Padres’ Minor League Roundup for May 8th

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All four Padres affiliates were in action Thursday night having mixed results. Here is the minor league roundup!

Triple-A

Box Score

The El Paso Chihuahuas (15-19) lost to the Fresno Grizzlies (17-18) 7-4.

Chihuahua start Billy Buckner pitched well enough to keep his team in the game. An error by Brooks Conrad in the sixth, leading to 4 unearned runs, created a deficit to large to overcome for El Paso. Chihuahua’s Tommy Medica, Adam Moore, and Tyler Greene each went 2-for-4 at the plate with Greene also adding a run and RBI on the night.

Carlos Quentin started in left field going 0-for-3 leaving him hitless during his current rehab assignment.

Tonight’s game (first pitch at 10:05 ET) will feature El Paso’s Jason Lane (3-2, 2.70 ERA) against the Fresno Grizzlies’ Chris Heston (2-2, 3.75 ERA).

Fun fact: Jason Lane is a former starting outfielder of the 2005 Houston Astros’ World Series team.

Double-A

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The San Antonio Missions (14-18) beat the Midland RockHounds (19-13) 5-3.

Down 2-0 the Missions bats woke up in the top of the fourth. Brian Bixler earned an RBI that hurt by getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The next batter Casey McElroy hit a bases clearing double to right field giving San Antonio all the runs they would need.

Jesse Hahn pitched 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts to lower his ERA to 3.20 on the season.

Tonight’s games (first pitch at 8:00 ET) will feature San Antonio’s James Needy (0-3, 4.71 ERA) against the Midland RockHounds’ Chris Jensen (2-1, 3.06 ERA).

Single-A Advanced

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The Lake Elsinore Storm (20-15) lost to the Lancaster JetHawks (21-14) 3-2.

Despite strong nights at the plate by Benji Gonzalez (3-for-4), Diego Goris (2-for-3), and Jeremy Rodriguez (2-for-4) the Storm only mustered 2 runs off of Lancaster starter Mike Hauschild.

Casey Kelly, in his second start since coming back from Tommy John surgery, pitched 4.2 innings giving up 2 runs on 8 hits with 4 strikeouts. His command looks to be improving, as he had zero walks on the night.

In tonight’s game Lake Elsinore starter Bryan Rodriguez (0-2, 2.43 ERA) will face the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and their starter Chris Anderson (2-2, 4.25 ERA).

Single-A Low

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The Fort Wayne TinCaps (13-20) lost to the Dayton Dragons (20-13) 7-4.

In the fifth, Chase Jensen got the TinCaps on the board with a 2 RBI double; Fort Wayne would score another in the inning to tie the game at 3. After Dayton took the lead in the bottom of the 5^th, Dane Phillips would tie the game with an RBI double to left field. The game would remain tied until the bottom of the 8^th when TipCaps pitcher Wilson Santos gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and a walk.

Tonight’s game (first pitch 7:00 ET) will feature TinCaps starter Adrian De Horta (0-1, 4.24 ERA) against Amir Garrett (0-2, 6.56 ERA) of the Dayton Dragons.