 7-0. The Chihuahuas (56-82, 21-42 second half), who have two weeks left in their season, split the six-game series. Facing an Aviators team that has scored the most runs and has the most hits of anyone in the pro baseball (yes, including MLB), Fitterer allowed just a walk while striking out three over four hitless innings, while right-hander Logan Gillaspie went two hitless innings with no walks or strikeouts. Right-hander Daison Acosta took over in the seventh and got the first two outs before the no-hit bid ended on a double. Acosta would allow two more hits in the eight, with no walks or strikeouts. MLB veteran Jose Leclerc came on for the ninth, dancing around three hits and a walk thanks to a double play to secure the shutout. The Chihuahuas entered the game with the second-worst team ERA in all of baseball. It is now 6.38. Will Wagner, who had two hits, hit a three-run homer, while Nick Solak went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Carlos Rodriguez went 2-for-4, including his eighth triple (third in the Pacific Coast League), with an RBI and two runs scored. Wagner's three-run blast, his ninth of the season, came in the fifth inning. EP_0906.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy, CF 4 1 0 0 1 0 Nick Solak, 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez, RF 4 2 2 1 0 2 Marcos Castañon, DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 Nick Pratto, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 Will Wagner, 2B 4 1 2 3 0 0 Rodolfo Durán, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 Gage Workman, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 Clay Dungan, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Evan Fitterer 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Logan Gillaspie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daison Acosta 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 José Leclerc 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 Missions Stumble In Home Finale The Double-A San Antonio Missions completed their home schedule with a 5-1 loss to the Midland RockHounds. The Missions (58-74, 27-36 second half), who travel to Amarillo to finish the season, split the series 3-3. Braedon Karpathios (Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect) capped a huge week with two more hits, finishing the series 14-for-23 with two homers and 13 RBIs. Albert Fabian went 2-for-4, but the Missions had just six hits. Karpathios and Fabian each had a double. The Missions' lone run came in the sixth as Oswaldo Linares had a leadoff walk, a passed ball sent him to second and a Karpathios flyball sent him to third. After a walk to Alex McCoy (Padres Mission's No. 8 prospect), Romeo Sanabria hit a sacrifice fly. Missions left-handed starter Jamie Hitt allowed three runs on five hits and four walks while punching out six over five innings. Left-hander Harry Gustin gave up two runs over two innings, while right-handers Johan Moreno and Francisco Pena each had a scoreless inning. SA_0906.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Braedon Karpathios, CF 3 0 2 0 1 0 Alex McCoy, RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 Romeo Sanabria, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 1 Albert Fabian, DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 Jack Costello, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Jackson, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 Justin DeCriscio, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 Luis Verdugo, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Oswaldo Linares, C 2 1 0 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jamie Hitt 5 5 3 3 4 6 1 Harry Gustin 2 2 2 2 0 4 1 Johan Moreno 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 Francis Peña 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 TinCaps End With A Flurry, Score 7 On 2 Homers In 11th A tough second half of the season ended with a thrilling victory for the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps, who scored seven runs in the top of the 11th for a 10-3 victory over the host Lansing Lugnuts. The TinCaps finished the season at 56-74, including 29-35 in the second half, winning their final three games to take four of six in the series. The TinCaps took fourth in the Midwest League's East Division in the second half. Rosman Verdugo delivered the biggest blow of the 11th with a grand slam, his 15th homer of the season. Yimy Tovar hit his first High-A homer as part of a 3-for-4 game with two runs scored, hitting a three-run shot that snapped the tie in the 11th. The TinCaps forced extra innings as Dylan Grego tripled with one out in the ninth, scoring Yoiber Ocopio, who had a leadoff single. The Lugnuts held a 2-0 lead when the TinCaps tied it in the seventh. Ocopio had a one-out single and Tovar had his first High-A double to make it 2-1. Tovar, who went to third on his double after a throwing error by the catcher, scored on Grego's groundout to first. The TinCaps used six pitchers in their season finale, with right-hander Jack Pineau, an undrafted free agent out of Creighton, going the final three innings to earn his first professional victory in his fifth game. FW1_0906.mp4 FW2_0906.