Tyler Glasnow and Dodgers Dominate Colorado
With a game time temperature of 35 degrees, and a field that was covered in snow before, the game the Dodgers dominated the Rockies in an 7-1 victory. It took 5 hours to clear the snow. https://twitter.com/DodgersNation/status/2045239370832339207?s=20…
With a game time temperature of 35 degrees, and a field that was covered in snow before, the game the Dodgers dominated the Rockies in an 7-1 victory. It took 5 hours to clear the snow.
Tyler Glasnow was not affected by the cold as he continued a string of strong SP starts going 7.0 innings. He did allow a run on a play that Max Muncy probably had a play at the plate, but with a 5-0 lead thought it was better to get the out at first and stay out of a potential big inning. Tyler dominated the Rockies allowing 2 hits and issuing 2 walks to go with his 7 Ks.
Glasnow has now completed 6.0 innings in three starts, and 7.0 innings in one start. This is a different Tyler Glasnow from last year. We can only hope that he stays healthy and keeps it up.
Jack Dreyer finished up the final 2 innings to complete the win.
Teoscar Hernández was the only LAD starter not to get a hit.
Max had another big night going 3-4 with 2 HRs. He now has 5 HRs and 7 RBIs on the year.
Shohei doubled in his 1st AB and now has reached base in 49 straight games, and is 1 behind Wee Willie Keeler. Shawn Green would be next at 53 and Duke Snider leads the organization with 58. Snider’s 58 game streak is also the NL record. If he continues, Ohtani could tie the record a week from Sunday against the Cubs, and could stand alone on Monday, April 27, against Miami.
With their 15th win, the Dodgers are tied with the 1906 Giants, the 1922 Giants and the 1928 Yankees for the most wins through the first 19 games of a season by a reigning World Series champion.
With the victory and the Padres loss to the Halos, the Dodgers now have a 2.5 game lead over SD and s 3.5 game lead over Arizona.
LAD MiLB Affiliate Game Summaries
OKC Comets 13 – Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado) 12
LHSP Logan Allen started (not River Ryan as anticipated) and completed 5.0 innings. It was gritty outing allowing 3 runs, on 6 hits, 2 BB, and 3 K.
The Comets built up a 13-3 lead through 6 innings. The Comets brought in LHRP Ronan Kopp who continued to struggle with his control. He retired the side in order in the 6th, but his control issues returned in the 7th. He walked the first three batters, gave up a single, and walked his 4th batter without recording an out.
RHRP Carlos Duran entered with the bases loaded and struck out the first batter he faced. That was followed by a BB, fielders choice, single and walk to reload the bases before being lifted by RHRP Keynan Middleton. Middleton issued two more BB and 2 runs scored.
In the 9th, new OKC RHRP Griff McGarry entered in a save situation. After 2 walks and a single, he exited with the Comets holding onto a 1 run lead and two runners on. RHRP Jordan Weems relieved McGarry and struck out the final batter to preserve a 13-12 victory.
The Comets issued 12 walks in the game, with 10 of them occurring between the seventh and ninth innings, including four with the bases loaded…Each of the last six runners to score for the Isotopes reached base via walk.
Offensively, every Comet had at least 1 hit. Zach Ehrhard and Ryan Fitzgerald each had a pair of hits and 3 RBIs, with Fitzgerald hitting his 2nd triple. Ehrhard had a sac fly and Fitzgerald walked. Nick Senzel and Austin Gauthier also had a pair of hits. James Tibbs III doubled (5) and Noah Miller tripled (1) for the other XBH.
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Tulsa Drillers 5 – Arkansas Travelers (Seattle) 4
Patrick Copen started his 3rd game after not allowing a run over 11.1 IP in his previous 2 starts. He did not duplicate those efforts in this one. He allowed 4 runs (3 earned) in 4.1 IP. He surrendered 7 hits, issued 2 BB, but compiled 5 K. Copen left the game trailing 4-1.
Kelvin Ramirez, Lucas Wepf, and Nick Robertson followed Copen with 4.2 innings. Combined, they allowed 1 single, 1 BB, and 7 K. Robertson struck out the side in the 9th.
Tulsa scored their 1st run in the 3rd on a Jake Gelof double and Kendall George RBI single.
Tulsa started the climb in the 6th with a George single, moving to 2nd on a catcher throwing error on pick off attempt. George scored on a Kyle Nevin single.
The Drillers inched closer in the 8th. Gelof singled and moved to 2nd on a George fielder’s choice. Gelof scored on a single from Josue De Paula.
That set up the Drillers for some 9th inning magic. Griffin Lockwood-Powell led off the inning with a double and was still at 2nd after two outs. Gelof came to the plate and slugged a walk off 2-run HR to complete the comeback win.
Jake Gelof was the hitting star going 3-4 Including a double (1) and HR (1). He scored 3 runs and knocked in 2. Kendal George and Josue De Paula each had a pair of hits.
Zyhir Hope failed to get a hit for the first time this season, snapping a 10 game hit streak.
On Saturday, the Drillers will play a DH with Wyatt Crowell and Payton Martin getting the starts.
Dayton Dragons (Reds) 8 – Great Lakes Loons 1 – Game 1
LHSP Sterling Patick was starting his 3rd game of the season after a couple of very good starts. In 9.2 IP, Patick allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, 4 BB, and 14 K. But in this start, Patick last 3.1 innings, allowing 3 hits (2 earned) on 6 his, 3 BB, and 3 K. Alex Makarewich inherited 2 runners in the 4th with one out, but both runners scored.
