Padres minors: Tirso Ornelas homers again, Missions sweep doubleheader

Tirso Ornelas might be heating up.

The 25-year-old left fielder homered in a second straight game, powering Triple-A El Paso’s 3-1 win on Wednesday at Sacramento.

Ornelas also doubled and drove in all three runs, pushing his RBI total to 26 on the season. The homer was his third after hitting a career-high 23 last year with El Paso.

Ornelas is hitting .291/.373/.411 through 35 games with El Paso.

Ornelas went 1-for-14 during his first big-league call-up earlier this season.

First baseman Trenton Brooks (.941 OPS), right fielder Yonathan Perlaza (.808 OPS) and designated hitter Tim Locastro (1.036 OPS) all had doubles.

Right-hander Ryan Bergert (3.75 ERA) struck out four over four shutout innings of one-hit ball in the start. Bergert has allowed just two runs over 13⅓ innings since returning from the majors.

Right-hander Ron Marinaccio (5-0, 4.98 ERA) closed the game with two shutout innings for the win.

El Paso is 27-26.

Wednesday’s scoreboard

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (26-21)

Missions 4, Arkansas 1 (7): LHP Jagger Haynes (3-2, 4.37 ERA) struck out six and allowed an unearned run in six innings in the win. Haynes walked three and allowed one hit. RHP Manuel Castro (3.79 ERA) saved his seventh game despite walking two and allowing a hit in a scoreless seventh inning. C Brandon Valenzuela (.814 OPS) went 1-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored. DH Marcos Castañon (.809 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a run scored. 1B Romeo Sanabria (.887 OPS) went 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Missions 1, Arkansas 0 (8): CF Nerwilian Cedeno (.530 OPS) drove in the game’s lone run on a sacrifice fly in extra innings. Valenzuela’s double was the game’s only extra-base hit. RHP Bradgley Rodriguez (3.22 ERA) struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning for his fifth save. RHP Henry Baez (2.45 ERA) struck out two in 4⅓ scoreless innings in the start.

HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (23-24)

Great Lakes 10, TinCaps 1: RHP Clark Candiotti (1-4, 4.97 ERA) struck out six and allowed two runs—one earned—on five hits and a walk in five innings in the loss. RHP Eiker Huizi (6.75 ERA) allowed seven runs in two-thirds of an inning. DH Sean Barnett (.693 OPS) went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. SS Leo De Vries (.826 OPS) went 1-for-4 and committed his 12th error.

LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (20-27)

Stockton 6, Storm 4: DH Kavares Tears (.743 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits, including a double. C Carlos Rodriguez (1.417 OPS) went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored. RF Ryan Wilson (.675 OPS) went 1-for-4 with an RBI double. RF Victor Figueroa (.937 OPS) went 0-for-3 with two walks. RHP Kleiber Olmedo (0-3, 8.39 ERA) allowed three runs in four innings in the start.