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells, CF 4 0 0 0 1 0 Ryan Gerety, LF 4 1 2 0 2 0 Rosman Verdugo, DH 6 1 1 4 0 2 Kerrington Cross, 3B 5 0 0 0 1 3 Lamar King Jr., C 3 0 0 0 0 1 Luke Cantwell, 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 Yoiber Ocopio, C 5 3 3 0 0 1 Yimy Tovar, SS 4 2 3 3 1 0 Dylan Grego, 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 Conner Westenburg, RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carson Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brandon Langley 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Sean Barnett 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 2 0 Will Koger 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 Jeferson Villabona 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 Jack Pineau 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Storm Regular-Season Finale Canceled; Playoffs Start Tuesday Due to wet grounds following a big overnight storm, the final game of the regular season between the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm and the Inland Empire 66ers was canceled. The Storm (66-65, 27-38 second half) won four of the five games in the series. While finishing last in the second half of the California League's South Division, the Storm won the first-half championship and will face the second-half winner, the Ontario Tower Buzzers, in the best-of-three league semifinals. Game 1 is Tuesday in Ontario, with Game 2 on Thursday in Lake Elsinore and Game 3, if necessary, also at The Diamond. Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: 0-for-3, 1 K Ryan Wideman: On injured list Coleman Borthwick: In Arizona Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Jorge Quintana: DNP Alex McCoy: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Braedon Karpathios: 2-for-3, 2B, BB Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, K Elliot Lascelles: DNP Tucker Musgrove: On injured list Jagger Haynes: DNP Jake Cunningham: DNP Truitt Madonna: DNP Eric Yost: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP Jesus Castro: DNP Michael Salina: On injured list Rosman Verdugo: 1-for-6, HR, 4 RBI, 2 K View full article

Just over a month ago, Nick Pivetta walked off the mound in Lake Elsinore, looking like his season might be over. Now, the right-hander is set to rejoin the San Diego Padres for the final three weeks of the regular season. Pivetta will be activated from the 60-day injured list and start Monday's game against the Washington Nationals at Petco Park, manager Craig Stammen said following Sunday's 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees. Right-hander Randy Vasquez will move to a relief role, perhaps piggybacking Pivetta on Monday. The Padres will have to make moves regarding the 26- and 40-man rosters to accommodate Pivetta's return. One possibility on the 26-man roster would be sending right-hander Jhony Brito back to Triple-A El Paso, while designated hitter Miguel Andujar could be transferred to the 60-day IL. The 33-year-old has been out since mid-April with a strained right flexor in his right elbow. After being sidelined for a lengthy period, he began a rehab assignment Aug. 4 with fellow right-handed starter Joe Musgrove at Low-A Lake Elsinore. Musgrove started and his outing went well, but Pivetta walked off the mound after throwing his 14th pitch, saying that his elbow didn't feel right. However, he did throw about 30 pitches in a bullpen session that day, a good sign. But he returned a couple weeks later, making one start for Lake Elsinore and then one last weekend for Triple-A El Paso and looked good. Everyone involved in the process decided that if Pivetta came out of Saturday's bullpen session feeling good that he would start against the Nationals. View full rumor

