Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado) 5 – OKC Comets 3
Outside of the start by Michael Kopech, walking the only five batters he faced in his first rehab appearance. By the time he left the game, Kopech was down 2-0 and the 3 runners on base were his responsibility. Justin Jarvis followed Kopech, struck out the first two batters but walked the next batter to force in the third run. The big blow was a 2-out, 2-run single giving the Isotopes a 5-0 lead.
That's it for #Dodgers Michael Kopech. He walked all five batters he faced. His line 23P / 3S / 2ER / 5BB. He will improve from this rehab. @DodgersBeat @snidog pic.twitter.com/bcSbXQQbO6
— 🇺🇸 DooM_Sal (@msalas24) May 9, 2025
OKC kept chipping away at the lead. In the 4th, Alex Freeland led off with a single. Dalton Rushing followed with an infield single. Ryan Ward reached on a fielder’s choice and throwing error. Freeland scored, Rushing to 3rd, and Ward moved up to 2nd. Rushing scored on a ground out.
In the 6th, OKC got their 3rd run after back to back doubles by Michael Chavis and Hunter Feduccia. OKC got to within 1 in the 7th after Ward doubled and Chavis singled him home.
Meanwhile the Comets bullpen finished with no additional runs in the final 8.1 innings on 1 hit and 4 BB. They also registered 13 strikeouts.
Down 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th, the first two batters struck out. Rushing and Ward followed with walks. Michael Chavis doubled home both runners.
Down 5-0, OKC came all the way back to walk off the win.
- Michael Chavis – 3-5, 1 run, 3 RBI, 2 doubles (8)
- Doubles – Esteury Ruiz (9), Hunter Feduccia (6), and Ryan Ward (6)
Amarillo Sod Poodles (Arizona) 6 – Tulsa Drillers 5 – Game 1 (7 Innings)
Chris Newell led off game with a double, and he scored on a one-out Damon Keith single.
Jared Karros could not replicate his last outing. He walked the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the 1st. With two outs, he walked the next batter. Amarillo then got a 2-run double from Caleb Roberts. Roberts then scored on a fielding error.
Tulsa got one run back on back to back singles by Aaron Bracho and Griffin Lockwood-Powell, with Bracho reaching 3rd. Ezequiel Pagan followed with a sac fly.
In the bottom of the 5th, Amarillo picked up a pair with a single, SB, and two singles with a throwing error.
Both teams scored a solo run in the 6th. Tulsa’s came on a Damon Keith HR (4). Amarillo’s scored their third unearned run after a walk, a double, and a throwing error.
Tulsa got close in the 7th. The inning started out great with a walk to GLP, a single by Ezequiel Pagan. Taylor Young followed with a double that scored GLP by Pagan was thrown out at the plate. Sean McLain followed with a double that scored Pagan. Tulsa had the tying run in scoring position with one out. However, the next two Tulsa batters both struck out to end the game.
- Damon Keith – 2-3, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR (4)
- Doubles – Chris Newell (4), Taylor Young (4), Sean McLain (2)
Amarillo Sod Poodles (Arizona) 5 – Tulsa Drillers 4 – Game 2 (7 Innings)
Jerming Rosario pitched well for 5.0 innings. He threw 5.0 scoreless innings allowing a hit and a BB. In the 6th, he allowed a hit, a BB, and got a strikeout before he was done. Jorge Benitez got the first batter, but then gave up the 3-run HR, before getting a K to end the inning.
Tulsa got a 2-0 lead in the top of the 5th after a John Rhodes single and an Ezequiel Pagan 2-run HR. Tulsa picked up 2 more in the 6th, both unearned. They received 3 BB to load the bases, and that was followed by a throwing error scoring 2.
In the bottom of the 7th, and Kelvin Ramirez on the mound, he got the first out, and then gave up a pair of double tying the score at 4-4. He then allowed an infield single. Ronan Kopp was called in. He proceeded to walk the first hitter he faced to load the bases, and then a fielder’s choice brought home the walkoff run.
The Drillers got three hits, one being the HR by Pagan.
