A recap of Friday evening within the Dodgers minor leagues.
The participant of the day
It was a tricky Could on the plate for Trey Sweeneyhowever he broke out of a hunch with two hits, together with a double and a house run within the fifth inning for Oklahoma Metropolis.
Sweeney, the shortstop acquired by the Yankees for Victor Gonález and Jorbit Vivas in December, hit simply .139/.171/.165 in 82 plate appearances in Could earlier than Friday's outburst on the plate.
Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis
The Dodgers, whose pitchers walked 9 and hit two batters in Cincinnati, weren't the one group within the group to expertise a wild Friday. Oklahoma Metropolis was on the receiving finish within the ninth inning of a tie recreation. They received three walks from Dakota Chalmers to open the inning, then even with Jonathan Araúz putting out for the primary out of the inning, strike three was a wild pitch that introduced dwelling the walk-off winner. beat the Reno Aces (D-backs).
A fall…strikeout?
You learn it proper. Austin Gauthier scores the successful run on a wild pitch!
OKC beats Reno, 4-3! pic.twitter.com/Egpor9V5Hw
– Oklahoma Metropolis Baseball Membership (@okc_baseball) May 25, 2024
Landon Knack allowed one run in 5 innings in his first begin again with Oklahoma Metropolis since final Sunday's stint with the Dodgers. He struck out 5 and walked none, giving up 34 strikeouts towards 9 walks in six Triple-A begins this 12 months.
Place watch
Austin Gauthier, who hit the game-winning hit within the ninth, was the designated hitter Friday evening, the primary time in 16 video games since being promoted to Triple-A that he didn't pitch. He has cut up time with Oklahoma Metropolis in left area, proper area, third base and second base, with six of his earlier seven begins earlier than Friday coming at one of many nook spots.
Andre Lipcius was at first base Friday for a second straight evening, after two straight video games at third base. He solely had an extended stretch of video games at one place this season, beginning at first base three straight video games from April 17-19. On the season, Lipcius has 17 begins at first base, 12 at third, six begins at second base, and 10 at designated hitter.
Double-A Tulsa
After a two-hour, 46-minute rain delay earlier than kickoff, Justin Wrobleski went toe-to-toe with consensus top-100 prospect Tink Therefore in a terrific pitching duel. However a run within the seventh inning caught Wrobleski with a tricky loss in Tulsa's loss to the Springfield Cardinals.
So he struck out 13 in six scoreless innings, his second begin of the season in double figures. The opposite recreation was additionally towards Tulsa, with 10 strikeouts in seven innings on April 30. However Wrobleski stored the sport tied thanks to 6 scoreless innings of his personal, his second straight six-inning begin for the Drillers.
Due to the delay, the 2 groups agreed earlier than the begin to play solely seven innings to get the sport on Friday.
Wrobleski additionally exited for the seventh inning, making it the longest of his profession. He allowed a leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt to finish his evening. Sauryn Lao entered in reduction and, after an intentional stroll, allowed a one-off single.
Excessive-A Nice Lakes
The Loons got here again from 4 runs all the way down to tie the sport within the ninth, however misplaced within the tenth inning to the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins) on an 0-2 wild pitch by Lucas Wepf with two outs that allowed the successful run to attain. That's three straight 10-inning video games on this collection.
Chris Newell's solo dwelling run within the ninth, his league-leading thirteenth of the season, tied the sport and despatched the sport into extras.
Jackson Ferris took the loss, though he had considered one of his finest begins of the 12 months. He didn't enable a run till the fifth inning, and gave up only one run in his first 4 frames. However he began the fifth with a double adopted by two walks to load the bases with no person out. Ferris allowed a one-out, two-run single for the primary rating of the sport by both group. He nonetheless completed the inning to tie his longest begin of the 12 months, and struck out 5.
Spotlight reel
With Beloit trying so as to add insurance coverage with a runner on third base and two outs within the high of the eighth inning, Dylan Campbell robbed Sam Praytor of additional bases with a leaping catch close to the yellow line within the high. to the proper area wall.
Campbell had two hits on the evening, and was on the entrance finish of a double steal within the second that induced a throwing error by pitcher Evan Taylor that allowed each runners to attain on the play.
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
The Quakes' comeback effort fell brief, drop a high-scoring affair at dwelling to the Modesto Nuts (Mariners).
Proper fielder Juan Alonso hit a three-run double in a five-run sixth inning that introduced Rancho Cucamonga inside one, and he doubled dwelling one other run within the ninth. The latter introduced the tying run to the plate within the remaining inning, however Kendall George struck out and Jeral Perez struck out trying to finish the sport.
Transactions
Triple-A: Mancini Stephen Gonsalves she was launched. The 29-year-old was despatched all the way down to the Arizona Advanced League on Tuesday and allowed a solo dwelling run in his solely inning in Arizona on Thursday. In 15 video games with Oklahoma Metropolis, Gonsalves had a 6.00 ERA in 18 innings, with 20 walks to associate with his 23 strikeouts.
Low-A: Mancini Wyatt Crowell, on the injured listing for the Quakes, was despatched on a rehab project and made his skilled debut with a scoreless inning within the Arizona Advanced League on Friday, with one strikeout. The Dodgers' fourth-round choose final 12 months out of Florida State had Tommy John surgical procedure in April 2023.
Friday's outcomes
Saturday plan
- 4:05 pm PT: Nice Lakes (Jerming Rosario) vs. Beloit (Ike Buxton)
- 4:05 pm: Oklahoma Metropolis (Dinelson Lamet) vs. Reno (Chris Ellis)
- 4:35 pm: Tulsa (Orlando Ortiz-Mayer) at Springfield (Wilfredo Pereira)
- 6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Patrick Copen) vs. Modesto (Will Schomberg)