A abstract of Wednesday within the Dodgers minor leagues, with two wins and two losses.
The participant of the day
Patrick Copen struck out six in 5 scoreless innings for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga in his longest outing as a professional for the reason that Dodgers drafted righty Marshall within the seventh spherical final yr. He induced 13 swinging strikes amongst his 77 pitches.
Copen allowed two hits and two walks, however sequenced effectively. For instance, a stroll and a double got here again within the third inning, however that was with two outs, after Copen retired his first eight batters of the sport, and escaped the body with a flyout. A single and a stroll got here within the fourth inning, however that was after two outs, and he acquired out of it with a groundout.
Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis
A seven-run lead within the seventh became dealing with the tying run on the plate within the ninth inning, however Oklahoma Metropolis held on. a street win over the Sugar Land House Cowboys (Astros).
Elieser Hernández's first begin as a 29-year-old was good. The fitting-hander struck out a season-high eight and walked only one, permitting one run on three hits in a season-high 5⅔ innings. The non-roster visitor in Dodgers camp throughout spring coaching has lasted a minimum of 5 innings in every of his final 4 video games, and has a 2.83 ERA with 34 strikeouts in opposition to eight walks in 28⅔ innings, with a 22.8 strikeout-minus-walk %. price this season.
With Hernández placing out the House Cowboys within the sixth, OKC rallied with a five-run fifth and two extra within the seventh to construct an 8-1 lead. Sugar Land began its comeback with three runs within the seventh off left-hander Stephen Gonsalves.
Drew Avans reached base 4 instances with a double, a single and two walks, stole a base, scored two runs, and drove in one other from the leadoff spot. Andre Lipcius was designated to hit on Wednesday, and he did with a double, a single, two RBIs, and two runs scored.
Miguel Vargas had a team-high three hits, together with a double. Second baseman Jonathan Araúz singled dwelling two runs and likewise walked and stole a base.
Austin Gauthier performed third base on Wednesday after enjoying second base in his Triple-A debut on Tuesday. These had been the 2 spots he performed probably the most final yr between Excessive-A and Double-A earlier than enjoying principally shortstop this yr for Tulsa.
Sugar Land scored two within the ninth inning in opposition to Michael Petersen, which was information since Peterson had not allowed a run in his earlier six video games, and entered Wednesday with 16 consecutive batters retired and 10 strikeouts. A stroll and a double ended that streak and introduced dwelling the primary run, whereas an error by shortstop Trey Sweeney introduced within the different. Petersen struck out two to shut out the win, matching his 38.6 % strikeout price on the season to go along with a 1.88 ERA in 15 video games.
Double-A Tulsa
Eight runs within the final three innings in opposition to the Drillers bullpen cinched a street loss for the Midland RockHounds (A's).
Antonio Knowles allowed two solo dwelling runs within the sixth inning, matching his complete runs allowed in his first 15⅓ innings this season. Ryan Sublette allowed a mixed three runs within the seventh and eighth, then Ben Harris gave up two extra to finish the eighth.
Griffin Lockwood-Powell, who performed first base Wednesday, had two hits, scored a run, and drove in one other with a sacrifice fly. It's the third multi-hit sport within the final 5 for Lockwood-Powell, who has reached base in 11 straight video games.
Alex Freeland reached base twice in his Tulsa debut. Batting sixth and enjoying shortstop, Freeland singled, walked and scored a run.
Excessive-A Nice Lakes
Two runs within the eighth inning turned a one-run lead a Loons loss to the Lansing Lugnuts (A). Christian Romero pitched two scoreless innings of reduction earlier than taking the mound for the eighth, then allowed a stroll and two singles to load the bases with no one out. The runs got here on a drive groundout and a fielding error by third baseman Jake Gelof, who was promoted to Nice Lakes on Tuesday.
Shortstop Noah Miller had three hits and scored one of many Loons' three runs, all of which got here within the third inning.
Peter Heubeck struck out six in 4 innings in his begin, settling after giving up a pair of runs within the first inning.
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
Copen did his job on the mound, and a trio of Quakes fueled the offense beat the Visalia Rawhide (D-backs).
Rancho Cucamonga plated single runs within the fourth and sixth innings in virtually carbon-copy trend — Josue De Paula led off with a single, superior to second base on a Jeral Perez stroll, then one out later, Joe Vetrano singled at De Paula's home.
Perez added the insurance coverage with a one-out single within the seventh inning, a part of a two-hit effort for the second baseman. Vetrano added a double within the ninth inning for a three-hit sport.
The Quakes accomplished the shutout win after Copen with Joseilyn Gonzalez pitching scoreless ball within the sixth and seventh innings. Noah Ruen closed out the win with 4 strikeouts and a stroll in two scoreless innings.
Transactions
Triple-A: Tuesday, Ryan Ward – second within the PCL in dwelling runs (12) and slugging share (.670), and third in RBI (33) – was positioned on the 7-day injured record.
Excessive-A: Proper Edgardo Henriquez was promoted to the Nice Lakes after a 1.74 ERA and struck out half (21) of his batters confronted (42) in 10⅓ innings for the Quakes. Henriquez, 22, is again after lacking all of 2023 rehabbing from Tommy John surgical procedure. He closed out the Dodgers' spring sport in opposition to the Angels with three strikeouts in Tempe on March 16, and likewise appeared within the center sport of the Freeway Sequence exhibition at Dodger Stadium.
Low-A: First base Joe Veteran, the Dodgers' fifth-round decide final yr, returned from the IL after lacking 10 video games with a shoulder damage. Pitcher Carlos Duran he was positioned on the developmental record after permitting 9 runs in 2⅓ innings over his earlier two.
Wednesday's outcomes
Thursday's agenda
- 3:05 pm PT: Nice Lakes (Maddux Bruns) vs. Lansing (Jake Garland)
- 4:35 pm: Oklahoma Metropolis (Ben Casparius) at Sugar Land (Misael Tamarez)
- 5 p.m.: Tulsa (Kendall Williams) at Midland (Brady Basso)
- 6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Jose Rodriguez) at Visalia (Jacob Steinmetz)
Casparius will make his Triple-A debut after being promoted on Tuesday.
