Miguel Vargas to the Show, Chris Taylor rehab, Edwin Rios rockets, Andre Jackson back on point, DeLuca is hot and Ward keeps hitting homers. It was an exciting night down on the farm and we’re gonna highlight it all.
Photo courtesy of DeLucas instagram
AAA OKC Dodgers
Oklahoma City won an exciting 2-1 game in the first game of the 6-game series in Utah, the AAA affiliates of the Angels.
Congrats Miguel Vargas on getting his first shot at the MLB. He leaves OKC tied for the team lead in hits (109), batting average at .291, on-base % (.395), and doubles (24). He is also 2nd in RBIs (72) slugging % (.497), walks (54) OPS (.879), and 3rd in home runs (15).
Tomas Telis hit his 1st home run of 2022. It came off the bat at 96.9 mph and traveled 382 very happy feet. Telis is hitting .289 and has hits in 4 of his last 5 games.
Edwin Rios hit his 2nd double down with OKC and it came off the bat at 108. When he hits one, it stays hit! Enjoy the laser show!
Here is video of Chris Taylor’s first rehab at-bat with OKC tonight.
Andre Jackson was letting the ball go with conviction, and it was his best outing of the year. Jackson struck out 10 and walked just 3 in 5 scoreless innings. He has given up just 2 earned runs in his last 14 innings. Check out the breaking ball & changeup.
Congrats to Drew Avans for extending his on-base streak to 39 games! Avans hit .326 in June, & .308 in July to add, and has an on-base % of .376 in the last month of action. Avans is having an extremely good year and one that folks need to take note of!
Congrats to Devin Mann on getting called up to AAA OKC. Mann left the Drillers leading in average (.267), and on-base percentage (.384), and was 2nd in doubles (16), walks, slugging % (.469), and OPS (.853).
Daniel Zamora made quick work of the Bees in the 9th to pick up his 2nd save. Zamora has an ERA of just 2.66 & has 52 K’s to just 16 walks on the year. He also hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last 13 outings and has 18 K’s to just 4 walks during that span.
AA Tulsa Drillers
The Drillers pounded out 10 hits and scored 5 times, but couldn’t keep Northwest Arkansas off the scoreboard enough and dropped a 9-5 decision Tuesday night.
This is John Rooney’s 14th pickoff of the year. 14th! That leads ALL of professional baseball!
Andy Pages hit his 18th home run of the year and his 6th since the beginning of July!
Ryan Ward hit home run #25 which leads the entire organization and all of AA! Ward is more than power though, he’s hitting .303 in July with an on-base % of .364. The dude can flat-rake!
Johnny DeLuca had 3 hits tonight which is his 10th multi-hit game since the beginning of July, & the 4th time during that span he has 3 or more hits in a game. He also has 6 homers during that span & 25 on the year which is just 1 shy of the League & organizations lead.
High A Great Lakes
Great Lakes lost a tough one to the Lake County Captains Tuesday night, 4-3. Jorbit Vivas led the way offensively with 2 more hits, including a double and 2 RBIs. The Loons used 5 pitchers with Jeff Belge putting up a 0 in his 1.1 innings of work for Great Lakes.
There was no video of the game, so, sorry, no video highlights to share.
Low A Rancho Cucamonga
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes scored 5 in the bottom of the 6th inning to take a 7-5 lead, but couldn’t hold on and lost 10-7.
Javier Armas hit a 2 run double that gave the Quakes a brief lead and he now has hits in 3 of his last 4 games.
Yunior Garcia has been smokin’ hot as of late and added 3 hits, including his 9th homer and 2 RBIs.
Damon Keith continued his hot hitting with 2 more hits today, and Austin Gauthier doubled again and has the 3rd most doubles on the team with 18.
The Quakes used 6 pitchers with Carlos De Los Santos being the only pitcher to put up a 0. There was no video, so sorry, for the limited amount of highlights to share.
