{"id":426099,"date":"2026-09-04T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426099\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:24:08","slug":"padres-pregame-gage-workman-ian-koenig-lead-el-paso-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426099\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Gage Workman, Ian Koenig lead El Paso to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infielder Gage Workman drove in four runs on three hits and Ian Koenig struck out eight over five solid innings, leading Triple-A El Paso to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/aviators-vs-chihuahuas\/2026\/09\/03\/815341\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9-3 win<\/a> on Thursday over visiting Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Workman also swiped his third base in a three-hit game that lifted his batting line to .257\/.308\/.286 in 18 games since joining El Paso following the trade from the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Catcher Blake Hunt (1.004 OPS) and right fielder Carlos Rodriguez (.804 OPS) both also had three-hit games.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez and shortstop Clay Dungan (.704 OPS) both doubled.<\/p>\n<p>Koenig (1-0, 4.50 ERA) allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in five innings in the win.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Logan Gillaspie (6.05 ERA) struck out five over three shutout innings.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso is 54-81.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n<p>DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (57-72)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/rockhounds-vs-missions\/2026\/09\/03\/817183\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midland 3, Missions 0:<\/a> RHP Abraham Parra (0-2, 11.12 ERA) allowed three runs\u2014two earned\u2014in five innings in the loss. RHP Francis Pe\u00f1a (3.05 ERA) threw two scoreless innings. 1B Romeo Sanabria (.813 OPS) went 3-for-4. RF Braedon Karpathios (.781 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a walk.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (53-74)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/tincaps-vs-lugnuts\/2026\/09\/03\/819779\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lansing 8, TinCaps 2:<\/a> RHP Bryan Balzer (1-3, 5.17 ERA0 allowed five runs \u2014 three earned \u2014 in 3\u2153 innings in the loss. 1B Yoiber Ocopio (.611 OPS) drove in two runs on his first homer. RF Dylan Grego (.487 OPS) went 2-for-4. SS Rosman Verdugo (.737 OPS) went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (64-65)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/66ers-vs-storm\/2026\/09\/03\/821225\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inland Empire 11, Storm 1:<\/a> RHP Lan-Hong Su (0-4, 5.63 ERA) struck out nine but allowed two runs on one hit and a hit batter in 4\u2154 innings in a loss. 2B Jos\u00e9 Verdugo (.688 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a double. SS Elliot Lascelles (.886 OPS) and CF Dawson Willis (.832 OPS) also each had a double.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Infielder Gage Workman drove in four runs on three hits and Ian Koenig struck out eight over five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,3607,7677,23603,154],"class_list":["post-426099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426099","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=426099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}