Houston Astros prospect Colton Gordon struck out seven batters in five innings.The Corpus Christi Hooks took the lead for good in the first inning and added 10 runs in the sixth to beat the San Antonio Missions 13-2 on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.
Hooks right fielder Zach Daniels had five RBIs with two hits including a first-inning home run.
Corpus Christi starting pitcher Colton Gordon went five innings and got the win. He allowed two runs on three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
Gordon, the No. 8 prospect in the Houston Astros’ organization, has allowed two or fewer earned runs in his last six starts and lowered his ERA from 3.98 to 3.30 over that stretch. The 24-year-old left-hander was the Astros’ eighth-round pick in the 2021 draft after playing college ball at Central Florida.
Gabe Mosser pitched four scoreless inning to start the Missions’ shutout of the Hooks.Five San Antonio Missions pitchers teamed up to shut out the Corpus Christi Hooks 9-0 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.
Gabe Mosser, who was recently promoted to the Missions from Class A Fort Wayne, started and went four innings. He allowed two hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Jose Espada was the first Missions reliever out of the bullpen and went 2 2/3 innings to earn the win.
Justin Lopez got the final out of the seventh inning. Jairo Iriarte and Jose Quezada pitched one inning each to finish the game.
The Missions dominated the game with 11 hits. Ripken Reyes, Daniel Johnson, Marcos Castanon and Michael De La Cruz had two hits each. Johnson and Castanon had triples and Korry Howell and Juan Fernandez both had doubles. Castanon extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Brandon Valenzuela – Missions
Daniel Johnson – Missions
Gabe Mosser – Missions
Gabe Mosser – Missions
Gabe Mosser – Missions
Jackson Merrill – Missions
Jackson Merrill – Missions
Jose Espada – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Korry Howell – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Marcos Castanon had two hits including a triple, scored twice and had two RBIs.
Jose Urquidy warms up in the bullpen in front of fans at Wolff Stadium before Tuesday’s game.Houston Astros pitcher Jose Urquidy made his third rehab start on Tuesday night, playing for the Corpus Christi Hooks against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium.
By the numbers, it was the best of his rehab starts. He went four shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.
In two previous rehab starts with Triple-A Sugar Land, he pitched two innings on July 14 and three innings on July 19.
The 28-year-old right-hander last pitched for Houston on April 30. He had a 2-2 record in six starts on the season for the Astros. He went on the 15-day disabled list on May 1 with right shoulder discomfort.
The Hooks beat the Missions 5-0 on Tuesday with home runs from Jordan Brewer, Chad Stevens and Zach Daniels.
Jairo Iriate made his Double-A debut and pitched two scorless innings in relief.The San Antonio Missions managed just five hits in a 4-1 loss to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.
Jackson Merrill scored the Missions’ only run in the bottom of the eighth inning after the Naturals had a 3-0 lead. Merrill doubled, went to third after walks by Marcos Castanon and Daniel Johnson, and then came home on a passed ball. Merrill is the top prospect in the San Diego Padres organization and made his Missions debut on Friday.
Missions right-hander Jairo Iriarte made his Double-A debut. The 21-year-old pitched the seventh and eighth innings and didn’t allow a run, hit or walk and struck out five batters. Before being promoted, he pitched in 14 games for the high Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps, all starts, with a 3-3 record and 3.10 ERA.
Gabe Mosser also pitched in relief for the Missions in his first appearance after being promoted from Fort Wayne. He started the sixth inning and got two outs before being replaced. He allowed two runs and three hits with no walks and one strikeout. Mosser pitched in five games for the Missions in 2022.
Missions starting pitcher Jackson Wolf had a solid night but took the loss. He completed five innings and gave up one run on four hits with no walks and six strikeouts.
Gabe Mosser pitched in relief in his first appearance since being promoted from Class A Fort Wayne.
Jackson Merrill slides into third base for a triple in his first at-bat in his Missions debut.Jackson Merrill, Marcos Castanon and Brandon Valenzuela all spent most of this season playing in Class A.
