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Three of the four San Diego Padres affiliates grabbed wins Thursday. Triple-A El Paso's Mason McCoy slugged two homers, but the Chihuahuas fell 10-9. Miguel Mendez tossed five innings, yielding one run on two hits with six strikeouts, as Double-A San Antonio topped Midland 4-1. High-A Fort Wayne belted five home runs in an 8-3 rout of Lake County, with Jake Cunningham hitting two. Low-A Lake Elsinore pounded out 13 hits in an 11-7 road win at Stockton, powered by Bryan Balzer's five innings. Padres Minor League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas placed LHP Marco Gonzales on the 7-day injured list. El Paso Chihuahuas activated C Colton Vincent. C Rodolfo Durán roster status changed by El Paso Chihuahuas. Padres optioned IF Sung-Mun Song to El Paso Chihuahuas. HP Andrew Thurman assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas from San Antonio Missions. San Antonio Missions activated RHP Manuel Castro. Fort Wayne TinCaps activated LHP C.J. Widger from the 7-day injured list. RHP Matthew Watson assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from ACL Padres. RHP Vicarte Domingo assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from Fort Wayne TinCaps. McCoy's Two-Homer Night Not Enough In Chihuahuas' Loss The El Paso Chihuahuas dropped a 10-9 decision to the Round Rock Express despite a pair of home runs from Mason McCoy. After pushing across a run on a Jose Miranda ground ball in the top of the second, McCoy followed with a two-run blast to left that scored Nate Mondou and pushed the lead to 3-0. El Paso extended it to 6-2 in the third on back-to-back run-scoring singles from Mondou and Nick Solak. Round Rock answered with two runs in the second, five more in the third and another two in the fourth for a 9-6 lead. Solak singled home another run in the fifth, and, after a Round Rock homer in the seventh, McCoy launched his second homer of the night in the eighth, a two-run shot to left-center that pulled the Chihuahuas within one. McCoy finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs, and Solak drove in three runs on two hits. Griffin Canning, on a rehab assignment from the Padres, took the loss, allowing six runs, two earned, on one hit in 2⅔ innings. He walked four and struck out six, surrendering one home run. Yuki Matsui, also on a rehab assignment, pitched a scoreless inning, allowing one hit and striking out one. EP_0416.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Samad Taylor, LF 4 0 1 0 1 1 Pablo Reyes, 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 Carlos Rodríguez, RF 3 2 0 0 2 0 Jase Bowen, CF 4 1 1 0 1 2 Nate Mondou, DH 3 2 1 1 1 1 Marcos Castañon, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Solak, 1B 3 0 2 3 1 0 Jose Miranda, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 Clay Dungan, 2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mason McCoy, SS 3 2 2 4 0 0 Anthony Vilar, C 4 0 0 0 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Yuki Matsui 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Andrew Thurman 1 1/3 4 3 3 1 1 0 Griffin Canning 2 2/3 1 6 2 4 6 1 Miguel Cienfuegos 1 2/3 3 1 1 1 3 1 Ethan Routzahn 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mendez Dominates As Missions Cruise Past RockHounds The San Antonio Missions beat the Midland RockHounds 4-1, fueled by a sharp outing from Miguel Mendez and timely hitting across the lineup. Mendez worked five innings and allowed one earned run on two hits, walking two and striking out six to earn the win. Braedon Karpathios opened the scoring in the second inning with a run-scoring triple to center. In the third, Luis Verdugo doubled, advanced to third, and scored on a Romeo Sanabria sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead. Midland pulled within 2-1 in the bottom of the third, but Ethan Salas answered in the fifth with an RBI double to left that plated Luis Verdugo. San Antonio tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Verdugo lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Ryan Jackson. Salas finished 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, two walks, and a stolen base. Verdugo went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and scored twice. Jackson added two hits, a walk, a double, two stolen bases, and a run. Eric Yost closed out the win with four scoreless innings, allowing one hit, walking three, and striking out three to collect the save. San Antonio stole three bases, drew six walks, and stranded 20 runners as a team. SA_0416.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas, C 3 0 1 1 2 1 Francisco Acuna, SS 4 0 0 0 1 2 Romeo Sanabria, 1B 4 0 0 1 0 3 Leandro Cedeño, DH 3 0 0 0 2 2 Tirso Ornelas, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Jackson, 2B 3 1 2 0 1 1 Braedon Karpathios, RF 4 1 1 0 0 3 Albert Fabian, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kai Roberts, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Verdugo, 3B 3 2 2 1 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Miguel Mendez 5 2 1 1 2 6 0 Eric Yost 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 TinCaps Launch Five Homers In Rout Of Captains The Fort Wayne TinCaps slugged their way to an 8-3 road win over the Lake County Captains, connecting for five home runs, including two from Jake Cunningham. Fort Wayne fell behind 1-0 in the first, but Lamar King Jr. tied the game in the second with a solo shot to left. The Captains regained the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the second, and the score held until the sixth, when Rosman Verdugo and Alex McCoy hit back-to-back solo homers to put the TinCaps ahead 3-2. Cunningham padded the lead with a solo blast to left-center in the seventh. After Lake County trimmed the gap to 4-3 in the eighth, Fort Wayne blew it open in the ninth. King doubled home Kavares Tears, and Cunningham followed with a three-run homer that scored King and Jack Costello. Cunningham finished 2-for-4 with two homers and four RBI. King Jr. went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, two RBI, two runs, and a stolen base. Carson Montgomery made the start and delivered four innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs with three walks and four strikeouts, surrendering two home runs. Tucker Musgrove, in his season debut, Braian Salazar, Kleiber Olmedo, and Igor Gil followed in relief, with Salazar notching the save and Musgrove collecting the win. FW_0416.