Cedric Hunter News

Stephen Strasburg came back from having pain in his neck to being a pain in the neck, to the Peoria Saguaros.

After catching all season, some of the catchers in the Arizona Fall League are starting to show some wear and tear.

Indians catcher Matt McBride is feeling comfortable at the plate in Arizona, even if his helmet isn't. McBride and Freddie Freeman went deep before Cedric Hunter hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to lead the Peoria Saguaros past the Mesa Solar Sox, 6-5, on Tuesday afternoon.

September 7, 2009, 11:05 p.m. Double-A San Antonio finished the regular season on an unusual note Sunday night as four pitchers combined to give up no hits over the final eight innings after left-handed starter Steve Garrison gave up five runs on five hits in the first at Corpus Christi.

September 7, 2009, 12:22 p.m. First baseman Nathan Freiman hit his 11th homer Sunday as Eugene scored a 6-6-4 victory at Salem-Keizer to end the Northwest League season with a 34-42 record.

September 3, 2009, 1:58 p.m. The Padres low single-A Fort Wayne affiliate Wednesday night became the first professional team to reach the 90-win plateau with a 5-4 victory over Great Lakes in Fort Wayne.

August 31, 2009, 8:28 a.m. Right-handed starter Jeremy Hefner allowed one unearned run on four hits over 6 2/3 innings Sunday as playoff-bound Lake Elsinore scored a sixth straight win with a 7-1 victory at Visalia.

When the Double-A postseason concludes in coming weeks, several Missions players have a clearer picture where they'll be headed.

The Padres should have a full contingent of players who will take part in the upcoming Arizona Fall League.

August 16, 2009, 9:00 a.m. Fort Wayne Saturday night became the first professional team to reach 80 wins this season as the low Single-A TinCaps defeated Dayton 7-1 in Fort Wayne.

July 18, 2009, 10:54 p.m. Ita s taken this long for him to get his record over .500, but Stiven Osunaa s finally gotten there in impressive fashion.

In his first game back from a weeklong personal leave, Missions manager Terry Kennedy wasn't exactly greeted with a welcome-back hug from the umpiring crew Saturday.

Sunday 12 Jul Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 11:42PM The Tulsa Drillers suffered through a tough, disappointing night Sunday at Drillers Stadium in the opening game of a three-game series with the San Antonio Missions.

July 8, 2009, 7:28 a.m. Left fielder Chad Huffman went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer four RBI and two runs scored Tuesday to lead Triple-A Portland to a 7-3 victory over Colorado Springs in Oregon.

Missions infielder Jesus Lopez fields a ball hit by the Naturals' Jarrod Dyson during Saturday night's loss at Wolff Stadium.

The Midland RockHounds moved back into sole possession of first place in the Texas League South Division with a 7-1 victory over the Missions on Friday before a crowd of 3,856 which endured a one-hour rain delay at Citibank Ballpark.

June 24, 2009, 10:10 a.m. The Padres have a second first-half division champion in their minor league system.

June 21, 2009, 8:56 p.m. Catcher Michael Collins went 4-for-5 and drove in four runs Sunday evening as Double-A San Antonio scored a 8-5 victory at Midland to take a one-game lead over Midland in the Texas League South race.

June 15, 2009, 10:38 a.m. Shortstop Lance Zawadzki was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI and right fielder Kellen Kulbacki was 3-for-4 with an RBI Sunday as Double-A San Antonio pounded out 15 hits in an 11-5 win over Corpus Christi at San Antonio.

June 13, 2009, 10:17 a.m. Just when the Padres are in desperate need of a starting pitcher, Walter Silva had his best outing with Triple-A Portland Friday night.