Valenzuela joined the San Antonio Missions when he was promoted on June 27. Merrill and Castanon both made their Missions debuts on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
Valenzuela had the big hit – a two-run homer in the second inning that made it 3-0 – as the Missions beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 4-2. It was his first home run since joining the Missions.
Korry Howell also hit his first home run of the season with a solo shot in the fourth inning that made it 4-0.
Merrill made a quick impact with a triple in his first at-bat. He scored the Missions’ first run of the game later in the first inning on a double by Juan Fernandez.
Castanon had a double and a walk.
The two newest Missions were next to each other on the infield with Castanon starting at third base and Merrill at shortstop.
Merrill is the No. 1 prospect in the San Diego Padres organization. He played in 68 games for the Fort Wayne TinCaps in high Class A and batted .280 with 10 home runs and 33 RBIs. Castanon played 77 games for the TinCaps and batted .287 with 13 home runs and 58 RBIs.
Missions starting pitcher Jose Espada went four innings and did not allow a run. Raul Brito was the first pitcher out of the Missions bullpen and turned in 2 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win. Jose Quezada got the save.
Manager Luke Montz was not with the team. Bench coach Felipe Blanco, who typically coaches first base, was coaching third base and running the team.
Juan Fernandez hit an inside-the-park home run in the third inning.The Frisco RoughRiders rolled to an early 7-1 lead and beat the San Antonio Missions 11-3 on Monday night at Wolff Stadium.
Frisco had 12 hits including a solo home run from Evan Carter in the first inning and a three-run homer from Jax Biggers in the fifth inning.
The Missions’ Juan Fernandez hit an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the third. The two-run shot to left-center field was his third home run of the season.
Michael De La Cruz had an RBI triple in the bottom of the first inning to drive in Ripken Reyes with the Missions’ first run of the game.
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Michael De La Cruz had an RBI triple in the first inning.
Daniel Johnson’s home run gave the Missions a 4-1 lead.The Frisco RoughRiders scored twice in the top of the ninth to beat the San Antonio Missions 6-4 on Sunday at Wolff Stadium.
The Missions managed only five hits. One of those was a three-run home run by Daniel Johnson in the bottom of the third inning, giving San Antonio a 4-1 lead. It was his fourth home run and 13th extra-base hit of the season.
Ripken Reyes scored the Missions’ other run when he came home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first.
Missions pitcher Bobby Milacki made his first start of the season after 14 relief appearances at Single A Fort Way and three recently with San Antonio. He went five innings and was an out away from being in position to get a win before allowing a two-run homer to Frisco’s Thomas Saggese with two outs in the fifth.
Milacki’s final line was five full innings, four runs, seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
Fans at Wolff Stadium got to see a member of the Texas Rangers on the mound. Jose Leclerc, who went in the unjured list in June 21 with an ankle injury, pitched one inning as part of a rehab assignment. He retired all three batters he faced in the bottom of the fifth.
Jackson Wolf pitched six innings struck out five Frisco batters. The San Antonio Missions beat the Frisco RoughRiders 2-1 on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderJackson Wolf showed off the form that makes him one of the San Diego Padres’ top pitching prospects on Saturday night at Wolff Stadium.
Wolf pitched six innings and allowed one run as the San Antonio Missions beat the Frisco RoughRiders 2-1. Wolff gave up three hits and two walks and struck out five to earn the win and even his record to 7-7.
Wolf is currently the No. 16 prospect in the Padres’ minor league system (according to MLB.com) and is No. 3 left-handed pitcher on the team’s top 30 list.
Edwuin Bencomo made a successful return to the Missions by pitching two scoreless innings in relief. He allowed two hits, no walks and struck out two batters. Bencomo started the season in San Antonio, went down to Class A Fort Wayne on May 23 and pitched in seven games. He was promoted back to the Missions on Saturday.
