A handful of stellar pitching performances highlighted Friday evening within the Dodgers minor leagues, plus a return to play for Dalton Speeding and a continuation of a rehab task for Blake Treinen.
Walker Buehler will make one more rehab stint with Oklahoma Metropolis subsequent week.
The participant of the day
Peter Heubeck he struck out eight batters for the second time in three begins, tying his profession excessive, this time in 4 scoreless innings, permitting simply three singles and a stroll.
The 21-year-old righty, drafted within the third spherical in 2021, has a 2.51 ERA and a 37.8 % strikeout charge in his 4 begins this season.
Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis
After a mixed 80 runs within the first three video games of the collection, Friday was a duel of relative pitchers, with Oklahoma Metropolis wins 5-4 over Albuquerque Isotopes (Rockies).
Andre Lipcius hit a three-run house run within the fifth inning. Miguel Vargas doubled, struck out, and walked.
Blake Treinen pitched the second recreation on his rehab task, and allowed one run on two hits in his one inning. He allowed a double and single to the primary two batters of the inning, then bought a double play and one other groundout to finish the inning.
Michael Petersen, John Rooney, and Ricky Vanasco every pitched good innings after Treinen, giving OKC pitchers 11 straight batters retired to finish the sport.
Double-A Tulsa
A pair of two-run innings gave the Drillers sufficient to outlive the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Royals).
Proper-hander Austin Beck had two hits, together with a two-run triple within the fourth inning to provide Tulsa the lead. Catcher Griffin Lockwood-Powell added the insurance coverage with a two-run house run within the fifth.
Dalton Speeding reached base 4 occasions with three walks and a double because the designated hitter in his first recreation after lacking the earlier 5 video games. He initially left the April 13 recreation with a shoulder harm after a collision at first base, and he additionally missed April 14. Speeding performed in 4 video games final week in Wichita, however as Drillers play-by-play broadcaster Dennis Higgins famous on Friday's broadcast, Speeding aggravated the shoulder harm “on a swing at a chilly evening in Wichita.”
Kendall Williams earned the win with two strikeouts in 5 innings, permitting only one unearned run.
Excessive-A Nice Lakes
4 runs within the prime of the primary inning was sufficient for beat the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Padres).
Noah Miller, taking part in second base on Friday, doubled house a run within the opening body. Proper fielder Dylan Campbell had two hits, drove in a run, and scored twice.
Earlier Friday, the Loons shared that Jerry O'Donnell, longtime announcer at their house ballpark, has died.
It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the passing of our beloved PA Announcer and good friend, Jerry O'Donnell. From the time Dow Diamond first opened on April 13, 2007, to the following 1,040 Loons video games that adopted, greater than 3 million followers had been entertained. pic.twitter.com/NCP0wAk2i2
– Nice Lakes Loons (@greatlakesloons) April 26, 2024
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
5 runs within the last two innings sank the Quakes a loss to the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres).
That overshadowed a few wonderful pitching performances for Rancho Cucamonga. Starter Patrick Copen struck out seven and walked 4 in 4⅓ scoreless, hitless frames. Australian right-hander Callum Wallace adopted and retired all eight batters he confronted, with 4 strikeouts.
Jeral Perez had two extra hits, together with a double, and stole a base. Zyhir Hope additionally had two hits, and drove in a run.
Friday's outcomes
Saturday plan
- 10:05 a.m. PT: Nice Lakes (Maddux Bruns) at Fort Wayne (Dylan Lesko)
- 5 p.m.: Tulsa (Hyun-il Choi) vs. Northwest Arkansas (Luinder Avila)
- 5:35 p.m.: Oklahoma Metropolis (Eduardo Salazar) at Albuquerque (TBD)
- 6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Edgardo Henriquez) vs. 6:30 p.m. Lake Elsinore (Miguel Mendez)