OKC Comets 9 – Round Rock Express (Texas) 8
OKC scored 7 runs in the final two innings to beat the Express 9-8. Justin Jarvis was the starting pitcher for OKC, and was not nearly as effective as he was in his first start. Such is the life of a pitcher in the PCL. Jarvis did complete 5.1 innings and threw 88 pitches, reaching the new pitch limit of 85.
Three relievers threw a combined 3.2 innings, and none came through unscathed. OKC entered the top of the 8th down by 4. They scored 4 in the 8th to tie the game and 3 in the 9th to win.
The offense was led by Eddie Rosario who went 4-5 with 2 HRs and his 5th double. Eddie scored 3 and knocked in 3 on the night. Rosario has now hit in 10 consecutive games.
Alex Freeland had 2 hits in 4 AB, including his 5th double. He scored 2 runs, and had 2 RBIs.
Michael Chavis hit his 5th HR of the season. He has now hit a HR in three consecutive games.
Austin Gauthier also had a pair of singles.
The Comets won for a second straight game despite trailing after seven innings, and now three of the team’s last five wins have been in games trailing in the eighth inning or later. Thursday was also the Comets’ second last at-bat win of the season.
We are only twelve games into the season, but the OKC offense is flat out dominating. Where OKC ranks in the PCL:
- # Runs
- #2 Hits
- #1 Doubles
- #2 Triples
- #2 HRs
- #1 SB
- #1 in all four slash lines – .293/.397/.489/.886
Box Score
Arkansas Travelers (Seattle) 4 – Tulsa Drillers 3
Relievers snatch defeat from the jaws of a victory in Tulsa. LHSP Jackson Ferris pitched brilliantly for 5.2 scoreless innings before he reached the apparent new limit of 85 pitches. He allowed 2 singles, but 4 walks to go with his 6 Ks.
Tulsa jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 4th via a Chris Newell HR, a BB, and a GLP double. Tulsa got an unearned run in the 7th when Aaron Bracho reached on an error and scored on John Rhodes’ double.
The first reliever, RHRP Kelvin Ramirez, got through 1.1 scoreless innings allowing only a BB. RHRP Antonio Knowles got through the 8th allowing only a BB.
Going into the 9th, Tulsa was shutting out Arkansas 3-0, allowing only two singles and 6 BB. With Knowles trying to close it out, he was greeted with a double, BB, double, to score 2 and put the tying run on 2B with no outs. Final line – 1.0 IP, 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 BB, 1 K.
LHRP Ronan Kopp relieved Knowles and got two outs leaving the runner on second. Next batter singled home the tying run, stole 2nd, and then scored on another single. Game over. Tulsa is now 1-5.
Box Score
Great Lakes Loons 3 – Lansing Lugnuts (A’s) 2
Great Lakes jumped out to a 3-1 lead after 3, and held on to the one run win.
RHP Patrick Copen started but lasted just 2.2 innings with 81 pitches (44 strikes). Relievers RHP Jesus Luna, RHP Roque Gutierrez, and RHP Reynaldo Yean ended the game, with Gutierrez completing 4.0 of the 6.1 combined IP. Yean was the only reliever that allowed a run in the 9th. But Yean got out of the inning for his first save of the season.
Joe Vetrano had two hits, a 2 run double (1), and a triple (1). Vetrano led off the 2nd with a triple, and scored on a Jordan Thompson single. Vetrano knocked in both Zyhir Hope (single) and Logan Wagner (reached on error) in the 3rd.
Zyhir Hope was the other Loons batter to record 2 hits on the night.
Great Lakes is now 3-3 on the season.
Box Score
Stockton Ports (A’s) 6 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 3
Mike Sirota made his professional debut. Sirota was the DH and went 1-3 with a BB and an RBI single.
Hyun-Seok Jang made his 2nd start of the season, and it did not turn out as well as his first start. Jang retired 6 of the 7 batters he faced in the first two innings, but flat out lost it in the 3rd inning. Jang’s 4 walks and 2 HBP scored 3 runs, and the fourth run scored on a bases loaded walk from the first reliever, Logan Tabeling.
