A Dodgers affiliate suffered an influence outage on the highway Friday, however there was no energy outage for a minor leaguer on the highway in Wichita.
The participant of the day
Middle fielder Jose Ramos hit two dwelling runs for Tulsa on Friday, doubling his whole on the season. He hit a solo shot within the sixth inning and a two-run shot within the eighth.
It's a repeat 12 months in Double-A, at the least to open 2024 for Ramos, who hit .240/.333/409 with 19 dwelling runs and a 97 wRC+ for the Drillers final season. Together with his two-homer evening, the 23-year-old this season is now hitting .235/.339/.490 with 11 RBIs in 12 video games, but in addition a 32 p.c slugging share.
Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis
Oklahoma Metropolis recovered rapidly and was unable to get well a loss to the Sacramento River Cats (Giants). Starter Dinelson Lamet allowed 4 runs in his three innings, all of which got here within the third inning on dwelling runs by previous buddy Yusniel Díaz and David Villar.
Up 7-0, Ryan Ward and Kevin Padlo hit two-run dwelling runs late, however OKC by no means acquired any nearer than inside two runs.
Double-A Tulsa
Ramos offered the ability, and 4 Drillers pitchers mix to close out Wichita Wind Surge (Twins)the primary small win of the season for Tulsa.
Orlando Ortiz-Mayr began and pitched 5 … innings. Though he walked extra (three) than he struck out (two) he stored Wichita off the board. The Wind Surge was simply 1-for-10 with runners in scoring place on the evening. The hit got here within the ninth inning, a single to left discipline with two outs, and with Nice Lakes up 5 runs, the runner was held at third base.
Excessive-A Nice Lakes
Three runs within the seventh inning gave the Loons a house win over the West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers).
Left fielder Yunior Garcia singled to open the seventh, however he was nonetheless there with two outs. Alex Freeland doubled dwelling Garcia, and Noah Miller singled dwelling Freeland for the tying run. The successful run scored when West Michigan third baseman Izaac Pacheco threw an inning-ending Kyle Nevin grounder.
Freeland hit a solo dwelling run earlier within the sport, and is hitting .375/.512/.656 via 9 video games this season, splitting time between third base and shortstop. Friday was the 22-year-old's first sport this season at second base.
Jared Karros allowed 4 runs in his 5 innings — a pair of two-run frames price him, as 5 of his six hits allowed on the evening had been doubles. However he has struck out six, giving him 17 on the season and a 29.3 p.c strike price in three begins, and Karros has but to stroll a batter in his 15 innings thus far in 2024.
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
An influence outage in San Bernardino delayed the beginning of the Quakes sport towards the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels). So after two separate energy delays within the first inning, the powers that be pulled the plug on the sport.
Due to the delay earlier than Friday's begin, each groups scratched their anticipated beginning pitchers — Patrick Copen for the Quakes and Barrett Kent for the 66ers.
Each groups will try a doubleheader on Saturday, finishing the nine-inning sport from Friday earlier than, adopted by a seven-inning sport.
Whereas ready for the sport to occur, followers in San Bernardino are created.
Friday's outcomes
Saturday plan
- 10:05 a.m. PT: Nice Lakes (Peter Heubeck) vs. West Michigan (Colin Fields)
- 4:05 pm: Oklahoma Metropolis (Elieser Hernández) vs. Sacramento (Spencer Howard)
- 4:05 p.m.: Tulsa (Kendall Williams) at Wichita (AJ Alexy)
- 4:30 pm: Rancho Cucamonga (Patrick Copen & Carlos Duran) at Inland Empire (Barrett Kent & Logan Britt)
Double-A Tulsa will face righty AJ Alexy, who was certainly one of three Dodgers traded to the Rangers for Yu Darvish on the 2017 commerce deadline. Alexy reached the majors in 2021 and 2022 with Texas, and is now with the Twins in a minor league deal. Alexy is certainly one of 14 gamers drafted and signed by the Dodgers in 2016 to achieve the majors.
