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The San Diego Padres' four full-season affiliates all won Thursday. Anthony Vilar drove in four for in the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas' 12-2 rout at Albuquerque. Tirso Ornelas scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 12th inning as the Double-A San Antonio Missions pulled out a 5-4 win. Carson Montgomery threw five scoreless innings as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps beat South Bend 6-1, fueled by Rosman Verdugo's two-run homer. Bryan Balzer struck out six in four scoreless relief innings, and Luke Cantwell hit a three-run homer in the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm's 9-3 win at Ontario. Padres Transactions San Diego Padres optioned RHP David Morgan to El Paso Chihuahuas. Anthony Vilar's 4-RBI Night Powers Chihuahuas Past Isotopes Anthony Vilar collected three hits and drove in four runs as the El Paso Chihuahuas pounded Albuquerque 12-2. Mason McCoy scored three times on two hits, including a triple, while Nate Mondou added two hits and two RBIs. Pablo Reyes didn't have a hit, but scored twice and walked once. The breakthrough came in the sixth inning, when El Paso pushed across five runs to take command 9-1. Clay Dungan opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to plate Nate Mondou. Vilar followed with a two-run double to center field, scoring Nick Schnell and Mason McCoy. Carlos Rodríguez later drew a bases-loaded walk, and Mondou was hit by a pitch with the bases full to bring home another run, pushing the lead to 9-1. El Paso struck early in the first, taking a 2-0 lead when Sung-Mun Song scored on a Nick Solak single, and Pablo Reyes came home on a Nick Schnell sacrifice fly to center. Starter Evan Fitterer logged 3⅔ innings of relief, surrendering two hits and an unearned run, walking three, and striking out four. Logan Gillaspie earned the win after working 2⅓ innings, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out two. EP_0430.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Sung-Mun Song, SS 5 1 2 0 1 0 Pablo Reyes, DH 5 2 0 0 1 1 Carlos Rodríguez, CF 4 0 1 1 2 1 Nick Solak, LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 Nate Mondou, 1B 4 2 2 2 0 0 Nick Schnell, RF 4 1 0 1 0 0 Mason McCoy, 2B 3 3 2 1 1 0 Clay Dungan, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 2 Anthony Vilar, C 5 2 3 4 0 0 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Justin Yeager 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 Logan Gillaspie (W, 2-1) 2 1/3 3 1 1 1 2 0 Misael Tamarez 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Evan Fitterer 3 2/3 2 1 0 3 4 0 Sac Fly Boosts Missions To Wild Victory In 12 Innings Tirso Ornelas scored the decisive run in the top of the 12th on Luis Verdugo's sacrifice fly as the San Antonion Missions pulled out a thrilling 5-4 win over the Tulsa Drillers. Leandro Cedeño launched a two-run home run in the 11th inning to give the Missions a 4-2 lead, but the Drillers got a two-run homer of their own in the bottom half to send the game to the 12th. Ornelas started the 12th on second base as the zombie runner and went to third on Ryan Jackson's sacrifice bunt. After a walk to Braedon Karpathios, Verdugo lofted a fly ball to left field and Ornelas slid under the catcher's tag for the decisive run. Michael Flynn picked up the save despite hitting the first batter he faced, striking out the next two batters and getting a game-ending groundout. San Antonio's first scoring inning came in the sixth, when the Missions pushed across two runs on a Jackson dribbler to third that went for a single and a throwing error. Tulsa had single runs in the fourth and seventh and the score sat 2-2 entering the 11th. Cedeño homered with zombie runner Francisco Acuna aboard to take a 4-2 edge. Ethan Salas went 2-for-5 with a stolen base. Ornelas scored twice. Cedeño finished with two hits and two runs, including the long ball. Starter Fernando Sanchez worked 4⅓ innings, scattering two hits and one earned run, walking two, and striking out six. Omar Cruz earned the win with two innings, allowing one earned run on a homer and striking out two. SA_0430.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas, C 5 0 2 0 0 2 Romeo Sanabria, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 Leandro Cedeño, DH 4 2 2 2 0 0 Tirso Ornelas, LF 4 2 0 0 1 0 Ryan Jackson, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 Braedon Karpathios, CF 4 0 0 0 1 1 Luis Verdugo, 3B 3 0 1 1 1 1 Carson Tucker, RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 Kai Roberts, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 Albert Fabian, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Francisco Acuna, PR-SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Fernando Sanchez 4 1/3 2 1 1 2 6 1 Johan Moreno 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Andrew Moore (BS, 1) 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 Francis Pena 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 Omar Cruz (W, 1-0) 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 Michael Flynn (S, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Carson Montgomery, Rosman Verdugo Carry TinCaps Past Cubs Rosman Verdugo's two-run home run in the fifth inning helped the Fort Wayne TinCaps cruise to a 6-1 road win over the South Bend Cubs. Verdugo connected with two outs that pushed the lead to 4-0. Fort Wayne built that early margin one run at a time before the fifth-inning blast. Carson Montgomery started and turned in five scoreless innings, holding the Cubs to three hits, walking nobody, and striking out four. Clark Candiotti followed with two perfect innings, striking out one. Igor Gil yielded the only South Bend run in the eighth on a solo home run, finishing the final two innings with one hit, three walks, and two strikeouts. Alex McCoy extended his on-base streak to 19 games, pacing the offense with three hits in four at-bats, including his first triple of the season. Zach Evans added two hits, including a double, plus a stolen base. FW_0430.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells, CF 5 0 1 0 0 3 Rosman Verdugo, 2B 3 1 1 3 0 0 Lamar King Jr., C 3 0 0 0 1 1 Alex McCoy, DH 4 1 3 0 0 1 Jake Cunningham, LF 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Costello, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 Kavares Tears, RF 4 0 0 0 0 4 Zach Evans, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 Jonathan Vastine, SS 4 1 1 0 0 2 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Carson Montgomery 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 Clark Candiotti 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Igor Gil 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 Lucas Giolito Gives Up 3 Runs, But Storm Pull Away Late George Bilecki singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Bryan Balzer struck out six in four scoreless innings of relief as the Lake Elsinore Storm finished with a flurry in a 9-3 win over the Ontario Tower Buzzers. The Storm drew 16 walks off six Ontario pitchers. San Diego Padres right-handed starter Lucas Giolito withstood a shaky first inning to pitch 4⅓ innings in his second start since signing with the Friars. Giolito was tagged by back-to-back doubles to open the game and a one-out sacrifice fly as the Tower Buzzers grabbed a quick 2-0 lead. Giolito settled in and yielded just one more hit until the fifth, where he gave up another double, an RBI fielder's choice and a single to the last batter he faced. Giolito threw 70 pitches (43 strikes), allowing three runs on five hits with a walk and six strikeouts. He is likely to pitch again Tuesday as the Storm's road trip continues against the Inland Empire 66ers. Luke Cantwell crushed a three-run home run in the fourth inning to put the Storm up 3-2. After Ontario tied it off Giolito in the fifth, the Storm pulled ahead on Bilecki's two-out single to first where no one covered the bag, scoring Justin DeCriscio. The Storm then poured on five runs in the ninth. Kerrington Cross walked and Jorge Quintana scored on another walk, Ryan Wideman drove in a run on a groundout, and Truitt Madonna doubled to plate two more. Madonna finished 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, and a stolen base. Quintana added two hits and two stolen bases. Bilecki reached base in all five plate appearances on two hits and three walks, scoring once and driving in two. Cantwell, in addition to homering, also walked twice and stole a base. LE_0430.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Conner Westenburg, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 Ryan Wideman, CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 Bradley Frye, 2B 5 0 0 0 1 3 Truitt Madonna, C 5 1 2 2 1 1 Justin DeCriscio, 3B 4 2 1 0 2 1 Luke Cantwell, 1B 2 1 1 3 2 0 Kerrington Cross, 1B 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jorge Quintana, DH 5 1 2 0 1 1 Jose Verdugo, SS 3 1 1 0 2 1 George Bilecki, RF 2 1 2 2 3 0 Qrey Lott, LF 3 1 0 1 2 1 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Lucas Giolito 4 1/3 5 3 3 1 6 0 Nick Falter 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Balzer (W, 3-0) 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 2-for-5, SB, 2 K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 2-for-5, BB, K, 2 SB Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 0-for-1, RBI Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, BB, K Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-4, BB, K Truitt Madonna: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K, SB Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 0-for-4, 4 K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: two IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K Bryan Balzer: four IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, W View full article

Samad Taylor's two homers and Alek Jacob's three-strikeout save delivered a 7-6 win by the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas over Albuquerque. Jake Cunningham's five RBIs, including a two-run homer, pushed the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps past South Bend 7-4. Victor Duarte's two-run shot and Rordy Mejia's 2⅔ scoreless innings carried the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm to a 4-3 win in Ontario. The Double-A San Antonio Missions fell 4-3 in Tulsa despite back-to-back homers from Leandro Cedeño and Tirso Ornelas. Padres Minor-League Transactions No roster moves Samad Taylor Goes Deep Twice, Triples In Chihuahuas' Victory The El Paso Chihuahuas built a five-run lead and then survived a late Albuquerque Isotopes rally to win 7-6. Samad Taylor powered the offense with a 3-for-5 night, with two home runs, a triple, four RBIs, and two runs scored. Jose Miranda finished 3-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Sung-Mun Song added two hits, two runs, and a double. The Chihuahuas pounced in the first. Sung-Mun Song singled with one out, Taylor crushed a two-run homer to right-center, and Jose Miranda capped the inning with an RBI single that brought home Nick Schnell. El Paso added a Song RBI double in the second, a Jase Bowen sacrifice fly in the fourth following a Jase Bowen triple, and another two-run Taylor blast in the sixth that pushed the lead to 7-3. The Isotopes finally broke through against starter JP Sears in the fifth. After a strikeout, five consecutive singles produced three runs and chased Sears from the game, still with the Chihuahuas leading 5-3. Yuki Matsui, nearing the end of his rehab assignment, surrendered two more in the sixth on two hits, a walk and a strikeout. Albuquerque trimmed it to one in the eighth on another sacrifice fly off Eli Villalobos. Sears, working 4⅓ innings, gave up seven hits and three earned runs while walking one and striking out five. Alek Jacob took over in the ninth, struck out three of the four hitters he faced, walked one, and locked down his second save. EP_0429.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen, CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 Sung-Mun Song, 3B 5 2 2 1 0 1 Samad Taylor, LF 5 2 3 4 0 1 Nick Schnell, RF 4 1 1 0 1 3 Mason McCoy, SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 Nate Mondou, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 Jose Miranda, DH 3 0 3 1 1 0 Clay Dungan, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Rodolfo Durán, C 4 1 1 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR JP Sears 4 1/3 7 3 3 1 5 0 Miguel Cienfuegos (W, 1-0) 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Yuki Matsui 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 Eli Villalobos (H, 2) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 Alek Jacob (S, 2) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Missions Drop Tight One In Tulsa As Drillers Rally The San Antonio Missions saw a 3-0 lead slip away in Tulsa, falling 4-3 to the Drillers after a tying solo home run in the fifth and a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh. Carson Tucker had a productive night with two doubles in four at-bats. Kai Murphy added two hits and a run scored. Romeo Sanabria reached three times with a hit, an RBI, and a walk. San Antonio struck first in the top of the first. Murphy had a leadoff double and scored on a Sanabria single. The Missions stayed quiet until the fourth, when Leandro Cedeño and Tirso Ornelas hit back-to-back solo home runs, Cedeño to center and Ornelas to right, opening a 3-0 cushion. It was the first of the season for Cedeño and the third for Ornelas. The Drillers answered in the bottom of the inning. Starter Victor Lizarraga gave up a two-run home run to cut the lead to one, then surrendered a tying solo blast in the fifth. Lizarraga went five innings, allowing two hits, three runs, all earned, on two walks and three strikeouts. San Antonio could not crack the Tulsa bullpen the rest of the way. In the bottom of the seventh, Sadrac Franco gave up an RBI double that put the Drillers ahead for good. The Missions had a chance to tie in the ninth as Albert Fabian was hit by a pitch with one out and went to third on Tucker's second double of the game. Ethan Salas, who had homered in three straight games, came off the bench to pinch-hit, but popped out to third. Braedon Karpathios also pinch-hit, flying out to center to end the game. SA_0429.