San Diego Padres pitcher Jhony Brito made his fifth minor-league start of the season Friday. – photo by Joe AlexanderSan Diego Padres pitcher Jhony Brito pitched six innings in a rehab start for the Double-A San Antonio Missions on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
Brito allowed one hit, a grounder through the left side of the infield. He threw 52 pitches including 37 strikes. In his final inning, the stadium radar showed him throwing his fastball 93-94 mph.
The 6-foot-2 right hander got the win in the Missions’ 8-1 victory over the Corpus Christi Hooks. He struck out four batters with no walks.
Brito is currently listed on the Padres’ 40-man roster but is on the 60-day injured list due to elbow surgery. Friday’s game was his fifth minor-league start of the season as he works his way back.
New San Antonio Missions pitcher Francis Pena in the bullpen on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderSan Antonio Missions fans got a good look at San Diego Padres prospects Ryan Bergert and Brandon Valenzuela on Tuesday night at Wolff Stadium. The Missions lost to the Frisco RoughRiders 3-2.
Bergert, the Padres’ No. 7 prospect according to MLB.com, got the start on the mound. Bergert went 6.0 innings and allowed two runs on four hits with three strikeouts and no walks against the Frisco RoughRiders. He left the game with the RoughRiders leading 2-0. The 24-year-old right-hander was a sixth-round draft pick from the University of West Virginia in 2021.
Valenzuela, a 23-year-old catcher from Mexico, is the No. 11 prospect in the Padres organization. On Tuesday he played in his 35th game for the Missions this season after splitting last season between Class A Fort Wayne and San Antonio. He entered the game batting .228 with two home runs and 15 RBIs. He had an RBI double in the eighth inning on Tuesday.
The Missions added right-handed relief pitcher Francis Pena to their roster on Tuesday after he was promoted from the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps. Pena appeared in 11 games with the TinCaps this season, all in relief, and had a 3-0 record and two saves with a blazing 0.86 ERA. He is a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic.
Connor Hollis was the only player from the San Antonio Missions’ opening day starting lineup on April 6 who was also in the starting lineup in their final game on Friday night at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderThe San Antonio Missions lost to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 6-3 on Friday at Wolff Stadium in the deciding game of the Texas League South playoffs.
Amarillo piled up 11 hits including five for extra bases.
The Sod Poodles scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead and the Missions never caught up.
Amarillo will play the Arkansas Travelers in the best-of-three Texas League Championship series beginning Sunday. Arkansas clinched its North playoff series with a 14-1 victory over Springfield.
The Missions and Sod Poodles stand on the field for the National Anthem before Thursday’s playoff game.The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 7-4 in Game 2 of their Texas League playoff series on Thursday night at Wolff Stadium.
The best-of-three South Division series will be settled in Game 3 on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
The winner of the series will play the winner of the North Division playoffs in another best-of-three series beginning Sunday to decide the 2023 Texas League champions.
Graham Pauley hits a home run in the eighth inning to give the Missions a 6-5 lead.The San Antonio Missions hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to escape with a 7-6 victory over the Springfield Cardinals on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.
Graham Pauley’s third hit of the night was a solo home run that put the Missions in front 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth. Nathan Martorella followed with another homer, giving the Missions a 7-5 lead and an insurance run they would need.
The Cardinals scored a run in the ninth to make it closer.
The Missions scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 5-4 lead. Springfield bounced back with a run in the top of the eighth to tie it 5-5.
The Missions’ seventh-inning rally included a two-run homer by Michael De La Cruz and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Ripken Reyes that scored Cole Cummings.
San Antonio starting pitcher Jairo Iriarte didn’t get a decision but had a solid outing. He went five innings and allowed three runs, three hits, two walks and struck out nine batters.
Jason Blanchard pitched two innings in relief, Lake Bachar worked the eighth inning and got the win and Efrain Contreras handled the ninth inning to pick up his fourth save.
