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Padres Minor League Roundup For August 18th

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Aug 10, 2014; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; San Diego Padres manager

Bud Black

(20) look so from the dugout against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning at PNC Park. San Diego won 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

The Padres may have had the night off, but the future Friars are still playing for big league roster spots.

It’s the pitching, not the offense that is costing the Padres games this time around, and these fresh faces are making the most of their opportunities.

Rymer Liriano‘s patience at the plate is putting him in a position to help the team every single game. Liriano has been on base in all but one of his starts so far with the team, his first start. Call it first day jitters. Since then, Liriano has been on base NINE times in just five games. His fellow teammates should take some notes. He is already the most patient Friar at the plate. Although watching every first pitch has led to some early strikes, it hasn’t slowed down his ability to wait out the count and take a couple free pases.

By the way, since when did Jake Goebbert become a triples machine? This past week in St. Louis, that’s when.  In his two starts against the Cardinals, Goebbert went 3-for-7 with two runs, four RBIs, two triples, and a walk. Not bad. Not bad at.

Fear not, Friar Faithful. The future is bright.

Mar 3, 2014; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; Atlanta Braves infielder Tyler Greene (7) tries to avoid the tag of New York Mets second basemen Wilmer Flores (4) during the spring training exhibition game at Champion Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports

Triple A: El Paso Chihuahuas (61-69)

The El Paso Chihuahuas were hoping to draw more than just a large crowd with Andrew Cashner taking the hill in his second rehab assignment with the team, they were hoping for a win. Unfortunately, these Chihuahuas are in the dog house after dropping the third straight game to the Memphis Redbirds. El Paso lost to the Memphis 7-4 at home and never held the lead.

The Padres might be getting nervous after disappointing back-to-back starts from Cashner in El Paso. In two games he has pitched just 7.2 combined innings, and allowed six earned runs. Hardly the kind of stuff that the organization expects from their ace. Could his injury be affecting him more than he is leading on? With the Padres chances of a playoff birth plummeting by the day, you have to wonder if the front office will make the decision to shut Cashner down for the rest of the year.

Cashner surrendered a two-run shot in the top of the second, and an RBI double in the third to put the Chihuahuas down 3-0.

El Paso wouldn’t go on to put up any runs until the bottom of the sixth inning when Cody Decker tripled in Tyler Greene and Jeff Francoeur to put the Chihuahuas within one.

After Memphis scored in the top of the seventh, the Chihuahuas got a run back with an RBI double from Cameron Maybin.

Not to be outdone, Memphis plated three more runs in the top of the ninth. El Paso was only able to respond with an RBI single off the bat of Cameron Maybin. Bringing our final score to 7-4.

Future Friar of the Game

Tyler Greene: 3-for-5, 2B, R

Alex Castellanos: 3-for-4, 2B, R

Future Friar of the Game

Yeison Asencio: 0-for-4

Branch Kloess: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 1 B, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 K

Double A: San Antonio Missions (62-64)

The Missions did not play last night. Tomorrow they play on the road against the first place Frisco RoughRiders at 7:05 PM CT.

Mandatory Credit-MiLB.com

Single A: Lake Elsinore Storm (69-58)

As the caped crusader famously said in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins …

STORM’S COMING.

That’s right! After losing ten of first fifteen games in August, the Lake Elsinore storm have won their last two road games against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to take a share of first place in the California League South! Lake Elsinore brought the hurt to the Quakes in this 6-1 victory.

Elliot Morris dazzled for the Storm in his start tonight. Morris went six innings and struck out eight. His only earned run came on a home run in the bottom of the fourth. Morris only allowed three hits outside of the home run.

Their was no scarcity of drama. Lake Elsinore waited until the eighth inning before scoring, and they didn’t stop until they had batted around the order. The Storm scored five in the eighth off of four singles, a double, two walks, a free pass on a strikeout on a wild pitch, and a stolen base.

Lake Elsinore added insult to injury by scoring again in the top of the ninth. The Quakes couldn’t answer the call in their last chance at the plate and now find themselves sharing the top spot.

The Storm may have had a rough start to the month and piled up a lot of losses underneath these last two wins, but remember:

It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.

And right now, Lake Elsinore is winning.

Future Friar of the Game

Mallex Smith: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB

Gabriel Quintana: 3-for-5, R, K

Elliot Morris: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, HR

Future Friar of the Game

Jeremy Baltz: 1-for-5, 3 K, E

Mandatory Credit: milb.com

Single A: Fort Wayne TinCaps (53-67)

It was a good night in Fort Wayne. Eight of the nine batters in the lineup got a hit in the TinCaps 3-2 victory over the Great Lakes Loons. The Padres’ 2014 first round pick isn’t showing signs of slowing, and their number fifteen prospect now has hits in back to back ballgames. Future Padres third baseman, Dustin Peterson also got back on track with a hit after going 0-for-12 with four strikeouts in the previous three ball games.

It was the TinCaps who got on board first. Despite going 0-for-4 in last night’s ballgame, Josh VanMeter did manage to contribute to the game in the second inning via RBI groundout to get Fort Wayne on the board. Three batters later and it was VanMeter who scored on a Fernando Perez single to right field.

In the top of the fourth, the Loons would get a run back on a home run to left.

Neither team would score again until the top of the ninth inning when Great Lakes would plate a runner on a sacrifice fly to center. The next batter would double to right fielder, Franmil Reyes, who would throw out the baserunner at home to end the inning.

Extra Baseball.

In the bottom of the tenth, the TinCaps would walk-off on a Franmil Reyes sacrifice fly to center field with no outs and the bases loaded. Trea Turner would score the winning run on the play.

Future Friar of the Game

Trea Turner: 2-for-5, R, 2 K

Franmil Reyes: 1-for-4, RBI, K, Outfield Assist

Future Friar of the Game

Ryan Butler: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, BS

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