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Murphy, CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 Romeo Sanabria, DH 3 0 1 1 1 1 Leandro Cedeño, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 Tirso Ornelas, RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 Ryan Jackson, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 Albert Fabian, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Kai Roberts, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carson Tucker, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 Francisco Acuna, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 Ethan Salas, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Sargent, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 Braedon Karpathios, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Victor Lizarraga 5 2 3 3 2 3 2 Sadrac Franco (L, 0-2) 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 2 0 Harry Gustin 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jake Cunningham Homers, Drives In 5 As TinCaps Outlast Cubs The Fort Wayne TinCaps weathered a four-run South Bend fourth inning and pulled away for a 7-4 win, behind a five-RBI performance from Jake Cunningham. Alex McCoy came around to score three times with two hits, including a double, and two stolen bases. Jack Costello reached three times and stole three bases. Rosman Verdugo went 2-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base. McCoy reached base in four of his five plate appearances and has an 18-game on-base streak and has a Midwest League-leading 10 doubles. Through three innings the contest was a stalemate. Then came the fourth. Verdugo, Lamar King Jr., and McCoy strung together three consecutive singles to load the bases, and Cunningham slashed a two-run single to right. Two batters later, Costello laced a two-RBI single to left to make it 4-0 Fort Wayne. The TinCaps' lead lasted barely a half-inning. Starter Isaiah Lowe gave up a single, a double, and a three-run homer to open the bottom of the fourth, then walked a batter and yielded another single before being lifted with runners at first and second. Braian Salazar entered and surrendered a sacrifice fly that tied the game on an inherited runner. Lowe was charged with all four runs over 3⅓ innings, allowing four hits and walking four with two strikeouts. Fort Wayne reclaimed the lead in the fifth on a Cunningham two-run homer to center, his fifth of the season, that scored McCoy. Cunningham added an RBI in the ninth on a sacrifice fly that brought home McCoy. The bullpen kept South Bend off the board the rest of the way. Salazar tossed 1⅔ scoreless innings to pick up the win, his second of the year. Kleiber Olmedo worked two perfect innings and Tucker Musgrove punched out one in a eighth. Clay Edmondson allowed one hit and struck out one to seal his third save. FW_0429.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells, CF 4 0 1 0 1 2 Rosman Verdugo, 2B 3 1 2 0 2 0 Lamar King Jr., C 5 1 2 0 0 1 Alex McCoy, LF 4 3 2 0 0 1 Jake Cunningham, RF 4 2 2 5 0 2 Carlos Rodriguez, DH 5 0 1 0 0 2 Zach Evans, 3B 4 0 0 0 1 0 Jack Costello, 1B 2 0 1 2 1 0 Dylan Grego, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Isaiah Lowe 3 1/3 4 4 4 4 2 1 Braian Salazar (W, 2-2) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Kleiber Olmedo (H, 3) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tucker Musgrove (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Clay Edmondson (S, 3) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Victor Duarte's Homer Sends Storm Past Tower Buzzers The Lake Elsinore Storm rallied from an early two-run hole to beat the host Ontario Tower Buzzers 4-3. Victor Duarte's two-run home run in the fifth put the Storm ahead, and the bullpen made the lead stand up. Justin DeCriscio finished 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run. Ryan Wideman went 2-for-5. Luke Cantwell added two hits, scored a run, and stole a base. George Bilecki, Qrey Lott, and Bradley Frye each added a stolen base. Ontario opened the scoring in the bottom of the third. Starter Jesus A. Castro walked three batters in the inning, including a bases-loaded walk, before being lifted. Rordy Mejia inherited the bases loaded with one out and limited the damage to a sacrifice fly, leaving the Storm down 2-0. Lake Elsinore came right back in the fourth as George Bilecki lined an RBI single to right and Lott followed with a sacrifice fly, knotting the score at two. The Storm took the lead an inning later. With two outs, DeCriscio doubled and Duarte hammered a two-run homer to center for a 4-2 advantage. Ontario answered with a solo home run in the sixth, but Lake Elsinore's bullpen kept the Tower Buzzers off the board the rest of the way. Vicarte Domingo pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit and a walk with a strikeout, for his second save. LE_0429.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman, CF 5 0 2 0 0 2 Bradley Frye, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 Justin DeCriscio, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 Victor Duarte, C 4 2 2 2 0 2 Luke Cantwell, 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 Truitt Madonna, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Quintana, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 George Bilecki, RF 3 0 1 1 1 2 Qrey Lott, DH 2 0 0 1 1 1 Conner Westenburg, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jesus A. Castro 2 1/3 3 2 2 4 2 0 Rordy Mejia (W, 1-1) 2 2/3 2 0 0 2 4 0 Carson Swilling (H, 3) 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 Vicarte Domingo (S, 2) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 0-for-1 Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 0-for-3, 2 K Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 2-for-5, 2 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 2-for-5, R, K Romeo Sanabria: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, K Truitt Madonna: 0-for-1 Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: DNP Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

Mason McCoy went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, and Griffin Canning fired five innings of one-run ball, as Triple-A El Paso routed the Albuquerque 16-2. Ethan Salas crushed a three-run homer, his third in as many games, in Double-A San Antonio's 17-7 loss. Alex McCoy homered for Fort Wayne in a 6-4 defeat at South Bend. Winyer Chourio struck out eight over five innings, but Lake Elsinore's bullpen succumbed late in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to Ontario. Padres Minor-League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas transferred C Colton Vincent to the Development List. San Diego Padres transferred RHP Jeremiah Estrada's rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas. Mason McCoy Homers, Chihuahuas Erupt In Rout Of Isotopes The El Paso Chihuahuas needed only one inning to take command in Albuquerque, then kept stomping the gas in a 16-2 victory over the Isotopes. The Chihuahuas set a season high for runs. Mason McCoy finished 4-for-4 with a homer, four RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk, while Nick Solak went 3-for-5 with four runs scored, two RBIs, a double, and a stolen base. Marcos Castañon added two hits, and Samad Taylor had a bases-loaded triple. Trailing 1-0, El Paso opened the second when Solak singled and moved up on a Pablo Reyes sacrifice bunt, before McCoy launched a two-run homer, his fifth of the season and fourth in the last five road games, to flip the lead. Castañon followed with a double, and the Chihuahuas were off. The decisive blow came in a six-run fourth as El Pason scored all of its runs with two outs. Solak and Rodolfo Durán were each hit by a pitch, McCoy walked, and Carlos Rodríguez drew a one-out bases-loaded walk to plate Solak. Jase Bowen poked an RBI single, and Taylor cleared the bases with a three-run triple. El Paso piled on five more in the ninth, capped by a Solak two-run double and a Reyes RBI triple. Griffin Canning, on a rehab assignment from the San Diego Padres following last year's Achilles injury, was sharp across five innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run while striking out four and walking one to earn the win. Jeremiah Estrada, who had his first rehab outing Friday for Low-A Lake Elsinore, made his second appearance with one walk and one strikeout in his lone inning. EP_0428.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 5 1 1 2 0 2 Samad Taylor 4 2 1 3 2 0 Sung-Mun Song 6 1 1 1 0 2 Nick Solak 5 4 3 2 0 1 Pablo Reyes 3 2 1 1 2 1 Rodolfo Durán 4 1 0 0 1 0 Mason McCoy 4 3 4 4 1 0 Marcos Castañon 4 0 2 0 1 1 Carlos Rodríguez 3 2 0 1 2 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Griffin Canning 5 3 1 0 1 4 0 Garrett Hawkins 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Jeremiah Estrada 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ethan Routzahn 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Justin Yeager 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Ethan Salas Hits HR In Third Straight Game, But Missions Fall Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, continued his power surge by homering in his third consecutive game, but the San Antonio Missions dropped a 17-7 decision to the Tulsa Drillers. Missions pitchers surrendered seven homers. Tulsa scored in the bottom of the first, then San Antonio answered in the second. Tirso Ornelas walked, Ryan Jackson singled him to second, and Luis Verdugo singled to load the bases before a wild pitch plated Ornelas and Francisco Acuna lifted a sacrifice fly that brought Jackson home. Tulsa countered with three in the bottom of the third to retake the lead 4-2. San Antonio's biggest swing came in the fourth as it scored four times. Braedon Karpathios singled to start the frame, Acuna singled one out later to put two on, and Kai Roberts doubled home Karpathios. Salas, batting leadoff, then crushed his third home run of the year, all in the last three games he has played, a three-run shot to right-center, to push the Missions in front 6-4. The lead held until Tulsa scored once in the fifth and four in the sixth to move ahead for good at 9-6. Each team scored once in the seventh, but the Driller put the game away with a seven-run eighth inning. Salas finished 2-for-5 with a homer, three RBIs, and a stolen base, while Karpathios went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored. The Missions left eight on base and struck out 14 times. Eric Yost, the starter, was tagged for five runs on four hits in 4⅓ innings with four walks and four strikeouts. Andrew Dalquist took the loss after allowing four runs in 1⅔ innings. SA_0428.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 5 1 2 3 0 2 Romeo Sanabria 4 1 0 0 1 1 Leandro Cedeño 5 0 2 0 0 2 Tirso Ornelas 2 1 0 0 3 0 Ryan Jackson 4 1 1 0 1 1 Braedon Karpathios 5 1 2 0 0 2 Luis Verdugo 4 0 2 0 0 1 Francisco Acuna 3 1 1 1 0 1 Kai Roberts 4 1 1 2 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Eric Yost 4 1/3 4 5 5 4 4 2 Andrew Dalquist 1 2/3 4 4 3 2 1 2 Josh Mallitz 1 2/3 5 7 7 3 1 2 Andrew Thurman 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 Alex McCoy Homers, But Fort Wayne Falls Late In South Bend The Fort Wayne TinCaps got a long ball from Alex McCoy and made a late charge, yet still dropped a 6-4 decision to South Bend. McCoy connected for his fifth homer of the year, a leadoff blast in the fourth that tied the game, 1-1. South Bend pulled back ahead with a run in the bottom of the fourth and added two more in the fifth to push the gap to 4-1. McCoy ended 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and two RBIs. Carlos Rodriguez had an RBI triple and Kasen Wells reached three times with a hit, two walks, scored a run, and had an RBI. Fort Wayne's most productive frame came in the eighth. Trailing 4-1, Wells walked with one out and Carlos Rodriguez drilled a two-out triple to right that brought Wells home. McCoy followed with a sharp double, his Midwest League-leading ninth two-bagger, to center, scoring Rodriguez to cut the deficit to 4-3. But South Bend tacked on two in the bottom half. In the ninth, Jake Cunningham was hit by a pitch, Jack Costello walked, and Lamar King Jr. was hit by a pitch to load the bases, before Wells worked a one-out bases-loaded walk to force home Cunningham, but the rally died on a strikeout and a groundout. Starter Maikel Miralles took the loss across four innings, allowing two runs on five hits with five walks and one strikeout. FW_0428.