{"id":292907,"date":"2026-05-14T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292907\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:11:09","slug":"salt-lake-bees-rally-past-el-paso-12-4-as-nelson-rada-denzer-guzman-headline-a-dirty-sodas-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292907\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Lake Bees Rally Past El Paso 12-4 as Nelson Rada, Denzer Guzman Headline a Dirty Sodas Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah \u2014 Every Wednesday home game this season, the Salt Lake Bees change their name. They become the Utah Dirty Sodas<\/a>, an alternate identity built around the soda-shop culture of the Wasatch Front. Wednesday added Bark in the Park on top of it \u2014 dogs on the concourse, 4,674 in the seats at The Ballpark at America First Square, El Paso in town for game two of the series.<\/p>\n

For five innings, the costume was the most interesting thing happening for the home team.<\/p>\n

Then the Bees scored nine unanswered runs.<\/p>\n

Trailing 4-1 after El Paso put up a five-run fifth, Salt Lake answered with a six-run sixth that sent 11 men to the plate, tacked on two more in the eighth, and walked off The Ballpark at America First Square with a 12-4 win \u2014 one built, fittingly for this organization, on the bats of two of the youngest players in the building and the steadying presence of the veterans around them.<\/p>\n

Best of the rest of the coverage:<\/p>\n

The youngest of those bats belongs to Nelson Rada, the Angels\u2019 No. 2 prospect, a 19-year-old center fielder from Valencia, Venezuela. Rada\u2019s line \u2014 1-for-3 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, two runs scored \u2014 won\u2019t lead any highlight package. What he did between the lines will. He stole two more bases, scored twice in the sixth-inning rally, and laid down a soft bunt single in the middle of it. Speaking through an interpreter after the game, Rada kept the framing simple: he wants to keep working, keep learning, and get better in every aspect of the game, with the big leagues as the goal at the end of it.<\/p>\n

He has been chasing that goal across the map. Rada came up through the Dominican Summer League and spent last winter with the Navegantes de Magallanes in the Venezuelan league \u2014 an experience he credited, through the interpreter, with helping him grow as a player and arrive in Salt Lake ready. He was also watching this spring when Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic. Rada said he has a cousin on that team, and that as a Venezuelan, the title made him proud.<\/p>\n

The other young bat carried the night statistically. Denzer Guzman, the Angels\u2019 No. 7 prospect and a shortstop from San Pedro de Macor\u00eds in the Dominican Republic, went 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI, his second multi-hit game of the series after homering on Tuesday. Through an interpreter, Guzman said he feels on time at the plate right now \u2014 that he is seeing the ball well. He has spent the last two winters with Toros del Este in La Romana, playing in front of his family, and said the pressure of that environment is the kind that sharpens focus rather than scattering it.<\/p>\n

For both of them, the veterans matter. Guzman said playing alongside Jose Siri, Jeimer Candelario and Trey Mancini \u2014 players he grew up watching on television \u2014 has given him people to lean on when things get rough. Rada said the same of manager Doug Davis and the veteran core: they help, they give advice, and when the game gets long, they steady him.<\/p>\n

The night\u2019s starting pitcher had a different kind of story to tell. Sam Aldegheri, a left-hander from Verona, Italy, didn\u2019t pitch Wednesday \u2014 he\u2019d gone six innings in Tuesday\u2019s series opener \u2014 but he carries the international thread this organization is built to tell. Aldegheri pitched for the Italian national team at the World Baseball Classic, a run that took Italy to the semifinals in Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Aldegheri said. \u201cWe had a couple of days together, and after three days, I feel like we were together for a month. For me, growing up in Italy, watching the last editions on TV \u2014 to be there, play there, and make history was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s working on a new cutter in Salt Lake, he said, and trying to take something specific from the veterans around him: \u201cJust talking with them, you can see for them it\u2019s just a game. They don\u2019t think too much, they just play. They always try to stay calm during the game, whatever the situation. That\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to take from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian Moore, the Angels\u2019 first-round pick in 2024, came back from a two-week injured list stint earlier in the series and went 1-for-5 with a walk and a run Wednesday. A Tennessee product, Moore lit up talking about the young group forming around him in Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to play with Denzer and Rada a lot,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThose guys always seem to amaze me. Denzer\u2019s really tapped into his power this year, and it\u2019s really good to see. Same with Rada \u2014 he\u2019s growing, learning the game more and more, and he\u2019s always playing with this kind of smoothness, this little suave to him. I hope he never loses that. I\u2019m super excited for this young core. We\u2019re building a brotherhood down here.\u201d<\/p>\n

