Minors: Jacob Nix good but Missions’ skid continues

June 21, 2018 5:10 AM PT

Jacob Nix deserved to win Wednesday.

Double-A San Antonio just isn’t doing much winning lately.

The Missions lost their sixth straight game, this one a 1-0 defeat to Corpus Christi in which Ty France’s sixth-inning double accounted for San Antonio’s lone hit of the game.

That made Nix (1-1) the tough-luck loser despite the 22-year-old right-hander striking out a season-high eight batters over seven strong innings.

Nix allowed one run on four hits and no walks and threw 64 of his 96 pitches for strikes.

Through five starts this year, Nix – a third-round pick in 2015 – has a 1.27 ERA, 20 strikeouts and a .147 opponent average through 28 1/3 innings in the Texas League.

Nix is ranked No. 11 in the system by MLB.com.

Right-hander Rowan Wick (3.41) followed with two strikeouts in the eighth inning and left-hander Brad Wieck (2.00) pitched a scoreless ninth.

The Missions (0-2, 42-30) lost four games in a row to miss out on a first-half title and now the first two games of the second half.

SHORT-SEASON TRI-CITY (3-3)

Dust Devils 5, Spokane 2: RHP Angel Acevedo (1-0, 1.50) struck out five and scattered one hit, two walks and a hit batter over five shutout innings in the win. 1B Justin Paulsen (.444) went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored and LF Mason House (.200) doubled in three runs. C Blake Hunt (.250) went 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored.

ROOKIE AZL PADRES 1 (2-0) / AZL PADRES 2 (0-2)

Padres1 7, Padres2 6: LHP Joey Cantillo (0.00) started the game with five strikeouts, one hit, a hit batter and two walks over five shutout innings in a no-decision. 1B Jason Pineda (.375) went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored and CF Angel Solarte (.273), C Alison Quintero (.625), LF Hunter Jarmon (.250), RF Agustin Ruiz (.375), DH Nick Gatewood (.222), 3B Carlos Luis (.333) and 1B Lee Solomon (.500) all had two hits. One of Solomon’s was a grand slam for a home run his professional debut after he was selected in the 25^th round out of Lipscomb earlier this month.

ROOKIE DSL PADRES (10-6)

Orioles 6, Padres 4: RHP Eudi Asencio (9.00) struck out five and allowed three runs on five hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings in the start. 3B Victor Nova (.286) went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and 1B Emmanuel Guerra (.265) went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and two runs scored.

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