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells 3 1 1 1 2 1 Zach Evans 5 0 1 0 0 2 Carlos Rodriguez 5 1 1 1 0 0 Alex McCoy 4 1 2 2 0 0 Kavares Tears 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jake Cunningham 3 1 1 0 0 0 Jack Costello 2 0 1 0 2 0 Jonathan Vastine 3 0 0 0 0 1 Lamar King Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oswaldo Linares 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Maikel Miralles 4 5 2 2 5 1 0 Will Varmette 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 Matthew Watson 3 4 2 2 1 4 0 Winyer Chourio Dominates, But Lake Elsinore Falls In Extras Winyer Chourio carved up the Ontario lineup, yet the Lake Elsinore Storm came up short in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Tower Buzzers. Chourio worked five innings and allowed just one run on one hit, walking two and striking out eight to set the tone. After being held in check thanks in large part to rehabbing Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell, who struck out six and allowed one hit over three innings. The Storm finally broke through in the eighth. Trailing 2-1, pinch-hitter Luke Cantwell drew a walk, Qrey Lott entered to pinch-run, and Conner Westenburg reached on catcher's interference to put two aboard. Ryan Wideman grounded into a force out that pushed Lott to third, with Wideman then stealing second. Bradley Frye singled up the middle to plate Lott and Wideman, giving Lake Elsinore a 3-2 lead. The Storm threatened to add on after a Justin DeCriscio walk and a Victor Duarte hit by pitch, but Jorge Quintana flied out to strand the bases full. Ontario tied the game on a leadoff homer in the ninth and won it with two outs in the 10th. Joseph Herrera tossed two scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts. Westenburg led the offense with a 2-for-3 night, a double, two stolen bases, including a steal of home, while Frye drove in two. LE_0428.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 5 1 0 0 0 2 Bradley Frye 4 0 1 2 1 2 Truitt Madonna 5 0 0 0 0 5 Justin DeCriscio 4 0 1 0 1 0 Victor Duarte 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jorge Quintana 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jose Verdugo 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kerrington Cross 2 0 0 0 0 1 Luke Cantwell 0 0 0 0 1 0 Qrey Lott 0 1 0 0 0 0 Yoiber Ocopio 0 0 0 0 1 0 Conner Westenburg 3 1 2 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Winyer Chourio 5 1 1 1 2 8 0 Brandon Langley 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 Joseph Herrera 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 Will Koger 1 2/3 2 2 1 0 3 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, SB, 2 K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-4, 2 K Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 0-for-5, SB, 2 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-0, HBP Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-4, BB, K Truitt Madonna: 0-for-5, 5 K Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K Kavares Tears: 0-for-4, 2 K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

Samad Taylor had three hits, four RBIs, and a home run as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas beat Reno 9-5, with Jackson Wolf working five innings and Yuki Matsui adding two scoreless. Carson Tucker's tying 10th-inning triple wasn't enough as Double-A San Antonio fell 3-2 in 11, despite three scoreless innings from Ian Koenig. Wisconsin shut out High-A Fort Wayne 8-0, though Abraham Parra struck out seven. Carlos Medina led Low-A Lake Elsinore past Visalia 5-2 with three strikeouts as the Storm won their sixth straight. Chihuahuas Pound Out 11 Hits, Hold On To Beat Aces The El Paso Chihuahuas used an early flurry for a 9-5 home win over the Reno Aces, scoring eight of their nine runs across the first three innings. Samad Taylor led the 11-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and four RBIs. Nick Schnell scored three runs and drove in another. Jase Bowen added two hits, and Carlos Rodríguez and Nate Mondou each drove in a run. After Reno took an early 1-0 lead, El Paso answered in the bottom of the first when Rodríguez singled home Taylor, who had doubled, and Rodolfo Durán reached on a fielding error that allowed Nick Solak to score. Reno reclaimed the lead in the second, but Taylor responded with a three-run homer to left-center, scoring Schnell and Bowen for a 5-3 cushion. The Chihuahuas tacked on three more in the third, when Schnell reached on a fielder's choice that scored Durán, Bowen singled home Mason McCoy, and Taylor singled in Schnell to push the lead to 8-4. Starter Jackson Wolf worked five innings, allowing four hits, four runs (three earned), including a home run, while striking out three without issuing a walk. Eli Villalobos and Yuki Matsui combined for three scoreless relief innings with four strikeouts before Alek Jacob gave up a solo home run in the ninth. For Matsui, it was his longest outing during his rehab assignment, perhaps a signal his return to the Padres is close. The only thing he hasn't done is go back-to-back. EP_0426.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 4 1 2 1 1 0 Samad Taylor 5 2 3 4 0 0 Nick Solak 3 1 0 0 1 0 Nate Mondou 1 0 1 1 0 0 Jose Miranda 5 0 0 0 0 1 Carlos Rodríguez 4 0 1 1 0 0 Rodolfo Durán 4 1 1 0 0 0 Clay Dungan 4 0 1 0 0 0 Mason McCoy 4 1 1 0 0 1 Nick Schnell 3 3 1 1 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jackson Wolf 5 4 4 3 0 3 1 Eli Villalobos 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Yuki Matsui 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Alek Jacob 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 Missions Drop Extra-Innings Heartbreaker To Amarillo After a tight first nine innings, the San Antonio Missions lost a back-and-forth game 3-2 in 11 innings to Amarillo. Carson Tucker provided the offensive highlight with a tying triple leading off the bottom of the 10th to score the zombie runner, but the Missions were unable to bring him home despite loading the bases on a pair of walks. Romeo Sanabria worked three walks, Tirso Ornelas scored a run and doubled, and Chris Sargent added a single. San Antonio scored its first run in the second when Ornelas doubled with one out, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Braedon Karpathios sacrifice fly. The score held until the eighth, when Amarillo tied it on a solo home run off reliever Michael Flynn. In the 10th, Amarillo plated its zombie runner on a sacrifice fly. In the 11th, Amarillo's zombie runner went to third on a fielder's choice and then thrown out at the plate on a grounder to second baseman Francisco Acuna. With runners at first and second, Missions reliever Francis Pena got a fly ball for the second out, but the next batter doubled for the go-ahead run, with the second runner thrown out at the plate. Right-hander Ian Koenig opened with three scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk while striking out three. SA_0426.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts 4 0 0 0 0 3 Ryan Jackson 4 0 0 0 1 1 Romeo Sanabria 2 0 0 0 3 0 Leandro Cedeño 5 0 1 0 0 1 Kai Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tirso Ornelas 5 1 1 0 0 1 Francisco Acuna 3 0 0 0 1 3 Albert Fabian 1 0 0 0 0 0 Braedon Karpathios 4 1 0 1 0 0 Carson Tucker 3 0 1 1 1 2 Chris Sargent 4 0 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ian Koenig 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 Omar Cruz 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 Sadrac Franco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Flynn 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 Harry Gustin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Francis Peña 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 TinCaps Shut Out At Home By Wisconsin The Fort Wayne TinCaps were shut out at home 8-0 by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, who pounded out three home runs. The TinCaps managed only five hits and three walks and struck out 13 times. Jake Cunningham, Jack Costello, and Lamar King Jr. each contributed a hit, with Cunningham and Costello getting doubles. Kasen Wells went 1-for-3 with a walk. Wisconsin took control in the third inning. With the game tied 0-0, the Timber Rattlers ripped a solo home run, then drew two walks before stringing together back-to-back doubles that drove in two more runs to make it 3-0. They tacked on another run in the fifth on a single, manufactured a fifth run in the sixth, and pulled away with a two-homer outburst in the seventh that pushed the score to 7-0. A run in the ninth completed the scoring. Right-hander Abraham Parra struck out seven, but unable to limit the damage, working 4⅔ innings. He allowed four hits, four runs (three earned), two walks, and one home run. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jake Cunningham 4 0 1 0 0 0 Kasen Wells 3 0 1 0 1 0 Carlos Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 1 1 Lamar King Jr. 4 0 1 0 0 1 Zach Evans 4 0 1 0 0 1 Rosman Verdugo 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Costello 3 0 1 0 0 0 Kavares Tears 2 0 0 0 1 0 Dylan Grego 3 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Abraham Parra 4 2/3 4 4 3 2 7 1 Bernard Jose 1 1/3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Will Varmette 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Luis Germán 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 Storm Roll Sweep 6 From Visalia Behind Frye, Quintana The Lake Elsinore Storm capped a six-game sweep of the visiting Visalia Rawhide with a 5-2 win, getting a productive night from the top of the order and timely contributions through the lineup. Jose Verdugo had two hits with an RBI and a stolen base. Bradley Frye tripled and drove in two runs. Jorge Quintana hit his first home run of the year. Qrey Lott contributed a double and an RBI, and Ryan Wideman went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and a run scored. After Visalia opened with a solo home run in the second, Quintana evened the score in the home half with a solo shot to center. The Storm broke the game open in the third inning. Yoiber Ocopio walked, came around to score on a Qrey Lott double. One out later, Lott scored on Bradley Frye's triple, and Frye in turn came home on a Jose Verdugo bunt that pushed Lake Elsinore in front 4-1. The Storm added an insurance run in the eighth when Frye's sacrifice fly brought home Wideman. Right-hander Carlos Medina turned in four innings, giving up two hits, one run and a walk while striking out three. Javier Chacon followed with two scoreless innings, Daichi Moriki struck out two in a scoreless inning, Sean Barnett yielded a run in the eighth, and Vicarte Domingo closed the night with a scoreless ninth. LE_0426.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 3 1 1 0 0 0 Bradley Frye 3 1 1 2 0 2 Jose Verdugo 3 0 2 1 0 1 Justin DeCriscio 4 0 0 0 0 0 Victor Duarte 3 0 0 0 1 0 Jorge Quintana 3 1 1 1 0 1 George Bilecki 3 0 0 0 0 2 Yoiber Ocopio 2 1 0 0 1 0 Qrey Lott 3 1 1 1 0 0 Conner Westenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carlos Medina 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 Javier Chacon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Daichi Moriki 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sean Barnett 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Vicarte Domingo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Padres Minor-League Transactions San Antonio Missions activated RHP Ian Koenig from the 7-day injured list. Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: DNP Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, K Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 1-for-3, R, 2 SB Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-4, K Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-2, 3 BB Truitt Madonna: DNP Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 0-for-2, BB Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, BB, K Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