The San Diego Padres' four full-season affiliates went 3-1 Saturday, with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas beating Las Vegas 9-7, the Double-A San Antonio Missions falling to Midland 10-2, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps dropping Lansing 4-1 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm walking off Inland Empire 8-6 in 10 innings. Padres Minor-League Transactions None. Mason McCoy Has 3 Hits, 3 RBIs In Chihuahuas' Victory Mason McCoy went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two on a single that capped a four-run third inning, as the host Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas turned back the Las Vegas Aviators 9-7. McCoy had a triple among his three hits while scoring a run, while Nick Solak went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored and Nick Pratto was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and run scored. Chihuahuas right-handed starter Sean Boyle was solid, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts over five innings. He earned his 10th win of the season, second in the Pacific Coast League and the first Chihuahua to do so since three did it in 2019. Former Padres right-hander Brent Honeywell had his first scoreless appearance in three outings with the Chihuahuas following his March release from the San Francisco Giants, striking out two. Right-hander Alek Jacob then was tagged for four runs in the seventh inning before right-hander Hunter Stratton had another standout appearance with two scoreless innings. The Chihuahuas were down 3-2 when they scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning. Solak and Pratto had singles to begin the inning with an error by the center fielder allowing the runners to go to second and third. Marcos Castanon's ground single to left tied the game, then Will Wagner drove Pratto home with a line single to left. After a sacrifice bunt by Victor Duarte and lineout by Bryce Johnson, McCoy singled Castanon and Wagner home for a 6-3 edge. McCoy had a leadoff single in the sixth, stole second and third, giving him a PCL-best 36 this year, then Solak and Pratto had back-to-back doubles to make it 8-3. The Aviators scored four in the top of the seventh to pull within 8-7, the Chihuahuas created a little breathing room when Wagner had a leadoff walk and, with two outs, McCoy hit an opposite-field triple to right-center. EP_0905.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy 5 1 3 3 0 0 Gage Workman 5 1 1 0 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 3 1 1 0 2 0 Nick Solak 5 2 3 2 0 2 Nick Pratto 5 1 3 1 0 0 Marcos Castañon 4 1 1 1 0 1 Will Wagner 2 2 1 2 2 0 Blake Hunt 1 0 0 0 0 0 Victor Duarte 2 0 0 0 0 2 Bryce Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Sean Boyle 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 Brent Honeywell 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Alek Jacob 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 Hunter Stratton 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Missions Can't Handle Early Burst By RockHounds Alex McCoy, Jack Costello and Albert Fabian each had two hits, but the host San Antonio Missions gave up a pair of big innings, including three in the first, in a 10-2 loss to the Midland RockHounds. Missions right-handed starter Eric Yost, Padres Mission's No. 16 prospect, gave up four runs in four innings on five hits and two walks while striking out six. Right-hander Bernard Jose then allowed six runs (four earned) in two innings. After those three runs in the first, the RockHounds got one in the third, four in the fifth and two in the sixth. Fabian had two doubles, but he, McCoy and Costello had six of the Missions' seven hits. Romeo Sanabria had the other hit, a third-inning double that scored McCoy, Padres Mission's No. 8 prospect who had singled and went to second after Tirso Ornelas was hit by a pitch. Costello scored the other run, getting a one-out single in the sixth and scoring on Fabian's 18th double of the season, an opposite-field shot down the third-base line. SA_0905.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts 3 0 0 0 1 1 Alex McCoy 4 1 2 0 0 1 Tirso Ornelas 3 0 0 0 0 0 Romeo Sanabria 4 0 1 1 0 1 Jack Costello 4 1 2 0 0 0 Albert Fabian 4 0 2 1 0 0 Justin DeCriscio 3 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Anthony Vilar 2 0 0 0 2 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Eric Yost 4 5 4 4 2 6 0 Bernard Jose 2 5 6 4 2 2 1 Igor Gil 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 Wyatt Hoffman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kerrington Cross Has Triple Doubles To Send TinCaps Past Lugnuts Kerrington Cross had three doubles as part of a 4-for-4, two-RBI night and right-handed starter Winyer Chourio spun five shutout innings in his final start of the season as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps toppled the host Lansing Lugnuts 4-1. The TinCaps finish their season Sunday. Chourio, Padres Mission's No. 17 prospect, struck out six while allowing three hits and four walks. Barring a trip back to Low-A Lake Elsinore for the playoffs, Chourio will end his season as the system leader in strikeouts with 122. He could be passed by