Sugarland Space Cowboys 7, Chihuahuas 1

Key Stats: LHP Jackson Wolf 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 BB; RHP Luke Westphal 3 IP, H, 4 K; 1B Nate Mondou 2-for-4, 2B; C Brett Sullivan 1-for-3, RBI, BB; DH Tirso Ornelas 2-for-4

Prospect Watch:  Jackson Wolf cruised through the first three innings, allowing two hits but getting two double plays to neutralize any threat. Then, the first six batters reached base in the fourth inning before Wolf gave way. This is the third consecutive outing the lanky lefty has started strong, only to be undone by a big inning. Wolf has a 7.55 ERA with 36 walks in 55 innings since rejoining the Padres. … After Wolf departed, the Chihuahuas received an excellent outing from fellow lefty Luke Westphal. The veteran pitched three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit without walking a batter and notching four strikeouts. The 35-year-old is as well-traveled as any player in professional baseball. His resume includes stops with eight different indy ball teams, a stint in the Twins and Padres’ organizations, and time in Mexico. He’s also played winter ball in Australia, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. He re-signed with the Padres as a free agent earlier this month after a successful stint with the Tijuana Toros. … Despite going hitless, Eguy Rosario was able to extend his team-leading on-base streak. Thanks to a walk, Rosario has reached base in 19 consecutive games. He is hitting .306/.405/.611 since he last failed to reach base safely on May 25. … On the other end of the spectrum, Graham Pauley went hitless and is hitting just .153/.180/.220 in June, with no home runs. While the 23-year-old left-handed hitter has typically shown impressive patience and pitch recognition at the plate, he’s posted an uncharacteristic 14:2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 61 trips to the plate this month.

Amarillo Sod Poodles 7, Missions 4

Key Stats: C Brandon Valenzuela 2-for-4, HR (6), 2 RBI; CF Clay Dungan 1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R; 1B Robbie Tenerowicz 2-for-4; RHP Francis Pena 2 IP, 3 K; RHP Cole Paplham 2 IP, H, BB, 3 K

Cole Paplham delivers for San Antonio. (Photo: San Antonio Missions)

Prospect Watch: After allowing only four earned runs over 16.2 innings in his previous three starts, Jared Kollar could not make it out of the first. He was tagged for five runs in just two-thirds of an inning as he loaded the bases on two walks and an infield single before giving up a double and a towering home run in the shortest outing of his career. He labored through 33 pitches, only 19 of which were strikes. … Brandon Valenzuela, 23, homered and collected multiple hits in his second straight game. The switch-hitting catcher has connected on four of his six home runs on the year this month and is hitting a sweltering .333/.431/.604 in 58 trips to the plate for June. In the process, he has raised his overall OPS from .630 to .737.  … There may not be another relief duo in the Texas League as filthy as Francis Pena and Cole Paplham, who worked two scoreless innings each and both struck out three batters. The only hit Amarillo managed against them was a dribbler down the third base line against Paplham. Pena threw two perfect innings, rebounding from giving up a run in back-to-back outings. The 23-year-old, who dialed it up to 98 Wednesday, has only been pitching stateside since last June. He opened the year with a dominant run for Fort Wayne before a promotion to Double-A in late May. Between the two stops, he has a 1.42 ERA and 0.95 WHIP in 31.2 innings.  Encouragingly, he has 11 strikeouts and only one walk in his first 10.2 innings for the Missions. …  Paplham, 24, has allowed just the one hit in his first three appearances after spending the first two months of the season on the injured list. He’s struck out six with a fastball that’s settled in the 95-97 mph range and a mid-80s slider that can be devastating when he has the feel for it.

Yu Darvish got his work in during a rehab appearance for the TinCaps. (Photo: Jeff Nycz)

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 8, TinCaps 3

Key Stats: RHP Yu Darvish (L, 0-1) 3.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, BB, 3 K; LHP Jagger Haynes 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; C Ethan Salas 1-for-3, RBI, BB; 3B Devin Ortiz 2-for-4; LF Joshua Mears 1-for-3, R

Prospect Watch: It was Yu Darvish Day in Fort Wayne. Before the game, Darvish showed his class by providing an amazing dinner spread for both teams. On the field, Darvish seemed comfortable mixing his pitches and varying speeds. He hit 95 mph with a fastball, with the gun reading 71 mph on a slow curve. Three of the seven hits he allowed were of the infield variety, and he gave up two more weakly-hit singles. The only hard-hit balls came from Wisconsin’s number nine hitter, Jesus Chirinos. He hit a towering home run in the second inning and had a hard-hit RBI single in the fourth. Darvish threw 49 pitches, 33 for strikes in what is expected to be his only rehab appearance. …In the first few innings, the TinCaps announcers talked about the battery of Darvish and Ethan Salas as A.J. Preller’s dream, despite Salas being half Darvish’s age and so early on his path to San Diego. The now 18-year-old had an RBI single and walked in the game. He has reached base safely multiple times in four straight games, going 6-for-15 with two walks.  … Jagger Haynes, 20, followed Darvish in his first non-start of the season and pitched the last four innings of the game. The young lefty, coming off of his first career double-digit strikeout performance, allowed two runs while striking out three. Haynes is one inning away from doubling the 25.1 innings he threw in 2023, so the organization could start to shorten his outings later in the summer. Over his last eight appearances Haynes has pitched to a 2.64 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 44.1 innings.

Transactions: Before the game, Romeo Sanabria (.311/.433/.493), left-handed pitcher Jackson Smeltz (5 IP, 1 ER, 7 K), and righty Sam Whiting (3.15 ERA, 30 K in 34.1 IP) were all transferred to Fort Wayne from the Storm. None were in uniform for the start of the game.

Visalia Rawhide 8, Storm 3

Key Stats: SS Leo De Vries 2-for-4, 2B, RBI; LF Wyatt Hoffman 1-for-2, BB, HBP, 2 RS, 2 SB (10); RHP Jose Luis Reyes (L, 3-5) 1.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 5 K; LHP Javier Chacon 2.2 IP, H, BB, 3 K

Wyatt Hoffman had a big day on Sunday. (Photo: Robert Escalante)

Prospect Watch: The Storm fell behind early and couldn’t mount a comeback a night after clinching a playoff berth. They managed only four hits on the day, half coming from Leodalis De Vries. The 17-year-old shortstop’s RBI double in the first inning broke an 0-for-12 stretch that saw his average plunge back below .200. De Vries would later single in the fifth, breaking up a stretch of six consecutive hits dating back to June 5 that went for doubles. De Vries has 10 hits in June, seven of which are doubles. While he has yet to hit his first professional home run, he does have 13 doubles and a triple in 32 games. … Batting in front of De Vries, Wyatt Hoffman reached base three times on the night and stole two bases. The utility man, who is eight years older than De Vries. swiped multiple bases for the first time since July 9, 2023. Hoffman is having the best month of his career, hitting .303/.415/.485 in 10 games.

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