The San Diego Padres' minor-league affiliates split four games. High-A Fort Wayne edged Wisconsin 2-1 behind five scoreless innings and eight strikeouts from Jamie Hitt. Low-A Lake Elsinore rallied for six runs in the sixth to top Visalia 6-5 as Lucas Giolito made his first start. Ethan Salas homered and doubled, but Double-A San Antonio fell 5-4 in 10 innings to Amarillo. Jase Bowen homered for Triple-A El Paso, which dropped an 8-2 decision to Reno after a six-run sixth. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Diego Padres recalled IF Sung-Mun Song from El Paso Chihuahuas. El Paso Chihuahuas activated LHP Marco Gonzales from the 7-day injured list. LHP Omar Cruz assigned to San Antonio Missions from El Paso Chihuahuas. Chihuahuas Fall To Reno On 6-Run Sixth Inning The El Paso Chihuahuas dropped an 8-2 decision to the visiting Reno Aces, undone by a six-run sixth inning. Marco Gonzales opened with two scoreless innings, allowing two hits, no runs, no walks, and two strikeouts. Sean Boyle followed with three-plus innings of relief and was tagged with the loss after surrendering five runs on three hits, three walks, and four strikeouts. El Paso scored in the bottom of the first when Samad Taylor walked, advanced on a Pablo Reyes single, and scored on a Nick Solak base hit to center. Reno tied it in the fifth on a two-run double, then broke the game open in the sixth. Two singles and a hit by pitch loaded the bases, a two-run single brought home the go-ahead runs, a two-run single off Gillaspie made it 6-1, and a two-run double pushed the lead to 8-1. Leading off the eighth, Jase Bowen launched a solo home run, his team-leading seventh of the season, for the Chihuahuas' only other run. Solak added a multi-hit night with two singles and an RBI. EP_0425.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 4 1 1 1 0 1 Samad Taylor 3 1 0 0 1 0 Pablo Reyes 4 0 1 0 0 0 Jose Miranda 4 0 1 0 0 1 Nick Solak 4 0 2 1 0 1 Rodolfo Duran 3 0 0 0 1 2 Mason McCoy 4 0 1 0 0 1 Marcos Castanon 4 0 0 0 0 1 Anthony Vilar 3 0 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Marco Gonzales 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 Sean Boyle (L) 3 3 5 5 3 4 0 Logan Gillaspie 2 4 3 2 0 2 0 Misael Tamarez 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Salas Homers As Part of 3-Hit Night, But Missions Fall In 10 The San Antonio Missions came up short in 10 innings, losing 5-4 to the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles despite a three-hit, three-RBI performance from Ethan Salas. Starter Jagger Haynes turned in five innings of two-run baseball, scattering four hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Amarillo jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on a two-run double off Haynes. Salas tied the game in the third with a two-run home run, his second of the season and coming on back-to-back nights. Albert Fabian's solo shot in the seventh, his second of the season, trimmed Amarillo's lead to one, but the Sod Poodles answered in the top of the seventh with an RBI double and a run-scoring single. Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Murphy singled with one out and Salas roped a game-tying double to score him. In the 10th, Amarillo plated the zombie runner on a double, and the Missions stranded a runner in the bottom half when Tirso Ornelas was intentionally walked and Luis Verdugo struck out swinging to end it. SA_0425.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 4 1 2 3 1 0 Francisco Acuna 5 0 0 0 0 3 Romeo Sanabria 4 0 0 0 1 3 Leandro Cedeno 5 0 1 0 0 2 Tirso Ornelas 4 0 1 0 1 1 Braedon Karpathios 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Verdugo 4 0 1 0 1 3 Ryan Jackson 3 0 0 0 1 0 Albert Fabian 4 1 1 1 0 0 Kai Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kai Murphy 4 2 3 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jagger Haynes 5 4 2 2 3 6 0 Andrew Dalquist 1 2/3 2 2 2 2 3 0 Johan Moreno 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 Andrew Moore (L) 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 Hitt's Eight-Strikeout Gem Lifts TinCaps Past Wisconsin Jamie Hitt was outstanding for the Fort Wayne TinCaps, striking out eight over five scoreless innings on two hits and no walks as Fort Wayne edged the visiting Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2-1. Clark Candiotti added two scoreless innings of relief on one hit, and Braian Salazar earned the win with two innings of one-run ball, one walk, two strikeouts, and a solo home run allowed. The TinCaps broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth. Oswaldo Linares drew a one-out walk, Jake Cunningham singled to right, and Kasen Wells put down a squeeze bunt to score Linares for a 1-0 lead. After Lamar King Jr. was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Alex McCoy struck out, Rosman Verdugo coaxed a bases-loaded walk to bring in Cunningham and make it 2-0. Wisconsin pulled within one in the ninth on a solo home run off Salazar. Salazar walked the next batter, then retired the next two and stranded the tying run. McCoy's hitting streak ended at 15 games as he went 0-for-3. Wells had two of Fort Wayne's four hits. FW_0425.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jake Cunningham 4 1 1 0 0 1 Kasen Wells 4 0 2 1 0 2 Lamar King Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 2 Alex McCoy 3 0 0 0 1 1 Rosman Verdugo 3 0 0 1 1 0 Zach Evans 3 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Costello 3 0 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Vastine 3 0 0 0 0 2 Oswaldo Linares 2 1 0 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jamie Hitt 5 2 0 0 0 8 0 Clark Candiotti 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Braian Salazar (W) 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 Giolito Strikes Out 4 In Debut, Leaves With Minor Injury In Storm Triumph Right-handed starter Lucas Giolito made his first start since signing a one-year, $3 million contract with the Padres a few days ago as he works to get into game shape as the Lake Elsinore Storm rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Visalia Rawhide. The Storm won despite having only three hits as they drew eight walks. Giolito looked a little rusty, with his command not sharp and left after 63 pitches, sustaining a minor injury to his pitching hand. Giolito allowed two runs on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 2⅔ innings. He threw 40 strikes and faced 13 batters. Both of the hits Gioito allowed were doubles, one an opposite-field groundball just inside the first-base bag and the other the only hard hit off him, an RBI double rocketed off the wall in right-center. The final batter he faced hit a liner back at Giolito that he put his right hand up to try and catch the ball, but it whizzed past his had for an RBI groundout. While he did not have a publicized pitch count, the manager came out to get him without checking him for an injury. He flexed his right hand and his thumb in particular as the manager made his way to the mound. Giolito threw 19 pitches in the first inning, 29 in the second and 15 in the third. Meanwhile, the Storm trailed 3-0 entering the sixth, then sent nine batters to the plate and scored six runs. Lucas Giolito drew the start on a rehab assignment and allowed two runs over 2 2/3 innings on two hits, three walks, and four strikeouts. Rordy Mejia followed with 1 1/3 hitless innings and two strikeouts. Tyler Schmitt earned the win despite a rocky three innings of three-run ball on four hits, five walks, and two strikeouts, and Nick Falter retired all six batters he faced over two perfect innings to nail down his first save. The sixth-inning rally began with one-out walks to Ryan Wideman and Jose Verdugo, followed by a Truitt Madonna hit by pitch to load the bases. Justin DeCriscio singled to left to plate Wideman and Verdugo, cutting the deficit to 3-2. Luke Cantwell walked to reload the bases and, after an out, a balk was called to tie the game 3-3 and Yoiber Ocopio walked to load the bases again. George Bilecki cleared the bases with a three-run double for a 6-3 lead, but he was thrown out trying for a triple. Visalia chipped away with a run in the seventh and added another in the eighth, but Nick Falter slammed the door. LE1_0425.mp4 LE2_0425.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 2 1 0 0 2 0 Jose Verdugo 3 1 0 0 1 0 Truitt Madonna 3 1 0 0 0 2 Justin DeCriscio 4 1 1 2 0 1 Luke Cantwell 3 1 0 0 1 2 Kerrington Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Quintana 3 0 1 0 0 1 Yoiber Ocopio 1 1 0 0 2 1 George Bilecki 2 0 1 3 1 0 Conner Westenburg 2 0 0 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Lucas Giolito 2 2/3 2 2 2 3 4 0 Rordy Mejia 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tyler Schmitt (W) 3 4 3 3 5 2 0 Nick Falter (S) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-3, K Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB Jagger Haynes: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, 2 K Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-4, BB, 3 K Truitt Madonna: 0-for-3, R, 2 K Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: DNP Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

A late rally lifted Low-A Lake Elsinore past Visalia 12-8, while Triple-A El Paso, Double-A San Antonio, and High-A Fort Wayne all fell. Ethan Salas crushed his first homer of the season for the Missions, Luke Cantwell drove in three for the Storm, and Nate Mondou launched a triple and a home run for the Chihuahuas. Padres Minor-League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas activated C Colton Vincent from the Development List. San Diego Padres sent RHP Jeremiah Estrada on a rehab assignment to Lake Elsinore Storm. Chihuahuas Fall To Reno In 10 Innings El Paso built a 4-0 lead through five innings before Reno scored seven of the next eleven runs to claim a 7-6 win in 10 innings. Pablo Reyes finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base for the Chihuahuas, while Nate Mondou went 3-for-4 with a triple, a home run, and two runs scored. Starter Evan Fitterer set the tone with four scoreless innings, allowing two hits, walking none, and striking out four on 49 pitches. Leadoff man Clay Dungan walked, stole a base, and scored on Reyes' first-inning bunt single. Dungan plated Mondou on a fielder's choice grounder in the second, and Mondou launched a solo homer in the fourth to push the lead to 3-0. Reyes added an RBI double in the fifth. Reno scratched a sixth-inning run on a triple before erupting for five in the eighth. The frame was extended by a throwing error from Dungan and produced a sacrifice fly, an RBI single, a two-run homer, and another El Paso fielding miscue. None of the runs were earned, leaving reliever Garrett Hawkins responsible for five unearned runs in two-thirds of an inning. Nick Schnell answered with his fifth home run in the bottom of the eighth, and Mason McCoy lined a single in the ninth that scored Schnell to force extras. With the zombie runner in scoring position to start the 10th, Reno bunted him to third and went ahead on yet another El Paso throwing error. EP_0424.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Clay Dungan 4 1 1 1 2 2 Jase Bowen 6 0 0 0 0 2 Carlos Rodríguez 6 0 0 0 0 2 Jose Miranda 4 1 1 0 0 1 Pablo Reyes 4 0 3 2 0 0 Nick Schnell 4 2 1 1 1 0 Marcos Castañon 4 0 1 0 0 0 Samad Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Mondou 4 2 3 1 0 0 Mason McCoy 1 0 1 1 0 0 Rodolfo Durán 3 0 1 0 0 0 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Evan Fitterer 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 Triston McKenzie 2 1/3 2 1 1 2 3 0 Miguel Cienfuegos 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Garrett Hawkins 2/3 3 5 0 1 1 1 Justin Yeager 2 1/3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Salas Homers In Missions' Comeback, But Amarillo Wins San Antonio twice rallied from deficits but came up a run short in an 8-7 loss to Amarillo. After spotting the Sod Poodles a 2-0 lead in the third, the Missions answered with two in the fourth. Leadoff man Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, crushed his first homer of the season to right-center, and Tirso Ornelas' sacrifice fly scored Ryan Jackson to even the score. Jackson's popup single in the fifth plated Kai Roberts to give San Antonio its first lead. Amarillo tied it in the sixth, but Ornelas drove home Romeo Sanabria with a single in the bottom half to put the Missions back in front 4-3. Salas finished 2-for-3 with the home run, two walks, two RBIs, and two runs scored. Ornelas was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Jackson collected three hits and stole a base. Starter Fernando Sanchez logged three innings, allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Andrew Thurman followed with 2⅔ innings of one-run ball before Josh Mallitz was tagged for four runs in 1⅓ frames during a four-run Amarillo seventh that featured a pair of doubles and a triple. Down 7-4 in the home half of the seventh, the Missions rallied. Salas singled to score Roberts. Sanabria grounded out to plate Salas. Ornelas followed with his third RBI of the day, lining a single that scored Jackson and tied the game at 7-7. Amarillo scored in the top of the ninth on a leadoff double and a one-out single. SA_0424.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 3 2 2 2 2 0 Ryan Jackson 5 2 3 1 0 0 Romeo Sanabria 3 1 0 1 1 1 Tirso Ornelas 3 0 2 3 0 0 Francisco Acuna 4 0 1 0 0 2 Braedon Karpathios 3 0 0 0 1 0 Luis Verdugo 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kai Roberts 4 2 2 0 0 2 Chris Sargent 3 0 0 0 0 2 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Fernando Sanchez 3 3 2 2 3 4 0 Andrew Thurman 2 2/3 3 1 1 1 1 0 Josh Mallitz 1 1/3 5 4 4 1 1 0 Harry Gustin 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 TinCaps Done In By Wisconsin's 6-Run Eighth Wisconsin pulled away with a six-run eighth and dropped Fort Wayne 11-3. Starter Kash Mayfield, Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect, pitched four innings in defeat, charged with three runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts on 72 pitches. In his first three starts this season, Mayfield allowed one hit in 12 scoreless innings with 16 strikeouts. The lone damage against him was a three-run homer in the fourth that broke open a scoreless game. Cleanup hitter Alex McCoy responded immediately with his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot to left field that scored Carlos Rodriguez and pulled Fort Wayne within 3-2. That homer also extended McCoy's hitting streak to 15 games, the longest in TinCaps history since Fernando Tatis Jr.'s 15-game run in 2017. The TinCaps could not get back to even. Wisconsin tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth, then scored six runs in the eighth to blow it open. McCoy went 2-for-4 with a double, the home run, and three RBIs. Carlos Rodriguez chipped in two doubles and a walk. FW_0424.