san antonio missions GAME NOTES 57 57 Hwy 90 W | San Antonio, TX 78227 | 210-675-PARK | samissions.com San Antonio Missions (11-13) vs. Springfield Cardinals (6-17) Tonight's Game Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers LHP Aaron Leasher (1-1, 2.93) vs. RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 2.01) DAY DATE OPPONENT MISSIONS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) Wed. June 2 at SPR RHP Reiss Knehr (3-1, 4.32) RHP Dalton Roach (1-2, 5.82) 6:35 PM Game #25/Away Game #19 • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Thurs. June 3 at SPR RHP Adrian Martinez (0-3, 4.91) LHP Domingo Robles (0-0, 4.26) 7:05 PM Hammons Field Fri. June 4 at SPR RHP Caleb Boushley (1-2, 4.43) RHP Kyle Leahy (0-4, 15.98) 7:05 PM Sat. June 5 at SPR LHP Osvaldo Hernandez (0-2, 8.00) TBD 6:05 PM 6:35 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • KRPT 92.5/93.3 FM The Bull Sun. June 6 at SPR LHP Aaron Leasher (1-1, 2.93) RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 2.01) 6:05 PM MISSIONS AT A GLANCE Tonight's Game: The San Antonio Missions begin a six-game series against the Springfield Cardinals. The Missions are coming off a 12-2 Series (W-L-S) 2-2-0 loss to NW Arkansas on Sunday. Springfield is coming off a 6-5 loss MISSIONS VS. CARDINALS Series Openers 2-2 to Wichita on Sunday. Aaron Leasher will take the mound for San 2021: 0-0 Series Finales 2-2 Antonio against Andre Pallante. in San Antonio: 0-0 Series Sweeps: 0-0 at Springfield: 0-0 Day Games 2-1 Aaron Leasher: 25-year-old Aaron Leasher gets the start tonight for All-Time: 83-87 Night Games 9-12 the San Antonio Missions. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 2.93 ERA DATE SITE RESULT vs. RHP 10-10 in four appearances (four starts) this season. Leasher allowed three June 1 SPR vs. LHP 1-3 earned runs on six hits against NW Arkansas on May 26th. He spent June 2 SPR May 11-13 the majority of that season with Lake Elsinore. He went 10-8 with a June 3 SPR June 0-0 3.15 ERA in 22 games (19 starts). He appeared in one game for the June 4 SPR July 0-0 Padres during the 2021 Spring Training. He allowed one earned run in June 5 SPR August 0-0 two innings during that appearance. He is in his fifth professional sea- June 6 SPR September 0-0 son, all with San Diego. The Padres drafted Leasher in the 6th round July 20 SA Tuesday 2-2 of the 2017 MLB Draft out of Morehead State. Wednesday 1-3 July 21 SA Thursday 1-2 Andre Pallante: 22-year-old Andre Pallante is the starting pitcher July 22 SA Friday 2-3 tonight for Springfield. The right-handers is 1-0 with a 2.01 ERA July 23 SA Saturday 3-1 in five games (five starts) this season. He last pitched on May 27th July 24 SA against Wichita and pitched 4.2 innings while allowing two unearned July 25 SA Sunday 2-2 runs. 2019 was his first professional season and he spent it with State vs. Double A Central North 4-2 College. He went 1-0 with a 2.78 ERA in 11 games (9 starts) with 38 vs. Double A Central South 7-11 strikeouts over 35.2 innings pitched. Pallante was drafted by the Car- TONIGHT'S MATCHUP vs. NL Affiliate 0-0 dinals in the 4th round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of the University of vs. AL Affiliate 11-13 California, Irvine. Missions Cardinals Lead After 6 9-0 11-13 Record 10-11 Trail After 6 1-12 Player of the Week: Missions outfielder Jack Suwinski was named 1-5 Home 3-8 Tied After 6 1-1 Double-A Central Player of the Week for the week of May 24-30. 10-8 Road 7-3 Lead After 7 8-0 During that time, he batted .450 (9-20) with 2 HR, 3B, 3 2B, 6 RBI, Trail After 7 1-12 6 R, 3 BB, and one stolen base. He also had an on-base percentage of L1 Streak L1 Tied After 7 1-0 .542 with an OPS of 1.542. This is the first weekly honor for Suwinski 3-2 Last 5 1-4 Lead After 8 9-0 in his career and he is the first Missions player since Tyrone Taylor in 5-5 Last 10 4-6 Trail After 8 1-12 August of 2019 to win a weekly award. Tied After 8 0-0 .227 Batting Avg. .253 Scoring First 9-2 Return of Abrams: Despite an 0-4 night at the plate on Sunday, 11 HR 27 Opponent Scoring First 2-11 Missions fans can be excited to know that CJ Abrams returned to the 91 R 100 Scoring 4+ Runs 9-1 starting lineup. The #8 Major League prospect missed a week of action 27 SB 14 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs 4-12 recovering from an injury. Seven of the Missions 11 wins have come 4.67 ERA 6.40 Scoring 3 Or < Runs 2-12 with Abrams in the lineup. 