In Dodgers minor league games played on Wednesday, August 27th, Josue De Paula, in a two month slump, had two hits, Charles Davalan had only one hit, but it was clutch, and Jake Gelof provided some power in High-A.
Player of the day
Bobby Miller has done extremely well pitching single innings in relief. In the last seven games where he has pitched a single inning or less, he has given up no earned runs and not much of anything else. In his last two appearances, he was stretched out into a second inning,
and in both cases, he retired the side in order in his first inning, but surrendered multiple runs in his second inning.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
The Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals) broke a 6-6 tie with two runs off Bobby Miller in the ninth inning to defeat the Oklahoma City Comets 8-6. Kody Hoese hit a three-run homer for the Comets that put them up 4-2 in the fourth inning. But the Redbirds answered with three runs of their own in the top of the fifth, knocking Comet starter Matt Sauer out of the game. The Comets regained the lead with a two-run sixth, but Michael Kopech was tagged with a run when he gave up a lead-off ground ball single, a stolen base of second and third, and an outfield fly to plate the tying run. Bobby Miller almost got out of the trouble he created when he walked the bases loaded in the ninth inning, striking out a batter for the second out. But a ground ball single made it through the infield, allowing the winning runs to score.
Double-A Tulsa
Patrick Copen gave up four runs on five hits and four walks in a rough three innings, and an anemic Tulsa offense put up a single run in the ninth inning, as the Drillers lost to the Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros) 6-1. Zach Ehrhard had two hits and a stolen base for the Drillers, who were limited to seven singles, gave up nine stolen bases, including a steal of home, and committed two errors in a forgettable performance.
High-A Great Lakes
Jake Gelof homered, doubled, and drove home three runs, leading the Great Lake Loons to a 6-2 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers). Josue De Paula checked in with two hits, breaking an 0-for-August slump. Logan Tabeling started for the Loons, and he and three relief pitchers limited the Whitecaps to two runs on five hits.
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
Shut out for eight innings, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes scored two runs in the ninth inning to tie the game, and a run in the tenth to capture the win over the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres). The only hit for the Quakes in the ninth inning was a single by Charles Davalan, the third time in his last four games that he contributed a clutch ninth-inning hit to help tie a game. Chase Harlan had three hits and a walk. Marlon Nieves pitched another effective game for the Quakes, going five innings and giving up one run on two hits. His ERA in seven Rancho Cucamonga starts is 1.93.
Scores of games played on Wednesday, August 27th:
Great Lakes 6, West Michigan 2
Rancho Cucamonga 3, Lake Elsinore 2
Up next: games scheduled for Thursday, August 28th:
West Michigan (Hayden Minton) at Great Lakes (Maddux Bruns), 4:05 PM PST
Corpus Christi (James Hicks) at Tulsa (Roque Gutierrez), 5:00 PM PST
Memphis (Aaron Wilkerson) at Oklahoma City (Kyle Funkhouser), 5:05 PM PST
Rancho Cucamonga (TBD) at Lake Elsinore (Kannon Kemp), 6:05 PM PST
