Down on the Farm: July 20 (Quantrill Struggles Again)
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It was a good night for Padres’ farm system, as Padres minor league affiliates went 6-1 Friday night.
The evening was full of excitement, and featured five, one-run games. Here’s a rundown of the results and notable performances:
El Paso Chihuahuas (52-47) Lost 6-5
in a game that went down to the wire. Walker Lockett provided a solid, albeit unspectacular six-inning performance on Friday night, giving up three runs and five hits, with no walks. He was relieved by Eric Yardley who struggled over an inning and a third, surrendering three runs and eight hits. Sacramento led the 6-2 heading into the bottom of the eighth, but the Chihuahuas responded with three runs turning the game into an instant nail biter down the stretch. When all was said and done, Tyler Rogers was able to retire the Chihuahuas, and the game went into the win column for Sacramento.
Among the offensive standouts of the evening for El Paso were Matt Szczur, Brett Nicholas, and Shane Peterson.
Walker Lockett: 6 IP, 3 R, 5 SO, 0 BB
Eric Yardley: 1.2 IP, 3 R, 8 H
Cory Spangenberg: 0-3, 2 BB, SB
Matt Szczur: 3-5, R
Brett Nicholas: 3-4, R, RBI
Shane Peterson: 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Trey Wingenter: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K
San Antonio Missions (58-39) Won 11-10
in ten innings. Cal Quantrill struggled again, giving up three home runs, eight earned runs and four walks. Yet, he limited the damage in the fourth and fifth innings after a brutal start. Miguel Diaz picked up the win despite struggling a bit himself. Andres Munoz recorded his third save with a flawless tenth inning. Offensively, there were several standout performance for the Missions. Among them was the newly called-up Buddy Reed, who had a key two-run single. Ty France hit like a man possessed.
Cal Quantrill: 5 IP, 8 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO
Miguel Diaz: 4 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 K
Buddy Reed: 1-5, 2 RBI, SB
Michael Gettys: 1-5, 2 RBI
Ty France: 4-5, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Nick Schulz: 2-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, HR
Lake Elsinore Storm (47-51) won 4-3
The Storm won in eleven innings on a walk-off hit by Jorge Ona. Lake Elsinore’s struggled offensively all night. However, they took advantage of errors, and scrapped their way into an extra inning struggle before succumbing to Modesto.
Hudson Potts: 1-5
Jorge Ona: 2-4, R, RBI
Nate Easley: 0 -3, 2 BB
Emmanuel Ramirez: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 4 K
Ft. Wayne TinCaps game was canceled due to weather.
Postponed
Tri-City Dust Devils (17-18) Won 4-1
Left handed pitcher Omar Cruz made his first start for Tri-City and was successful. The 19-year-old started the 2018 season in Arizona. Jordan Guerrero earned his third save of the year by striking out the side in the ninth. Olivier Basabe hit his third homer of the year for the Dust Devils.
Olivier Basabe: 2-3, R, 2 RBI, HR, SB
Omar Cruz: 5 IP, 0 R, 6 K, 3 H
Jordan Guerrero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K
AZL Padres 1 (9-14) Won 4-3
Xavier Edwards stole his seventh base of the year and is now hitting .429 on the year. He made the start as the teams DH, but he has shown promise at short in his limited time in Arizona. Carlos Luis had two hits in the victory. Jefferson Garcia earned the win and Tom Colletti earned the save for the Padres.
Xavier Edwards: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, SB
Carlos Luis: 2-4, 2 RBI, 3B
Jefferson Garcia: 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 4 K
AZL Padres 2 (14-11) Won 6-5
Blinger Perez hit a solo shot in the ninth inning to walkoff the game. Perez is a former catcher who is now playing corner outfield in the system. Mason Fox earned the win, pitching the last two innings of the game.
River Stevens: 1-3, 2 RBI
Blinger Perez: 2-4, 3 R, HR, RBI
Mason Fox: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K
DSL Padres (23-17) won 8-3
The DSL Padres scored five in the first and never looked back. Eudi Asuncio earned the win, his fourth of the year. His ERA is down to 3.89 on the year. The DSL team only managed six hits on the day but they walked 13 times in the game.
Vladmir Echavarria, 2-4, RBI
Victor Nova, 1-2, R, RBI, SB
Eudi Asencio, 5IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 2 BB
Probable Pitchers for Saturday’s games
El Paso: TBD
San Antonio: Lake Bachar
Lake Elsinore: TBD
Fort Wayne: TBD
Tri-City: Angel Acevedo
AZL Padres 1 & 2: TBD
DSL Padres: TBD
Tim is a former pitcher and avid, life-long baseball fan. He is also a husband, father, pastor, writer, and professor…who drinks a lot of coffee.
What a shame on the Tatis news
Tatis is likely out for the season, but there hasn’t been an official diagnosis or statement from the Padres as of yet. Tatis’ injury wasn’t covered because it didn’t occur during the games covered here. It happened the day before, and, as mentioned, there is no news to report as of yet. When something breaks, EVT will cover it under its own heading, I’m sure.
What’s the status on Tatis there should of been something mentioned in this article?
I’m pretty sure all Padre fans got that unfortunate news already.