two pitchers at higher levels (Jagger Haynes has 112 and Ian Koenig has 110). Left-hander Javier Chacon struck out six in three shutout innings, while right-hander Will Varmette allowed a run in the ninth. The TinCaps scored in four innings. Cross doubled leading off the second, went to third on Luke Cantwell's single and was thrown out at the plate on Dylan Grego's grounder to first. Conner Westenburg hit a grounder to third that was booted, allowing Cantwell to score. Ryan Gerety singled to start the third and, after stealing second and going to third on an errant throw, scored on Cross' second double of the game. With two outs in the fifth, fourth-round draft choice Robbie Lavey doubled. Lavey was injured on the play and replaced by pinch-runner Carlos Rodriguez. Cross then singled Rodriguez home for a 3-0 lead. Yoiber Ocopio led off the six with a single, went to second on a groundout and third on a wild pitch. One out later, Ocopio scored when Wells' two-out grounder to short was thrown away. FW_0905.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Gerety 4 1 1 0 1 1 Rosman Verdugo 5 0 0 0 0 2 Robbie Lavey 3 0 1 0 0 1 Carlos Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 1 Kerrington Cross 4 0 4 2 0 0 Luke Cantwell 3 1 1 0 1 0 Yoiber Ocopio 4 1 1 0 0 1 Dylan Grego 4 0 0 0 0 0 Conner Westenburg 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Winyer Chourio 5 3 0 0 4 6 0 Javier Chacon 3 2 0 0 2 6 0 Will Varmette 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Joe Tiroly Mashes Again For Storm, Hits Walk-Off HR In 10th Joe Tiroly's magical pro debut went to another level as the seventh-round draft pick hit a walk-off two-run homer leading off the 10th inning as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm rallied for an 8-6 victory over the Inland Empire 66ers. The Storm wrap up the regular season Sunday before playing in the California League postseason as a result of winning the South Division in the first half. Augie Lopez, the Padres' 10th-round draft pick, tied the game with a ninth-inning homer, while Jorge Quintana, Padres Mission's No. 7 prospect, hit a monstrous shot and had two hits, as did 11th-rounder Chris McHugh. Storm right-handed starter Tyler Schmitt struck out five and allowed one run in three innings, while fifth-round right-hander James Guyette allowed three runs (two earned) over two innings in his second pro game. Right-hander Tyler Pitzer, an undrafted free agent, allowed two runs over 1⅓ innings. Right-hander Jordan Valenzuela pitched 1⅔ perfect innings with two strikeouts, while left-hander Andrew Wright, also an undrafted free agent, got the win with two perfect innings, fanning two. The Storm trailed 6-4 after the 66ers scored twice in the top of the seventh. Dawson Willis and Lopez drew walks to begin the inning, but Lopez was erased on the back end of a double steal. Qrey Lott grounded out to second base with Willis scoring to pull the Storm within 6-5. Lopez then hit his second homer in 13 pro games on the first pitch with one out in the ninth, a shot to right-center. With sixth-rounder Nu'u Contrades as the zombie runner on second, Tiroly, who hit four homers in three games last weekend, crushed a mammoth walk-off homer over the shed beyond the wall in left-center, his seventh homer in 17 games. LE1_0905.mp4 LE2_0905.mp4 LE3_0905.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris McHugh 5 0 2 0 0 2 Jose Verdugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nu'u Contrades 4 1 0 0 1 0 Joe Tiroly 5 1 1 2 0 0 Jorge Quintana 4 2 2 1 0 0 Ty Harvey 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jesmaylin Arias 4 1 1 0 0 2 Dawson Willis 3 1 0 1 1 1 Augie Lopez 3 1 1 1 1 1 Qrey Lott 3 1 1 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Tyler Schmitt 3 3 1 1 4 5 0 James Guyette 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 Tyler Pitzer 1 1/3 4 2 2 1 1 0 Jordan Valenzuela 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Andrew Wright 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas, C: 0-for-1, K Ryan Wideman, CF: On injured list Coleman Borthwick, RHP: In Arizona Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP: DNP Ty Harvey, C: 0-for-4, 2 K Kale Fountain, OF: Injured, out for season Jorge Quintana, SS: 2-for-4, HR, RBI, 2 R Alex McCoy, LF: 2-for-4, R, K Braedon Karpathios, RF: DNP Lamar King Jr., C: DNP Elliot Lascelles, SS: DNP Tucker Musgrove, RHP: On injured list Jagger Haynes, LHP: DNP Jake Cunningham, OF: DNP Truitt Madonna, C: DNP Eric Yost, RHP: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Winyer Chourio, RHP: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K Jesus Castro, RHP: DNP Michael Salina, RHP: On injured list Rosman Verdugo, SS: 0-for-5, 2 K View full article