SAN ANTONIO (May 15, 2026) — Starting lefty Omar Cruz set the tone for the San Antonio Missions (14-23) bullpen with nine strikeouts in 3.1 innings as the Missions jumped all over the Wichita Wind Surge (17-19) with 14 hits in their 10-3 blowout win that included 20 strikeouts from the San Antonio pitching staff.
Cruz initially struck out the side in the first, but Ricardo Olivar remained on base after a swinging strikeout as Cruz’s pitch got away from Ethan Salas to buy Olivar enough time to reach safely. Cruz quickly found himself in a jam following a Kyle DeBarge single, but he eased the tension after getting Caleb Roberts to fly out.
Salas fired off a sharp line drive at 109 mph into center field to get the first hit for the Missions on the board in the second. Leandro Cedeño made it consecutive base knocks against Ty Langenberg for San Antonio, and a Tirso Ornelas groundout advanced the baserunners to second and third to crank the pressure up on Langenberg, yet the 24-year-old prevailed, getting Romeo Sanabria to fly out to quiet down the boisterous crowd at The Wolff…