OKC Comets 6 – Salt Lake City Bees (LAA)
Other than the 2 solo HRs Tony Gonsolin surrendered, he reached 5.0 innings and 79 pitches (51 strikes). Overall in his 5.0 IP, Gonsolin allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 BB, and 3K.
Rehab start #4 in the books for Tony Gonsolin.
5.0 IP / 4 H / 2 R / 2 ER / 2 BB / 3 K
79 pitches (50 strikes) pic.twitter.com/UAtlRIM5eI
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 24, 2025
OKC jumped out to a 6-0 lead. In the first inning, Alex Freeland hit a one out double, and scored on a 2-out Michael Chavis single.
In the 4th, Ryan Ward led off with a HR (3). James Outman followed with a double (6). A walk and catcher’s interference loaded the bases. Alex Freeland singled home a pair for a 4-0 lead.
Ryan Ward tallies his third homer of the season on this dead-center solo shot! 💥 pic.twitter.com/9qyNw1jc7n
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) April 24, 2025
In the 5th, Outman opened with a single and scored on Hunter Feduccia’s triple (1). Hunter scored on Esteury Ruiz’s single for the final two Comets’ runs.
With one out in the 5th, Gonsolin gave up the first of his 2 surrendered solo HRs. The second HR led off the 6th inning, and Gonsolin was removed for Logan Boyer. Matt Sauer finished the final 3.0 innings. A HBP and 2 singles gave the Bees run back in the 8th. Sauer did record his first save.
- Alex Freeland – 2-5, 1 run, 2 RBI, double (PCL leading #12)
- Michael Chavis – 3-5, 1 RBI
- Ryan Ward – 2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (3)
- James Outman – 2-5, 2 runs, double (6)
- Hunter Feduccia – 1-4, 1 BB, 2 runs, 1 RBI, triple (1)
Tulsa Drillers 7 – NW Arkansas (KC) 2
Drillers’ pitching was outstanding except for back to back HR’s leading off the 2nd. Chris Campos allowed the two HRs in his 5.2 IP. He surrendered 4 hits, 1 BB, to go with 7 K.
3 relievers combined to pitch 3.1 scoreless IP. Combined they allowed 3 hits, 2 BB, and 4 K.
The Drillers got a run back in the 3rd. Aaron Bracho doubled (2), and scored on Taylor Young’s single. The Drillers took the lead for good in the 4th. Damon Keith hit his 5th double and scored ahead of José Ramos’ 2-run HR (5).
In the 6th, a John Rhodes double (4) was followed by a BB and HBP. Bracho singled one run in. Bases still loaded, Young is HBP to score 1 and Sean McLain’s infield single scored another.
Aaron Bracho concluded the scoring with his 3rd HR.
No lettting up! Aaron Bracho extends the lead ☄️ pic.twitter.com/dKddbPpqrU
— Tulsa Drillers (@TulsaDrillers) April 24, 2025
- Aaron Bracho – 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double (2), HR (3)
- José Ramos – 1-2, 2 BB, 2 runs, 2 RBI, HR (5)
- Doubles – Damon Keith (5), John Rhodes (4), Chris Newell (3)
Lake County Captains (Cleveland) 4 – Great Lakes Loons 0
The Great Lakes Loons offense was blanked for the first time this year ending a season-best four-game winning streak, in a 4-0 loss to the Lake County Captains.
Lake County scored three runs in the bottom of the first off Loons starter Eriq Swan. Jose Devers delivered a leadoff double followed by three hits with two outs. Alfonsin Rosario slugged a 2-run HR on a 2-2 pitch.
Esteban Gonzalez added an RBI single, driving in a runner placed in scoring position after an error for first inning’s 3rd run.
Jaison Chourio, Brewers Jackson Chourio’s brother, crushed his first High-A homer in the 3rd
From the second to the fifth, it was the lone blemish for RHP Eriq Swan. Swan struck out three.
Jordan Thompson had two of the Loons three hits, a double in the fourth, and a single in the ninth. He was left on second both times.
22-year-old RHP, Roque Gutierrez, worked four scoreless innings and punched out five Captains. Gutierrez pitched four scoreless in his Loons debut on April 10th. Last week he pitched in Double-A earning a win for the Tulsa Drillers and was transferred back to Great Lakes this week.
Kendall George walked twice, his third multi-walk game. The 20-year-old has walked 15 times in 16 games.
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 12 – Inland Empire 66ers (LAA) 3
The Quakes scored 9 runs in the final two innings to break open a game they led 3-2 after 7 innings.
23 year old Aidan Foeller pitched a respectable 5.0 innings, allowing 2 runs, only 1 hit, but 4 BB and a HBP. He also registered a very respectable 12 strikeouts. His 1st inning was emblematic of his game. He walked the first three batters in the inning, and then hit the next batter for one run in, bases loaded, nobody out. No problem, he struck out the next three batters.
A walk led to his second run allowed in the 4th. A BB then a double (only hit allowed) gave Inland Empire another run.
