DOUBLE-A: DOUBLE NO-NO’S

After four pitchers combined for a no-hitter at Double-a San Antonio, Phillip Wellman had copies of the lineup printed up for each of the Missions to savor.

“This doesn’t happen very often,” Wellman told the team. “Treasure it. Give it to your mom.”

What does Wellman know?

Three days after four pitchers combined for a nohitter, four different pitchers teamed up for another in a 4-0 win over visiting Midland on Wednesday night.

This time, right-hander Ryan Lillie (3.29 ERA) started the game with four strikeouts and a walk over four innings, followed by two shutout innings from righthander Michel Baez (1-0, 0.00), two more scoreless innings from left-hander Osvaldo Hernandez (6.91) and one more scoreless frame from Mason Fox (3.86).

Wellman said he first realized the staff hadn’t given up a hit after Baez’s two-inning, five-strikeout stint, his first in the Texas League after beginning his Tommy John rehab assignment with 72⁄3 innings of one-run ball at low Single-a Lake Elsinore.

The no-no was still intact after Fox issued a leadoff walk in the ninth because he immediately induced a double play ball. The third and final out arrived on a ground ball to second baseman Chris Given, who threw to first baseman Yorman Rodriguez to set off a second celebration on the mound in four days.

Catcher Juan Fernandez caught this no-hitter, the 16th in Missions history.

Four days earlier, it was Chandler Seagle catching Lake Bachar for three innings in his first start back from Tommy John surgery, followed by Moises Lugo (3), Carlos Belen (2) and Kevin Kopps (1).

“It was even more special that it was four guys that did it,” Wellman said. “That’s

extremely difficult to have four guys do it and then we did it again with four different guys.

“It’s about time you think you have this game figured out that baseball throws you the nastiest pitch you’ve ever seen.”

Mears to developmental list

The Padres are resetting Joshua Mears in extended spring training in Peoria, Ariz.

The 21-year-old outfielder has eight home runs at high Single-a Fort Wayne, one off the system lead, but he’s striking out in 44.1 percent of his plate appearances and hitting .185 on the season.

Mears has a trio of twohomer games, the last on April 23. Since then, he is hitting .102/.239/.170 with 35 strikeouts in 18 games.

Mears struck out in 39.2 percent of his plate appearances while hitting 17 homers with a .244/.368/.529 batting line in 71 games last year at low Single-a Lake Elsinore.

Mears is ranked No. 10 in the Padres system by Mlb.com.

Two other top-10 prospects, outfielder James Wood (5) and shortstop Jackson Merrill (6), are also

in Arizona rehabbing wrist injuries.

Around the farm

El Paso (AAA): In camp on a minor league deal, OF Nomar Mazara is hitting .347/.450/.592 with five homers, 19 walks and 22 strikeouts in 28 games for Triple-a El Paso. He has made 20 starts in right field and six at designated hitter.

San Antonio (AA): CF Esteury Ruiz has reached base in 43 straight games, all 37 games this year and the final six games of the 2021 season. He is hitting .348/ .494/.585 with five homers and a Texas League-best 27 steals.

Fort Wayne (A+): Promoted to replace Mears, OF Matthew Acosta is 7-for-15 with a double, a homer and two RBIS in four games with the Tincaps. Acosta was hitting .194/.309/.369 with five homers in 30 games with the Storm.

Lake Elsinore (A): RHP Garrett Hawkins (2-2, 3.90) struck out a career-high 11 over six shutout innings for the Storm on Friday. He scattered two hits and a walk in the start, the longest since he was drafted in the ninth round last year.

jeff.sanders@sduniontribune.com