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Missions pitchers Jackson Wolf, Edwuin Bencomo, Kevin Kopps fend off Frisco

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 Alexander
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 Alexander
Jackson 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.

Edwuin Bencomo pitched two scoreless innings in relief. The San Antonio Missions beat the Frisco RoughRiders 2-1 on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Edwuin Bencomo pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

Missions’ Nolan Watson has second straight strong start

Missions starter Nolan Watson pitched five strong innings. The Northwest Arkansas Naturals beat the San Antonio Missions 8-3 on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Nolan Watson pitched five innings.
San Antonio Missions Missions starting pitcher Nolan Watson gave up a run for the first time this season.

And he took the loss Tuesday at Wolff Stadium as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals beat the Missions 8-3.

But Watson pitched five full innings for the second straight start and has a stellar 0.64 ERA after pitching in four games this season.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander allowed two runs on Tuesday, only one earned, on five hits and no walks with one strikeout. He threw five scoreless innings in his previous outing.

The Naturals are the Double-A farm club of the Kansas City Royals. The 26-year-old Watson was originally picked by the Royals in the first round of the 2015 draft.

Missions reliever Edwuin Bencomo looks like he is finding his groove. He has appeared in six games this season and has not allowed a run in his last four. He pitched the final 1 1/3 innings on Tuesday and allowed one hit with one strikeout and no walks.

The Missions had 10 hits in the game but didn’t put much together until they scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning. Tirso Ornelas and Juan Fernandez each put up two hits, including a double, with one run and one RBI. Daniel Johnson had a hit and drove in the Missions’ other run.

The Naturals scored first with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth. Northwest Arkansas took control with five runs in the top of the eighth.

Missions’ Korry Howell, Brantley Bell unleash multiple extra-base hits to beat Frisco

Korry Howell celebrates after hitting a double. He also tripled in the game. The San Antonio Missions beat the Frisco RoughRiders 4-1 on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Korry Howell celebrates after hitting a double. He also tripled in the game.
The San Antonio Missions recorded a season-high eight hits including five doubles and a triple to beat the Frisco RoughRiders 4-1 on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.

Korry Howell, the top San Diego Padres prospect in the Missions’ lineup, had a double and a triple. Brantley Bell had two doubles, one of which looked like a home run from the stands but was ruled otherwise.

Howell and Chandler Seagle both had two RBIs. Seagle and Luis Aviles Jr. accounted for the Missions’ other two doubles.

Missions pitchers limited Frisco to five hits and held three of the first four in the RoughRiders’ batting order without a hit.

San Antonio starting pitcher Brian Gonzales went 3 2/3 innings and did not get a decision. He allowed Frisco’s only run on four hits with one walk and five strikeouts.

Edwuin Bencomo was the first reliever out of the Missions bullpen and got the win. He went 2 1/3 innings and allowed only one walk with one strikeout.

Bencomo was the first of three Missions relievers, who combined to hold Frisco scoreless over the last 5 1/3 innings. Nick Hernandez pitched two innings. CD Pelham pitched the ninth and picked up his second save of the season.

Frisco scored a run in the top of the first for the early lead. The Missions went in front for good in the bottom of the second on a two-run double by Aviles that drove in Seagle and Bell.

The San Antonio Missions' Chandler Seagle doubles in the fourth inning just after sunset as a thundercloud passes in the distance south of Wolff Stadium on Saturday, April 15, 2023. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Chandler Seagle doubles in the fourth inning just after sunset as a thundercloud passes in the distance south of Wolff Stadium.