Credit: EVT Sports (Farm Report)
Padres minor league affiliates went 3-0 on Sunday.
Here is our daily recap of games played.
El Paso Chihuahuas – Rainout vs Sugar Land
There would be no sweet treat for the Chihuahuas on Sunday, as their regularly scheduled game against the Space Cowboys was postponed due to rain. Reliever Manuel Castro was scheduled to start for El Paso. The game will be made up in September when the two teams meet again.
Sunday night’s game between the Space Cowboys and Chihuahuas has been postponed until September due to rain in El Paso.
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— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) July 28, 2025
San Antonio Missions (Won 6-1 vs Midland) (51-45 on the season)
Albert Fabian – 2-for-4, Two-RBI Double
Brandon Valenzuela – 2-for-4, Home Run
Henry Baez – 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K (66 pitches – 41 strikes)
San Antonio roared to life in the first inning, with a five-run rally giving them a first-inning lead. Albert Fabian hit a two-out, two-strike double with two runners on to give the Missions a 2-0 lead. One pitch later, Fabian scored on a double from Moises Gomez, and Gomez himself scored on a single from Kai Murphy. Marcos Castanon tripled to score Murphy, putting the punctuation on a five-run inning. Brandon Valenzuela showed signs of life at the plate, finishing with two hits; his seventh-inning homer extended the Missions’ lead to 6-1.
Brandon Valenzuela got back to his old tricks, hammering a homer and helping the Missions avoid the sweep. He is tonight’s @FrostBank Player of the Game! pic.twitter.com/GvwBwP5Wkw
— San Antonio Missions Baseball (@missionsmilb) July 28, 2025
Henry Baez made his second start of the series and tossed five innings of one-run baseball. The right-hander only struck out two batters, but generated six ground ball outs. Baez’s sinker was in peak form, generating two double plays in the first two innings. Baez has allowed one earned run total in his last four starts, and has pitched to a 1.49 ERA and 2.60 FIP since June 1. Andrew Moore struck out two in one inning of relief. Kevin Kopps punched out three in 1.2 innings of work, with Jake Higginbotham sealing the win with 1.1 scoreless innings.
Fort Wayne TinCaps (Won 9-4 vs Cedar Rapids) (47-48 on the season)
Leo De Vries – 2-for-5, Home Run
Brandon Butterworth – 2-for-5, Home Run
Luis Gutierrez – 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 0 K (79 pitches – 52 strikes)
Fort Wayne fell behind 4-3 in the sixth inning, only to come back with five unanswered runs to win 9-4. Starter Luis Gutierrez pitched into the sixth inning but allowed seven hits and was charged with four runs. Gutierrez’s outing harkened back to the early days of baseball, as the left-hander did not give up a walk, but he also did not register a strikeout. Gutierrez had allowed one run through five innings, but three hits in the sixth with two outs led to his removal from the game. Eiker Huizi entered and on a 1-2 slider, allowed a double to score two inherited runners. The inning could have ended one pitch prior, but as a result, the TinCaps were down by a run. TinCaps pitching coach Thomas Eshelman was ejected due to arguing questionable balls and strikes calls in the frame.
Justin Connell delivers!! His 2-run double puts the Kernels on top!#CRKernels | #OnlyInCR pic.twitter.com/OjG4NXkiLS
— Cedar Rapids Kernels (@CRKernels) July 27, 2025
The TinCaps’ lineup showed its potency in the game, as they took a 3-1 lead in the first five innings. Brandon Butterworth had an RBI single in the first, and Jack Costello doubled to score a run in the fourth. Leo De Vries homered in the fifth to extend the lead; it was the third Sunday in a row where De Vries homered. Down 4-3 in the seventh, De Vries led off the inning with a walk, and after a wild pitch, Brandon Butterworth homered to give the TinCaps a 5-4 lead. The next three batters went single-single-walk to load the bases, and Oswaldo Linares was hit by a pitch to score another run. Ryan Jackson drew a walk to score another run, capping the inning’s scoring at four. Jackson and Kai Roberts each drove in a run in the ninth, extending the lead to five. The lead would last, as Garrett Hawkins continued his dominant run with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Leo De Vries: Mr. Sunday ?️
The @Padres‘ top prospect has played in three Sunday contests for the @TinCaps this month … and homered in all three! pic.twitter.com/qXbBDYdLxk
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) July 27, 2025
Another milestone for @GarrettHawkins_
After 15 straight batters retired out of the break, Hawk has not allowed a run in his last 32 innings (25 outings)
Last time an @MiLB pitcher achieved the feat: 2017 Will Hibbs (32 IP)
The last @MLB arm: Craig Kimbrel in 2011 (37.2 IP) pic.twitter.com/EUzhOkudaN
— Jaden Taylor (@JadenTaylor25) July 28, 2025
Lake Elsinore Storm (Won 9-1 vs Stockton) (45-51 on the season)
B.Y. Choi – 3-for-3, Double, Four RBI
Cobb Hightower – 3-for-5, Double, Two RBI
Abraham Parra – 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K (77 pitches – 45 strikes)
Abraham Parra was dominant for the Storm, as the Venezuelan native struck out five in six innings. Parra allowed only one run on two hits, and despite walking three batters, never had an inning snowball. When Parra has been getting strikeouts, he has succeeded at limiting baserunners simultaneously, and that trend was on full display in this start. Braian Salazar struck out three in two hitless innings of relief, and Kleiber Olmedo entered for the ninth, fanning the side.
B.Y. Choi finished perfect on the day, with a 3-for-3 line including a double and two singles. Choi drove in four runs in the game, a season-high for the Seoul native. Cobb Hightower had three hits as well, driving in a run on a fourth-inning single and drawing a bases-loaded walk in the seventh. Kale Fountain launched his first Single-A home run in the seventh inning, a towering drive to left field. Zach Evans had three hits, and Alex McCoy scored three runs in the game.
Not to be overlooked in @Storm_Baseball‘s 9-1 win over Stockton today was Kale Fountain’s first Storm homer!@EVT_News pic.twitter.com/bvEUGPV7hm
— Diego Garcia (@StatNerd_Base) July 28, 2025
DSL Padres – Both Teams on Off Day
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