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells 4 0 0 0 0 1 Rosman Verdugo 3 1 1 0 0 0 Carlos Rodriguez 3 1 2 0 1 0 Alex McCoy 4 1 2 3 0 1 Lamar King Jr. 4 0 1 0 0 2 Kavares Tears 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jake Cunningham 4 0 1 0 0 1 Dylan Grego 4 0 0 0 0 2 Oswaldo Linares 3 0 0 0 1 2 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Kash Mayfield 4 3 3 3 2 3 1 Tucker Musgrove 2/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Igor Gil 1 1/3 1 1 1 3 3 0 C.J. Widger 1 1/3 5 6 6 1 0 0 Clay Edmondson 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Storm Rally Past Visalia Behind 5-Run Seventh Lake Elsinore overcame an 8-4 deficit, scoring eight unanswered runs, including five in the seventh, to take down Visalia 12-8. Visalia committed seven errors. Luke Cantwell finished 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Ryan Wideman went 2-for-5 with a triple, two runs, and a stolen base. Justin DeCriscio drove in two runs and scored three times. Starter Kruz Schoolcraft was tagged for four runs, three earned, on seven hits across three innings, walking two and striking out three on 51 pitches. The lefty exited after Visalia took an 8-4 lead, with the Rawhide picking up two more runs apiece against Joseph Herrera and Brandon Langley. Lake Elsinore stayed close. Cantwell and Conner Westenburg laced RBI doubles in the fourth, and Victor Duarte's run-scoring single in the fifth cut the lead to 8-5. The Storm stormed back in the seventh. Wideman tripled to start the rally and Bradley Frye singled him home. A wild pitch later scored Frye, and Truitt Madonna scored on a throwing error during a double steal. DeCriscio drew a walk in between, and Cantwell capped the five-run inning with a two-run double that gave Lake Elsinore a 10-8 lead. The Storm tacked on two in the eighth on a DeCriscio sacrifice bunt that scored Frye and a Duarte RBI single that brought Madonna home. Jeremiah Estrada, in his first rehab appearance from the Padres, earned the win with a perfect seventh. LE_0424.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 5 2 2 0 0 2 Bradley Frye 4 2 2 1 0 2 Jose Verdugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Truitt Madonna 5 2 1 0 0 0 Justin DeCriscio 2 3 1 2 1 0 Victor Duarte 3 1 2 2 1 0 Qrey Lott 3 1 0 0 1 1 George Bilecki 1 0 0 0 0 1 Luke Cantwell 4 1 2 3 0 0 Kerrington Cross 4 0 0 0 0 1 Conner Westenburg 4 0 1 1 0 2 Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Kruz Schoolcraft 3 7 4 3 2 3 0 Joseph Herrera 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 Brandon Langley 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 Jeremiah Estrada 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carson Swilling 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Will Koger 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: 4 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, HR (L) Ethan Salas: 2-for-3, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 2 R Kruz Schoolcraft: 3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: DNP Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 2-for-5, 3B, 2 R, SB, 2 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-4, 2 K Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-3, BB, R, RBI, K Truitt Madonna: 1-for-5, 2 R, SB Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: ⅔ IP, 5 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, K, HR (BS) Kavares Tears: 0-for-4, K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

JP Sears earned the win for Triple-A El Paso, throwing six innings in an 8-5 victory. Ryan Wideman went 2-for-3 with four steals and Bradley Frye hit a two-run homer for Low-A Lake Elsinore in a 13-6 rout. High-A Fort Wayne fell 9-7 despite Carlos Rodriguez's three-run homer. Double-A San Antonio dropped a 7-5 decision. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Antonio Missions activated RHP Josh Mallitz from the 7-day injured list. San Antonio Missions transferred LHP Luis Gutierrez 7-Day IL to 60-Day IL. Lake Elsinore Storm placed 3B Kale Fountain on the 7-day injured list. OF Qrey Lott assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres. Chihuahuas Erupt For 5 In First, Hold On to Beat Aces The El Paso Chihuahuas jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 win over the visiting Reno Aces on Thursday. El Paso scored five runs in the bottom of the first, with Jose Miranda reaching on a throwing error that plated a pair of runs, Carlos Rodríguez bringing in another with a single, and Mason McCoy capping the rally with a two-run ground-rule double. Jase Bowen pushed the lead to 6-0 with a solo home run in the second, his team-leading sixth blast of the year. Samad Taylor paced the offense by going 3-for-3, with a double, a walk, and two runs scored out of the designated hitter spot. Bowen finished 2-for-5 with the homer and two runs scored. McCoy drove in two. Rodolfo Durán reached twice on a single and a walk. JP Sears earned the win, moving to 2-1 on the year. Sears worked six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out one. He gave up two home runs in a four-run Reno fourth that trimmed the margin to 6-4. Ethan Routzahn closed the door in the ninth for his second save. EP_0423.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 5 2 2 1 0 3 Samad Taylor 3 2 3 0 1 0 Pablo Reyes 4 1 1 0 0 2 Jose Miranda 3 1 0 2 0 0 Nick Solak 4 0 1 1 0 1 Clay Dungan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rodolfo Durán 3 1 1 0 1 1 Carlos Rodríguez 4 1 1 1 0 2 Mason McCoy 4 0 1 2 0 0 Nick Schnell 4 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR JP Sears (W) 6 7 4 4 1 1 2 Yuki Matsui 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 Eli Villalobos 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ethan Routzahn (S) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Missions' Comeback Falls Short In Loss To Sod Poodles The San Antonio Missions rallied to tie the game but could not grab the lead, falling 7-5 to the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles. Leandro Cedeño led the offense with a 2-for-5 night from the DH spot, collecting a triple, a double, and an RBI. Romeo Sanabria went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk from the cleanup spot. Ethan Salas added two hits. The Missions opened the scoring when Braedon Karpathios drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the first to plate Salas. Amarillo answered with four runs in the second, and San Antonio responded with two runs in the third on a Tirso Ornelas sacrifice fly and a Ryan Jackson RBI single. The Missions pulled even at 5-5 in the fifth on Cedeño's RBI triple and a Karpathios RBI double, but Amarillo plated two more in the sixth on a fielder's choice aided by a throwing error. Starter Miguel Mendez didn't make it past the second inning. He allowed four runs on six hits. SA_0423.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 5 1 2 0 0 1 Francisco Acuna 4 0 0 0 0 0 Romeo Sanabria 4 2 2 0 1 1 Leandro Cedeño 5 2 2 1 0 1 Tirso Ornelas 2 0 0 1 1 2 Braedon Karpathios 3 0 1 2 1 1 Ryan Jackson 4 0 1 1 0 2 Luis Verdugo 4 0 0 0 0 1 Albert Fabian 4 0 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Manuel Castro 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Miguel Mendez 2 6 4 4 0 1 0 Francis Peña 2 1/3 4 1 1 1 2 0 Michael Flynn (L) 1 2/3 4 2 0 1 3 0 Sadrac Franco 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 TinCaps' Seventh-Inning Homers Not Enough Against Timber Rattlers The Fort Wayne TinCaps came up just short in their comeback bid, falling 9-7 to the visiting Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Wisconsin carried a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh before Fort Wayne answered with five runs of its own, but the Timber Rattlers tacked on an insurance run in the ninth to close out the win. Carlos Rodriguez powered the offense with a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh that brought Fort Wayne within 8-7. Oswaldo Linares homered earlier in the inning with a two-run shot, finishing 2-for-3 with a walk and a double. Kavares Tears went 2-for-5 with an RBI double. Rosman Verdugo contributed two hits out of the DH spot. Alex McCoy extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest since the TinCaps became a High-A team in 2021 and the long since Xavier Edwards' 14 in 2019. Carson Montgomery got the start for Fort Wayne, tossing four innings and allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and two strikeouts. He surrendered one home run. Kleiber Olmedo was charged with the loss after giving up three earned runs in 1⅔ innings of relief. FW_0423.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jake Cunningham 4 1 1 1 1 1 Zach Evans 3 1 0 0 2 1 Carlos Rodriguez 5 1 1 3 0 1 Alex McCoy 5 1 1 0 0 4 Kavares Tears 5 0 2 1 0 2 Rosman Verdugo 4 0 2 0 0 2 Kasen Wells 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Costello 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jonathan Vastine 4 2 1 0 0 1 Oswaldo Linares 3 1 2 2 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carson Montgomery 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 Bernard Jose 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 Luis Germán 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 2 Kleiber Olmedo (L) 1 2/3 3 3 3 0 3 1 Will Varmette 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 Wideman Swipes Four Bases, Frye Homers In Storm Rout The Lake Elsinore Storm routed the visiting Visalia Rawhide 13-6, piling up 12 hits and seven walks in a wire-to-wire victory. Ryan Wideman had a monster night from the leadoff spot, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs, two walks, a double, and four stolen bases. Bradley Frye finished 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, two RBIs, and a walk. Kerrington Cross reached base three times, with a triple, two walks, three runs scored and an RBI. Justin DeCriscio drove in two with a single in the seventh, going 2-for-5 with a double from the cleanup spot. The Storm plated five runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by Frye's two-run home run, Kerrington Cross had an RBI triple and two throwing errors allowed two runs to score. Starter Bryan Balzer worked four innings, allowing four runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Javier Chacon earned the win in relief, firing three hitless innings and striking out four while walking two to improve to 2-0. Vicarte Domingo added 1⅓ scoreless innings with three strikeouts. LE_0423.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 3 2 2 2 2 0 Bradley Frye 3 2 1 2 1 0 Truitt Madonna 4 2 1 1 0 1 Justin DeCriscio 5 0 2 2 0 0 Jose Verdugo 5 0 1 0 0 0 Luke Cantwell 3 1 0 0 1 1 Yoiber Ocopio 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kerrington Cross 3 3 1 1 2 1 George Bilecki 3 1 0 0 1 2 Qrey Lott 1 0 1 0 0 0 Conner Westenburg 4 2 2 1 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryan Balzer 4 5 4 4 2 3 0 Javier Chacon (W) 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 Sean Barnett 2/3 1 2 2 3 0 0 Vicarte Domingo 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 2-for-5, R, K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: 2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, K Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: DNP Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 SB Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: DNP Romeo Sanabria: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB, K Truitt Madonna: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, K Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: 2⅓ IP, 4 H, R, ER, BB, 2 K Bryan Balzer: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K View full article

