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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.

Ripken Reyes’ walk-off hit finishes Missions’ 9th-inning rally against Sod Poodles

Ripken Reyes' walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Missions the victory. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-3 on Wednesday, April 24, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes’ walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Missions the victory.

The San Antonio Missions trailed for most of the game but rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-3 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

Ripken Reyes, one of the Missions’ leading hitters on the season, stroked a hit to right field to drive in the winning run.

The Missions put together three hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly in the ninth. The sac fly was the Missions’ only out in the frame, as five straight batters produced strong at-bats.

Korry Howell, who just rejoined the team on Tuesday after being on the injured list, led off the inning with a hit and scored the run that tied the game. Juan Fernandez had the second hit of the inning, and was replaced by pinch-runner Ray-Patrick Didder, who scored the winning run.

NINTH INNING

– Korry Howell led off with a single to right field.

– Juan Fernandez hit a ground ball single to center and Howell advanced to second base.

– Howell went to third base and Fernandez to second on a passed ball.

– Ray-Patrick Didder entered the game to pinch run for Fernandez at second.

– Cole Cummings worked a three-ball count and then was intentionally walked.

– Michael De La Cruz pinch-hit and lofted a sacrifice fly to right to drive in Howell and tie the game 3-3. Didder advanced to third.

– Reyes singled to right right to score Didder from third, giving the Missions the winning run.

INTRODUCING COLE CUMMINGS

Cole Cummings made his Double-A debut on Wednesday as the Missions’ designated hitter. His first at-bat was an RBI single to drive in the Missions’ first run of the game. He followed that with a double in the fith inning.

Cummings had a walk in the ninth inning during the Missions’ winning rally.

The 24-year-old from UC Santa Barbara batted .233 in 18 games at Class A Fort Wayne before being promoted to San Antonio.

Cole Cummings produced an RBI single in his first Double-A at-bat in his Missions debut. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-3 on Wednesday, April 24, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Cole Cummings produced an RBI single in his first Double-A at-bat in his Missions debut.

Starter Nolan Watson holds Hooks in check, Pedro Castellanos homers in Missions win

Pedro Castellanos hit his fifth home run of the season. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 5-2 on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Pedro Castellanos hit his fifth home run of the season.
The San Antonio Missions got a big effort from their starting pitcher for the second night in a row on Friday.

Missions starter Nolan Watson pitched six innings and got his first win of the season in a 5-2 victory over the Corpus Christi Hooks at Wolff Stadium. On Thursday night, starter Efrain Contreras got his first win of the season.

Watson, a 6-foot-2 right-hander, allowed two runs on seven hits, but walked only one and struck out two.

Kevin Kopps pitched the final two innings for his second save of the season. He did not allow a hit and struck out three.

The Missions went in front for good with three runs in the second inning. Michael De La Cruz had a sacrifice fly and Ripken Reyes hit a two-run double to make it 3-2.

Reyes, a switch-hitting middle infielder, has hits in six of his last seven games with three doubles and a triple in that stretch.

Pedro Castellanos hit a solo home run in the third inning, his fifth homer of the season, to make it 4-2.

Connor Hollis scored from third base on a De La Cruz groundup in the sixth inning to complete the scoring.

Daniel Johnson and Tirso Ornelas had two hits each for the Missions.

Missions starter Nolan Watson allowed two runs in six innings. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 5-2 on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Nolan Watson allowed two runs in six innings.

Efrain Contreras earns first win, Juan Fernandez, Ripken Reyes have key hits as Missions beat Hooks

Starting pitcher Efrain Contreras walks off the field after pitching six innings on a humid night at Wolff Stadium. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 3-1 on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Starting pitcher Efrain Contreras walks off the field after pitching six innings on a humid night at Wolff Stadium.
San Antonio Missions pitcher Efrain Contreras turned his seventh start of the season into his first win on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.

Contreras (1-4) pitched six scoreless innings and allowed three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts as the Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 3-1.

It was Contreras’ longest outing of the season. The 23-year-old right-hander improved his season ERA from 6.50 to 4.88.

The win was a long time coming for Contreras. His last win before Thursday night was in Class A ball on Aug. 27, 2019. He went 6-6 that season.

Contreras didn’t play in 2020 because of the covid season. He had Tommy John surgery in late 2020 and missed all of the 2021 season. Last summer he was 0-5 with a 5.74 ERA in 17 starts in High-A.

Fernandez had a hit and a single. He has three hits and two RBIs so far in the series and is batting .373 for the season – the only Missions player batting better than .300. He finished the month of April with an eight-game hitting streak before going hitless in three road games last week.

The Missions recorded two runs in the first inning when Ripken Reyes scored on a wild pitch and Daniel Johnson had a sacrifice fly to bring in Pedro Castellanos. Fernandez singled to center to drive in Reyes in the fifth.

Reyes put himself in scoring position twice with a triple in the first inning and a double in the fifth.

Corpus Christi made it close by loading the bases and scoring a run in the eighth inning and putting two runners on base in the ninth. Missions reliever Lake Bachar got the final two outs for his second save of the season.

Ripken Reyes tripled in the first inning and scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch. The San Antonio Missions beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 3-1 on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes tripled in the first inning and scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch.

Jackson Wolf’s pitching, Michael De La Cruz’s homer power Missions past NW Arkansas

Michael De La Cruz celebrates his fifth-inning home run. The San Antonio Missions beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 10-2 on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Michael De La Cruz celebrates his fifth-inning home run.
San Diego Padres prospect Jackson Wolf struck out a season-high 10 batters and switch-hitting catcher Michael De La Cruz hit his second home run as the San Antonio Missions beat up Northwest Arkansas 10-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Wolff Stadium.

Wolf, the only Missions starter to earn a win in the first 16 games of the season, ran his record to 2-2. The 6-foot-7 left-hander pitched five complete innings, allowed one run on four hits with one walk and double-digit strikeouts.

De La Cruz hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning. He finished with three hits, four RBIs and two runs scored.

The Missions piled up 11 hits. Ripken Reyes, another switch-hitter, had two hits, two RBIs and scored a run. Pedro Castellanos had two hits and an RBI and was hit by a pitch. Juan Fernandez had two hits, doubled for the second game in a row, had one RBI and scored twice.

Missions reliever Kevin Kopps pitched the final three scoreless innings for his first save of the season. The former University of Arkansas pitcher allowed one hit with no walks and struck out four.

Starting pitcher Jackson Wolff went five innings and got the win. The San Antonio Missions beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 10-2 on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Starting pitcher Jackson Wolff went five innings and got the win. The San Antonio Missions beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 10-2 on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander