Category: Missions

RockHounds ride big inning past Missions; Chandler Seagle homers, doubles

Chandler Seagle celebrates as he rounds the bases for his second-inning home run. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 7-4 on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Chandler Seagle celebrates as he rounds the bases for his second-inning home run.
The Midland RockHounds scored five runs in the first inning on the way to beating the San Antonio Missions 7-4 on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium.

The RockHounds had three hits and two walks in the first inning. The big blow was a three-run homer by Lazaro Armenteros.

The Missions’ scoring all came in the bottom of the second inning. Daniel Johnson and Juan Fernandez started the rally with a single and a walk, respectively. Chandler Seagle hit his first home run of the season. His two-run blast cut Midland’s lead to 5-4, but the Missions never scored again.

Seagle added a double in the fifth inning. He finished the night with two extra-base hits, two RBIs and a run scored. The Missions catcher also threw out two base runners trying to steal.

Seagle didn’t put up big offensive numbers early in the season but has been hot over his last eight games. He is hitting .358 over that stretch (11-of-31) with three doubles, a triple and a home run. He has raised his batting average 47 points in eight games.

Fernandez had two hits in the game, including a double, a scored once.

Though it was a tough night for some of the Missions pitchers, Jose Quezada and Justin Lopez had solid efforts without giving up any runs. Quezada was the first reliever in for the Missions and went 2 1/3 innings and allowed one hit with no walks and one strikeout. Lopez went two innings and allowed one hit, two walks and one strikeout.

Wichita holds off Missions; Pedro Castellanos, Ray-Patrick Didder homer; Chandler Seagle 4 hits

Chandler Seagle congratulates Ray-Patrick Didder after Didder's ninth-inning home run. The Wichita Wind Surge beat the San Antonio Missions 8-7 on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Chandler Seagle congratulates Ray-Patrick Didder after Didder’s ninth-inning home run.
The San Antonio Missions had a big game at the plate and still came up short on a warm afternoon when the ball was flying out of Wolff Stadium.

The Wichita Wind Surge beat the Missions 8-7 despite 14 San Antonio hits including home runs by Pedro Castellanos and Ray-Patrick Didder. Missions catcher Chandler Seagle had a career-high four hits including his first triple.

Wichita’s Alerick Soularie hit two home runs – a solo shot in the second inning and a three-run homer in the sixth.

Castellanos hit his sixth home run in the season with one on in the seventh inning. Didder hit his first of the season with one on in the bottom of the ninth to get the Missions within one run.

Seagle singled in the second inning in his first at-bat. He tripled in the fourth inning and singled again in the sixth. Seagle’s final-at bat was an RBI single in the eighth that closed Wichita’s lead to 7-5.

Missions use lots of little hits – including 4 by Ripken Reyes – to edge Wind Surge

Ripken Reyes bunts for a run-scoring hit in the fifth-inning. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 5-4 on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes bunts for a run-scoring hit in the fifth-inning.
None of the San Antonio Missions’ run-scoring at-bats were extra-base hits on Friday night.

Instead they piled up 12 hits – including five in the pivotal four-run fifth inning – to beat the Wichita Wind Surge 5-4 at Wolff Stadium.

The Missions’ runs in the inning scored on an RBI single by Chandler Seagle, an RBI bunt single by Ripken Reyes, an RBI single by Tirso Ornelas and a sacrifice fly by Yorman Rodriguez. Ray-Patrick doubled in the frame and later scored, but didn’t drive in a run with his hit.

Wichita, on the other hand, did all its scoring on home runs. Seth Gray had a three-run homer in the second inning and Yunior Severino had a solo shot in the eighth.

Missions starting pitcher Efrain Contreras had a strong night other than Gray’s home run. Contreras pitched six innings to get the win. He allowed three runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Missions reliever Lake Bachar pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up one run on Severino’s homer. That was the only hit given up by Bachar, who struck out one batters. Missions closer Nick Hernandez went to the mound with two outs in the eighth inning and got the last four outs. Hernandez struck out three batters and earned his sixth save of the season.

The Missions’ first run of the game came when Reyes led off the bottom of the first inning with a single, went to third on a Rodriguez single and scored on a ground out by Daniel Johnson.

Reyes finished with four hits including a double and scored twice. Cole Cummings had two hits and scored once. Didder had two hits including his double and scored once.

Winning pitcher Efrain Contreras walks off the mound after getting a strikeout to finish the top of the sixth inning. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 5-4 on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Winning pitcher Efrain Contreras walks off the mound after getting a strikeout to finish the top of the sixth inning.

Wind Surge roll past Missions

Cole Cummings had two hits including a two-run single in the second inning. The Wichita Wind Surge beat the San Antonio Missions 10-3 on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Cole Cummings had two hits including a two-run single in the second inning.
The Wichita Wind Surge piled up 14 hits on Thursday in a 10-3 victory over the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium.

