Welcome to the New & (Hopefully) Improved LA Dodger Talk
We flipped the website to a new platform yesterday, and this is the first post. It currently feels like a foreign object to me. I will have to get used to it, and so will you. As I said... There will be glitches and changes. Be Patient!
Welcome back. We had one casualty in the transfer to the new LADT: Bear lost a great post on Austin Barnes. We are still looking.... Hopefully, he can recreate it. Sorry, Bear, but I can't get it back... so far. It was a great game last night, but I have to go. We have a tee time at 8:30, and my son, daughter, two sons-in-law, and I are golfing today. Tomorrow is our 29th Anniversary, so the whole family is taking us to dinner.
I had planned to do the Minor League Recap, but there's no time for a full one. I have OKC and Tulsa. Great Lakes was postponed. Mike Sirota's hitting streak ended, but he had 2 RBI.
Oklahoma City Comets
Rainiers 5, Comets 4
Oklahoma City collected 11 hits but stranded eight runners and committed two errors in a one-run loss to Tacoma.
Hyeseong Kim led the offense, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI. Ryan Fitzgerald also homered and finished 2-for-4, while Alek Thomas went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
Kiké Hernández continued his rehabilitation assignment and went 1-for-3 with a double. James Tibbs III reached base three times, finishing 1-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
The Comets took an early 2-1 lead, but Tacoma scored twice in the fourth inning to move ahead. Oklahoma City responded with two runs in the seventh, only to have the Rainiers answer with two of their own in the bottom half.
Christian Romero allowed three runs on five hits over five innings, striking out five without issuing a walk. Ryder Ryan took the loss after surrendering two runs—one earned—in two innings. Chayce McDermott struck out all three batters he faced in a perfect eighth inning.
Tulsa Drillers
Drillers 6, RoughRiders 4
Josue De Paula delivered the decisive blow, launching a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to lift Tulsa past Frisco.
The Drillers scored three times in the opening inning. Mike Sirota drove in Kendall George with a fielder’s choice, Kyle Nevin singled home Sirota, and Frank Rodriguez drew a bases-loaded walk.
Sirota added a sacrifice fly in the fifth, giving him two RBIs despite going 0-for-4. Frisco eventually tied the game at 4-4 on Max Wagner’s eighth-inning home run, setting the stage for De Paula.
After Jose Izarra was hit by a pitch in the ninth, De Paula blasted his 16th home run of the season, finishing 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Nevin led Tulsa with three hits, while Kendall George reached twice and scored two runs. Zyhir Hope went 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.
Payton Martin started and allowed three runs over 4⅓ innings, striking out six. Christian Suarez earned the victory despite being charged with a blown save. Kelvin Ramirez recorded five scoreless outs, and Antonio Knowles secured the final out for his third save.
Great Lakes Loons
The Great Lakes game was postponed.
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I'm still trying to fix some of these things. There is a new post by Bear above, and I don't know how to close this thread....