Meanwhile, low Single-A Fort Wayne failed to clinch a Midwest League playoff berth as the TinCaps came out on the wrong side of a 1-0 shutout against Lake County.
The loss ended Fort Wayne's 17-game home winning streak before the season's 22nd sellout at Parkview Field. But the 72-56 TinCaps, who are 24-5 over their last 29 games, remained four games ahead in the second-half Eastern Division race with 10 games to go. Their magic number to clinch a playoff berth is one.
At El Paso, Smith issued one walk while striking out six as he improved to 5-6 while dropping his earned run average to 3.