AAA OKC
The OKC Comets are enjoying the desert-type air in Albuquerque, and pounded out 10 runs on 12 hits last night to pick up a 10-2 win and move to 23-20 on the season.
Alex Freeland went 3-for-5 with TWO home runs, 3 RBI, and 9 total bases, raising his average to .421 with a 1.371 OPS. His first homer was hit 439 feet and came off the bat at 102.5. He followed that up with another one in the 8th as well. Free has squarely taken getting sent back to OKC as motivation, and he’s “controlling what he can control”.
Jack Suwinski hit a 3-run homer last night, and he got into it pretty good, hitting it 411 feet, and at 103.9 MPH. Suwinski now has 11 long balls and 36 RBI on the year with a 1.019 OPS.
Noah Miller also had a GREAT night, going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Eliezer Alfonzo went 2-for-5 with a double and 2 RBIs. James Tibbs III went 1-for-3 with 2 walks and an RBI, and Kiké Hernández had 2 walks and scored twice.
Ryder Ryan made his first appearance since returning from the IL and threw well. He threw 2 scoreless innings and struck out 3, then Griff McGarry followed that by picking up the win, going scoreless in his 1 innings. He escaped a bases-loaded jam to get his job done. Carlos Duran, Keynan Middleton, and Jake Eder all contributed scoreless relief work, and the Comets staff struck out 11 Albuquerque hitters overall.
AA Tulsa Drillers
The AA Tulsa Drillers got big performances from a lot of names that, if you’re reading a Down on the Farm article, you’ve heard of.
Josue De Paula, although he’s slowed down some and had 4 Ks on the night, hit a 2-run homer and drove in 2. Zyhir Hope, who has slowed down quite a bit, hit an opposite-field home run, Kyle Nevin went 3-for-4 and had a massive pullside homer, and also showed off his ability to gather hits to the big part of the field.
Jake Gelof also hit a homer and an opposite-field hit, and Sean McLain, whose goal is to become “hitterish,” had 2 hits and scored twice.
Kelvin Ramirez got the win on the mound to nail down the big comeback for Tulsa. Adam Serwinowski continued the frustrating start to his year, giving up 4 runs in 5 innings as the starter, and saw his ERA balloon to 9.10. Maddux Bruns walked 3 in his one inning, but only gave up one run, then Nick Robertson threw the last inning scoreless, and he has yet to allow a run ALL YEAR.
High A Great Lakes
The Loons had a big comeback as well and crossed the finish line with some electric relief work from Alex Makarewich, then the steady hand for the last two outs from Matt Lanzendorfer.
The 5 spot in the 8th inning erased a 5-2 lead for West Michigan, and put the Loons in the lead for the first and final time. Samuel Munoz tripled to spark the rally. Jose Izarra, who had a really good week, had a big RBI base hit, which was his 2nd of the day. A wild pitch brought another run home, then Mike Sirota, who has tied the franchise record for consecutive games on base at 30, added a key RBI single. Nico Perez added on with another RBI base hit to push the lead to 7-5.
Justin Chambers was the opener for Great Lakes and went 2.1 innings, giving up 2 hits, 1 run, and had 5Ks and 2 walks. Dilan Figuredo threw 2.2 innings, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, and Davis Chastain threw 1.1 innings, giving up 2 hits and 2 runs. Chastain has been AWESOME so far this year, although last night was not his best outing. Makarewich and Lanzendorfer, who were mentioned earlier, then finished out the game.
Single A Ontario
FINAL: Tower Buzzers 9, Giants 5
The Tower Buzzers erased an early deficit and finished strong to beat the San Jose Giants 9–5. Brendan Tunink had a big double that drove in 3 runs. Joendry Vargas broke out last night with a 3-hit game, including a key RBI base hit late, Chase Harlan had a HUGE night with 4 hits and a walk, and AJ Soldra had a couple of hits as well.
Jesus Tillero came in last night, throwing pretty well, but had a rough start, going 6 innings and giving up 4 runs on 8 hits. He did have 4 Ks and no walks, though, so that’s a good thing. Robbie Porco got the win, throwing 2 scoreless innings, striking out 3, and walking none, then Jecsua Liborius closed things out, throwing the last inning and giving up a run with 2 Ks.
– Picture for thumbnail courtesy of Joe Rutland-Partner
