Ethan Salas is beginning to shake off the rust.<\/p>\n
Serving as the designated hitter on Friday, the 19-year-old catcher hit his first home run in more than a year in Double-A San Antonio\u2019s 8-7 loss<\/a> to visiting Amarillo.<\/p>\n Salas went 2-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs and two runs scored.<\/p>\n First homer of the season for Ethan Salas \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n 106 mph off the bat of the Padres No. 1 prospect \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n (\ud83c\udfa5@missionsmilb<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/monOWtAHoj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The home run was his first since late in 2024 at high Single-A Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n Salas played just 10 games last year with the Missions before a back injury sidelined him until spring training.<\/p>\n Salas is hitting .280\/.357\/.400 with six walks and 15 strikeouts through 15 games so far this season.<\/p>\n Left fielder Tirso Ornelas (.615 OPS) drove in three runs on two hits and shortstop Ryan Jackson (.625 OPS) went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.<\/p>\n San Antonio is 5-14.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n TRIPLE-A EL PASO (11-14)<\/p>\n Reno 7, Chihuahuas 6 (10):<\/a> RF Nick Schnell (.885 OPS) hit his fifth homer and 2B Nate Mondou (.742 OPS) hit his third homer and finished a double shy of the cycle. 1B Pablo Reyes (.882 OPS) went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. RHP Garrett Hawkins (2.08 ERA) allowed five unearned runs in two-thirds of an inning in blowing the save.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (6-13)<\/p>\n Wisconsin 11, TinCaps 3:<\/a> LHP Kash Mayfield (1-1, 1.69 ERA) allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in four innings. It was the first runs that Mayfield had allowed this season. DH Alex McCoy (.979 OPS) went 2-for-4 with his fourth homer and eighth double. He drove in all three TinCaps runs.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Jeremiah Estrada that is BEAUTIFUL pic.twitter.com\/z5Pfd0RuQ0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lake Elsinore Storm (@Storm_Baseball) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (10-9)<\/p>\n