Dayton Dragons (Reds) 3 – Great Lakes Loons 2 – 10 innings
The Great Lakes Loons and Dayton Dragons went to extra innings, forced by a ninth-inning Loons tally, but Great Lakes ultimately came up short in 10 innings, by the score of 3-2.
Wyatt Crowell finished five innings for the first time in his pro career. The left-hander struck out five and stranded two runners.
The two Dayton runs against Crowell came off the bat of John Michael Faile. His third homer against Great Lakes this season and fifth overall was a two-run opposite-field homer in the first inning. The runner ahead of Faile reached on a walk.
Great Lakes got a run back in the fifth. Kole Myers and Nick Biddison each drew a walk. A sac bunt followed by a Kendall George sac fly pushed a run across.
Cam Day’s first three relief innings saw a double play forced with the bases loaded, a pickoff, and four strikeouts.
The Loons trailed 2-1 entering the ninth. Facing rehabber Connor Phillips, Joe Vetrano singled to right field to start the inning. A Myers walk and Biddison sac bunt moved two to scoring position. Carlos Rojas grounded a ball to third, stopped by a diving Johnny Ascanio, but was able to produce the tying run.
In the tenth, Great Lakes faced Dayton’s Easton Sikorski. Sikorski entered with 16.1 innings with one earned run allowed. He forced a strikeout, a popup, and a groundout for a clean frame. He’d intentionally walk Zyhir Hope, so the right-hander stranded two.
In the bottom of the tenth, Cam Day walked Logan Tanner. Robinson Ortiz entered for the Loons. After Myles Smith was unable to place a sac bunt down, he grounded out to second to move the runners. A strikeout of Carlos Jorge was out number two. A 2-2 pitch to the next hitter, Yerlin Confidan was in the dirt and leaked out of the hitter’s circle and far enough to score the winning run for Dayton.
- Josue De Paula – 2-4, 1 BB, 2 doubles (7)
Prospects with a SwStr% < 8%, ISO > .215, 21 or younger:
– Slade Caldwell (19, A)
– Gabriel Gonzalez (21, A+)
– Sam Shaw (20, A)
– Josue De Paula (20, A+)
– Omar Alfonzo (21, A+)
– Brian Sanchez (20, A)
– Franyerber Montilla (20, A)De Paula being on here is a good sign. pic.twitter.com/YA00SgVatT
— LouisAnalysis (@LouisAnalysis) April 12, 2025
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 13 – Visalia Rawhide (Arizona) 0
Eduardo Quintero smacked two of Rancho’s season-high four home runs, as the Quakes walloped the Visalia Rawhide on Thursday night by a final of 13-0.
The win marked Rancho’s league-leading 21st of the year and gave them their second shutout of the Visalia series, their third in the last five games and their fourth of the year.
The 13-run margin of victory is also Rancho’s largest of the year.
Quintero opened the game with a homer, becoming the first Quake to lead off with a home run this year, making it 1-0 over Visalia starter Lorenzo Encarnacion.
Two batters later, Samuel Munoz (2) smacked a solo-shot, making it 2-0.
In the third, Jose Meza got in on the act, launching a three-run shot to left, his second of the year, making it 5-0.
Mike Sirota, who enjoyed a three-hit night, singled and scored in the fifth, as Jaron Elkins singled him home to make it 6-0.
Sirota brought home two more in the sixth with his third hit of the night. The Quakes got four in the eighth, thanks in part to an Elijah Hainline three-run double, then capped the scoring in the ninth, as Quintero homered again, his team-leading sixth, making it 13-0.
Sterling Patick dominated again on the mound, as the reigning Cal League Pitcher of the Week fired four shutout innings. Jholbran Herder (3-0) was credited with the win, after tossing three scoreless frames.
The Quakes (21-9) will send Hyun-Seok Jang to the mound on Friday, as he’ll take on Visalia’s Junior Sanchez at 6:30pm.
