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It was a rough Thursday for the top four San Diego Padres affiliates, which all lost. The Triple-A El Paso  Chihuahuas were blanked by Sugar Land 11-0, the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to Arkansas 12-7, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps didn’t score in an 8-0 loss to Lake County and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm came up short vs. Fresno 8-7.
Padres Minor-League Transactions
San Diego Padres sent 1B Nick Solak outright to El Paso Chihuahuas.
1B Nick Solak elected free agency.
San Diego Padres sent 2B Jake Cronenworth on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas.
Matt Waldron Walks Four In Rehab Outing As Chihuahuas Lose
Padres right-hander Matt Waldron made his third rehab start, turning in a rocky 2â…” innings, and the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas gave up nine runs late in an 11-2 setback to the Sugar Lane Space Cowboys.
Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth was scheduled to make his first rehab appearance following a concussion, but the paperwork was finished in time to allow him to play, according to Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Croenworth will be in Friday’s game.
Sugar Land had a rehabber of its own in Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr., who struck out four and allowed two hits in three shutout innings. Waldron walked four and allowed two hits and two runs while striking out four. Right-hander Misael Tamarez followed Waldron with a career-best 3â…“ shutout innings.
Marcos Castanon and Nick Schnell each had two of the Chihuahuas’ seven hits. Carlos Rodriguez had a single and a walk to keep his on-base streak alive at 33. The Chihuahuas had runners on in eight of the nine innings.
Missions Throttled By Early Travelers Surge
The Double-A San Antonio Missions gave up nine runs in the first three innings en route to a 12-7 loss to the host Arkansas Travelers.
Kai Roberts went 4-for-5, Ryan Jackson had two hits and three RBIs and Chris Sargent Jr. had a homered, had a pair of hits, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Missions. Tirso Ornelas also had two hits, while Kai Murphy homered and scored three times.
Missions right-handed starter Ian Koenig was lit up for seven runs (six runs), including a pair of homers, in two innings on nine hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Arkansas scored three in the first and four in the second before the Missions got a pair back in the top of the third on a Ryan Jackson double, then the Travelers got two more in the bottom of the third.
TinCaps Bottled Up, Blanked By Captains
The combination of a poor start and a punchless offense led the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps to drop an 8-0 decision to the Lake County Captains. Three Captains pitchers combined to limit the TinCaps to two hits.
Kavares Tears had a leadoff single in the third inning and Justin DeCriscio a two-out single in the sixth for the TinCaps’ only hits.
TinCaps right-handed starter Carson Montgomery gave up five runs in just 1â…” innings on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Right-hander Nick Falter followed by allowing three runs in two-thirds of an inning on five hits and a walk.
Player
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
Carson Montgomery
1 2/3
4
5
5
3
2
1
Nick Falter
2/3
5
3
3
1
1
1
1 2/3
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
0
Totals
8
10
8
8
5
11
2
Storm Rally Comes Up Shy Against Grizzlies
Yoiber Ocopio and Jose Verdugo each drove in a pair of runs, but the host Lake Elsinore Storm came up short in an 8-7 loss to the Fresno Grizzlies.
Storm right-hander Lan-Hong Su, a 19-year-old international signing in October from Taiwan, gave up four runs in 2â…” innings in his Lake Elsinore debut. He allowed four hits, while walking one and striking out two.
Fresno scored once in the top of the first, but the Storm came back in the bottom half on a Dylan Grego one-out double, Jose Verdugo was hit by a pitch with two outs and Ocopio brought them both home with a double. The Grizzlies tied it in the top of the second, scored twice in the third, two more in the fifth and one more in the sixth and seventh for an 8-2 lead.
But the Storm made a furious comeback in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs, Yimy Tovar singled, Dawson Willis walked and Grego hit a grounder to short that was booted, allowing Tovar to score. Qrey Lott struck out, but reached on a wild pitch with Willis scoring and Grego going to third. Verdugo followed with a two-run double to make it 8-6, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball to pull within 8-7.
Player
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
K
Dawson Willis
4
1
0
0
1
2
Dylan Grego
4
2
1
0
1
0
Qrey Lott
4
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
Jose Verdugo
4
2
1
2
0
1
Yoiber Ocopio
3
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
2
Yimy Tovar
3
1
1
0
1
1
Totals
33
7
4
4
6
15
Player
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
Lan-Hong Su
2 2/3
4
4
4
1
2
1
2 1/3
3
2
2
1
1
0
3
3
2
2
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
Totals
9
11
8
8
3
9
1
Padres Mission’s Top 20 Prospect Performance
Ethan Salas: On injured list
Kash Mayfield: DNP
Miguel Mendez: DNP
Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP
Ryan Wideman: 0-for-4, K
Jorge Quintana: 0-for-1, K
Ty Harvey: On injured list
Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season
Braedon Karpathios: 1-for-5, 2B, K
Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-3, K
Jagger Haynes: DNP
Alex McCoy: DNP
Truitt Madonna: 0-for-4, 2 K
Tucker Musgrove: DNP
Garrett Hawkins: DNP
Michael Salina: DNP
Eric Yost: DNP
Rosman Verdugo: DNP
Bryan Balzer: DNP
Deivid Coronil: DNP
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