One rehab assignment ended on Sunday, another continued in Class-A, and Tulsa came two runs shy of tying a franchise record.
Player of the day
Josue De Paula reached base five times for Tulsa, including two singles, two walks, and a solo home run.
De Paula, who also stole his 19th base of the season, already has a career-high with 33 extra-base hits this year despite playing in only 60 games so far. He’s followed up
his Texas League player of the month honors in May by hitting .373/.467/.647 in the first two weeks of June.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
Three runs in the fifth inning spoiled the Comets’ interleague series finale in a road loss to the Charlotte Knights (White Sox). Jackson Ferris struck out six in his 4 1/3 innings, but those three runs in the fifth gave him four runs (three earned) allowed in the game to suffer the loss.
James Tibbs III doubled and drove in two of Oklahoma City’s three runs.
Tommy Edman had three of the Comets’ six hits, stole a base, and scored two runs in the final game of his three-week rehab stint in Triple-A.
Double-A Tulsa
The Drillers pounded six home runs in a rout of the Wichita Wind Surge (Twins). Tulsa set season highs with 21 runs scored and 31 total runs scored in the game (previous marks were 17 runs scored in a 17-7 win vs. San Antonio on April 28), and matched a 2026 high with 18 hits.
Second baseman Sean McLain hit two three-run home runs in the win. Chris Newell hit a two-run shot, and newly acquired catcher Hayden Gilliland homered in his first Double-A start. Kyle Nevin homered in the eighth, calling his two-hit, two-walk, four-run day.
Shortstop Elijah Hainline had three hits, including two doubles, with three runs scored. Zyhir Hope doubled, singled, drove in a run, and scored twice.
Staked to a 6-1 lead after one inning, starter Adam Serwinowski only completed 3 1/3 innings, with three runs allowed and five strikeouts.
High-A Great Lakes
The Loons scored the first two runs on Sunday but the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers) won by scoring seven of the next eight runs.
Starter Sterling Patick struck out six in his four innings but also allowed four runs to take the loss.
Second baseman Jose Izarra doubled, singled, scored a run, and drove in one.
Class-A Ontario
A walk-off home run sent the Tower Buzzers home with a loss to the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres).
Easton Shelton walked twice and hit a two-run home run, giving him 20 homers on the season, including seven in his last nine games.
Tyler Gough struck out four and allowed a run on two hits in his 4 1/3 innings. The 22-year-old right-hander, acquired from the Seattle Mariners for left-hander Robinson Ortiz in November, has allowed only two runs in 15 2/3 innings in four appearances for Ontario, with 18 strikeouts (a 30.5-percent strikeout rate) against only two walks.
Brock Stewart struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning, his second rehab game for Ontario this weekend.
Sunday scores
- Charlotte 4, Oklahoma City 3
- Tulsa 21, Wichita 10
- Wisconsin 7, Great Lakes 3
- Lake Elsinore 8, Ontario 7
The week ahead
- Oklahoma City vs. Sacramento (Giants)
- Tulsa at Northwest Arkansas (Royals)
- Great Lakes vs. Lake County (Guardians)
- Ontario vs. Rancho Cucamonga (Angels)