- Eduardo Quintero – 3-5, 1BB, 3 runs, 2 RBI, 2 HRs (6)
- Mike Sirota – 3-5, 1 BB, 2 runs, 2 RBI
- Samuel Munoz – 2-5, 1 BB, 3 runs, 1 RBI, HR (2)
- Jose Meza – 1-6, 1 run, 3 RBI, HR (2)
- Eduardo Guerrero – 1-3, 2 BB, 2 runs, double (2)
- Elijah Hainline, 1-4, 1 BB, 3 RBI, double (11)
ACL Reds 3 – ACL Dodgers 2
The Dodgers got 6 hits, including 3 doubles.
Payton Martin pitched well for 4.0 innings, allowing 1 unearned run on 2 hits, and 8K. Christian Oliveira followed with 2.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 BB. In the 7th with a 2-1 lead, Oliveira surrendered a HR and then a BB, HBP, single brought up the eventual winning run.
17 year old Venezuelan 1B, Moises Bolivar, was acquired from Boston in a trade for James Paxton. Bolivar was 2-4, including his first double.
- Brendan Tunink – 1-3, 1 BB, 2 runs, double (1)
- Jake Gelof – 1-4, 1 RBI, double (4)
Rancho is playing very well right now. They have two of our consensus top ten prospects in Quintero & Lindsey [who did not play last night] as well as Sirota, part of the return from the Gavin Lux trade. Elkins is at least interesting to follow in LF and Jang gives them an “ace” to go with some guys getting their first real taste of A ball. The best news is this talent all filters up to Great Lakes, where we have an all-prospect OF. I expect AA to be loaded by the end of the season; right now it’s a bit fallow with Newell, Ramos & Keith fringily hanging on to prospect status.
How many organizations are jumping at the opportunity to trade for Rafael Devers? He has 8 ½ years remaining on his $313.5MM contract. I know there were some on here that expressed an interest in acquiring Devers after the Bregman signing.
That’s pretty smart economics. For the remaining 8 plus years and $300 plus million left on Dever’s contract, they get a player and a GM. Hell, they don’t need a GM when they have this clown making personnel decisions.
We already have a DH.
Yes, we do, but he would be an upgrade with the bat at third, just his defense is iffy. I am pretty sure AF has done his due diligence.
No diligence necessary with this clown
The Athletic has a good read today
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6335466/2025/05/07/mlb-statistics-that-are-alarming-analysis/?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250509&instance_id=154231&nl=from-the-times®i_id=50397695&segment_id=197649&user_id=aef19737bd5c266cc31450a8cc38b971
Interesting, but I don’t think Glasnow has pitched enough to put a lot of stock in how his stuff has changed. But they nailed it as far as how few innings the Dodger starting staff has mustered.
It’s a strike or it isn’t.
After 18 innings? I don’t think it is a fair comparison.
I was referring to the article.
Is Pages getting too aggressive? I don’t see him getting as many strikes to swing at until he becomes a little more selective.
Outman needs to be more aggressive IMHO.
I 1000% concur with Outman. He looks at way too many pitches. In his K last night, he looked at three soft pitches and all three were strikes. He could have let all three pitches travel and drive them into left field. Hitters are allowed to use the opposite field.
With Pages, I do not mind him being aggressive. When he was hot, he was barreling up the pitches, not so much right now. He is walking at the same rate as last year, and striking out slightly less than last year.
Outman appears to be in his own head. He has a ton of talent but he gets in his own way a lot. I honestly think a trade to a different organization would be the best thing for him. Unfortunately, we’re so thin at OF in the upper levels that we kinda need him at least as insurance.
I too believe Outman would be best served on another team. But I do not believe he is needed for insurance. Already on the 26 man are Kiké, CT3, and Kim. Edman and Teo are not going to be a lot longer. And for me, Esteury Ruiz, Ryan Ward and Dalton Rushing could be insurance OF if needed. Outman and Bobby Miller have to be trade deadline options for teams. Lots of team control with a very low price tag.
I agree. Pages has helped himself by being aggressive at the plate. Even if he expands at time, he’s much better when he seeks contact.
He is in a mode where it’s “I’m hitting every pitch UNTIL I’m taking.
Outman sadly looks to be in the opposite mode, “I’m taking until I’m hitting”. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t brought up to get walks.
