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.
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.
San Antonio Missions catcher Chandler Seagle.The San Antonio Missions lost four players over the weekend – at least temporarily – and added reinforcements as the San Diego Padres rebalance their minor league rosters with the baseball draft now less than two weeks away.
On Sunday, the Missions placed pitchers Brian Gonzalez and Michel Baez on the 7-day injured list, pitcher Jose Espada on the temporarily inactive list and catcher Chandler Seagle on the 7-day injured list.
Michel Baez – Missions– Baez had a 3-0 record and 6.28 ERA in 12 relief appearances with the Missions. Earlier in the season he made seven relief appearances with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas.
Brian Gonzalez – Missions– Gonzalez appeared in six games with the Missions and made three starts. He had a 6.14 ERA and 2-0 record.
Jose Espada – Missions– Espada pitched in 19 games for the Missions and made five starts. He had a 0-2 record with a 3.27 ERA.
– Seagle went on the injured list retroactive to June 24. He was in his third season with the Missions. He was batting .206 this season with one home run and 13 RBIs in 40 games.
The Missions added five players who should be with them for their six-game series against the Frisco RoughRiders, which opens Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium.
Pitchers Raul Brito, Jared Kollar, catcher Brandon Valenzuela and outfielder Justin Farmer were promoted from the High Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps. Pitcher Blake Cederlind moved up from the Arizona Complex league. All of the new Missions pitchers are right-handers.
– Cederlind had a 1-1 record and a 13.50 ERA in seven relief appearances this summer in Arizona.
– Brito had a 2-0 record with one save and 2.45 ERA in 10 relief appearances at Fort Wayne.
– Kollar had a 5-0 record and one save with a 1.67 ERA in nine appearances including seven starts at Fort Wayne.
– Valenzuela batted .279 with four home runs and 15 RBIs in 39 games for Fort Wayne. He is listed as the No. 29 prospect in the Padres organization (via MLB.com).
– Farmer batted .233 with three home runs and 28 RBIs in 64 games for Fort Wayne.
The baseball draft is Sunday, July 9 – Tuesday, July 11. The first round will be televised on ESPN and MLB Network at 6 p.m. (Central time) on July 9. The remaining rounds will be on MLB Network.
Missions pitcher Bobby Milacki tosses the ball to first baseman Cole Cummings after fielding the ball on the right side of the infield.The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 2-1 Saturday at Wolff Stadium on a night when all the scoring happened in the ninth inning.
Midland’s Drew Swift had a two-run double in the top of the ninth.
Ripken Reyes scored the Missions’ only run in the bottom of the ninth. Reyes led off with a single, went to third on a Tirso Ornelas single and scored on a wild pitch.
San Antonio starting pitcher Jose Espada went four shutout innings and allowed two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Reliever Bobby Milacki pitched three scoreless innings and didn’t allow a hit or a walk with two strikeouts.
Kevin Kopps pitched the final two innings for the Missions and took the loss.
Midland starter Ryan Cusick pitched seven shutout innings and allowed two hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
Tirso Ornelas (2) and Connor Hollis (6) celebrate at the plate after they both scored on Hollis’ home run in the first game.San Antonio Missions relievers Seth Mayberry and Henry Henry earned wins as the Missions swept a doubleheader with the Corpus Christi Hooks, 4-3 and 2-1, on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.
The Missions have won five straight going back to the second half of a Wednesday night doubleheader. The series concludes with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. – weather permitting.
The Missions’ got their first-game scoring with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Connor Hollis had the big shot with his first home run of the season to score two runs. Brantley Bell and Chandler Seagle also had RBI hits in the inning.
Missions starter Daniel Camarena pitched 3 1/3 innings in the first game and allowed one run. Mayberry was the first pitcher out of the bullpen and allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Michel Baez and Jared Koenig pitched one scoreless inning each to finish the seven-inning game. Koenig picked up his third save.
Jose Espada started the second game for the Missions and pitched two scoreless innings with no hits and two strikeouts. Henry was next on the mound and tacked on two more scoreless innings to get his first win of the season.
Lake Bachar added two scoreless innings and Nick Hernandez got the save by pitching the final inning and allowing one run.
The Missions’ runs in the second game came on a Juan Fernandez RBI ground ball in the first inning and Hollis came in from third base on a passed ball in the sixth inning.
Connor Hollis – Missions
Connor Hollis – Missions
Connor Hollis – Missions
Brantley Bell – Missions
Chandler Seagle – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Jared Koenig – Missions
Luis Aviles Jr. – Missions
Luis Aviles Jr. – Missions
Michel Baez – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Jorge Ona – Missions
Jorge Ona – Missions
Jose Espada – Missions
Pedro Castellanos – Missions
Seth Mayberry was the winning pitcher in Saturday’s first game.Henry Henry was the winning pitcher in Saturday’s second game.
