Chihuahuas 4, Tacoma Rainiers 1
Key Statistics: 1B Nick Pratto 2-for-5, 2B, RBI; LF Miguel Andujar 3-for-4; 2 2B; 3B Marcos Castañon 2-for-5, 2B, RBI; RF Braedon Karpathios 1-for-3, BB; SS Rosman Verdugo 2-for-4; RHP Jhony Brito IP, H, BB; RHP Evan Fitterer (W, 4-8) 5 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K; RHP Hunter Stratton (S,2) IP
Evan Fitterer threw five shutout innings on Saturday. (Photo: Jorge Salgado).
Prospect Watch: The Chihuahuas put up three runs through the first six innings against former El Paso stalwart Gabe Mosser, who spent six years in the Padres organization. Tacoma got a home run in the eighth, but the Chihuahuas got the run back in the top of the ninth before Hunter Stratton threw a perfect inning to pick up his second save with El Paso. … The big news was Miguel Andujar picked up a pair of doubles among three hits. He now has four doubles in four games in Tacoma on his rehab assignment. He was in left field after being at first base on Wednesday and a pair of starts at DH. He has a .726 OPS in 74 games with the big club this year. … Nick Pratto had two more hits to continue his scorching September. The one-time top prospect has a .422/.481/.689 slash line in 51 plate appearances this month. He posted a .659 OPS across 145 big league games with the Kansas City Royals in 2022 and 2023. … Rosman Verdugo, 21, had two singles in his first Triple-A game. The Baja California native hit a career-high 15 home runs and posted a .728 OPS for Fort Wayne in his fifth year in the organization. … Marcos Castañon had two hits on Saturday and is 8-for-19 in the series with four doubles and two walks. … Evan Fitterer got the win with five shutout innings, after throwing four shutout innings in his previous outing. The 26-year-old from Orange County has had a good year, throwing the second-most innings on the staff at 93.1 with an ERA of 4.13, significantly better than any other Chihuahua who has thrown 50 innings this season. Fetterer mainly works with a four-seam fastball, curve, and sinker. In the future, the key for him will be to cut down on the 54 walks. … El Paso will try to get a split on Sunday before returning home for their final series of the year.
Amarillo Sod Poodles 9, Missions 6
Key Statistics: CF Kai Roberts 1-for-3, 2 BB, 3 SB (43); 1B Romeo Sanabria 2-for-3, HR (9), 3 RBI, 2 BB; RF Alex McCoy 1-for-5, HR (4) RBI; LF Jack Costello 2-for-3, RBI, 2 BB; 3B Kerrington Cross 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB; LHP Jamie Hitt (L, 2-3) 4 IP 6 H, 4 ER, BB, 4 K; RHP Eric Yost 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, BB, HR
Alex McCoy has had a big 2026. (Photo: San Antonio Missions)
Prospect Watch: After going down 17-1 on Friday in Hogetown, the Missions made it much closer but still dropped their fifth game of the series, and their seventh straight. San Antonio was up 2-1 in the fifth until Eric Yost, who came on after Jamie Hitt allowed three straight singles to start the frame, may have had the worst inning of his season. Yost, who has been one of the more reliable pitchers in the organization this season, threw two wild pitches to give the Sod Poodles the lead, followed by a single to add another run. Yost got a pair of force-outs for two outs, but a walk and a hit by pitch followed by a double brought in two more. With the club down 9-3 in the ninth, Romeo Sanabria and Alex McCoy hit back-to-back home runs, and San Antonio loaded the bases before Brendan Durfee popped out to end the game. … McCoy’s homer was his fourth in Double-A and his 19th of the season. Overall, the 24-year-old from Baltimore has played in 122 games this season, more than double his total from his debut campaign last year. He has posted an .828 OPS between two levels with 31 doubles and 24 stolen bases in 33 attempts. … After hitting .368 in August after his return from El Paso, Sanabria has picked it up even more this month. He reached base four times with a pair of walks Saturday and now sports a slash line of .389./.477/.528 in 42 plate appearances this month. He had a .575 OPS this year in El Paso in 83 plate appearances, but should get another opportunity in 2027. … Kai Roberts, 25, stole his 43rd base in 46 attempts, which places him third in the Texas League. The left-handed-hitting Roberts is also a plus center fielder defensively, but has struggled to make consistent contact at the plate with a .200/.296/.282 slash line this year. … University of San Diego product Jack Costello had a pair of hits tonight and has a batting average of .308 for the month. … Sunday will be the Missions’ final game of the season as they attempt to avoid being swept.