RC tied the game the first time in the 2nd on three straight singles by Jaron Elkins, Jose Meza, and Eduardo Guerrero. Victor Rodriguez hit his 1st HR of the season in the 5th to tie the game again.
The Quakes took their 1st lead in the 7th when Eduardo Guerrero drew a BB and scored on Victor Rodriguez’s double (2).
The Quakes broke it open in the 8th. The first 6 batters reached 1st. Eduardo Quintero opened with a BB and went to 3rd on a Mike Sirota single. Samuel Munoz followed with a double to score Quintero. Sirota scored on a WP and Munoz moved up to third. Jaron Elkins drew a BB. Jose Meza singled to plate Munoz. Two ground outs drive Elkins home.
In the 9th, Kellon Lindsey opened the 9th with a single. Quintero reached on a HBP. Lindsey and Quintero pulled off a double steal. Sirota drew a BB to load the bases. Munoz and Elkins each drew a BB to score 2. Meza hit a SF to score 3rd of the inning. Guerrero singled to score Munoz, and with runners on 1st and 3rd, two more BB allow the 5th run of the inning to score.
- Jose Meza – 2-4, 2 RBI, SF
- Eduardo Guerrero – 2-4, 1 BB, 1 run, 2 RBI
- Victor Rodriguez – 2-5, 1 run, 2 RBI, double (2), HR (1)
- Jaron Elkins – 1-3, 2 BB, 3 runs, 1 RBI
- Kellon Lindsey – 1-4, 2 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI
- Samuel Munoz – 1-4, 1 BB, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double (4)
I have to apologize for just the MiLB Game Summaries. Bear has a couple of Remember (Former Player) posts, and I have not yet been able to complete a couple that I have been working on. Let’s just say that life gets in the way sometimes.
Not worried about Snell, at least not yet. I feel the Dodgers want to be ultra-cautious with his injury now. Muncy, however, is worrisome.
The only thing about Snell is that what’s happening to him now in terms of an injury happens to him a lot. He spends a ton of time on the IL. The Dodgers knew this but signed him anyway.
Right. But as he ages, the chronic injuries could be more concerning.
In an alternative universe, Crochet is pitching for the Dodgers and Snell is with the Red Sox.
I have no clue as to the future of Dodger pitching with all the injury laden staff, both new and old. Yamamoto seems to be the only one of our starters that seems healthy enough to last a season and quite possibly be our Ace. Roki isn’t even a starter yet in my book. He is auditioning. None of our homegrown talent has exhibited any longevity and Snell and Glasnow have their own issues that hold them back. Is Shohei going to be our saviour on the mound this season? It would certainly be historic and very much needed with our depleted, de-gassed, group of wobbly pitchers.
Amongst this conservative group of posters, I keep hearing words like patience, and time limits to allow for a better assessment of players. My patience has been tested for the past 3 years and we won a WS in spite of wobbly pitchers and bottom of the order hitters who should be home in bed. The saviours were perennial sluggers, the same one we have on board now with the addition of Edman. The problem is we keep losing due to defense, poor pitching, and a lack of hitting from the same old suspects. For me, somebody has to replace Muncy and Pages. If we bring Freeland in to 3B and Kim to 2B, sending Edman to CF, Pages replaced with Ruiz in LF, we get faster, better defense, and we finally take a chance with our farm boys who are just waiting for an opportunity to show what they’ve got. We’ve seen what we’ve got with our bottom dwellers. The occasional HR is not that important. We need bat to ballers to keep this game flowing. Base stealers to bring excitement and instill fear in our opponents. We need to take chances, which this FO seems loathe to want to take. They’d rather take a chance on a vet or a rehabbing pitcher. This needs to change, my friends.
Right on target
Not sure about anyone else but this season hasn’t really seemed to get going or perhaps flowing yet.
A trip to Japan and a 2 game start on everyone else has meant a number of days off early in the season (there’s another tonight) and it’s all felt a bit weird.
Key pieces, Mookie, Freddie, Shohei and Will have all missed time, and again it’s only my observation, but it feels like the Bullpen is already being asked to do a lot of work.
I think we will see an upturn in form once we settle down into the season proper, with more games and the opportunity to get some consistency.
Well, the Dodgers started strong…. and then things went a bit sideways.
Fully agree with your assessment.
Losing Snell, even temporarily, really sucks. Great to know that Gonsolin should be able to help soon.
I get the impression that Kershaw and Shohei could be available sooner, but the Dodgers brass is determined to slow-play them (especially Shohei) to be ready for the playoffs.
As a fan, I want to see The Full Shohei sooner rather than later–not that there’s a great reason to rush. But I do expect a close race in the division because of a couple of “bullpen games” because they wanted to give Shohei an extra month off the mound when he’s ready to pitch. We don’t know if Shohei can reclaim elite status as a pitcher–or how long it would take him to get there.
Apparently there are still rumors of a Louis Robert trade. I hope that doesn’t happen. Many here have mentioned how easy it would be to just bring up Kim to play 2b and move Edman to cf. Signing Robert would.hinder that. While I think we have a great front office I also have to admit they keep blocking players.