Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto began his minor league rehab assignment with a two-inning start for Oklahoma City. Elsewhere on the farm, three of the four partners needed extra innings to decide the matter on Wednesday.
Player of the day
Peter Heubeck He struck out eight players in six strong innings for Great Lakes, allowing one run on just two hits and one walk, lowering his ERA to 2.99 in 22 starts and 84⅓ innings this season.
Oklahoma City – Triple-A team
A low-scoring affair ended in a 10-inning loss for Oklahoma City against the Round Rock Express (Rangers).
Landon Knack was also active as a pitcher in this game, throwing four innings with seven strikeouts. He allowed one run, which – like Yamamoto – came on a solo home run by Blaine Crim. Knack threw only 63 pitches, so after four days off he is still in the game for a possible start on Sunday, either for the Dodgers or Oklahoma City (more on this later today).
Andy Pages had two more hits, including a double.
Oklahoma City’s offense didn’t come until the sixth inning. Rangers rookie Kumar Rocker dominated the first five innings, striking out 10 players and taking out 15 of 16 batters in his Triple-A debut.
Double-A Tulsa
The Drillers gave up the lead in the ninth and tenth innings, then lost in the 11th against the Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros).
Chris Newell, who still leads the High-A Midwest League with 23 home runs, hit his first home run in Double-A in his 12th game for Tulsa. The Drillers outfielder is 8-for-44 (.182) with 18 strikeouts and two walks.
Griffin Lockwood-Powell also hit a home run and Cristian Santana had three hits.
High A-Class Great Lakes
Three runs in the 11th inning to lifted the Loons over the South Bend BoysJordan Thompson scored the leadoff hit with a double and Frank Rodriguez capped the score with a single.
Nick Biddison, who played left field in that game, had two doubles, a single, two walks and stole a base in the win.
Low-A Rancho Cucamonga
A fifth inning shook the Quakes in a defeat against the San Jose Giants.
First baseman Cameron Decker hit a three-run double in the ninth inning, making the final score closer than the previous game.
transaction
Triple-A: Yoshinobu Yamamoto came to Oklahoma City for a rehab appointment.
Results from Wednesday
Thursday appointments
- 4:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Wyatt Crowell) at South Bend (Willy Sanders)
- 4:35 p.m.: Tulsa (Orlando Ortiz-Mayr) at Corpus Christi (Jose Fleury)
- 5:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Hyun-il Choi) at Round Rock (Ryan Garcia)
- 6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Hyun-Seok Jang) in San Jose (Josh Bostick)