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.

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