Kiké Hernández played nine innings at third base in his 12th and final rehab game with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday night. Hernández is expected to be activated off the injured list when the Dodgers return home, manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Milwaukee on Saturday.
Hernández was 0-for-4 on Saturday, and in his 12 games for the Comets hit .214/.298/.310 with two doubles, a triple, and five walks. Ten of his 12 games with Oklahoma City came at third base, plus one start each in center field and second base.
The Dodgers when activating Hernández will need to make a corresponding move to make room on the 40-man roster, as he is on the 60-day injured list.
Player of the day
Mason Estrada had the best start of his pro career to date, with nine strikeouts in four scoreless innings for Class-A Ontario. The Dodgers’ seventh-round draft pick last year out of MIT walked three and allowed a single, and induced 17 swinging strikes, continuing his improvement after a wild start this season.
Through his first five appearances, Estrada had 22 walks and 12 strikeouts to go with his 11.47 ERA in 13 1/3 innings. In his last three outings, Estrada allowed one total run in 12 innings, with 19 strikeouts and only seven walks.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
Comets pitchers allowed only two runs, but the offense scored just once in a loss to the Reno Aces (Diamondbacks). Oklahoma City’s run didn’t come until one out in the ninth inning, when James Tibbs III doubled, stole third base, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jack Suwinski.
Wyatt Mills in his first appearance since getting optioned to Triple-A, pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings with two walks and two strikeouts.
Double-A Tulsa
Three runs in the seventh inning off Roque Gutierrez and Christian Suarez doomed the Drillers in a loss to the Wichita Wind Surge (Twins). The rally spoiled an otherwise solid outing by Gutierrez, who pitched four scoreless innings of relief to get though the sixth.
Peter Heubeck made his first start for Tulsa since last July 19, missing the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury. His start to 2026 was delayed by a hamstring injury during spring training, per Drillers play-by-play announcer Dennis Higgins during the broadcast.
Heubeck struck out Wichita second baseman Kyle DeBarge to begin his outing, but had a bumpy road trying to find the beat of the rhythm of his night. Billy Amick homered to lead off the second inning, and Heubeck allowed a single and walked two in his two innings. Heubeck also has a slow delivery to home plate, which was exploited for one steal and nearly another. Caleb Roberts was called out trying to steal second base in the first inning, but appeared to reach the bag before the tag. Heuback struck out three and threw 35 pitches, right around his set limit of roughly 40 pitches.
Josue De Paula singled twice and stole two bases in the loss.
Kyle Nevin fouled a ball of his foot in the second inning and remained in the game for one more inning on defense before getting replaced at third base in the third inning.
High-A Great Lakes
The Loons only trailed by two entering the top of the ninth inning, when the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers) piled on for an 11-4 rout.
Right fielder Jose Meza walked three times and homered in the loss. Kole Myers, demoted to High-A on Tuesday, doubled twice and walked.
Brooks Auger faced his first adversity of the season, giving up four runs on five hits and a walk in the second inning. He escaped an even bigger frame with two strikeouts to get out of the second, and struck out six in his three innings. The right-hander has 26 strikeouts against five walks in his 14 2/3 innings this season, with a 3.07 ERA.
Class-A Ontario
A four-run third inning was more than enough for the Tower Buzers to beat the Inland Empire 66ers (Mariners). The decisive inning included three doubles and two sacrifice flies. Mairo Martinus had one of those doubles, part of a two-hit game.
Following Estrada on the mound was Jose Cabrera, who struck out four and retired all six batters he faced in two perfect innings of relief.
Transactions
Double-A: Catcher/infielder Bryan González was promoted from the Arizona Complex League to Tulsa. If the 2023 sixth-round pick gets into a game for the Drillers, it will be the first game for the 20-year-old at a full-season affiliate. Peter Heubeck joined Tulsa after one rehab appearance in Arizona last weekend.
Class-A: Catcher Francisco Espinoza joined Ontario from Arizona.
Saturday schedule
Sunday schedule
- 10:05 a.m. PT: Great Lakes (Sterling Patick) vs. Wisconsin (Wande Torres)
- 11:05 a.m.: Tulsa (Patrick Copen) at Wichita (TBA)
- 12:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Cole Irvin) vs. Reno (Yu-Min Lin)
- 2:05 p.m.: Ontario (TBA) at Inland Empire (TBA)