Wichita scored five runs in the top of the second inning and led the rest of the way. The Wind Surge got home runs from DaShawn Keirsey Jr. in the fourth inning and Aaron Sabato in the seventh inning.

The Missions’ scoring came on a two-run single from Cole Cummings in the second inning and an RBI single from Michael De La Cruz in the sixth.

Missions starting pitcher Duncan Snider gave up five runs in 1 2/3 innings. Reliever Alek Jacob was the one Missions pitcher to get through the game unscathed with two scoreless innings on two hits, one walk and three strikeouts.

Michael De La Cruz played catcher and drove in the Missions' final run of the game. The Wichita Wind Surge beat the San Antonio Missions 10-3 on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Michael De La Cruz played catcher and drove in the Missions’ final run of the game.
Missions reliever Alek Jacob pitched the eighth and ninth innings and did not allow a run. The Wichita Wind Surge beat the San Antonio Missions 10-3 on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions reliever Alek Jacob pitched the eighth and ninth innings and did not allow a run. The Wichita Wind Surge beat the San Antonio Missions 10-3 on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander

Jackson Wolf dominates, Jorge Ona homers as Missions pound Wichita

Jackson Wolf pitched six shutout innings to earn the win. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 10-4 on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jackson Wolf pitched six shutout innings to earn the win.
Jackson Wolf earned the win in his third straight start as the San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 10-4 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

Wolff pitched 6.0 shutout innings and evened his record to 5-5 in 11 starts on the season. The 6-foot-7 lefty held Wichita without a hit through the first five innings before allowing two hits in the sixth. He struck out seven batters and did not give up a walk.

The Missions bats came alive with 14 hits, including Jorge Ona’s third home run of the season.

Michael De La Cruz had three hits, two RBIs and scored three times. Ripken Reyes, Tirso Ornelas, Pedro Castellanos, Juan Fernandez and Ona had two hits each.

Michael De La Cruz had three hits including an RBI double. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 10-4 on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Michael De La Cruz had three hits including an RBI double.
Jorge Ona had two hits including his third home run of the season. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 10-4 on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jorge Ona had two hits including his third home run of the season.

Missions walk off Wichita on Tirso Ornelas’ 3-run double

Tirso Ornelas rips a walk-off double with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Tirso Ornelas rips a walk-off double with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning. Connor Hollis (far right) is at third base.
Connor Hollis scores and Ray-Patrick Didder (far right) rounds third as the Missions won on Tirso Ornelas' walk-off double. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Connor Hollis comes in to score and Ray-Patrick Didder (far right) rounds third as the Missions won on Tirso Ornelas’ walk-off double.
Ray-Patrick Didder crosses home with the run that tied the game and Ripken Reyes (far right) rounds third on Tirso Ornelas' walk-off double. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ray-Patrick Didder crosses home with the run that tied the game and Ripken Reyes (far right) rounds third on Tirso Ornelas’ walk-off double.
Ripken Reyes slides into home with the winning run on Tirso Ornelas' walk-off double. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes slides into home with the winning run on Tirso Ornelas’ walk-off double.

The San Antonio Missions never led Tuesday night until the final batter of the game.

Tirso Ornelas went to bat with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Missions trailing the Wichita Wind Surge 5-3. Ornelas ripped a line drive to center that drove in Connor Hollis, Ray-Patrick Didder and Ripken Reyes to win the game 6-5.

The Missions’ Pedro Castellanos led off the frame with a walk and was replaced by Hollis, a pinch-runner. Didder walked and then Reyes was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Wichita scored three runs in the top of the first first inning and two runs in the second inning to lead 5-0.

Yorman Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth, his second homer since joining the Missions on May 31. A Cole Cummings ground out drove in a run and Castellanos had an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 5-3.

The Missions’ bullpen kept them in the game after the Wind Surge’s fast start. Lake Bachar, Kevin Kopps and Michel Baez (W 2-0) combined to hold Wichita to no runs and two hits over the final seven innings.

Tirso Ornelas celebrates after his walk-off double. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Tirso Ornelas celebrates after his walk-off double.
Yorman Rodriguez hit a home run in his first home game since joining the Missions. The San Antonio Missions beat the Wichita Wind Surge 6-5 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Yorman Rodriguez hit a home run in his first home game since joining the Missions.

Sod Poodles beat up Missions in series finale

Missions outfielder Daniel Johnson had three hits on Sunday. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 9-3 on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions outfielder Daniel Johnson had three hits on Sunday.
The Amarillo Sod Poodles piled up 12 hits to beat the San Antonio Missions 9-3 Sunday afternoon at Wolff Stadium.

Camden Duzenack had three hits including a double to lead the Sod Poodles, Tim Tawa had two hits including a double and Ryan Bliss had two hits. Duzenack and Tawa had three RBIs each.