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kasen Wells, CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 Rosman Verdugo, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 Alex McCoy, DH 4 1 1 1 0 2 Kavares Tears, RF 3 1 0 0 1 2 Lamar King Jr., C 4 2 3 2 0 1 Jack Costello, 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jake Cunningham, LF 4 2 2 4 0 1 Jonathan Vastine, SS 4 0 0 0 0 4 Oswaldo Linares, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carson Montgomery 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 Tucker Musgrove 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Braian Salazar 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 5 0 Kleiber Olmedo 1 1/3 2 1 1 3 2 1 Igor Gil 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Storm Pound Ports Behind 11-Run Attack Following back-to-back extra-innings losses, the Lake Elsinore Storm topped the Stockton Ports 11-7, erupting for a six-run second inning and collecting 13 hits. Bradley Frye went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Truitt Madonna added two doubles and an RBI. Kerrington Cross finished 2-for-3 with a homer, a double, a walk, and two runs. Madonna got the Storm on the board in the first with an RBI double that plated Frye. Stockton answered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to lead 2-1. Lake Elsinore responded with seven runs in the second. Conner Westenburg drew a bases-loaded walk to score Jose Verdugo, Ryan Wideman doubled home Victor Duarte and Cross, Frye singled in Westenburg and Wideman, and Kale Fountain capped the frame with a two-run homer to left-center that scored Madonna, pushing the lead to 8-2. Justin DeCriscio drilled a two-run homer in the fifth and Cross followed one out later with a solo shot to make it 11-4. Bryan Balzer earned the win, working five innings while allowing four earned runs on six hits with two walks, five strikeouts, and one home run. Javier Chacon followed with two innings, striking out six. LE_0416.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman, CF 3 1 2 2 1 1 Bradley Frye, DH 5 1 3 2 0 1 Truitt Madonna, C 5 1 2 1 0 1 Kale Fountain, RF 5 1 1 2 0 3 Jose Verdugo, SS 5 2 2 0 0 2 Jorge Quintana, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 Justin DeCriscio, 2B 2 1 1 2 0 0 Victor Duarte, 1B 3 1 0 0 1 1 Kerrington Cross, 3B 3 2 2 1 1 0 Conner Westenburg, LF 3 1 0 1 1 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryan Balzer 5 6 4 4 2 5 1 Sean Barnett 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 Javier Chacon 2 1 2 0 0 6 1 Daichi Moriki 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Padres Top-20 Prospect Performance Kash Mayfield: DNP Ethan Salas: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Bradgley Rodriguez: DNP Humberto Cruz: DNP Miguel Mendez: 5 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 2 BB, 6 K (W) Ty Harvey: DNP Jorge Quintana: 0-for-1 Kale Fountain: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K Ryan Wideman: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr: 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, K, SB Romeo Sanabria: 0-for-4, RBI, 3 K Truitt Madonna: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, K, SB Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Kavares Tears: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: DNP Bryan Balzer: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, HR (W) View full article

El Paso rolled 14-1 as catcher Rodolfo Durán hammered a three-run homer on his way to five RBIs, with Jackson Wolf tossing three scoreless innings and Logan Gillaspie earning the win over three perfect frames. San Antonio fell 9-2 despite Fernando Sanchez's 3⅔ innings of one-run ball and six strikeouts. Lake Elsinore dropped a 9-8 decision in 10 innings as reliever Carlos Medina fanned six, Kale Fountain drove in two, and Truitt Madonna doubled. Padres Minor League Transactions No roster moves Durán Drive In Five as Chihuahuas Rout Express The El Paso Chihuahuas demolished the Round Rock Express 14-1, pounding out 16 hits, including three home runs. Starter Jackson Wolf set the tone with three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit while striking out five and issuing no walks. Chihuahuas pitchers allowed just two hits and struck out 12. Catcher Rodolfo Durán led the offensive attack, going 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in the second inning and a two-run single in the eighth, driving in five. He also scored twice and drew a walk. Carlos Rodríguez added three hits, including a double, with three RBIs and a stolen base, while Pablo Reyes reached base four times on two hits, including a home run, and two walks, scoring three times. Samad Taylor contributed a ninth-inning solo shot among his two hits, and Jose Miranda ripped a triple, scored twice, and drove in a run. Sung-Mun Song chipped in two hits and an RBI. After Wolf, Logan Gillaspie worked three perfect innings with four strikeouts to pick up the win, and