Experiencing both ends of a 4-3 result in a day with only three games, as the matchup between Great Lakes and Peoria got rained out, the Dodgers’ minor league affiliates lost two out of three.
Player of the day
While James Tibbs III deserves an honorable mention for his 3 for 5 efforts that ultimately couldn’t help the Comets escape a loss against the Express, it’s the duo of Zyhir Hope and Frank Rodriguez who get the nod here. Playing in a low-scoring game against the Missions, Hope and Rodriguez were responsible
for virtually the entirety of the Drillers’ offense.
Hope’s two-run shot accounted for half of the Drillers’ scoring output, reaching five home runs on the year and doing so with a batting average above .300. Rodriguez reached safely in all three of his plate appearances with a solo shot, an RBI double, and a walk. By himself, Rodriguez was responsible for half of the Drillers’ four hits.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
The Comets were playing catch-up right from the start as starter Logan Allen got jumped to allow a three-spot in the first. Allen settled in and gave the offense ample time to get back into it, and they did by responding with three runs of their own in the fifth, only for Allen and the bullpen to immediately cough up the lead in the bottom of the same frame.
Opportunities were plentiful for the Comets, finishing the game with nine hits, one more than their opponent, and also six walks. In fact, alongside Tibbs, two other hitters had multi-hit performances. Overall, they stranded 12 base runners to go down to a 13-16 record.
Double-A Tulsa
It was a bullpen game for the Drillers, and one well-executed on their way to a 4-3 win. Lefty Evan Shaw started a game for the first time in 2026 and covered two innings before handing it over to the rest of the ‘pen. Hobbs ran into a home run issue in the fourth, allowing a pair of them, but luckily, they were both solo shots and represented the last scoring that the Missions would have.
As the pitching staff allowed just three runs, the Drillers didn’t need a whole lot to win this game, and they kept that in mind with a four-hit performance, not even half of their opposition’s total. Hope was joined by catcher and ninth-hole hitter Fernando Rodriguez in leaving the yard. The winning hit came from Rodriguez as well, with an RBI double in the seventh.
The Drillers’ production was so pedestrian, all things considered, that as the ninth-hole hitter, Rodriguez didn’t even get an extra at-bat in the game, only coming to the plate three times.
High-A Great Lakes
The game was postponed.
Class-A Ontario
Cam Leiter opened things off with a solid 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball, but Jesus Tillero didn’t have the same success as the bulk pitcher. Tillero allowed all four of the runs conceded by the Tower Buzzers in this 4-3 defeat at home, going down to an 11-11 record.
Twenty-year-old first baseman Easton Shelton hasn’t had the best of starts to his season, but he did manage to hit his third home run of the year, now with a .224 batting average. Designated hitter Chase Harlan had the best performance among Tower Buzzer hitters, with a hit, one RBI, and a couple of free passes, reaching base three times.
Transactions
The Great Lakes Loons activated right-handed pitcher Nicolas Cruz and shortstop Jordan Thompson from the IL.
Wednesday’s scores
- Round Rock 6, Oklahoma City 3
- Tulsa 4, San Antonio 3
- High-A game postponed
- Ontario 3, Lake Elsinore 4
Thursday’s schedule
- 2:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Brooks Auger) vs.Peoria (Leonel Sequera)
- High-A game 2: Great Lakes (TBD) vs. Peoria (TBD)
- 4:45 p.m. PT: Oklahoma City (Jackson Ferris) at Round Rock (Austin Gomber)
- 5:00 p.m. PT: Tulsa (Patrick Copen) vs. San Antonio (Fernando Sanchez)
- 6:35 p.m. PT: Ontario (Marlon Nieves) vs. Lake Elsinore (Bryan Balzer)