That brotherhood spent five innings getting shut out and one inning burying El Paso. The Dirty Sodas will be the Bees again by Thursday. The young core that turned the night around is going somewhere else entirely.<\/p>\n

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Game Details<\/p>\n

Salt Lake 12, El Paso 4 \u2014 Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at The Ballpark at America First Square. Attendance: 4,674. Time: 3:12. Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.<\/p>\n

WP: Samy Natera Jr. (5-0). LP: Logan Gillaspie (2-2, BS 2).<\/p>\n

Key Performers<\/p>\n

Donovan Walton: 2-4, 4 RBI, 2 R, 3B, BB
Denzer Guzman: 2-5, RBI, 2 R, 2 2B
Jose Siri: 2-3, 3 RBI, 2B (PH)
Trey Mancini: 2-3, RBI, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 BB
Yolmer S\u00e1nchez: 3-5, 2 RBI, HR, R
Nelson Rada: 1-3, 2 R, BB, HBP, 2 SB
Samy Natera Jr.: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K, W<\/p>\n

Game Summary<\/p>\n

The Bees broke through first. In the bottom of the third, Yolmer S\u00e1nchez homered to left field \u2014 his third of the year \u2014 to put Salt Lake up 1-0. (Watch<\/a>)<\/p>\n

El Paso answered with a five-run fifth against the Salt Lake bullpen. Jase Bowen\u2019s sacrifice fly scored Nick Schnell to tie it 1-1. (Watch<\/a>) Will Wagner then singled home Anthony Vilar to give the Chihuahuas a 2-1 lead (Watch<\/a>), and Pablo Reyes followed with an RBI single, scoring Wagner and pushing it to 3-1. (Watch<\/a>) Reyes and Nick Solak then pulled off a double steal \u2014 Reyes taking second, Solak swiping home \u2014 to make it 4-1 El Paso.<\/p>\n

Salt Lake got one back in the bottom of the fifth. Guzman doubled, and pinch-hitter Jose Siri singled him home to cut the deficit to 4-2.<\/p>\n

Then came the sixth. S\u00e1nchez singled home Donovan Walton \u2014 who had reached on an error \u2014 to make it 4-3. (Watch<\/a>) Guzman doubled home Christian Moore to tie the game 4-4 (Watch<\/a>), and Siri doubled to center, scoring Zach Humphreys and Guzman, to put Salt Lake ahead 6-4. (Watch<\/a>) Mancini doubled home Siri to make it 7-4. (Watch<\/a>) After Rada bunted his way on and stole second, Walton singled home Mancini and Rada to push the lead to 9-4.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the eighth, Walton struck again \u2014 tripling home Mancini and Rada for an 11-4 lead \u2014 and then scored on a wild pitch to close the scoring at 12-4. (Watch<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Samy Natera Jr. earned the win with two scoreless, four-strikeout innings of relief, and Brady Choban closed it out with two scoreless frames of his own.<\/p>\n

Background: Tuesday\u2019s Series Opener<\/p>\n

Salt Lake took the series opener 11-4 on Tuesday night, scoring 11 times across the first three innings. Sam Aldegheri started and went six innings, allowing five hits, three earned runs, one walk and two strikeouts on 93 pitches (62 strikes) \u2014 his first career quality start at the Triple-A level. Denzer Guzman crushed two three-run home runs in the second and third innings, and Jose Siri added a solo shot.<\/p>\n

Organizational Context<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Angels entered 2026 ranked No. 28 in MLB Pipeline\u2019s farm system rankings<\/a>. Despite the low organizational ranking, the Salt Lake roster features two of the system\u2019s top prospects: Nelson Rada (No. 2) and Denzer Guzman (No. 7).<\/p>\n

El Paso\u2019s parent club, the San Diego Padres, has two players from its Top 30 prospect list currently with the Chihuahuas: right-handed pitcher Garrett Hawkins (No. 12) and outfielder Jase Bowen (No. 23).<\/p>\n

Broadcast Information<\/p>\n

All Triple-A games can be streamed on Bally Sports MiLB<\/a> and MLB.TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Up Next<\/p>\n

Salt Lake will play their third game of their six game home series against El Paso on Thursday, May 15 at The Ballpark At America First Square in South Jordan, Utah at 8:35 p.m. EDT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH JORDAN, Utah \u2014 Every Wednesday home game this season, the Salt Lake Bees change their name. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-292907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}