Eli Villalobos added two hitless frames with two strikeouts. Garrett Hawkins allowed the lone Round Rock run in the ninth while giving up one hit, two walks, and striking out one. Player AB R H RBI BB K Samad Taylor, LF 5 2 2 1 1 2 Carlos Rodríguez, CF 5 1 3 3 0 0 Sung-Mun Song, SS 5 1 2 1 1 1 Marcos Castañon, 3B 6 0 1 0 0 4 Pablo Reyes, DH 3 3 2 1 2 1 Clay Dungan, 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 Rodolfo Durán, C 4 2 2 5 1 1 Jose Miranda, 1B 5 2 2 1 0 2 Nick Schnell, RF 5 2 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jackson Wolf 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 Logan Gillaspie (W) 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Eli Villalobos 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Garrett Hawkins 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 Missions' Bats Go Quiet In Lopsided Loss To Midland The San Antonio Missions dropped a 9-2 decision to the Midland RockHounds on the road, managing just two runs despite collecting 10 hits. Starting pitcher Victor Lizarraga was roughed up for eight runs, six earned, on six hits across 1⅓ innings and took the loss. He struck out two without issuing a walk, but the Missions trailed 9-0 after two innings. Romeo Sanabria broke through with the only extra-base hit for San Antonio, doubling to left in the fifth inning to plate Braedon Karpathios for the club's first run. The second run came in the sixth when Tirso Ornelas scored on a Karpathios groundout. Ornelas finished 2-for-4 with a run, Francisco Acuna added a double, After Lizarraga's rough start, the San Antonio bullpen stabilized things. Fernando Sanchez worked 3⅔ innings, yielding one run on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts. Francis Peña tossed two scoreless innings with a walk, three strikeouts, and one hit allowed, and Harry Gustin delivered a clean inning, striking out three while giving up two hits and a walk. The relief corps combined for 12 strikeouts but could not undo the early damage. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Jackson, SS 4 0 1 0 1 1 Romeo Sanabria, DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 Leandro Cedeño, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3 Tirso Ornelas, RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 Carson Tucker, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 Kai Murphy, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 Francisco Acuna, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 Braedon Karpathios, CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 Chris Sargent, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Victor Lizarraga (L) 1 1/3 6 8 6 0 2 0 Fernando Sanchez 3 2/3 3 1 1 1 6 0 Francis Peña 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 Harry Gustin 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Musgrove's Fort Wayne Season Debut Rained Out The Fort Wayne TinCaps' road game against the Lake County Captains was postponed by rain. The teams will make it up as part of a doubleheader Friday. The game was slated to be the season debut of two-way Padres prospect Tucker Musgrove, who had been scheduled as the starting pitcher. Musgrove has one of the best four-seamers in the system and a sinker that also can be in the upper 90s. It was not announced whether Musgrove would start Thursday's game or one in Friday's doubleheader. Storm Fall To Ports In Walk-Off Extras Thriller For the second day in row, the Lake Elsinore Storm and Stockton Ports went to extra innings. And like in the series opener, the Storm came out on the wrong end of a walk-off. The Storm lost 9-8 in 10 innings to the Ports on a walk-off single to cap a three-run rally. In the top of the 10th with zombie runner Conner Westenburg aboard, Truitt Madonna doubled to right to push the Storm ahead 7-6, and Kale Fountain then singled to plate Madonna for an 8-6 advantage. Fountain finished 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored. Starter Jesus A. Castro turned in a solid four-inning outing, allowing two runs, both earned, on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The Storm pushed across four runs in the second inning, highlighted by a Yoiber Ocopio fielder's choice RBI that scored Justin DeCriscio, and the lead grew to 6-1 in the third when Fountain doubled home Bradley Frye, and Jose Verdugo drove Fountain in on a groundout. Stockton chipped away, scoring one in the fifth and four in the sixth to tie the game at 6-6. Ryan Wideman and Westenburg each swiped two bags for Lake Elsinore. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman, CF 4 1 0 0 1 1 Truitt Madonna, C 5 1 1 0 0 3 Bradley Frye, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 1 Kale Fountain, RF 5 1 2 2 0 1 Justin DeCriscio, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 Jose Verdugo, SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 Yoiber Ocopio, DH 4 1 0 1 0 1 Luke Cantwell, 1B 2 0 1 0 2 0 Conner Westenburg, LF 4 2 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jesus A. Castro 4 2 2 2 2 3 0 Joseph Herrera 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 Carlos Medina (BS) 3 2/3 1 0 0 0 6 0 Nick Falter (L) 1/3 2 3 2 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: DNP Kale Fountain: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, SB, K Ryan Wideman: 0-for-4, R, BB, K, 2 SB Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr: DNP Romeo Sanabria: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, K Truitt Madonna: 1-for-5, 2B, R, 3 K Michael Salina: DNP Garrett Hawkins: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Kavares Tears: DNP Deivid Coronil: DNP Francis Pena: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K Bryan Balzer: DNP View full article