The Ports would score a pair of unearned runs to widen the scoring gap.
Sirota singled home an unearned run in the 4th. RC scored another unearned run (on 2 errors) in the 5th. The third Quakes run came in the 7th with a pair of doubles from catcher Gio Cueto and RF Jaron Elkins.
Rancho totaled 4 hits, with no hitter having a multi-hit game.
Box Score
Feduccia had all of two ABs before he was sent back down–a walk and a K. If he saw any action in the field, I missed it.
All considered, I wish the Dodgers had called up long-suffering Ryan Ward and given him a start or two at 1B. (That said, I understand that having a 3rd catcher could matter if there’s an injury.)…
Is it wrong for me to feel optimistic about Hye-Seong Kim because his countryman Jung-Hoo Lee is playing so well for the Giants? Lee was injured for most of ’24, but now he and newcomer Willy Adames could power the Giants into playoff contention. It’s nice to think that Kim’s success in Korea will translates the way Lee’s is…
While I’m not worried (yet) about the Dodgers pitching depth, it was disappointing to read that Gonsolin is still “weeks” away from pitching for the Dodgers. How many rehab starts are necessary? Especially when, these days, it seems like the goal is to get 5 innings from a starter.
Thx again for the game reports from the farm. Very pleased to read about Jackson Ferris’s progress….
Love these reports. Thank you.
1. Love that swing by Freeland. That’ll play.
2. Ferris will be in AAA before Long.
3. Any video of Sirota?
4. People have been making the Bellinger comp to Newell since he got here.
5. Hope Copen bounces back.
Feduccia being on the 40 man roster had a lot to do with him coming up while Ward isn’t. Might be time to give Rosario a look see. Again someone would have to be bumped off the 40 man roster.
Angels hit 5 homers yesterday. Adell had 2, Ward hit 2 and Trout hit one right down the line to right field. Steinbrenner Field is a launching pad. Dodgers will play there the first weekend in August.
My bench: Muncy, Barnes, and 2 from Kike’, Taylor, or Rojas.
Oh, I promoted Freeland to starting 3rd baseman.
Bear, are you going to be dismissive with your reply?
Clearly one of the areas the Dodgers need to improve on is the production from the bottom of the batting order. So far it has been pathetic. Padres and Giants are doing well in that area and that probably explains why they are playing over their heads.
Let’s take a look at how the 7-9 hitters rank as a group by batting average compared to the other 29 teams:
5. San Diego, .271
10. San Francisco, .240
30. Dodgers, .149
The Dodgers’ 7-9 hitters are 21 for 141 with six doubles, five homers, 11 RBIs, 13 walks and 43 strikeouts.
Max Muncy, .174/.224/.261
Kiké Hernández, .103/.163/.410
Andy Pages, .171/.306/.341
Miguel Rojas, .125/.160/.125
Austin Barnes, 0 for 10
Chris Taylor, 1 for 7
Looking forward to Freeman being back in the lineup. Yamamoto on the mound, should be a good game.
Pitching tonight for the affiliates:
OKC – Bobby Miller
Tulsa – Jared Karros
Great Lakes – Brooks Auger
Rancho – Aidan Foeller
This could be a big game for Bobby. Round Rock is in the bottom half most offensive categories. His stuff is good enough. Will he have command? Will he be thinking about the last pitch before he throws the next?
Karros needs a bounce back game.
Padres placed Jake Cronenworth on the IL with a non-displaced rib fracture. Cronenworth joins Jackson Merrill on the IL. Fernando Tatis is out with shoulder soreness.
Muncy sitting against the lefty. Rojas playing 3B and batting 9th.
I have no idea why, but Miller was pulled in the third after throwing just 55 pitches. He left with runners on 1st and 2nd due to a single and his 3rd BB. He wasn’t overly sharp, but he did not pitch badly. His curve was breaking nicely when he had command, and his 4-seamer was sitting 98-99. He did have 4 strikeouts in 2.1 innings pitched. The trainer did not come out, so it was not due to injury.
Sam Carlson did come in to get out of the inning.
Nice win. Yamamoto was nails. Bullpen lights out.