Missions catcher Michael De La Cruz catches a pop-up behind home plate.The San Antonio Missions had an early three-run inning to beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 5-1 in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.
The Hooks won the first game 5-2 on the strength of 10 hits including two extra-base hits.
The Missions played as the visiting team in the second game, which was a makeup of a rainout earlier in the season in Corpus Christi. The Missions took the lead in the second inning with an RBI single to left by Jorge Ona, an RBI single to center by Brantley Bell and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Ripken Reyes.
Michael De La Cruz added a run-scoring double in the sixth and Juan Fernandez had an RBI single in the seventh. De La Cruz, Fernandez, Bell and Jorge Ona all had two hits in the game.
Three Missions relievers combined to hold the Hooks hitless over the final four innings after Corpus Christi took a 1-0 lead in the first. Seth Mayberry, the first reliever in the game, went two innings, struck out four batters and earned his second win of the season.
Starter Jose Espada allowed two hits and one run with no walks and three strikeouts. Relievers Jared Koenig and Nick Hernandez pitched one inning each.
Jose Espada – Missions
Nick Hernandez – Missions
Seth Mayberry – Missions
Juan Fernandez had an RBI single to center in the seventh inning and is batting .382 on the season.
Daniel Johnson hit a two-run homer in the third inning.Luis Aviles Jr. hit his first home run of the season and Daniel Johnson hit his second to give the San Antonio Missions more runs than they needed to beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 5-1 on Thursday night at Wolff Stadium.
Aviles hit a solo shot in the second inning. Johnson added a two-run homer in the third inning.
The Missions also got some offense from some of their veteran players. Tirso Ornelas had two hits and an RBI. Juan Fernandez doubled for the third night in a row and scored a run. Fernandez has a five-game hitting streak and is batting .452 in nine games.
Missions starting pitcher Duncan Snider went 4 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits and five walks with five strikeouts.
CD Pelham, the first receiver out of the Missions’ bullpen, got the last two outs of the fifth inning to earn his first win of the season. He allowed one hit and struck out one.
Missions relievers Nick Hernandez, Jose Espada and Jared Koenig combined to pitch the last four scoreless innings to hold down the win.
Frisco starter Owen White held San Antonio scoreless through the first 4 2/3 innings.For the second night in a row, the San Antonio Missions faced one of the top young pitchers in the Texas Rangers organization.
And for the second straight night, the Missions had a tough time getting their bats going.
Frisco starter Owen White pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings and the RoughRiders beat the Missions 8-1 Thursday night at Wolff Stadium. White held the Missions to one hit, walked two and struck out four.
MLB Pipeline lists White as the No. 60 prospect in all of minor league baseball. The 23-year-old right-hander is the No. 2 prospect in the Texas Rangers minor league system, behind only Frisco outfielder Evan Carter.
The Missions managed just four hits on the night. Their only run came on a Tirso Ornelas home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Frisco reliever John Matthews pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win, allowing one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.
Missions starting pitcher Jackson Wolf lasted only 1 2/3 innings, allowed four earned runs and took the loss.
Missions catcher Michael De La Cruz had two hits. Juan Fernandez and Ornelas accounted for the other two San Antonio hits.
Missions middle relievers Jose Espada and Seth Mayberry combined to hold the RoughRiders hitless for five straight innings. Espada took over in the fourth inning and threw four shutout innings, allowing only one walk with three strikeouts. Mayberry held Frisco scoreless in the eighth despite allowing two walks along with two strikeouts.
On Wednesday night, Frisco starter Jack Leiter held the Missions to one run over 4 1/3 innings in a 7-1 RoughRiders victory. Leiter is the No. 4 prospect in the Rangers’ organization.
Owen White – Frisco
Owen White – Frisco
Owen White – Frisco
Connor Hollis – Missions
Evan Mendoza – Missions
Jackson Wolf – Missions
Jorge Ona – Missions
Korry Howell – Missions
Luke Montz – Missions manager
Luisangel Acuna – Frisco
Korry Howell – Missions
Michael De La Cruz – Missions
Missions catcher Michael De La Cruz tags out the RoughRiders’ Evan Carter in a rundown between first and second.The Missions’ Tirso Ornelas celebrates after hitting a ninth-inning home run.San Antonio reliever Jose Espada pitched four innings and held Frisco hitless and scoreless over that stretch.