Daniel Johnson had three hits for the Missions and Juan Fernandez and Michael De La Cruz had two hits each. De La Cruz and Korry Howell both doubled.

Sod Poodles’ Chad Patrick out-duels Missions’ Duncan Snider

Missions starting pitcher Duncan Snider allowed only one run in five innings but took the loss. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 1-0 on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starting pitcher Duncan Snider allowed only one run in five innings but took the loss.
The San Antonio Missions’ four-game win streak ended in a 1-0 loss to the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.

Sod Poodles starting pitcher Chad Patrick and reliever Andrew Saalfrank combined on a two-hit shutout. Patrick went seven innings for the win (2-5) and allowed the two hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Saalfrank pitched the final two innings for his first save of the season.

The Missions faced Patrick at the wrong time. After losing his first five starts of the season, the 6-foot-1 right-hander has gone 2-0 in his last three starts and allowed two earned runs over his last 17 2/3 innings.

Missions starting pitcher Duncan Snider went five innings and gave up one run but took the loss (0-3). He allowed five hits and four walks with two strikeouts. The San Antonio bullpen combined to hold Amarillo scoreless over the final four innings. Aaron Leasher pitched two innings and Lake Bachar and Michel Baez one inning each.

The Sod Poodles scored the only run of the game in the top of the first inning. Jordan Lawlar walked with one out, stole second and scored on a single to center by Juan Centeno.

The Missions won the first four games of the current six-game series, which wraps up Sunday with a 1:05 p.m. start at Wolff Stadium.

Sod Poodles starter Chad Patrick threw seven shutout innings and got the win. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 1-0 on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Sod Poodles starter Chad Patrick threw seven shutout innings and got the win.

Lefty Jackson Wolf dominates Sod Poodles as Missions win fourth straight

Jackson Wolf pitched six innings and allowed one run to get the win. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-2 on Friday, May 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jackson Wolf pitched six innings and allowed one run to get the win.
Jackson Wolf turned in one of his best pitching performances of the season as the San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-2 on Friday at Wolff Stadium.

The Missions have won the first four games of the series, with remaining games against Amarillo on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Wolf pitched six innings – his second longest start of the season – and got the win to raise his record to 3-5. He allowed one run on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Wolf had gone seven innings on May 7 in Tulsa in his longest outing.

The performance helped Wolf get back on track and lowered his ERA from 4.91 to 4.38. The 6-foot-7 left-hander had a 0-3 record in his previous four starts. Wolf is the No. 16 prospect in the San Diego Padres minor league organization, and the second-highest rated left-handed pitcher.

Missions batters took advantage of shaky pitching from the Sod Poodles. San Antonio’s eight runs came on only five hits. Amarillo pitchers gave up 11 walks and four hit-by-pitches (Ripken Reyes and Korry Howell were both hit twice).

Reyes extended hit hitting streak to five games with an RBI double that drove in Jorge Ona and Ray-Patrick Didder with the Missions’ first runs of the game in the second inning. Reyes also stole two bases and scored a run.

Cole Cummings, playing in just his third game with the Missions, had a two-run double in the fifth inning that gave San Antonio a 4-1 lead.

Three Missions relievers – Justin Lopez, Jason Blanchard and Nick Hernandez – pitched one inning each to finish game.

Ripken Reyes had a two-run double, was hit by a pitch twice, stole two bases and scored a run. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-2 on Friday, May 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes had a two-run double, was hit by a pitch twice, stole two bases and scored a run.

Tirso Ornelas’ winning hit gives Missions 3rd straight victory

Tirso Ornelas' two-run double in the seventh inning put the Missions in front for good. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 5-4 on Thursday, April 25, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Tirso Ornelas’ two-run double in the seventh inning put the Missions in front for good.
One night after winning on a walk-off hit in the ninth inning, the San Antonio Missions got the job done two innings earlier on Thursday.

Tirso Ornelas lashed a double to center field and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the seventh inning at Wolff Stadium. That gave the Missions a one-run lead they held on to in a 5-4 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles.

San Antonio batters produced nine hits, including two in the seventh inning. Jorge Ona led off the seventh with a single. Ripken Reyes was hit by a pitch with one out. Ona and Reyes both scored on Ornelas’ double.

Ornelas, Ona and Reyes had two hits each and combined for four RBIs and four runs. In the fifth inning, Ona had an RBI double and Reyes had a sac fly.

Juan Fernandez recorded a hit in his seventh straight game and is batting .323.

Missions reliever Kevin Kopps (3-0) pitched the sixth and seventh innings and earned the win. Alek Jacob pitched the last two innings and got his first save.

Jorge Ona had two hits and one RBI and scored twice. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 5-4 on Thursday, April 25, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jorge Ona had two hits and one RBI and scored twice.