The Loons eked out 5 singles and a Mike Sirota double (2). Nico Perez was the Loons only hitter with a multi-hit game with 2 singles.
Great Lakes Loons 5 – Dayton Dragons (Reds) 4 – Game 2
Logan Tabeling started and completed 3.1 innings before being relieved. He allowed 1 unearned run on 3 hits, 1 BB, and 8 K. Tabeling left training 1-0 and Myles Caba relieved him getting out of the 4th. But after being unhittable in his first 4 appearances, Caba allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 2 hits, 2 BB, and 2 K in the 5th, giving Arkansas a 4-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 5th, Nico Perez led off with a single. Jose Meza followed with a BB, and Samuel Munoz followed with a single scoring Perez and Meza reaching 3rd. Meza scored on a Jesus Galiz Sac Fly.
In the 6th, Mike Sirota led off with a triple (1) and scored on a Perez Sac Fly.
The Loons entered the 7th down 4-3 and in danger of dropping both games in a doubleheader. Jose Izarra had a 1-out single. With 2 outs, Eduardo Quintero drew a walk bringing up Sirota. On a 3-1 count, Sirota (3) doubled to plate both Izarra and Quintero for the walk off win.
Sirota was the only Great Lakes batter to register 2 hits and the only Loons batter to have an XBH with 2: double and triple.
Mike Sirota now has a seven-game hitting streak, the second longest active streak in the Midwest League.
Fresno Grizzlies (Colorado) – Ontario Tower Buzzers 4
RHSP Cam Leiter started and completed 2.0 scoreless innings. He did not allow a hit, walked 1 and struck out 3.
RHRP Brock Stewart pitched in his 2nd rehab game going 0.2 innings allowing a hit. He was relieved by Jesus Tillero who was unscored on in his previous 11.0 IP. However, in this one he was not as productive. He left the game with one out in the 7th with 2 runners on trailing 2-1.
RHRP Domingo Jimenez entered and served up a 3-run HR giving the Grizzlies a 5-1 lead.
Offensively, the Tower Buzzers outhit Fresno 11 to 5. Ching-Hsein Ko was playing his 2nd game with Ontario and went 3-4, including his 1st HR. 3B Emil Morales continued his blazing start going 3-5.
LF AJ Soldra reached base twice by tripling (3) and walking. Jose D. Hernandez ended the scoring for Ontario with a leadoff HR (1) in the 9th.
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Isn’t Freddie Freeman’s wife having a baby girl soon?
Espinal is the 26th man on the roster right now as was Chris Taylor last year and we all know what happened to Chris. He will probably be DFA when Kiki is able to return. Kim or Freeland get optioned when Edman returns and the one that doesn’t gets optioned when Mookie returns. Who will Ward replace on the 26 man roster? Is he just on the taxi squad? Is an active player’s wife having a baby and here for a short stay or an active player going on the IL? We will all know very soon.
If ward is coming, who’s going? Espinal? I wouldn’t think it would be Freeland. Call? No way! Maybe they found a buyer and are show casing? Yes Glasnow was excellent last night! I know it’s the Rockies , but they have been very competitive so far. Tyler is nasty! If he can avoid so many 3 ball counts he is dominant! Max? I said earlier. He’s bad. He’s good! He’s exhausting! He’s Max! When he is on? He’s Mad Max! When he’s bad ? He’s maddening Max! Wish Kim could be a .275 guy! With that speed? He would steal 60 every year! Dryer looks better. He’s got the talent! Those Angels could actually make the playoffs! If they stay healthy, especially Trout. It’s a long way to go, but they might surprise us all!
I appreciate your work Jeff. Always have. Yeah Duke, someone did say Mookie should move to second. Someone also predicted his oWAR decline last year and someone has been saying we won’t see the 4-7 oWAR out of him as long as he is at the 6. Maybe it would have happened anyway at age 34 and maybe 2-3 WAR is good enough until he’s 40. And maybe Miller, Kim and Pages is the up the middle defense of the future. Ward up? Who’s going down? Rumor has it a paternity leave.
Actually, Max now has 6 HRS and 7 RBIs. Every HR was a solo shot…. Ryan Ward is getting called up? Really? Why? At any rate, I hope Ardaya’s report is right. He’s more than earned the chance… Shohei’s on-base streak is impressive. It will be great if he keeps it going and breaks Snider’s NL record. (He might do it with a homer or an intentional walk.)…. In the competition between Kim and Freeland, the loser might be…. Espinal. He’s not getting many opportunities and is hitting to an OPS of .357. It’s great that both Kim and Freeland are getting more “runway,” as they say. When Mookie and Edman return, who will get moved off the roster? Will they make room for Kike too? In a small sample of 27 plate appearances, Kim has produced an. 883 OPS to Freeland’s .565 (in 55 plate appearances). We’d like to see fewer Ks from both guys, but Kim is showing much better plate discipline, with a .185 walk rate compared to Freeland’s .073. Again, these are small samples, but Kim hardly walked last year (.031) and K’d at a faster rate. Here’s a small-sample nugget re Kim’s improvement: In ’25, Kim walked only 7 times against 52 Ks in 170 PAs. So far in ’26 with 27 PAs, Kim has already walked 5 times against 8 Ks. (Freeland, with double the number of plate appearances, has only walked 4 times.) Somebody here suggested that Kim is playing so well at SS that perhaps Mookie should move to 2B. Mookie, I think, would disagree. But if Kim keeps improving, such a move could be a season or two away. I feel sorry for the Rockies and their remarkably loyal fans. I wonder if the Comets could beat them.