{"id":27089,"date":"2025-06-30T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27089\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:24:07","slug":"omar-cruz-relievers-pitch-el-paso-to-win-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27089\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Cruz, relievers pitch El Paso to win \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left-hander <strong>Omar Cruz<\/strong> completed five innings in his first win of the season on Sunday, propping up Triple-A El Paso for a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/space-cowboys-vs-chihuahuas\/2025\/06\/29\/780139\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 9-3 win<\/a> over visiting Sugar Land.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz (1-4, 5.62 ERA) began the season in the Padres bullpen but has been stretching out in the minors. Sunday was his second five-inning start this season. He struck out six and allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks.<\/p>\n<p>Four relievers followed him into the game, with right-hander <strong>Francis Pena<\/strong> (4.15 ERA) striking out a batter in a scoreless frame and right-handers<strong> Alek Jacob<\/strong> (11.05 ERA), <strong>Jose Espada<\/strong> (4.32 ERA) and<strong> Eduarniel Nu\u00f1ez<\/strong> (0.00 ERA) each striking out two in a scoreless frame.<\/p>\n<p>Second baseman <strong>Clay Dungan<\/strong> (.837 OPS) drove in three runs on his 10th homer.<\/p>\n<p>Catcher <strong>Luis Campusano<\/strong> (1.065 OPS) went 1-for-2 with a double, three walks and two runs scored.<\/p>\n<p>First baseman <strong>Nate Mondou<\/strong> (.753 OPS) drove in three runs on two hits.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso is 43-38.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (42-33)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/missions-vs-rockhounds\/2025\/06\/29\/782134\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midland 2, Missions 1:<\/a> RHP <strong>Braden Nett<\/strong> (3.11 ERA) walked four but allowed just one run on five hits in 5\u2153 innings. He struck out three in the no-decision. SS <strong>Francisco Acu\u00f1a<\/strong> (.796 OPS) hit his seventh homer. 1B<strong> Romeo Sanabria<\/strong> (.730 OPS) went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (37-37)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/loons-vs-tincaps\/2025\/06\/29\/785180\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TinCaps 8, Great Lakes 7:<\/a> LHP<strong> Luis Gutierrez<\/strong> (1-0, 2.13 ERA) struck out four and allowed a run in five innings in the win. RHP <strong>Sean Barnett<\/strong> (17.05 ERA) allowed four runs without recording an out in his latest appearance as a two-way prospect. LF <strong>Jacob Campbell<\/strong> (.643 OPS) went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. 2B <strong>Brandon Butterworth<\/strong> (.736 OPS) went 1-for-3 with two RBIs. SS<strong> Leo De Vries<\/strong> (.744 OPS) went 0-for-2 with two walks and a RBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (33-42)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/nuts-vs-storm\/2025\/06\/29\/788598\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Modesto 5, Storm 4:<\/a> RHP <strong>Will Varmette<\/strong> (3-4, 5.86 ERA) allowed two runs in 5\u2153 innings in relief after RHP <strong>Bryan Balzer<\/strong> (7.12 ERA) allowed a run in two-thirds of an inning in the start. DH <strong>Kavares Tears<\/strong> (.717 OPS) went 2-for-5 with a run scored. RF <strong>Victor Figueroa<\/strong> (.911 OPS) went 1-for-4 with an RBI. C <strong>Colton Vincent<\/strong> (.421 OPS) went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left-hander Omar Cruz completed five innings in his first win of the season on Sunday, propping up Triple-A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,1370,1266,3549,1306,7264,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-27089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-san-diego-padres","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114772304811030440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}