Nick Schnell's two-run walk-off homer in the 10th lifted Triple-A El Paso past Reno 13-11. Victor Lizarraga's six-strikeout, four-inning start backed Double-A San Antonio's 3-2 doubleheader-opening win on Tirso Ornelas' homer, but the Missions dropped the nightcap 2-1. High-A Fort Wayne fell 9-3 to Wisconsin. Jose Verdugo drove in two runs to cap a three-run ninth inning in Low-A Lake Elsinore's walk-off win, beating Visalia 8-7. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Antonio Missions placed LHP Luis Gutierrez on the 7-day injured list. San Diego Padres optioned RHP Lucas Giolito to Lake Elsinore Storm. Schnell's 10th-Inning Walk-Off Caps Wild Chihuahuas Win Nick Schnell hit a two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the El Paso Chihuahuas survived a furious eighth-inning rally to beat the Reno Aces 13-11. It was Schnell's second homer of the game, finishing 3-for-6. Clay Dungan went 4-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored, and Carlos Rodríguez added three hits and two RBIs from the two-hole. Nate Mondou hit a two-run home run in the sixth that pushed an El Paso lead to 11-4. Leadoff hitter Samad Taylor opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first. The Chihuahuas led 11-4 after the sixth, but the Aces scored once in the seventh and six times in the eighth. Starter Griffin Canning, making his four rehab appearance, lasted 1⅔ innings, allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and no strikeouts. Alek Jacob earned the win after 2⅓ innings of one-run ball with two strikeouts. EP_0422.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Samad Taylor 5 2 2 2 1 1 Carlos Rodríguez 6 0 3 2 0 1 Sung-Mun Song 5 1 3 1 1 0 Marcos Castañon 6 1 2 0 0 2 Nate Mondou 6 1 1 3 0 1 Jase Bowen 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nick Schnell 6 2 3 3 0 0 Mason McCoy 4 1 2 0 0 2 Clay Dungan 5 2 4 1 0 0 Anthony Vilar 2 2 0 1 3 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Griffin Canning 1 2/3 3 2 2 2 0 0 Misael Tamarez 2 1/3 2 1 1 2 3 0 Yuki Matsui 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 Logan Gillaspie 2 1/3 2 1 1 0 4 0 Justin Yeager 2/3 3 5 5 2 0 1 Alek Jacob (W) 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Missions Split Doubleheader In Pair Of Tight Games Tirso Ornelas hit a two-run homer and also robbed a homer as the San Antonio Missions opened a doubleheader with a 3-2 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles. The Missions dropped the nightcap 2-1. Kai Roberts and Ethan Salas had back-to-back doubles in the third to tie the game 1-1 and Ornelas homered in the fourth to put El Paso up 3-1. Braedon Karpathios drew two walks and stole a base. Starter Victor Lizarraga turned in a strong outing, working four innings while allowing one run on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts. Harry Gustin worked the fifth and earned the win despite allowing a run that cut the lead to 3-2. Johan Moreno went the final two innings, allowing no hits while walking one and striking out one to lock down his first save. In the second game, the Missions managed only six hits and lost despite limiting the Sod Poodles to three hits. Starter Eric Yost took the loss after working four innings, allowing one earned run on three hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Amarillo scored runs in the second and fifth innings. Leandro Cedeño led the offense with a 2-for-2 day plus a walk, and Karpathios went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Carson Tucker drove in San Antonio's only run with a single to right in the bottom of the seventh that scored Karpathios. SA_0422.mp4 FIRST GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 3 0 1 1 0 0 Francisco Acuna 3 0 1 0 0 2 Romeo Sanabria 3 0 0 0 0 0 Leandro Cedeño 2 1 0 0 1 1 Tirso Ornelas 3 1 1 2 0 1 Braedon Karpathios 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ryan Jackson 3 0 1 0 0 1 Carson Tucker 3 0 0 0 0 1 Kai Roberts 2 1 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Victor Lizarraga 4 4 1 1 4 6 0 Harry Gustin (W) 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 Johan Moreno (S) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 SECOND GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Murphy 4 0 0 0 0 2 Francisco Acuna 3 0 0 0 0 1 Romeo Sanabria 3 0 0 0 0 3 Leandro Cedeño 2 0 2 0 1 0 Kai Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jackson 3 0 1 0 0 0 Braedon Karpathios 3 1 2 0 0 0 Albert Fabian 3 0 0 0 0 1 Carson Tucker 3 0 1 1 0 2 Chris Sargent 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ethan Salas 1 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Eric Yost (L) 4 3 1 1 3 6 0 Andrew Moore 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 Andrew Dalquist 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Rodriguez Homers But TinCaps Fall To Wisconsin The Fort Wayne TinCaps were beaten 9-3 by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The game ended with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning due to a medical emergency in the Timber Rattlers' dugout. Alex McCoy plated Zach Evans with an infield single in the first to give Fort Wayne an early 1-0 lead. That extended his Midwest League-leading hitting streak to 13 games, tying the club record held by Jonny Homza (2021) and Nerwilian Cedeno (2024) since Fort Wayne moved to High-A. Fort Wayne's Carlos Rodriguez delivered a solo homer, his first of the year, in the bottom of the second to cut the early deficit to 4-2. Wisconsin scored twice in the third and twice more in the fifth for an 8-2 lead. Dylan Grego knocked in Kavares Tears with a single in the seventh. Starter Isaiah Lowe took the loss after working three innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on six hits with three walks and three strikeouts. FW_0422.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells 4 0 1 0 0 1 Zach Evans 4 1 1 0 0 0 Lamar King Jr. 3 0 1 0 1 0 Alex McCoy 4 0 1 1 0 0 Kavares Tears 2 1 0 0 1 1 Jake Cunningham 3 0 0 0 0 1 Carlos Rodriguez 3 1 1 1 0 0 Rosman Verdugo 2 0 0 0 1 0 Dylan Grego 3 0 1 1 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Isaiah Lowe (L) 3 6 6 4 3 3 0 Clark Candiotti 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 Clay Edmondson 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Tucker Musgrove 2/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Braian Salazar 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Verdugo, Storm Walk Off Visalia With 3-Run Ninth The Lake Elsinore Storm walked off the Visalia Rawhide 8-7, scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Jose Verdugo delivered the walk-off two-run single, scoring Justin DeCriscio and Truitt Madonna. Trailing 7-5, The ninth-inning rally began with a Ryan Wideman walk and a DeCriscio single. Madonna singled to center to score Wideman, then pinch-hitter Bradley Frye dropped a bunt single to load the bases before Verdugo lined his walk-off knock to left. Madonna led the Storm at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored, and an RBI. Leadoff hitter Wideman finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs, a walk, a run scored. He had a sixth-inning two-run double that pulled Lake Elsinore within 7-5. DeCriscio added two hits, including a solo home run in the first, and reached base three times. Verdugo finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Starter Jesus A. Castro turned in four innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Will Koger picked up the win after a scoreless ninth in which he allowed one hit and a walk. Nick Falter was sharp in middle relief across three scoreless innings with four strikeouts. LE_2_0422.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 4 1 2 2 1 1 Justin DeCriscio 4 2 2 1 0 0 Truitt Madonna 5 2 3 1 0 0 Victor Duarte 2 0 0 0 2 1 Bradley Frye 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jose Verdugo 5 0 2 2 0 0 Jorge Quintana 3 0 0 0 1 1 Luke Cantwell 3 0 0 0 1 1 Kerrington Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Bilecki 3 1 0 0 1 2 Conner Westenburg 4 2 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jesus A. Castro 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 Rordy Mejia 1 4 4 4 0 1 0 Nick Falter 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 Will Koger (W) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 0-for-3, BB, K, SB Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 2-for-4, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB, K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-3, BB Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-6, 3 K Truitt Madonna: 3-for-5, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 0-for-2, R, BB, K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP EP_0422.mp4 SA_0422.mp4 FW_0422.mp4 View full article

The Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm routed Visalia 17-7, with Ryan Wideman going 4-for-6 with two home runs and Truitt Madonna adding three doubles and a triple. Winyer Chourio fanned six over four innings for the Storm. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas rallied past Reno 13-6 on a seven-run eighth. High-A Fort Wayne fell 8-2 in a rain-shortened loss to Wisconsin despite Dylan Grego's two-run homer. Double-A San Antonio was postponed by rain. Padres Minor-League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas activated C Rodolfo Durán. El Paso Chihuahuas transferred C Colton Vincent to the Development List. Fort Wayne TinCaps placed RHP Jeferson Villabona on the 7-day injured list. RHP Carson Swilling assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres. Chihuahuas Use 7-Run Eighth To Surge Past Aces The El Paso Chihuahuas rallied from a four-run deficit, using a seven-run eighth inning to beat the Reno Aces 13-6. Samad Taylor led the 16-hit parade by going 3-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and a run scored. Jose Miranda launched a two-run homer, his second blast in as many games and third of season, in the second and finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Mason McCoy delivered the signature blow of the eighth, lacing a two-run double to put El Paso ahead for good. Trailing 6-2 after the top of the fourth, El Paso chipped away on Marcos Castañon's two-run homer, his fourth of the year, in the fourth, a Nick Solak RBI single in the fifth and an unearned run in the sixth that tied the game. In the eighth, McCoy's tiebreaking double plated Anthony Vilar and Clay Dungan, and RBI singles from Jase Bowen, Sung-Mun Song, Solak, Pablo Reyes, and Vilar put the game away. El Paso left seven runners on base. Starter Jackson Wolf lasted 2⅔ innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits, walking four, and striking out two. The bullpen combined for more than six innings of work, and Eli Villalobos picked up the victory with 1⅓ scoreless frames. EP_0421.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen, CF 5 2 2 1 0 1 Samad Taylor, LF 3 1 3 0 1 0 Sung-Mun Song, 3B 5 1 1 1 0 1 Nick Solak, RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 Pablo Reyes, DH 4 2 2 1 1 0 Rodolfo Durán, C 2 1 0 0 0 1 Anthony Vilar, C 2 1 2 1 0 0 Jose Miranda, 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 Clay Dungan, 2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 Marcos Castañon, 1B 5 1 1 2 0 2 Mason McCoy, SS 3 1 1 2 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jackson Wolf 2 2/3 2 2 2 4 2 0 Omar Cruz 2/3 3 4 4 3 0 0 Miguel Cienfuegos 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Garrett Hawkins 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 Eli Villalobos (W, 2-1) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ethan Routzahn 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Missions Postponed, Will Play Doubleheader Wednesday The San Antonio Missions-Amarillo Sod Poodles game was postponed due to rain and will be made up Wednesday as part of a doubleheader. Right-handers Victor Lizarraga and Eric Yost are expected to start for the Missions. Grego's 2-Run Homer Only Bright Spot As TinCaps Fall The Fort Wayne TinCaps managed just four hits in a rain-shortened 8-2 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The game was called for wet grounds with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Starter Maikel Miralles took the loss, going 3⅔ innings while allowing eight runs, five earned, on eight hits. He walked three, struck out one, and surrendered two home runs. Matthew Watson followed with 2⅓ scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and two walks while striking out one. Dylan Grego provided the TinCaps' only offensive spark, going 2-for-2 with a double and a two-run home run, his first of the season, in the bottom of the third that trimmed the deficit to 5-2. Alex McCoy singled to extend his Midwest League-best hitting streak to 12 games, one shy of the team record as a High-A franchise. FW_0421.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 Zach Evans, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Carlos Rodriguez, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 Alex McCoy, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Lamar King Jr., DH 2 0 0 0 1 1 Kavares Tears, RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Rosman Verdugo, 2B 1 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Costello, 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 Dylan Grego, SS 2 1 2 2 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Maikel Miralles (L, 0-2) 3 2/3 8 8 5 3 1 2 Matthew Watson 2 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 Wideman, Madonna Power Storm To Rout Of Rawhide The Lake Elsinore Storm pounded out 17 hits, including three home runs, in a 17-7 rout of the Visalia Rawhide. The Storm scored in seven of their eight innings they batted and put up crooked numbers five times. Leadoff man Ryan Wideman went 4-for-6 with a double, two home runs, and four RBI, highlighted by an inside-the-park home run in the third and a two-run shot that capped the scoring in the eighth. Truitt Madonna also had a huge night, going 4-for-5 with three doubles, a triple, three RBIs, and three runs scored. Bradley Frye chipped in a 3-for-6 effort with a run-scoring single, three runs scored, and two stolen bases. Starter Winyer Chourio turned in the strongest pitching performance, working four innings and allowing two earned runs on three hits. He walked none and struck out six. Lake Elsinore struck first in the first on Madonna's RBI double. The third inning produced three runs on Wideman's inside-the-park homer, Madonna's RBI triple, and a Jose Verdugo sacrifice bunt that plated Madonna. Victor Duarte added a two-run homer in the fifth and the Storm broke the game open in the eighth with six runs, including a two-run Conner Westenburg single and Wideman's two-run homer. The Storm stole six bases. LE_0421.