By Bill Center
Jake Bauers was named the first baseman on the Midwest League post-season All-Star team announced Monday.
The 18-year-old Bauers is the youngest position player in the Single-A league.
He is hitting .289 with eight homers and 60 RBIs in 105 games for the TinCaps with a .364 on-base percentage (44 walks against 76 strikeouts) and a .406 slugging percentage (he also has 15 doubles and three triples in 384 at-bats).
Bauers, the Padres seventh-round pick in the 2013 draft out of Marina High in Huntington Beach, is 3 ½ years under the average age for a Midwest League player. Bauers made his Fort Wayne debut on April 26 after spending the first three weeks of the season in extended spring training.
He led the Midwest League in hitting for most of June and July and still has the ninth-highest average in the league. The left-handed Bauers has also become one of the league’s top defensive players.
ON THE MOVE: RHP Justin Livengood placed on the disabled list at Fort Wayne. RHP Colby Blueberg was promoted from short-season Single-A Eugene to Fort Wayne. RHP Branch Kloess was placed on the seven-day disabled list with Triple-A El Paso. Chihuahuas LHP Bobby LaFromboise was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates. RHP Chris Smith was activated from the temporarily inactive list.
Around the Farm:
TRIPLE-A EL PASO (66-71): Chihuahuas 4, COLORADY SPRINGS 3 – El Paso overcame rain delays of almost two hours and the ejection of three players (CF Rico Noel and pitchers Chris Rearick and Keyvius Sampson) to score their fifth win in the last seven games on a ninth-inning sacrifice fly by SS Tyler Greene. Starting RHP Matt Wisler (4.93 ERA) allowed three runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings. RHP Dennis O’Grady (4.62) allowed a hit and a walk in a scoreless inning. RHP Michael Nix (7-3, 4.76) allowed a hit and a walk with a strikeout in two innings. RHP Jerry Sullivan (2.56) struck out two in a perfect inning to get his 12th save. 2B Jace Peterson (.282) was 3-for-4 with a RBI, a double and a steal. 1B Cody Decker (.255) was 2-for-4 with his 23rd homer. C Rocky Gale (.311) was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a steal. Noel (.256) was 2-for-4 with a double.
DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (66-67, 30-33): Corpus Christi 23, MISSIONS 7 – The reigning Texas League champion Missions were eliminated from playoff contention in the lop-sided loss. 1B Alex Dickerson (.324) was 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and two RBIs. 2B Cory Spangenberg (.331) was 3-for-5. 1B Jason Hagerty (.262) was 2-for-4 with a RBI. Starting RHP Leonel Campos (2-6, 5.37 ERA) allowed seven runs on four hits and six walks with two strikeouts in two innings. RHP John Hussey (4.38) allowed seven runs on eight hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. RHP Michael Dimock (3.29) allowed eight runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk with two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning. RHP Luis De La Cruz (2.77) allowed a run on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. LHP Frank Garces (2.02) pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings. Mission pitchers gave up 20 hits and 12 walks.
SINGLE-A (high) LAKE ELSINORE (72-61, 32-31): The Storm was off Monday night and remained tied for the second-half lead in the California League South Division.
SINGLE-A (low) FORT WAYNE (57-75, 27-36): Bowling Green 6, TIN CAPS 2 – 3B Fernando Perez (.289), from Otay Ranch High, was 2-for-3 with his 16th homer for two RBIs, although he also committed his 23 error which led to two unearned runs. Starting RHP Kyle Lloyd (6-5, 3.66 ERA) allowed five runs (three earned) in seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings. RHP Jason Jester (2.01) struck out the side in a perfect inning. RHP Tyler Wood (6.97) allowed a run on two hits with a strikeout over three innings.
SINGLE-A (short season) EUGENE (29-40, 14-17): Vancouver 3, EMERALDS 1 – Four Eugene errors led to two unearned runs. Starting RHP Zech Lemond (2-5, 3.79 ERA), the Padres’ third-round draft pick in June, allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts in five innings. LHP Brandon Fry (3.74) allowed a walk with two strikeouts in three otherwise perfect innings. RHP Bryan Verbitsky (1.44) allowed an unearned run on three hits in an inning.
ARIZONA ROOKIE PADRES (18-35, 10-15): Dodgers 6, PADRES 5 – The Padres committed five errors leading to four unearned runs. Starting LHP Taylor Cox (3.71 ERA) allowed four runs (two earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings. RHP Corey Kimber (5.40) allowed an unearned run on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in two innings. LHP Kyle McGrath (1-1, 0.87) allowed an unearned run on a hit with three strikeouts in an inning to suffer the loss. CF Michael Gettys (.314) was 2-for-4 with his 13th steal, a RBI and two runs scored. C Rodney Daal (.258) was 2-for-3 with a RBI.
DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE PADRES (17-54): The Dominican Summer League regular season has ended. The Padres top two hitters were SS Jose Savinon (.300 with a .382 on-base percentage in 50 games) and 3B Leudy Molina (.301 with a homer and nine RBIs in 28 games). RHP Ernesto Montas was 2-5 with a 2.35 ERA in 13 starts. LHP Eisler Cordova was 3-1 with a 2.04 ERA in 18 games (three starts). RHP Carlos Lora was 2-3 with a 2.23 ERA and two saves in 30 relief appearances.
See the full scoreboard from yesterday on the farm here.
