Padres Down on the Farm: June 13 (Batten homers for EP/Fabian reaches base 5 times for LE/Lopez solid for DSL-PG)
The San Diego Padres, minor league affiliates, went 4-2 on Tuesday, with Fort Wayne having to postpone their game due to rain.
Here is a recap of the dayās events.
El Paso Chihuahuas (Lost 8-5 to Round Rock) (28-36 on the season)
SS Matthew Batten: (2-for-5), 2-run HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 Ks
C Brett Sullivan: (1-for-4), RBI, 2 K’s
1B: Rangel Ravelo: (1-for-3), 2B, RBI, R, BB, K
The Round Rock Express took an early 1-0 lead on the Chihuahuas after a second-inning home run, that was soon erased by a pair of two-run innings by El Paso to give them a 4-1 lead after four innings. In those innings, El Paso got a two-run home run from Batten, his eighth of the season. The Chihuahuas ended up scoring another run in the top of the sixth inning to go up 5-1 but imploded by giving up a six-run bottom of the sixth inning that put them down 7-5. El Paso would not be able to rebound after that and fell to Round Rock 8-5 in the first game of the series.
San Antonio Missions (Lost 10-2 to Amarillo) (31-27 on the season)
2B Michael De La Cruz: (2-for-4), 2B, RBI
C Chandler Seagle: (1-for-3), 2B, 2 Ks
3B Juan Fernandez: (2-for-3), BB, K
The San Antonio Missions got off to a hot start thanks to Tirso Ornelas‘ fifth home run of the season, giving them a 1-0 lead in the first inning. From there, however, the Amarillo Sod Poodles took over the game, scoring twice in the bottom half of the first and eventually taking the game 10-2 in a laugher. Amarillo scored five times in the seventh inning, which put the game away for good.
Fort Wayne TinCaps (Postponed) (27-30 on the season)
Game postponed due to rain. Make-up scheduled for June 14.
Lake Elsinore Storm (Won 12-4 over Stockton) (28-27 on the season)
DH Ethan Salas: (0-for-4), R, BB, K
RF Albert Fabian: (3-for-3), 2-run HR, 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB
C Anthony Vilar: (1-for-3), 3-run HR, BB, K
RP Carter Loewen: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks
The Lake Elsinore Storm broke above .500 on Tuesday night with a big win over Stockton 12-4, thanks to a lot of hitting as well as some excellent bullpen work. The Storm got home runs from Vilar and Fabian, the latter of whom collected three hits, including a home run and a double, while also scoring four times. In all, Fabian reached base five times. As for the Elsinore bullpen, they threw five scoreless innings while allowing only one hit and striking out eight. They were dominant, and so was the offense in this excellent game for the Storm.
DSL Padres Gold (Won 13-2 over DSL Blue Jays) (4-3 on the season)
IF Emii Turbi: (2-for-5), 2B, 2 R, RBI
SS Ismael Javier: (1-for-3), HR, 2 R, BB
SP Jesus Lopez: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 Ks
The DSL Padres Gold team beat up on the DSL Blue Jays in a 13-2 victory thanks to two big innings offensively, as well as great pitching. Starting pitcher Lopez threw four innings of scoreless ball while striking out four. The Padres Gold team started out strong with a five-run first inning and then also had a six-run fifth inning in their seven-inning victory.
DSL Padres Brown (Won 6-4 over DSL Orioles Black) (4-3 on the season)
1B Eric Valdez: (1-for-2), 2B, R, BB
SS Oliver Cedeno: (1-for-3) 2B, RBI
SP Adan Moreno: 3 IP, H, ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks
The DSL Padres Brown team won thanks to a giant fifth inning in which they scored all six of their runs to erase a 3-0 deficit. In that inning, the DSL Padres Brown team scored on three bases-loaded walks, a throwing error, an RBI double, and a sacrifice fly. Not your typical way of scoring six runs in an inning, but they will certainly take it. Starting pitcher Moreno was excellent, going the first three innings and only allowing a run while striking out four.
ACL Padres (Won 12-7 over ACL Guardians) (4-3 on the season)
RF Braedon Karpathios: (3-for-5), 2 R, 3 RBI
SS Yedry Rojas: (2-for-4), 2B, 2 R, BB, K
RP Reinier Parra: 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 5 Ks
The ACL Padres scored a lot of runs, enough to usually win a baseball game handily, but made it very interesting late in the game. The Padres scored four times in the bottom of the eighth to put the game away for good against the ACL Guardians to give them their fourth win of the year. The Padres got multi-hit games from three of their players and had two relievers combine for 11 strikeouts on the night in what was a crazy win.
Wednesday’s probable pitchers
El Paso- Anderson Espinoza (2-2 6.07 ERA)
San Antonio- TBD
Fort Wayne- Game 1 Adam Mazur (1-0 1.95 ERA) & Game 2 TBD
Lake Elsinore- TBD
Padres ACL- TBD
Padres DSL- TBD
Padres DSL- TBD
Kevin is a San Diego Native covering the San Diego Padres and their affiliates