Missions starter Robby Snelling pitched five innings and got the win.Graham Pauley hit his second home run since joining the San Antonio Missions and Cole Cummings hit his 11th.
The two long balls on a rare night when the wind was blowing out of Wolff Stadium helped carry the Missions to a 4-3 victory over the Springfield Cardinals on Tuesday.
Pauley’s solo shot in the first inning put the Missions in front 1-0. San Antonio scored twice in the fourth inning to go up 3-1. Cummings’ solo homer in the sixth extended the lead to 4-1.
Missions starting pitcher Robby Snelling (2-0) got the win. The 19-year-old left-hander went five innings and allowed one run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Daniel Camarena earned his second save of the season by retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth inning.
Homer Bush Jr., playing in his first game at Wolff Stadium since joining the Missions, had two hits and an RBI.
CD Pelham – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Cole Cummings – Missions
Daniel Camarena – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Graham Pauley – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Homer Bush Jr. – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Marcos Castanon – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Nathan Martorella – Missions
Raul Brito – Missions
Ripken Reyes – Missions
Robby Snelling – Missions
Robby Snelling – Missions
Seth Mayberry – Missions
Graham Pauley hit a first-inning home runCole Cummings hit his 11th home run of the season.
Cole Cummings hit his sixth home run of the season.The San Antonio Missions scored half their runs on a home run by Cole Cummings as they beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.
Cummings’ sixth homer of the season produced the Missions’ first two runs of the game and put them in front 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth.
Amarillo tied it 2-2 in the top of the sixth. San Antonio’s Marcos Castanon scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning to make it 3-2 and put the Missions in front for good.
Nathan Martorella doubled in the eighth inning to drive in Castanon and extend the Missions’ lead to 4-2. For Martorella, who made his Missions debut on Tuesday, it was his fourth hit in two days in Double-A.
Robby Snelling, who also joined the Missions a day earlier, started Wednesday’s game on the mound and went 3 2/3 innings in his Double-A debut. He allowed one run, two hits and five walks with two strikeouts.
Bobby Milacki (4-3) pitched the next 3 1/3 innings in relief and earned the win. He allowed one run, one hit, no walks and had four strikeouts.
Daniel Camarena went 1 1/3 innings with no runs, two hits, no walks and one strikeout.
Efrain Contreras, who has started 17 games this season, pitched the final two outs and struck out both batters he faced for his third save.
Marcos Castanon scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning to put the Missions in front for good.Nathan Martorella’s RBI double was in fourth hit in two games since joining the Missions.Missions starting pitcher Robbie Snelling made his Double-A debut.
