San Antonio's Offense Breaks out to Snap Home Losing Streak
September 2, 2015 - Texas League (TL1)
San Antonio Missions News Release
San Antonio racked up 14 hits in an 11-1 rout of Midland Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium to snap a season-high, six-game home skid.
Stephen Kohlscheen made a spot start for San Antonio Wednesday and delivered four very solid innings of two-hit ball. The only Midland run during Kohlscheen's time on the hill was an unearned one in the second. Kohlscheen fanned five against just one walk, throwing 42 of his 65 pitches for strikes.
The Missions evened the score at one against RockHounds' righty Parker Frazier in the third with an unearned run of their own.
An inning later, San Antonio opened up a 3-1 lead on Frazier. Gabriel Quintana broke the tie when he followed a Duanel Jones leadoff single with a double to deep center. Three batters later, Benji Gonzalez brought in Quintana with a two-out single to right.
Quintana pushed the lead to 5-1 in the sixth when he drilled a two-run homer off Frazier (4-3) just inside the left-field foul pole. The third baseman has racked up four homers in his last three games. In five games at the Double-A level, Quintana has driven in nine runs.
After Jones made the score 6-1 in the seventh with a two-out single off reliever Omar Duran, San Antonio plated five more off the southpaw in the eighth highlighted by Diego Goris' grand slam onto the berm in left. The slam was the Missions' third of the season.
Relievers Elliot Morris (5-9), Genison Reyes and Adam Cimber combined to limit the RockHounds to just four hits over the final five innings.
San Antonio (27-38, 58-77) resumes its four-game series against Midland (44-21, 79-56) Thursday on Cricket Dollar Night presented by News 4 San Antonio. Right-hander Ronald Herrera (3-0, 4.30) will take the hill for the Missions, while the "Hounds counter with southpaw Sean Manaea (5-1, 2.68). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
Notes: Kohlscheen made the start as a result of RHP Aaron Northcraft's promotion to El Paso earlier in the day. Also joining Northcraft in El Paso was C Rob Kral. San Antonio received C Ryan Miller as the corresponding move for Kral. In 69 games for High-A Lake Elsinore this season, Miller was hitting .261 (75-for-287) with 20 doubles, four triples, three homers, 27 RBI and 32 runs scored.
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