{"id":252876,"date":"2026-04-05T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252876\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:37:08","slug":"griffin-canning-starts-for-el-paso-rehabbers-get-work-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252876\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffin Canning starts for El Paso, rehabbers get work in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Padres\u2019 rehab crew was quite busy in Triple-A El Paso\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/chihuahuas-vs-rainiers\/2026\/04\/04\/814799\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5-2 win<\/a> in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Griffin Canning allowed a run in 2\u2153 innings, relievers Jason Adam and Yuki Matsui both turned in scoreless appearances and Sung-Mun Song went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Song also played all eight innings at second base. His second run-scoring hit was part of a four-run eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Song is hitting .321\/.387\/.357 with a double, seven RBIs and eight strikeouts in seven games as he rehabs his oblique injury.<\/p>\n<p>Making his first rehab start, Canning (Achilles) struck out four, walked two and allowed three hits while throwing 33 of his 51 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Adam (quad) struck out a batter and allowed a hit in two-thirds of an inning in his second appearance with El Paso. He was expecting to pitch in back-to-back games this weekend, perhaps a final hurdle before activation this week.<\/p>\n<p>Matsui (groin) struck out two and allowed a hit while recording three outs in his first rehab game.<\/p>\n<p>In the second game, the Chihuahuas (5-3) beat Tacoma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/chihuahuas-vs-rainiers\/2026\/04\/05\/814803\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-1 in seven innings<\/a>. Right-hander Evan Fitterer started the game with four strikeouts over three shutout innings and right-hander Eli Villalobos (1-1, 4.50 ERA) earned the win with two scoreless innings in relief.<\/p>\n<p>Third baseman Marcos Casta\u00f1on (.650 OPS) drove in two runs on his first homer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n<p>DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (1-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/missions-vs-drillers\/2026\/04\/04\/817110\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa 4, Missions 0:<\/a> RHP Ian Koenig (0-1, 5.40 ERA) struck out five but allowed four runs in five innings in the loss. LF Kai Murphy (1.029 OPS) singled twice for two of the Missions\u2019 five hits. C Ethan Salas (.250 OPS) went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts. RF Braedon Karpathios (.231 OPS) and CF Joshua Mears (.000 OPS) both went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (1-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/storm-vs-tower-buzzers\/2026\/04\/04\/821219\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario 6, Storm 4:<\/a> OF Ryan Wideman (.974 OPS) hit his first professional homer and walked in five plate appearances. C Ty Harvey (.774 OPS) went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. 3B Justin DeCriscio (.833 OPS) and 1B Luke Cantwell (1.250 OPS) both went 2-for-4 with a double. RHP Tyler Schmitt (5.40 EA) struck out seven and allowed two runs on a hit and four walks in 3\u2153 innings in the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Note: High Single-A Fort Wayne was rained out at Great Lakes. The TinCaps will play a doubleheader on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Padres\u2019 rehab crew was quite busy in Triple-A El Paso\u2019s 5-2 win in Game 1 of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-252876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-san-diego","11":"tag-san-diego-headlines","12":"tag-san-diego-news","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}