Efrain Contreras – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Jairo Iriarte – Missions
Jairo Iriarte – Missions
Jason Blanchard – Missions
Lake Bachar – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Nathan Martorella celebrates his eighth-inning home run that gave the Missions a 7-5 lead.
Missions starting pitcher Adam Mazur earned the win.San Antonio starting pitcher Adam Mazur went five innings and gave up only one unearned run as the Missions beat the Springfield Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
Mazur (2-3) allowed five hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Daniel Camarena pitched the ninth inning to earn his third save.
Missions manager Luke Montz was ejected while arguing a call in the top of the third inning.
Ripken Reyes, Nathan Martorella and Michael De La Cruz all had RBI hits for the Missions. Connor Hollis had two hits and scored twice and Graham Pauley had two hits and scored a run.
Adam Mazur – Missions
Connor Hollis – Missions
Connor Hollis – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Henry Henry – Missions
Luke Montz – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Raul Brito – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Missions manager Luke Montz was tossed in the third inning.
Missions starter Robby Snelling pitched five innings and got the win.Graham Pauley hit his second home run since joining the San Antonio Missions and Cole Cummings hit his 11th.
The two long balls on a rare night when the wind was blowing out of Wolff Stadium helped carry the Missions to a 4-3 victory over the Springfield Cardinals on Tuesday.
Pauley’s solo shot in the first inning put the Missions in front 1-0. San Antonio scored twice in the fourth inning to go up 3-1. Cummings’ solo homer in the sixth extended the lead to 4-1.
Missions starting pitcher Robby Snelling (2-0) got the win. The 19-year-old left-hander went five innings and allowed one run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Daniel Camarena earned his second save of the season by retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth inning.
Homer Bush Jr., playing in his first game at Wolff Stadium since joining the Missions, had two hits and an RBI.
CD Pelham – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Raul Brito – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Robby Snelling – Missions
Robby Snelling – Missions
Seth Mayberry – Missions
Graham Pauley hit a first-inning home runCole Cummings hit his 11th home run of the season.
Graham Pauley (top left) celebrates with his teammates after he hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.For the second time in five days the San Antonio Missions got a walk-off hit from one of their newest players.
Saturday night it was Graham Pauley, who was promoted to the Missions from Class A Fort Wayne on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old left-handed hitter went to the plate in the bottom of the 10th inning with the score tied 5-5 and Ripken Reyes on second base. Pauley hit a single to center to bring in Reyes and end the game, 6-5.
On Tuesday night it was 17-year-old Ethan Salas who had the game-winning hit in his Double-A debut. Pauley and Salas were teammates in Fort Wayne before they moved up to San Antonio on the same day.
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.Ripken Reyes heads home with the winning run on a walk-off single by Graham Pauley (top right) in the 10th inning.
Missions starter Ryan Bergert struck out nine batters while holding the Sod Poodles scoreless for six innings.The San Antonio Missions were limited to just one hit on Friday in a 1-0 loss to the Amarillo Sod Poodles at Wolff Stadium.
Amarillo’s Camden Duzenack scored the only run of the game on a two-out error in the top of the eighth inning.
Jakob Marsee had the Missions’ only hit.
Missions starting pitcher Ryan Bergert had a strong game, pitching six shutout innings and allowing three hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.
The Missions’ Graham Pauley had two hits and scored a run.Amarillo pitchers stifled the San Antonio Missions over the first seven innings in the Sod Poodles’ 4-2 victory on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.
Sod Poodles starter Luke Albright (8-5) went five shutout innings to earn the win.
The Missions scored both their runs in the bottom of the eighth after the Sod Poodles built a 4-0 lead. Marcos Castanon scored from third on a ground out and Cole Cummings singled to right to drive in Graham Pauley.
Pauley and Cummings led the Missions with two hits each.
Missions starting pitcher Adam Mazur (0-2) went six innings, allowed three runs and took the loss.
Cole Cummings had the Missions’ only RBI of the night.Missions starter Adam Mazur pitched six innings and allowed three runs.
