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.
Eddie Rosario connects on his first homer of the season! pic.twitter.com/3v22tXjbOJ
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 11, 2025
EDDIE ROSARIO X2!
His second dinger of the game has given the Comets the lead in the 9th inning! pic.twitter.com/pjiTEKTuYi
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 11, 2025
Alex Freeland had 2 hits in 4 AB, including his 5th double. He scored 2 runs, and had 2 RBIs.
Tied again!
Alex Freeland evens the score with a RBI double in the 9th inning! pic.twitter.com/n8nOkzlMLn
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 11, 2025
Michael Chavis hit his 5th HR of the season. He has now hit a HR in three consecutive games.
MICHAEL CHAVIS BOOM!
This game is now tied as Chavis homers in a third straight game! pic.twitter.com/rz33EsW23M
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 11, 2025
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
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.
Top #Dodgers LHP prospect Jackson Ferris was sharp again tonight:
5.2 IP
2 H
0 R
4 BB
5 K
10 whiffs
84 P / 49 SFerris is sitting at a 1.80 ERA through his first two starts of the season pic.twitter.com/rkxVVWPI6E
— Bruce Kuntz (@Bnicklaus7) April 11, 2025
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.
Chris Newell hit the 1st HR of the year for Tulsa in his very 1st at bat of the season, tonight he hit his 2nd.
Lots of Cody Bellinger in his tool set. Great athlete, great arm, SERIOUS power, potential to match that by being a good overall hitter as well.
Newell has the type… pic.twitter.com/02tsezCcQr
— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) April 11, 2025
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.
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.
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.
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….
Feduccia played first base, as a defensive replacement, Tuesday night against the Nationals.
There are a number of players mentioned here that appear to have the talent to play in the Major Leagues. How do they break through with the Dodgers? Injury. This roster is set. For the time being anyway.
Home with warm weather. Let’s see some of those 8 run games.
Well next year our entire bench will be replaced along with openings in LF and CF and probably 3B. Plenty of opportunity for a young turk to take a spot.
Except this is the Dodgers we’re talking about. Young Turks will most likely be traded for expensive “Old Turks”. There’s not much of a runway to the bigs if you’re down on the farm with this organization.
Honestly, part of being in the Dodgers means being ready in case you are traded to an organization that can use your services right away.
Ward is not on the 40-man roster, calling him up would require someone getting released or DFAd.
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.
I looked for video on Sirota, but did not find anything recent.
Copen is becoming the RH version of Maddux Bruns. I hope he turns it around soon.
I am not sure I agree with those Bellinger comps for Newell, other than being a CF and LH hitting. Newell does not have anywhere near the hit tool that Belli had in MiLB. Belli struck out 23% in MiLB, Newell strikes out 37.8%. It has not changed thus far in Tulsa. He has struck out 10 of 26 PA (38.5%).
Newell has legit power and will get an opportunity because of that. I have not seen enough of Newell as a CF to determine if he comps well with Belli defensively.
Thanks, mostly meant their swings looked similar.
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.
If Conforto/Pages/Teo lock in as our everyday OF, Rosario has a chance to get a look as an occasional starter and pinch-hitter. It would probably be at the expense of Taylor or Keekay though. Right now, Freeland is probably Rojas insurance.
“It would probably be at the expense of Taylor or Keekay though”
Yes. This roster is set. If one of those 3, Taylor, Kiké or Rojas, should go on the IL for a few weeks Rosario would get called up. AAA is there for support.
Your point about trade value is a good one, but only at the deadline. I could see using a few of those performing young guys used to get another Scherzer/Flaherty for the finish.
Only if there are multiple injuries. If AF wanted Flaherty, he would have signed him. Yamamoto, Sasaki, Ohtani, Snell, Glasnow, May, Gonsolin and Kersh should get us to October. And at least four of them in October.
God laughs when we make plans.
Yep.
Do you believe in karma Johnny? Action reaction. Positive negative. It all happens as it must. God sent us here to have fun and pay for it when we do.
Flaherty-like.
“At least four of them should get us to October.”
Yeah, one would think that’s the case.
Honestly, after last year’s WS rotation of Flaherty/Yamamoto/Buehler, I am hoping for an October rotation of:
Glasnow/Yamamoto/Snell [Pick two of three]
Ohtani/Kershaw [Pick one]
Sasaki/May [Pick one]
Gonsolin/Sheehan/Knack [For emergency use only]
Ohrani might he closing in October.
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.
Torpedo bats?
Looked like normal bats to me. Ballpark is just small.
Agree. The ball will fly out of there in August.
Bummer, they do not get to play the A’s in Sacramento this season. LA finishes the season on the road at Seattle this year.
Next year. And you know I will get tickets for all three games. I am going to work on my son to contact Mark Kotsay to get passes. Then again, I am assuming Kotsay will be there next year.
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?
I would like to see both Freeland and Kim up with the ML team, Kim sooner than Freeland. I do not know if either are fully ready for MLB but I think they are both worth a shot at MLB. But come on. If they bring up Freeland now, they would have to DFA 28 year old RHRP Noah Davis. I think he is close to #28 on the RHP ladder for LAD.
I am not close to giving up on Muncy. If he is still struggling like he is now at the end of the month…? Dodgers are loyal to their players and do give them a lot of leash to play.
Dodgers have 17 games to play before the end of April. That should be enough for Max to have 100+ PA. He is at 49 now.
…”If they bring up Freeland now, they would have to DFA 28 year old RHRP Noah Davis. I think he is close to #28 on the RHP ladder for LAD.”
love it. My kind of humor.
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
Great post Ohio Dodger. Pretty sad start to the season for that group.
I’m with Jeff D. in saying this needs to improve by the end of the month or it’s time to consider some player moves.
Thanks Phil. I think and I am hoping Muncy will improve significantly. He has been the biggest disappointment for me so far. By the end of the month we will certainly know more.
Maxwells silver hammer has become a silver spoon.
With a hole in it
Exactamundo
Miguel with 2 hits tonight. Pages ofer.
Looking forward to Freeman being back in the lineup. Yamamoto on the mound, should be a good game.
Agreed. I expect our best game of the year.
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.
The gang who couldn’t
shootthrow straight.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.
55 pitches in 2.1 innings is a lot of work Jeff.
Finally a Dodger starter with total command and no walks. This is Cy Young Yamamoto. Wake up bats!
He walked one. 9 more Ks by the hitters. Way to go Tommy Tanks, 6 homers tie him for the MLB lead.
Nice clean win
It may be, but he threw 81 pitches last game out. He really did not look like he was stressing.
Nice win. Yamamoto was nails. Bullpen lights out.