{"id":441073,"date":"2026-08-23T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441073\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:38:10","slug":"padres-minors-lamar-king-jr-walks-off-tincaps-win-gold-affiliate-advances-to-dsl-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441073\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres minors: Lamar King Jr. walks off TinCaps’ win; Gold affiliate advances to DSL semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lamar King Jr.\u2019s third hit of the game was a walk-off, sending high Single-A Fort Wayne to a 6-5 win in 10 innings<\/a> over visiting Great Lakes.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old catcher drove in three runs on three hits, including his 11th double. King is hitting .225\/.324\/.309 in his first full year in the Midwest League.<\/p>\n

King is ranked No. 27 in the system by MLB.com.<\/p>\n

Center fielder Ryan Wideman (.567 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and his 20th steal with Fort Wayne and 63rd this season in the low minors.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Rosman Verdugo (.733 OPS) also hit a double.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Bryan Balzer (4.78 ERA) allowed three runs on three hits and four walks in 3\u2154 innings in the start.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne is 50-67.<\/p>\n

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Saturday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n

TRIPLE-A EL PASO (50-74)<\/p>\n

Round Rock 7, Chihuahuas 6:<\/a> RF Nick Solak (.873 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits, including his 14th homer. CF Dustin Harris (1.039 OPS) went 1-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs, a walk and a run scored. DH Ethan Salas (1.001 OPS) went 0-for-4 with a walk. LHP JP Sears (8.45 ERA) allowed two runs in 1 \u2154 innings in the start. RHP Alek Jacob (6-6, 5.12 ERA) allowed two runs in 2 \u2154 innings in the loss. LF Samad Taylor (.905 OPS) went 1-for-1 after entering the game as a pinch-runner.<\/p>\n

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DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (54-65)<\/p>\n

Northwest Arkansas 3, Missions 2:<\/a> RHP Ian Koenig (5-10, 4.60 ERA) struck out five and allowed three runs in 6\u2154 innings in the loss. LF Tirso Ornelas (.738 OPS) went 3-for-5 with an RBI. RF Alex McCoy (.990 OPS), CF Braedon Karpathios (.762 OPS) and SS Justin DeCriscio (.867 OPS) each had a double.<\/p>\n

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LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (61-58)<\/p>\n

San Jos\u00e9 6, Storm 3<\/a>: 3B Joe Tiroly (.843 OPS) hit his second professional homer. SS Elliot Lascelles (1.436 OPS) went 1-for-3 with two walks. LF Alex Conover (.851 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. RHP Tyler Schmitt (8-7, 4.79 ERA) allowed three runs in five innings in the loss.<\/p>\n

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ROOKIE DSL POSTSEASON<\/p>\n

Padres 9, Phillies 3:<\/a> The Gold affiliate won two of its three games in pool play to advance to the Dominican Summer League finals. DH Sebastian Nadales doubled twice and drove in four runs in Saturday\u2019s 9-3 win over the Phillies. The best-of-three semifinals begin Monday against the Giants.<\/p>\n

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Farm system leaders<\/p>\n

(Through Friday; Minimum 200 plate appearances, 50 innings)<\/p>\n

AVG: .331 \u2013 1B Dayquer Alfonzo\u00a0 (R)
\nOBP: .464 \u2013 Alfonzo
\nSLG: .600 \u2013 OF Jase Bowen (AAA)
\nHRs: 19 \u2013 OF Jake Cunningham (A+ \/ AA)
\nRBIs: 66 \u2013 OF Nick Solak (AAA), OF Carlos Rodrigeuz (AAA)
\nSBs: 62 \u2013 Wideman
\nWins: 8 \u2013 RHP Sean Boyle (AAA), RHP Albieris Polanco (R), RHP Tyler Schmitt (A)
\nERA: 3.06 \u2013 RHP Jhony Brito (R \/ AA \/ AAA)
\nKs: 101 \u2013 LHP Jagger Haynes (AA \/ AAA)
\nWHIP: 1.10 \u2013 RHP Josh Mallitz (AA)
\nK\/BB: 4.08 \u2013 RHP Carlos Medina (A)
\nSaves: 11 \u2013 RHP Clay Edmondson (A+ \/ AA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lamar King Jr.\u2019s third hit of the game was a walk-off, sending high Single-A Fort Wayne to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-441073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441073","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=441073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}