Espio's ninja skills are good. He can sense when someone's near but not when that someone is about to slam onto his face from above... sometimes. His boss is just a lot more slippery than he is. Plus, he knows how Espio works. That said, despite the harsh punch and the diapering... Vector's contribution isn't going to count because he doesn't have a golden pin to put on Espio's diaper. It's gone!
The Phantom Pin alludes him so... but why? He did in fact get one from Stripes so what's going on?
The Chaos Emeralds 1. Sonic 2. Knuckles 3. Amy 4. Blaze 5. Espio - TKO Due to Absent Pin 6. Rouge 7. Omega 8. Eggman