Blowout wins in Double-A and High-A were he highlights from Friday night in the Dodgers minor leagues.
Player of the day
It feels weird that for a game in which Tulsa scored 14 runs this award goes to a pitcher, but Adam Serwinowski had his best start of the season, striking out 10 in his seven innings, matching the longest start of his professional career, and allowed only one run on three singles and two walks.
The left-hander also lasted seven innings one time previously — last August 29 in his penultimate start for High-A Great Lakes before getting promoted to Double-A.
Triple-A Oklahoma City
The Comets fell behind 7-3 in four innings and their comeback fell just short in a loss to the Reno Aces (Diamondbacks).
Tyler Fitzgerald homered, singled, and drove in three runs. He played left field on Friday and in his three and a half weeks with Oklahoma City has also started games at third base, second base, shortstop, and right field.
Ryder Ryan kept the Comets in it with four scoreless, hitless innings of bulk relief to get through the seventh.
Double-A Tulsa
The Drillers didn’t need much offense with Serwinowski having such a good game, but the Tulsa bats went wild in a rout of the Wichita Wind Surge (Twins). Josue De Paula had four hits, including two doubles plus a walk.
Elijah Hainline drove in five runs with a two-run home run, a two-run double, and sacrifice fly. The Drillers shortstop has driven in runs in all three games he’s played this week in Wichita, with nine total RBI.
Kendall George kept things going with two more hits, stole another base, and scored three runs, his career-best 13th straight game scoring at least once. George in May has scored 30 runs in 19 games.
High-A Great Lakes
Chuck Davalan and Eduardo Quintero shined atop the order in the Loons blowout of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers). Davalan doubled, singled, walked twice, stole two bases, scored four runs, and drove in four runs from the leadoff spot.
Quintero singled three times, stole three bases, and scored three runs while batting second. First baseman Jose Hernandez homered, doubled, and singled in the win.
Christian Zazueta struck out five in his five innings, with two runs allowed, both on a two-run home run in the first inning.
Class-A Ontario
Tower Buzzers pitchers allowed multiple runs in six different innings while getting pasted by the Inland Empire 66ers (Mariners). Ontario did score the final three runs of the game, cutting the final deficit to a lean 14 runs.
Starter Jesus Tillero took the brunt of the damage, allowing nine runs (seven earned) in his 3 1/3 innings.
Arizona Complex League
On Thursday right-hander Tyler Gough made his second rehab appearance in Arizona, and in those two outings has allowed two runs in his three innings with seven strikeouts among his 13 batters faced. Gough was acquired from the Seattle Mariners in November 16 for Robinson Ortiz, the left-hander the Dodgers added to the 40-man on November 6. Gough, 22, missed all of last season after Tommy John surgery and is on the injured list for Ontario in Class-A, the same level he pitched at in 2023-24 in Modesto.
Transaction
Double-A: Right-hander Joel Ibarra was released, after the 23-year-old from Mexico walked 23 of his 59 batters faced (38.9 percent) with 10 runs (nine earned) and 12 strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings over 12 games this year for Tulsa.
Friday schedule
Saturday schedule
- 2:05 p.m. PT: Tulsa (TBA) at Wichita (Sam Armstrong)
- 3:35 p.m.: Great Lakes (Brooks Auger) vs. Wisconsin (Ethan Dorchies)
- 4:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Logan Allen) vs. Reno (Mitch Bratt)
- 6:35 p.m.: Ontario (TBA) at Inland Empire (Danny Macchiarola)