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman, CF 6 3 4 4 0 0 Bradley Frye, 3B 6 3 3 1 0 1 Truitt Madonna, C 5 3 4 3 0 0 Kale Fountain, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 George Bilecki, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 Jose Verdugo, 2B 4 1 1 2 0 2 Jorge Quintana, SS 4 2 2 1 1 0 Victor Duarte, DH 2 2 1 2 3 0 Kerrington Cross, 1B 4 1 0 0 1 2 Conner Westenburg, LF 5 2 2 2 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Winyer Chourio 4 3 2 2 0 6 0 Joseph Herrera (W, 2-0) 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 Carson Swilling (H, 1) 1 2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 Daichi Moriki 2/3 0 2 1 3 0 0 Brandon Langley 1 2/3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: DNP Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 2-for-4, BB Kale Fountain: 0-for-3 Ryan Wideman: 4-for-6, 2B, 2 HR Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-2, BB, K Romeo Sanabria: DNP Truitt Madonna: 4-for-5, 3 2B, 3B Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: 1⅔ IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, K Kavares Tears: 1-for-3, K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas split their two games with Round Rock, as Sean Boyle tossed five scoreless innings in a 5-2 win before a 4-1 loss. Abraham Parra delivered five strong frames as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps powered past Lake County 9-6 behind home runs from Kavares Tears, Jake Cunningham, and Jonathan Vastine. Carlos Medina spun 2⅔ scoreless for Low-A Lake Elsinore in a 3-2 walk-off loss, while the Double-A San Antonio Missions were shut out 7-0. Padres Minor-League Transactions No roster moves Boyle, Miranda Power Chihuahuas To Split With Express The El Paso Chihuahuas pulled away from the Round Rock Express for a 5-2 victory on the road in the completion of Saturday's suspended game. The Chihuahuas dropped the regularly scheduled game 4-1. After being interrupted by rain after two innings and the score 1-1, Sean Boyle delivered the headlining performance, working five shutout innings of two-hit, shutout ball with five strikeouts and one walk to earn the win. Triston McKenzie opened the game and gave the Chihuahuas two innings, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts and three walks. Yuki Matsui, continuing his rehab assignment, surrendered a run in the eighth on two hits with two strikeouts, and Ethan Routzahn closed the door with a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out one to record the save. At the plate, Jose Miranda led the way, finishing 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs. Jase Bowen added a pair of hits, including his team-leading fifth homer, while scoring twice. Pablo Reyes went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base. The Chihuahuas broke the game open with a three-run fourth to go up 5-1. In the regularly scheduled game, the Chihuahuas couldn't get the offense going. Starter Evan Fitterer worked 2⅔ innings and allowed one run on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts, surrendering a run in the bottom of the first. Logan Gillaspie followed with 1⅓ scoreless innings of relief, walking one and striking out two. Justin Yeager took the loss after surrendering two runs on a home run in 1⅓ innings, and Alek Jacob walked three and gave up a run in two-thirds of an inning during a three-run Round Rock sixth that put the game out of reach. At the plate, Sung-Mun Song led the offense with two hits in three at-bats. Bowen contributed the team's only extra-base hit, a double, and Carlos Rodríguez and Nate Mondou each added a single. Nick Schnell drove in the lone Chihuahuas run with a single in the fourth inning. FIRST GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 5 2 2 1 0 1 Samad Taylor 3 0 0 0 1 2 Sung-Mun Song 4 0 0 0 0 2 Nick Solak 2 0 0 0 2 0 Pablo Reyes 4 1 2 1 0 1 Mason McCoy 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jose Miranda 3 1 3 3 0 0 Clay Dungan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 3 0 0 0 1 1 Colton Vincent 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Triston McKenzie 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 Sean Boyle 5 2 0 0 1 5 0 Yuki Matsui 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 Ethan Routzahn 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 SECOND GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Jase Bowen 3 0 1 0 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 3 0 1 0 0 0 Sung-Mun Song 3 0 2 0 0 1 Marcos Castañon 3 1 0 0 0 0 Nate Mondou 3 0 1 0 0 0 Mason McCoy 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Schnell 3 0 1 1 0 1 Clay Dungan 3 0 0 0 0 1 Anthony Vilar 2 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Evan Fitterer 2 2/3 5 1 1 1 2 0 Logan Gillaspie 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Justin Yeager 1 1/3 2 2 2 2 0 1 Alek Jacob 2/3 1 1 1 3 0 0 Missions' Bats Silenced By RockHounds The San Antonio Missions were shut out 7-0 by the Midland RockHounds in a road loss. Starter Jagger Haynes worked 4⅓ innings and took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits with two walks and one strikeout while serving up a home run. Andrew Thurman struggled out of the bullpen, giving up two runs in one-third of an inning with three walks. Fernando Sanchez followed and surrendered one run on two hits in his inning of work, walking one. Francis Peña tossed 1⅓ scoreless innings, allowing one hit while striking out two and walking one. Manuel Castro provided a clean inning of relief, allowing one hit with no walks or strikeouts. Offensively, the Missions managed six hits but could not push a run across. Leandro Cedeño led the way by going 2-for-4. Braedon Karpathios and Kai Murphy each chipped in a double. Player AB R H RBI BB K Carson Tucker 3 0 0 0 1 0 Braedon Karpathios 4 0 1 0 0 3 Leandro Cedeño 4 0 2 0 0 1 Tirso Ornelas 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kai Murphy 3 0 1 0 0 1 Francisco Acuna 3 0 1 0 1 2 Kai Roberts 4 0 0 0 0 2 Chris Sargent 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jagger Haynes 4 1/3 6 4 4 2 1 1 Andrew Thurman 1/3 2 2 2 3 0 0 Fernando Sanchez 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 Francis Peña 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Manuel Castro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tears' 3-Run Blast Powers TinCaps Past Captains The Fort Wayne TinCaps used a three-homer attack to top the Lake County Captains 9-6 on the road. Kavares Tears powered the offense with a three-run home run, also drawing two walks. Jake Cunningham went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and two runs. Jonathan Vastine also homered. Lamar King Jr. added three hits, including a double, a run, and an RBI. Rosman Verdugo collected two hits and drove in two, while Alex McCoy finished 2-for-5 with a double, extending his Midwest League-leading hitting streak to 11 games. Starter Abraham Parra delivered a strong outing, working five innings of two-hit ball with three strikeouts and one walk while allowing one unearned run. Tucker Musgrove picked up the win despite giving up two runs on a home run in his inning of work, walking one. Braian Salazar surrendered three runs on one hit in 1⅓ innings with three walks and two strikeouts. C.J. Widger nailed down the save with two strikeouts, a walk, and a hit allowed in the ninth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jake Cunningham 5 2 3 1 0 1 Rosman Verdugo 5 2 2 2 0 0 Lamar King Jr. 5 1 3 1 0 1 Alex McCoy 5 1 2 0 0 2 Kavares Tears 3 1 1 3 2 0 Jack Costello 5 0 0 0 0 0 Oswaldo Linares 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jonathan Vastine 4 1 1 1 0 2 Dylan Grego 4 1 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Abraham Parra 5 2 1 0 1 3 0 Tucker Musgrove 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 Braian Salazar 1 1/3 1 3 3 3 2 0 Kleiber Olmedo 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.J. Widger 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Storm Drop Walk-Off Heartbreaker To Ports The Lake Elsinore Storm fell 3-2 to the Stockton Ports on a walk-off in the bottom of the ninth. The walk-off, with two outs, was the third by the Ports in this series, including two in extra innings to begin the set. The Storm grabbed a run in the third and another in the fourth before being blanked the rest of the way. Jorge Quintana finished 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk. Ryan Wideman went 1-for-4 with a double, a run scored, and a strikeout. Kale Fountain reached three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks and a run. Starter Carlos Medina worked 2⅔ scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two strikeouts and one walk. Vicarte Domingo followed with 2⅓ hitless innings of relief, striking out three and issuing no walks. Javier Chacon allowed one run on a solo home run over 2⅓ innings, with one walk and one strikeout. Sean Barnett delivered a scoreless two-thirds of an inning with two strikeouts and one hit allowed. Ethan Long took the loss after surrendering two unearned runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning in the ninth, walking two and striking out one. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 4 1 1 0 0 1 Justin DeCriscio 4 0 0 0 0 1 Bradley Frye 4 0 1 0 0 1 Truitt Madonna 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kale Fountain 2 1 1 0 2 0 Jorge Quintana 3 0 1 1 1 0 Luke Cantwell 4 0 0 0 0 1 George Bilecki 3 0 1 0 0 0 Jose Verdugo 3 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carlos Medina 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 2 0 Vicarte Domingo 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Javier Chacon 2 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sean Barnett 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ethan Long 2/3 2 2 0 2 1 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: DNP Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB Kale Fountain: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4, 2B, R, K Jagger Haynes: 4 1/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR (L) Lamar King Jr: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Romeo Sanabria: DNP Truitt Madonna: 0-for-4 Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

Triple-A El Paso's game was postponed Saturday. Andrew Moore tossed two scoreless innings for Double-A San Antonio with three strikeouts, while Leandro Cedeño doubled home two runs in an 8-2 loss to the Midland RockHounds. Rosman Verdugo homered and drove in two runs for High-A Fort Wayne, and Alex McCoy added two doubles in a 16-9 defeat. Nick Falter struck out four over two scoreless innings for Low-A Lake Elsinore, which dropped a 10-1 decision to Stockton. Padres Minor-League Transactions RHP Andrew Thurman assigned to San Antonio Missions from El Paso Chihuahuas. San Antonio Missions placed RHP Ian Koenig on the 7-day injured list. Lake Elsinore Storm placed RHP Landry Jurecka on the 7-day injured list. Chihuahuas' Game Suspended By Rain The El Paso Chihuahuas-Round Rock RockHounds game was suspended after two innings due to rain. The game was tied 1-1. The game will resume Sunday in the top of the third inning, with the regularly scheduled game to follow. Cedeño's 2-Run Double Provides Lone Offense In Missions' Loss Despite each team getting eight hits, the San Antonio Missions lost to the Midland RockHounds 8-2. The Missions' offense also drew three walks, but stranded seven runners. Midland opened the scoring with two runs in the first, added two more in the third, and pushed it to 6-0 with two home runs in the fourth. Luis Gutierrez started and worked three innings, taking the loss after surrendering four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two. Johan Moreno gave up two runs on three hits across two innings, both via the long ball. Andrew Moore offered a bright spot with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and walking two while striking out three. Sadrac Franco closed with one inning, allowing two runs on two walks. San Antonio's lone scoring came in the eighth, when Leandro Cedeño doubled to right field to plate Carson Tucker and Ryan Jackson. Cedeño finished 2-for-4. Jackson also had two hits and scored a run. Ethan Salas singled and stole a base, while Francisco Acuna reached base three times with a hit and two walks. SA_0418.