Mookie Ends Rehab
Here is some MiLB news while we contemplate who is going to hit for the Dodgers besides Andy Pages. And when is Alex Call going to get more playing time. And why is Hyeseong Kim and Alex Freeland the only appatent runners who bust their ass down the line. At least Mookie was…
Here is some MiLB news while we contemplate who is going to hit for the Dodgers besides Andy Pages.
And when is Alex Call going to get more playing time.
And why is Hyeseong Kim and Alex Freeland the only appatent runners who bust their ass down the line. At least Mookie was doing so in OKC.
Kim is looking more impressive every game (ignoring the error). His game deserves to be at the MLB level, and with Kike’ and then Edman coming back, I do not know how both Kim and Freeland stick in LA.
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MiLB GAME SUMMARY REPORTS
OKC Comets 7 – Salt Lake City (LAA) 4
LHRP Jake Eder was the opener in this bullpen game.
Eder gave up a triple and single in the 1st inning, but held SLC scoreless in the 2nd.
In the 4th with Brusdar Graterol on the mound, SLC got a run taking a 2-1 lead. Bazooka gave up a one-out BB and then a two-out triple brought him home. After Graterol walked the next batter, LHRP Ronan Kopp was summoned, with 2 runners on. to get the last out of the inning.
In the bottom of the 5th, SS Mookie Betts led off with a BB. Mookie moved to 3rd on a ground out and scored on 3B Tyler Fitzgerald’s single.
Kopp returned to the mound in the 6th, and it did not go well. He walked the first batter. The runner stole 2nd and then to third on Kopp’s errant pickoff attempt at 2B. He scored on a WP. After a strikeout, Kopp gave up a HR and a 4-2 lead.
With one out in the 7th, 2B Austin Gauthier singled. Gator stole 2nd and moved to 3rd on catcher throwing error. RF Jack Suwinski continues to show power with a game tying 2-run HR (9).
Tyler Fitzgerald drew a BB and stole 2B. CF Zach Ehrhard also drew a BB. Both runners moved up on a balk, and again on a WP with Fitzgerald scoring. SS Noah Miller brought Ehrhard home with a sac fly.
In the 8th, the Comets got 2 BB, a HBP, and a sac fly for an insurance run.
LHRP Keynan Middleton, LHRP Antoine Kelly, and RHRP Carlos Duran navigated the final 3 innings without a run.
- Ryan Ward – 2-5, 1 run
- Jack Suwinski -2-4, 1 run, 3 RBI, HR (9)
- Mookie – 1-2, 1 BB, 1 run
Tulsa Drillers 4 – Arkansas Travelers (Seattle) 2
LHSP Adam Serwinowski only allowed 1 run, but it was in 3.2 IP. He threw 83 pitches (51 for strikes) before being lifted for RHRP Carson Hobbs. He exited after allowing a single and 2 walks leaving the bases loaded. Hobbs got a strikeout to end the threat.
In the 3rd Serwinowski allowed a leadoff double, a SB, and a WP to score a run. He exited with Tulsa leading 2-1.
Tulsa got the scoring started with RF Zyhir Hope’s 6th HR. In the 3rd, CF Kendall George hit a 2-out single, stole 2nd, and scored when LF Josue De Paula reached on an error.
Hobbs was able to get through the 5th without allowing a run. He gave up a hit, but registered 2 Ks.
RHRP Joel Ibarra entered in the 6th. 2 walks and a single, and Ibarra was done. RHRP Lucas Wepf relieved Ibarra. Wepf struck out the first batter he faced, but a run scored on a ground ball force out before retiring the side.
Wepf pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
RHRP Kelvin Ramirez relieved Wepf in the 8th and retired the side in order in the final two innings for the save.
Kendall George and Zyhir Hope each had a pair of hits, with Hope slugging a HR (6). George had 2 SB and is now sitting on 18 for the season (18 out of 20).
Arkansas had 7 errors in this game.
Great Lakes Loons vs Lake County Captains (Cleveland) – Postponed Due To Rain
Ontario Tower Buzzers 10 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (LAA) 8
Things started out positive for Ontario. 2B Joendry Vargas led off with a triple (1). With one out, 3B Chase Harlan doubled to score Vargas. Harlan scored on DH Ching-Hsein Ko’s single.
Hyun-Seok Jang was the SP for Ontario. He retired the side in order in the first, but in the 2nd, 2 walks, a WP, fielding error and single scored 2 runs (1 earned).
Ko hit a solo HR (5) in the 3rd to take the lead.
Ontario picked up a couple in the 5th to extend the lead. Vargas reached on an error, and SS Emil Morales singled him to 2nd. A passed ball moved the runners up. Harlan singled to plate both runners, and a 5-2 lead.
In the 5th with one out, Jang gave up 2 singles and a BB to load the bases. RHRP Seamus Barrett entered and gave up an infield single to score one. Barrett then induced a DP to end the inning.
