Padres minors: Miguel Mendez stellar in Missions debut, Luis Campusano homers

Miguel Mendez did not win his Double-A debut.

He was still pretty, pretty good.

The 23-year-old right-hander struck out 11 over six strong innings in the San Antonio Missions’ 6-2 loss to visiting Springfield on Thursday.

Mendez allowed two unearned runs on one hit and four walks.

He opened the season with a 3.97 ERA in three starts at low Single-A Lake Elsinore (11⅓ IP) and went 7-3 with a 1.32 ERA in 12 starts (61⅓ IP) at high Single-A Fort Wayne.

A productive season, combined with several deadline trades, has Mendez ranked No. 4 among Padres prospects by MLB.com.

Second baseman Anthony Vilar (.646 OPS) went 2-for-4 with a double and shortstop Francisco Acuña (.706 OPS) had San Antonio’s other extra-base hit, also a double.

San Antonio is 55-50.

Thursday’s scoreboard

TRIPLE-A El PASO (61-49)

Chihuahuas 11, Oklahoma City 5: C Luis Campusano (.998 OPS) went 2-for-4 with his 17th homer and two RBIs. DH Rodolfo Duran (.793 OPS) drove in five runs on two homers (9), including a grand slam. LHP Omar Cruz (3-4, 4.77 ERA) earned the win with 2⅔ scoreless innings and LHP Kyle Hart (4.31 ERA) closed the game with two scoreless innings. LHP Wes Benjamin (6.21 ERA) allowed five runs—two earned—in 4⅓ innings in the start.

HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (50-54)

TinCaps 8, South Bend 3: 1B Jack Costello (.609 OPS) drove in three runs on his sixth homer. CF Kai Roberts (.576 OPS) hit his third homer. RF Braedon Karpathios (.800 OPS) went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs, two walks and two runs scored. 3B Ryan Jackson (.732 OPS) went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. LHP Harry Gustin (3-2, 2.56 ERA) struck out three over two scoreless innings in relief for the win.

LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (48-57)

Rancho Cucamonga 3, Storm 2: SS Jorge Quintana (1.056 OPS) went 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a walk. DH Alex McCoy (.798 OPS) went 3-for-4 with a triple. 2B Dylan Grego (.536 OPS) went 1-for-3 with a double. RHP Kannon Kemp (7.41 ERA) struck out seven and allowed two runs in four innings in the start.

ROOKIE DSL BROWN (18-28)

Astros 5, Padres 0 (7): RHP Wilfred Paca (1-5, 5.45 ERA) walked four and allowed a run in three innings in the no-hit loss.

ROOKIE DSL GOLD (30-16)

Padres 5, Brewers 3: 2B Jhoan De La Cruz (.797 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits, including the first homer of his career. RHP Jesus Castro (2.79 ERA) struck out five and allowed two runs in four innings in the start. RHP Jeferson Villabona (1.32 ERA) struck out two in a scoreless inning for his seventh save.