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas (C) 4 0 1 0 0 2 Ryan Jackson (2B) 4 1 2 0 0 1 Romeo Sanabria (1B) 4 0 1 0 0 1 Leandro Cedeño (DH) 4 0 2 2 0 2 Tirso Ornelas (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 Francisco Acuna (SS) 2 0 1 0 2 0 Braedon Karpathios (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 1 Albert Fabian (LF) 3 0 0 0 1 1 Carson Tucker (3B) 4 1 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Johan Moreno 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 Luis Gutierrez (L) 3 4 4 4 2 2 0 Andrew Moore 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 Sadrac Franco 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 TinCaps' 8-Run Third Inning Squandered In Loss To Captains The Fort Wayne TinCaps put up an eight-run third inning, their biggest of the season, but the Lake County Captains pulled away for a 16-9 win. Fort Wayne finished with 11 hits, three walks, and one home run. Bernard Jose worked 2⅔ innings of relief and was charged with five runs on two hits and two walks. He struck out two while allowing two home runs. Starter Jamie Hitt went 2⅓ innings, allowing six runs. After Fort Wayne's big third inning made it 8-4, Lake County tied it in the bottom of the inning, then took command with three in the fifth, two in the sixth and three more in the seventh. Rosman Verdugo went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, three runs scored, and a walk. Alex McCoy extended his Midwest League-leading hitting streak to 10 games by adding two doubles, two RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored. Lamar King Jr. doubled and drove in a run, and Jack Costello also doubled with an RBI. Jake Cunningham collected two hits. FW_0418.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells (CF) 5 1 1 1 0 1 Rosman Verdugo (2B) 4 3 2 2 1 1 Carlos Rodriguez (C) 5 1 1 0 0 1 Alex McCoy (DH) 5 1 2 2 0 2 Lamar King Jr. (1B) 5 0 1 1 0 1 Kavares Tears (RF) 4 1 0 0 1 2 Jake Cunningham (LF) 4 0 2 0 0 1 Jack Costello (3B) 3 1 1 1 1 0 Dylan Grego (SS) 4 1 1 1 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Luis Germán 0 2/3 3 2 2 2 2 0 Bernard Jose 2 2/3 2 5 5 2 2 2 Igor Gil 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Clark Candiotti (L) 1 1/3 5 3 3 3 3 0 Jamie Hitt 2 1/3 5 6 6 2 2 0 Storm Can't Overcomg 6-Run Fourth Inning, Drop Decision To Ports The Lake Elsinore Storm managed just five hits in a 10-1 loss to the Stockton Ports. The Storm drew four walks but stranded eight runners. Stockton broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run fourth inning. Starter Tyler Schmitt took the loss after working three innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two and giving up two home runs. Nick Falter tossed two scoreless innings, striking out four, allowing three hits, and walking one. Lake Elsinore tied the game 1-1 in the top of the fourth when Yoiber Ocopio doubled to score Jorge Quintana. The Ports answered with six runs in the bottom of the fourth and added three more in the sixth. Ocopio and Quintana each finished with a hit and a double, while George Bilecki reached three times with a hit and two walks. Bradley Frye singled, walked, and stole a base. LE_0418.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman (DH) 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bradley Frye (3B) 3 0 1 0 1 0 Jose Verdugo (2B) 3 0 0 0 1 1 Truitt Madonna (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 Justin DeCriscio (LF) 4 0 1 0 0 1 Jorge Quintana (SS) 4 1 1 0 0 0 George Bilecki (RF) 2 0 1 0 2 0 Yoiber Ocopio (C) 4 0 1 1 0 0 Conner Westenburg (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nick Falter 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 Joseph Herrera 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 Tyler Schmitt (L) 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 Luke Cantwell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 1-for-4, 2 K, SB Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-4, 2B, R Kale Fountain: DNP Ryan Wideman: 0-for-3 Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, K Romeo Sanabria: 1-for-4, K Truitt Madonna: 0-for-4 Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 0-for-4, R, BB, 2 K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article

Kash Mayfield struck out eight over five scoreless one-hit innings as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps took Game 1 of a doubleheader 1-0, before dropped the second game 4-3. Triple-A El Paso fell 9-7 despite four home runs, including two from Nick Schnell. Double-A San Antonio dropped a 9-3 decision to Midland, with home runs from Romeo Sanabria and Chris Sargent. Low-A Lake Elsinore rallied past Stockton 6-3 behind Luke Cantwell's three-hit night and reliever Brandon Langley's win. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Diego Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to El Paso Chihuahuas. Schnell's Two Homers Not Enough As Chihuahuas Fall To Round Rock The El Paso Chihuahuas hit four home runs, but could not overcome an early deficit in a 9-7 loss to the Round Rock Express. Nick Schnell led the Chihuahuas' attack with a pair of long balls and four RBIs, including a three-run shot in the third inning that put El Paso ahead 4-2. Schnell, Mason McCoy, and Clay Dungan each added solo home runs during a three-run fifth inning that knotted the score 7-7. Starter JP Sears was tagged for seven runs on eight hits across 3⅓ innings, walking five and striking out four. Sears surrendered a two-run home run in the fourth that pushed Round Rock ahead 7-4 before he exited. Misael Tamarez followed with two innings in relief, striking out three and walking none, though he was charged with the go-ahead run in the sixth. Jase Bowen reached base four times with a double and three walks. Pablo Reyes and Marcos Castañon collected two hits apiece. EP_0417.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Samad Taylor (LF) 4 0 0 0 1 1 Jase Bowen (CF) 2 1 1 0 3 0 Pablo Reyes (DH) 5 0 2 0 0 1 Marcos Castañon (3B) 5 0 2 1 0 0 Nick Solak (1B) 4 1 1 0 0 0 Clay Dungan (2B) 5 1 1 1 0 2 Mason McCoy (SS) 2 2 1 1 2 1 Nick Schnell (RF) 3 2 2 4 0 0 Anthony Vilar (C) 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR JP Sears 3 1/3 8 7 7 5 4 1 Misael Tamarez 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 Eli Villalobos 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Garrett Hawkins 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 Sanabria, Sargent Go Deep In Missions' Loss To Midland The San Antonio Missions fell 9-3 to the Midland RockHounds despite home runs from Romeo Sanabria and Chris Sargent. Sanabria got the Missions on the board with a solo shot to center field in the fourth inning, his second home run of the season and of the series. Luis Verdugo followed with a sacrifice fly that brought home Albert Fabian, trimming the deficit to 3-2. Sargent added a solo blast to left field in the eighth, his first home run of the year. Starter Ian Koenig took the loss after 5⅔ innings of work, allowing six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and two walks. Koenig surrendered two home runs, including a three-run shot in the second that staked Midland to an early lead. Carson Tucker collected two hits and swiped two bases, while Sanabria added a second hit alongside his home run. San Antonio managed just six total hits, drew only one walk as a team, and struck out eight times. SA_0417.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Jackson (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 1 Romeo Sanabria (1B) 4 1 2 1 0 1 Albert Fabian (RF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 Carson Tucker (SS) 4 0 2 0 0 2 Luis Verdugo (2B) 3 0 0 1 0 1 Kai Murphy (LF) 2 0 0 0 1 0 Kai Roberts (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Sargent (C) 3 1 1 1 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ian Koenig 5 2/3 7 6 6 2 2 2 Manuel Castro 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 Michael Flynn 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Dalquist 1 1/3 0 2 2 3 2 0 Mayfield's 8-Strikeout Gem Lifts TinCaps To Win In Twinbill Split Kash Mayfield delivered a dominant performance as the Fort Wayne TinCaps edged the Lake County Captains 1-0 in the opening game of a doubleheader. The TinCaps dropped the nightcap 4-3. In the opener, Mayfield, the Padres' first-round draft choice in 2024 and Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect, worked five scoreless innings and faced just one over the minimum, scattering just one hit while striking out eight of the 16 batters faced and issuing no walks to earn the win. The hit was the first allowed by Mayfield in his first three starts this season, covering 12 innings. He has 16 strikeouts in that span. Clay Edmondson followed with two innings of one-hit relief, walking one and striking out one to collect the save. The TinCaps' lone run came across in the top of the sixth inning. Kavares Tears drew a walk with one out, advanced to second on a line-drive single by Jake Cunningham, and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from Jack Costello. Tears crossed the plate on a wild pitch to give Fort Wayne a 1-0 lead that the pitching staff would not relinquish. Rosman Verdugo led the TinCaps at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a walk, while Cunningham also went 2-for-3. Tears drew two walks. In the second game, Kasen Wells led the TinCaps offensively, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, and two runs scored. Alex McCoy contributed a sacrifice fly in the fourth that also scored Wells. Starter Isaiah Lowe worked three innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out five and walking three. Lake County scored twice in the fifth inning against Matthew Watson to take a 3-1 lead. Fort Wayne pulled within 3-2 in the top of the sixth on a single by Lamar King Jr. that brought home Wells. The Captains, however, scratched across a run in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly to retake the lead for good. The TinCaps tried to rally in the seventh, with Dylan Grego lifting a sacrifice fly that scored Jack Costello to pull within 4-3, but they could get no closer. FW_0417.mp4 FIRST GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 1 Rosman Verdugo (3B) 3 0 2 0 1 0 Carlos Rodriguez (C) 4 0 0 0 0 1 Alex McCoy (1B) 4 0 1 0 0 0 Kavares Tears (RF) 1 1 0 0 2 0 Jake Cunningham (LF) 3 0 2 0 0 0 Jack Costello (DH) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Oswaldo Linares (2B) 2 0 0 0 1 0 Dylan Grego (SS) 2 0 0 0 1 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kash Mayfield 5 1 0 0 0 8 0 Clay Edmondson 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 SECOND GAME Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells (CF) 3 2 2 0 1 1 Rosman Verdugo (2B) 4 0 1 0 0 1 Carlos Rodriguez (DH) 2 0 0 0 1 0 Alex McCoy (LF) 2 0 1 1 0 0 Lamar King Jr. (C) 3 0 1 1 0 0 Jake Cunningham (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jack Costello (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 1 Jonathan Vastine (3B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kavares Tears (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dylan Grego (SS) 1 0 0 1 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Isaiah Lowe 3 3 1 1 3 5 0 Matthew Watson 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 2 0 C.J. Widger 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Will Varmette 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Cantwell's 3-Hit Night Powers Storm Past Stockton The Lake Elsinore Storm overcame an early deficit by scoring in each of the last four innings to defeat the Stockton Ports 6-3. Luke Cantwell went 3-for-4, including a two-run double in the eighth inning that broke a 3-3 tie. Justin DeCriscio added two hits, including a run-scoring double in the ninth that capped the scoring. Starter Kruz Schoolcraft, Padres Mission's No. 3 prospect and the Padres' first-round pick last year, worked three innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Rordy Mejia followed with 2⅔ scoreless innings of one-hit relief, striking out four and issuing one walk. Brandon Langley earned the win with 1⅓ innings of hitless work, striking out three. Ethan Long pitched a perfect ninth for the save. Trailing 2-0 entering the sixth, the Storm scratched back on a pair of Stockton miscues, with Kerrington Cross and Cantwell each scoring on errors to even the game 2-2. Ryan Wideman's seventh-inning sacrifice fly to center scored Cross to briefly push Lake Elsinore ahead 3-2, Cantwell delivered the knockout blow in the eighth, and DeCriscio iced the game in the ninth. LE_0417.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman (CF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 Truitt Madonna (DH) 3 0 0 0 2 2 George Bilecki (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 2 Kale Fountain (RF) 4 1 0 0 1 1 Justin DeCriscio (2B) 4 1 2 1 0 0 Jorge Quintana (SS) 5 1 1 0 0 2 Victor Duarte (C) 3 0 0 0 1 1 Kerrington Cross (3B) 3 2 1 0 1 0 Luke Cantwell (1B) 4 1 3 2 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kruz Schoolcraft 3 4 2 1 2 3 0 Rordy Mejia 2 2/3 1 1 0 1 4 0 Brandon Langley 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Will Koger 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Ethan Long 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, W Ethan Salas: 0-for-4, K Kruz Schoolcraft: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-5, R, 2 K Kale Fountain: 0-for-4, R, BB, K Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4, RBI, SB Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr: 1-for-3, RBI Romeo Sanabria: 2-for-4, HR, R, RBI, K Truitt Madonna: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 K, SB Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K Kavares Tears: 0-for-2, 2 BB, R, K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article