Tulsa, Great Lakes,, and Ontario all won, with a highlight for the Drillers’ 16-hit effort in a commanding win over the Sod Poodles.
Player of the day
Now batting .333, Chase Harlan was at the forefront of a winning effort for the Tower Buzzers, managing to hit his eighth home run of the season, anchoring that lineup and helping Ontario move above .500 ball, now sitting at 27-26.
Selected in the third round of the 2024 Draft, Harlan is a month away from turning 20, and a call-up
to a higher level might be in the cards for him if he keeps up this kind of production.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
Despite having eight of its nine hitters who started the game reach safely at least once and out-homering their opponent two-to-zero, the Comets dropped this one at home by a score of nine to five. Jackson Ferris had a choppy start, allowing three runs in as many innings, and reliever Ryder Ryan was ambushed for another five runs.
Offensively, the standout name for the Comets was shortstop Noah Miller, who homered and tripled, raising his OPS to .811. The other home run for Oklahoma City came from the former Diamondback Alek Thomas, who was making his debut for the Comets, batting eighth and playing center field.
Double-A Tulsa
It was a good day for hitters at the bottom of the lineup, with Chris Newell responsible for half of the Drillers’ RBI in an 8-3 win over the Sod Poodles—this included a two-run shot in the sixth that gave Tulsa the lead for the first time in this game.
Other than standout prospect Zyhir Hope, who went 0 for 5, everyone else chipped in—shortstop Elijah Hainline didn’t record an out across five of his plate appearances with three hits and two walks, while Josue De Paula has now reached base safely in 20 straight games.
Starter Adam Serwinowski overcame his struggles in 2026 to earn his fourth win by allowing just one run in six innings of work. The walks were a bit of a problem, conceding four of them and only two hits, but nothing that would spoil his start. Recently activated reliever Lucas Wepf allowed back-to-back solo shots in the ninth and still didn’t risk this win for the Drillers.
High-A Great Lakes
After squandering an early 3-0 lead, the Loons took advantage of poor defensive work from the Lugnuts by scoring two of their final three runs on a wild pitch and a throwing error, winning the game 6-4. Responsible for blowing the lead and ultimately the winning pitcher of record, Jakob Wright was the bulk man out of the bullpen, covering 4.2 innings and allowing four runs in the process.
One of the more stable performers for the Loons this season, center fielder Charles Davalan had the go-ahead RBI in the seventh, his 29th of the year. Number two hitter Emil Morales had three of the Loons’ eight hits on this one, including a mammoth blast.
Single-A Ontario
There aren’t too many hitters outperforming Chase Harlan across the board in the Dodgers minor league system, and the young third baseman was yet again responsible for a Tower Buzzers win, securing two RBI in a 4-2 effort over the Ports.
Highlighting Harlan’s performance buries the lede, as this game also saw the rare four-inning save for Ontario. Tyler Gough covered the game’s first five innings, allowing just one run, and the Tower Buzzers gave the final four to Jesus Tillero for the final four. Tillero dealt with traffic all the way through, but held onto the lead.
Transactions
The Tulsa Drillers activated right-handed pitcher Lucas Wepf from the injured list.
Wednesday’s scores
- Oklahoma City 5, Round Rock 9
- Amarillo 3, Tulsa 8
- Great Lakes 6, Lansing 4
- Ontario 4, Stockton 2
Thursday’s schedule
- 4:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Christian Zazueta) vs. Lansing (Zane Taylor)
- 5:05 p.m. PT: Oklahoma City (River Ryan) vs. Round Rock (TBD)
- 5:05 p.m. PT: Tulsa (Payton Martin) at Amarillo (Daniel Eagen)
- 6:35 p.m. PT: Ontario (TBD) vs. Stockton (Shotaro Morii)