He’s taking way too many strikes and looks tentative.
Get a hack.
Outman’s swing has been redone, I’m sure he’s still striving for a natural ease with it.
I think he looks quite good, all things considered.
Yamamoto’s ERA went from 0.90 to 1.80. Pitchers have games like that. It was obvious early on that he wasn’t at his best. Pfaadt beat LA in both of his starts against them. Rodriguez is 1-4 career against LA in 5 starts, Burnes is 2-3 in 8 starts with an ERA above 5, and Gallen is 1-4 in 13 starts with a 4.03 ERA. Freeman kept his hit streak alive last night. In his career, Freddie is hitting .340 with 26 homers against Arizona. His numbers at Chase Field, .373/16/50. He also has 24 doubles and his OPS there is 1.131. He loves hitting there.
Braydon Fisher was a 2018 4th round draft pick by LAD. Last summer he was traded to Toronto for Cavan Biggio. Yesterday Fisher’s contract was purchased by Toronto making the 26 man roster.
Wow, that’s crazy. I remember when he was considered a poor man’s Michael Grove, who was considered a poor man’s Walker Buehler.
Line up for tonight’s game vs Rodriguez. Ohtani DH, Betts SS, Smith C, Freeman 1B, Pages RF, Hernandez 3B, Rojas 2B, Outman CF, Taylor LF, Sasaki P. Game time 6:40 PM PT.
Watching the Comets game and Rushing was pulled from the game after being hit in the wrist by a Frasso wild pitch. Phillips will not pick up a baseball for at least two weeks after an MRI showed inflammation in his elbow. Kershaw and Kopech both will throw Sunday.
Connor Joe traded by the Padres to the Reds.
In the hindsight being 20/20 category watching Rodriguez, him invoking his no trade clause to the Dodgers in ‘23 turned out to be very good for the Dodgers.
Sasaki’s fastball is just useless. What happened to the kid who was throwing 100+ in the World Classic? Very disappointing so far.
Maybe this pitching staff just isn’t that good.
So far, I would have to agree with you.
LOL
Location is more important that velocity. His location on his heater leaves a lot to be desired.
That was just pitiful. 2 grand slams given up in a couple of weeks for Banda. Grand slams in back-to-back games, damn.
Garcia needs to be GONE, sooner rather than later. Now losing>>>??????? Just frippen awful pitching tonight. Sasaki needs to add another pitch. His fastball is very hittable.
Bad call by ump
Up to Freddie and the bottom of the order to tie or win this game in the 9th.
Bullpen starting to show its warts. First Banda, and now Vesia. Garcia is just not that good.
Well shut my mouth and call me shorty, that was unreal.
LOL. 😀
Wow!! What a game.
Truth. Vesia gets the win, weird, he damn near cost us the game.
Go figure.
Vesia comes in, pitches 1 inning, gives up two HRs and gets the win.
Pitching was woeful tonight.
It was pitiful. Only pitcher with an ERA below 3.4 tonight was Scott. Vesia is at 3.44. Sasaki, 4.72, Banda, 4.82 and Garcia, 4.36.
From PO’D to ELATION in a matter of 20 minutes. Crazy!
Totally agree with you Wayne. Muncy with a clutch single and Conforto wearing one for the team. Great stuff.
Ohtani delivers a gut punch to the D Backs. I guess that’s why they’re paying him 2 million a year
I hope this comment gets the recognition it deserves RFF!!
Unreal comeback. Needed it because Padres beat the Rockies 13-9. A real Coors Field game. Just 3 homers in that game, this one had 7, five by the D-Backs.
No need to scoreboard watch
My choice. I follow it all year, and when the team right behind you, 1 game, is playing the worst team in the majors, you want to make sure they at least keep pace. No need to give the Padres any kind of confidence. You do things your way, and I will do it any way I please, if that offends you, I really do not give a crap.
Wow, touchy 😆 Conforto seems to be turning a corner, when he gets hit, it seems to be he get good contact, lol
The owner of the Red Sox is flying out to meet with Devers amid all the rumors of his discontent with the team.