Jack Suwinski needed two stays in the Midwest League.
So far, so good to start life in the California League.
The Padres’ 2016 15th-rounder homered twice on Monday, leading high Single-A Lake Elsinore to an 11-2 win over host Lancaster.
Suwinski (.368), Olivier Basabe (.375) and Esteury Ruiz (.350) all had three hits, Suwinski drove in four runs and Tirso Ornelas (.250) drove in three runs on two hits. Ruiz also swiped his third and fourth bags of the year.
Suwinski upped his OPS in the Midwest League from .