Daily Farm Round-Up: 4-27-14

The farm system went 2-2 tonight. The Storm’s offense was on fire as they blew out the 66ers. The Missions offense was silent yet again as San Antonio lost by 7 runs.
Hitting Prospect of the Day: Luis Domoromo
Pitching Prospect of the Day: Ruben Mejia
El Paso Chihuahuas 6, Sacramento River Cats 5
Jeff Francoeur – RF: 1-4, RBI, BB, Run scored
Reymond Fuentes – CF: 0-4, K
Tommy Medica – 1B: 1-4, HR(1), 3RBI, K, Run scored
Travis Buck – DH: 1-4, K, Run scored
Kyle Blanks – LF: 1-3, HR(7), 2RBI, K, Run scored
Cody Decker – 3B: 1-3
Billy Buckner – SP: 5.0 IP, 4H, ER, BB, 3K (W, 1-0)
Notes: The Padres have a new organizational home run leader and his name is Kyle Blanks. Blanks has 4 home runs over his last 10 games and he is hitting .270 on the year. Tommy Medica hit his first home run with the Chihuahuas, a 3-run shot in the 3rd inning.
San Antonio Missions: 2, Midland RockHounds 9
Casey McElroy – 2B: 1-3, BB, K
Brian Bixler – SS: 0-4
Luis Tejada – 1B: 1-2, RBI
Rymer Liriano – CF: 1-4, HR(2), RBI, Run scored
Austin Hedges – C: 2-4, 2B
Bridger Hunt – 3B: 1-3, Run scored
Jesse Hahn – SP: 3.0 IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 4K (L, 1-1)
Adys Portillo – RP: 2.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K
Notes: The Missions managed to break a 3 game scoreless streak, but they still only managed to score 2 runs. As a team the Missions are hitting .203. Austin Hedges broke a 3 game hitless streak and raised his average to .225 which ranks among the leaders for the Missions.
Lake Elsinore Storm 13, Inland Empire 66ers 3
Alberth Martinez – CF: 2-5, K
Stephen Carmon – DH: 2-5, 2 Runs scored
Hunter Renfroe – RF: 2-5, 2B, K, 2 Runs scored
Gabriel Quintana – 3B: 1-5, 2B, 2RBI, 3K, Run scored
Diego Goris – 1B: 3-5, 2B, 3RBI, K, 3 Runs scored
Luis Domoromo – LF: 3-5, 2B, HR(2), 3RBI, K, 2 Runs scored
Reynaldo Bruguera – 2B: 2-4, 2B, HR(1), 2RBI, Run scored
Ruben Mejia – SP: 6.0 IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 4K (W, 2-1)
Notes: There aren’t enough good things to say about the Storm’s offense tonight, every single member of the lineup got at least 1 hit. The Storm had 18 hits collectively, 8 of which went for extra bases. 5 Storm players had multi RBI nights. Combine the stellar offensive performance with a quality start from Ruben Mejia and you get a blowout.
Fort Wayne TinCaps 1, West Michigan Whitecaps 2
Mallex Smith – CF: 0-4
Josh VanMeter – SS: 0-4, K
Dustin Peterson – 3B: 0-3, BB, Run scored
Fernando Perez – 2B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K
Ryan Miller – C: 1-3, K
Henry Charles – LF: 1-3
Adrian De Horta – SP: 5.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, K (L, 0-1)
Notes: Not a solid game all around for the TinCaps. They managed to push a run across in the 9th inning to make it close, but in the end they only had 1 run on 4 hits with 2 errors. Adrian De Horta tossed his longest start of the year; he lowered his ERA to 4.74.