Kevin Kopps pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his third save of the season. He did not allow a hit or a walk and struck out two of the three batters he faced.
The Missions’ first run of the game came on a Ray-Patrick Didder solo home run in the fourth inning.
Kervin Pichardo accounted for the team’s other run in the fifth. He got on base vi hit-by-pitch and advanced to third on a Cole Cummings single. Pichardo scored on a bad pickoff throw.
Cole Cummings – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Edwuin Bencomo – Missions
Jackson Wolf – Missions
Jackson Wolf – Missions
Jake Perez – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Justin Farmer – Missions
Kervin Pichardo – Missions
Kervin Pichardo – Missions
Kervin Pichardo – Missions
Kevin Kopps – Missions
Kevin Kopps – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Pedro Castellanos – Missions
Ray-Patrick Didder – Missions
Ray-Patrick Didder – Missions
Ray-Patrick Didder – Missions
Edwuin Bencomo pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
Kervin Pichardo put the Missions in front 3-0 with his second home run of the season.Jared Kollar pitched in his very first game in a San Antonio Missions uniform on Friday night at Wolff Stadium.
Outfielder Kervin Pichardo was a much more experienced member of the team, playing in his ninth game with the Missions.
The young twosome helped the Missions build an early 4-0 lead on the way to beating the Frisco RoughRiders 10-3.
Pichardo hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the second inning and the Missions led the rest of the way.
Kollar held Frisco scoreless the first four innings. He was one out away from being in a position to get a win before giving up two runs in the top of the fifth and being replaced.
Pichardo finished the game with three hits including a double and had six RBIs and one run.
Juan Fernandez had three hits including a double, one walk and scored twice. Michael De La Cruz and Brandon Valenzuela both had two hits. Valenzuela was in only his third game since being promoted to Double-A and those were his first two hits with the Missions.
Relief pitcher Justin Lopez took over for Kollar and went 2 1/3 innings. He earned the win and allowed one run, two hits and one walk with one strikeout. James Bourque pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Jason Blanchard a scoreless ninth to finish off the game.
Brandon Valenzuela – Missions
Jake Perez – Missions
James Bourque – Missions
Jared Kollar – Missions
Jared Kollar – Missions
Jason Blanchard – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Justin Farmer – Missions
Justin Lopez – Missions
Kervin Pichardo – Missions
Kervin Pichardo – Missions
Jared Kollar held Frisco scoreless through the first four innings.
Ray-Patrick Didder’s two-run single in the sixth inning put the Missions in front for good.Ray-Patrick Didder drove in two crucial runs in the San Antonio Missions’ 3-2 victory over the Frisco RoughRiders on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.
Didder’s two-run single was part of a three-run Missions rally in the sixth inning. His hit brought in Michael De La Cruz with the go-ahead run and Juan Fernandez with a run that gave the Missions a 3-1 cushion they would need.
Daniel Johnson led off the bottom of the sixth with a single. He advanced to second when De La Cruz walked, then scored the Missions’ first run on a hit by Fernandez to tie the game 1-1.
Frisco took the first lead of the game with a run in the top of the third inning. After the Missions went ahead 3-1 in the sixth inning, the Rough Riders made it close with a run in the top of the ninth.
Relief pitcher Blake Cederlind made his San Antonio Missions debut and got the win. He pitched the top of the sixth inning and allowed no runs, one hit, two walks and two strikeouts.
Missions starter Daniel Camarena had a strong outing but got no decision. He went five innings and allowed one run on three hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
Jose Quezada pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings for the Missions. Alek Jacob pitched the ninth inning, allowed one run, and got his fifth save of the season.
Justin Farmer also made his Missions debut and played in right field.
Alek Jacob – Missions
Blake Cederlind – Missions
Brandon Valenzuela – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Daniel Johnson – Missions
Jose Quezada – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Juan Fernandez – Missions
Justin Farmer – Missions
Daniel Johnson led off the bottom of the sixth with a single and scored the Missions’ first run later in the inning.