Barrett came back out in the 6th, and it do not go well. Barrett walked the bases loaded, and threw a WP. Barrett was lifted for RHRP Ricardo Montero with runners on 2nd and 3rd and Ontario clinging to a one run lead. Montero gave up a 2-run single and lost the lead.
Ontario retook the lead in the 7th. LF AJ Soldra led off with a single. With one out, Morales singled. Harlan followed that with a 2-run double (3). Ko then slugged his 2nd HR of the game and a 9-6 lead.
The XBH continued into the 8th. Soldra led off with a double (1) and scored on Vargas’ 2nd triple of the game.
RHRP Jecsua Liborius entered the 8th and surrendered a HR. He went back out in the 9th and gave up a leadoff double. Two groundouts later and the Quakes got their 8th run. That is where the score remained 10-8.
The Tower Buzzers got 17 hits to score their 10 runs.
- Ching-Hsein Ko – 4-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2 HR (6)
- Chase Harlan – 3-4, 1 BB, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2 doubles (3)
- Joendry Vargas – 3-5, 2 runs,1 RBI, 2 triples (2)
- AJ Soldra – 3-4, 2 runs, double (1)
- Emil Morales – 2-5, 2 runs
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Discussion (62)
Disagree, not disagreeable
So this is the Wrobo version when he strikes people out. Wake me up along with the rest of the team in September
The League finally adjusted to Wrobleski pounding the strike zone… then he adjusted – His ERA is now 2.42, which is just behind Paul Skenes. I love his composure and savvy!
Old friend Miguel Vargas is only hitting .230, but his OPS is .841. He has 9 HR/5 Doubles and 1 Triple with 28 Walks and SO. His SO rate is 20%. He is starting to put it together. OTOH, Keibert Ruiz has a .205 BA and a .608 OPS.
Good to know…. Today’s loss to the revitalized Braves was another reason to seek solace down on the farm. With the season near the 1/4 mark, one of “power rankings” places the Dodgers 4th behind the Braves, Yankees and Cubs. That seems right to me. The Dodgers just aren’t playing up to their capabilities, with Pages and Max as the exceptions. Here’s hoping that Mookie’s return can spark something in Shohei and the others.
Just read that the Royals’ Jonathan India is out for the season… Which means they could be in the market for a guy like Freeland or ???
Dodgers got a little unlucky in this one, what with Max robbed with the bases loaded on a GREAT play by the Braves right fielder. Great call by the announcer: “A face full of wall and a glove full of ball.”
The Dodgers are slow-playing the season again, engaging in “load management” for this veteran squad. Last season, this approach forced the Dodgers to play in the first round of the playoffs against the Reds. Seriously, the Dodgers shouldn’t be taking that risk. This season the gauntlet to the World Series should be a lot tougher. The Braves and Cubs are flexing while the Dodgers are slow-playing.
With Ya Zeke. Playing better starts with a basic fundamentals like a pretty routine, comeback double play ball that wasn’t. Wrobleski could have minimized his own damage. And swing at strikes and take balls. How many swings and misses did Ohtani have on pitches out of the zone? I counted at least 4. He’s too good for that. We are swinging and missing or fouling of lots of mistakes. We don’t take advantage of mistakes in the middle. Leading to too many slammed bats and F-bombs We don’t turn walks into runs. The best part of the game was John Tumpane, the home plate umpire, who is second best in the league. I think he missed about 2 pitches all day. Uncanny good. I think he’s seldom challenged and lost one, I think, yesterday. Play Better
Old friend Yordan Alvarez is doing ok.
Hey Bum, Good point. Funny how many online here didn’t think much of Georges speed until he started hitting .350. I thought about Kim and George at the top of the lineup making life miserable for opposing pitching and setting the table. I know homers are the king of hitting but small ball is so much more fun. Ohtani’s current minimal offense and multiple strikouts don’t belong at the top of the order. His power belongs in the middle of the order where he can drive in runs if he doesn’t strike out.
Getting 2 hits and striking out 10 times won’t win many ball games. The team looks OLD and TIRED.
Yeah they do Andrew, but no time to rest.. They’ve got 7 games in 7 days against teams struggling to stay out of last place with no days off before playing another good team, San Diego. At least all these games will require little travel time as all are in SoCal. There appears to be no sense of urgency with this team, probably because there’s no need for one. It’s not even mid May yet. The next 4 games against SF get them to mid May and even mid May is early in the season. These guys are all pros and know their jobs. They are still in first place so early review of the standings say they don’t suck. You know who does suck? The giants that’s who. And they are up next. I smell a winning streak. And the padres are in Milwaukee so they’re going to lose. It’s May 11th. It’s National “Eat What You Want Day”. Make mine a veggie burger with a cold Beck’s NA while I watch a Sasaki QS and Ohtani go yard.