206 K 215 Opp. Scoring 3 Or < Runs 7-2 93 BB 121 Out-Hit Opponent 8-2 Rollin' Rosario: Missions infielder Eguy Rosario had a delightful .975 Fielding Pct. .970 Tie in Hits 1-0 week at the plate against Northwest Arkansas. He batted .333 (7-21) Out-Hit By Opponent 2-11 with a home run, a triple, 6 RBI, 3 SB, and 4 R. He hit safely in four of Hit a HR 5-3 the six games during the series and reached base in all but one game Allow HR 5-6 during that stretch. DOUBLE A CENTRAL Hit 2+ HR 3-0 Tulsa 14-10 .583 North Allow 2+ HR 3-2 Back to San Diego: Following a two-year stint as the Triple-A affiliate Wichita 14-10 .583 North Record 10+ Hits 5-3 with the Milwaukee Brewers, the Missions have returned to the Padres organization. The Padres and Missions agreed on a 13-year contract Arkansas 12-11 .522 North Allow 10+ Hits 2-6 NW Arkansas 11-11 .500 North Score 10+ Runs 1-0 for the Missions to be the Padres Double-A affiliate. The Missions Springfield 6-17 .261 North Allow 10+ Runs 0-1 previosuly served as the Padres Double-A affiliate from 2007 - 2018. Frisco 14-9 .609 South Out K opponent 4-4 Midland 13-11 .542 South Out K'd by opponent 6-9 Success in the Bigs: Since the 2018 season, the Missions have helped Corpus Christi 11-12 .478 South Strike out 10 or more batters 7-2 produce some of Major League Baseball's brightest young stars. Amarillo 11-13 .458 South Strike out less than 10 batters 4-11 Fernando Tatis, Jr. has become one of the most recognizable players in the MLB. This offseason, he signed a 14-year, 340 million dollar San Antonio 11-13 .458 South Walk-Off Wins 0-0 contract with the Padres. He has also won a Silver Slugger award and Walk-Off Losses 0-0 finished 4th in the National League MVP race in 2020. Reliever Devin Commit An Error 7-7 Williams was awarded the National League Rookie of the Year Award Commit No Errors 4-6 in 2020. Outfielder Trent Grisham has been a mainstay in the Padres Extra Innings 1-0 outfield since joining the team in 2020. He received his first Gold Shutouts 1-3 Glove Award that year. Lastly, second baseman Keston Hiura slugged Doubleheaders 1-1 19 home runs for the Brewers in his rookie season in 2019. He has One-Run Games 2-1 been the Brewers starting second baseman since his call-up in 2019. Two-Run Games 3-2 Missions Starter 6+ IP 1-0 Defensive Shift Experiment: Teams in the Double-A Central will take Missions Starter 7+ IP 0-0 part in an experimental rule change involving defensive shifts this Missions Starter 8+ IP 0-0 season. Teams must have a minimum of four players on the infield. White Jerseys: 0-5 Later changes to the rule might include two infielders on each side of Gray Jerseys: 5-1 second base as a requirement. Blue Jerseys: 5-7 Chancla Jerseys: 1-0 Specialty Jerseys: 0-0 TOnight’S STARTER - LHP aaron leasher HT/WT: 6’3”/208 BORN: April 28, 1996 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan OBTAINED: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB Draft DRAFTED: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB Draft out of Morehead State University YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2017 AZL Padres 2 1-2 5.56 7 7 0 0 0 22.2 31 20 14 1 1 11 23 1 Tri-City 0-1 2.08 4 4 0 0 0 13.0 5 5 3 0 0 8 10 2 2018 Fort Wayne 5-5 3.32 20 15 0 0 0 97.2 97 42 36 5 3 41 96 13 Lake Elsinore 1-2 4.29 4 3 0 0 0 21.0 28 13 10 2 0 11 21 3 2019 Lake Elsinore 10-8 3.15 22 19 0 0 0 120.0 113 44 42 11 3 34 113 6 Amarillo 0-0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 7 7 1 0 4 1 0 2020 *DID NOT PLAY - NO MINOR LEAGUE SEASON* 2021 San Antonio 1-1 2.93 4 4 0 0 0 15.1 14 6 5 1 0 10 16 1 Minor League Totals 18-18 3.61 62 52 0 0 0 292.0 292 137 117 21 7 119 280 26 Last Outing: Aaron Leasher did not factor into the decision LEASHER’S 2021 DAY-BY-DAY in his last start on May 26th against Northwest Arkansas.