Brock Stewart continues rehab in Ontario, River Ryan on Triple-A injured list

Double-A Tulsa

Gelof’s home run completed a comeback that began in the eighth inning of **the Drillers’ win over the Arkansas Travelers (Mariners)**. Tulsa trailed 4-1 after starter Patrick Copen was chased in the fifth inning, but Kelvin Ramirez struck out three in his 2 1/3 scoreless frames, followed by scoreless innings from Lucas Wepf and Nick Robertson. Robertson struck out the side in the ninth to earn the win. Josue De Paula had two hits and a run batted in the victory.

High-A Great Lakes

Down 4-0 in the fifth inning of the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Loons rallied for three runs in the final three innings to salvage **a split with the Dayton Dragons (Reds)**. Mike Sirota, who doubled and scored the only run for Great Lakes in the opener, had two hits in the nightcap, including a triple and two-run, walk-off double in the seventh. Logan Tabeling struck out eight in 3 1/3 innings in his start of the second game, allowing only one unearned run. Cody Morse struck out three in two perfect innings to earn the win in the nightcap. Sterling Patick walked the tightrope early on in the first game, allowing eight baserunners in the first three innings but stranded them all. In the fourth, he wasn’t as fortunate, allowing a single, walk, two stolen bases, and three runs (two earned) while recording just one out.

Class-A Ontario

The Tower Buzzers scored single runs in the final four innings, but **fell one run short of the Fresno Grizzlies (Rockies)**, who rode a four-run seventh inning to victory. Jesus Tillero was previously unscored upon in his first 11 innings of the season, with 13 strikeouts. But he had a wild night on Friday with five walks while allowing four runs in 2 2/3 innings to take the loss. Starter Cam Leiter struck out three in two scoreless innings on the mound. Outfielder Ching-Hsien Ko hit a solo shot in the sixth inning, his first home run in Class-A in his 34th game at the level. He had a three-hit night and is 5-for-7 since getting activated off the injured list Wednesday. Infielder Jose Hernandez, who homered once in three games for Rancho Cucamonga last year, homered in the ninth inning to pull the Tower Buzzers to within one, his first home run in eight games for Ontario. Emil Moralez, playing third base on Friday, had three hits in the loss.

Transactions

**Triple-A**: Friday’s originally scheduled starting pitcher was **River Ryan**, but he was placed on the seven-day injured list instead, with a hamstring issue per Comets announcer Alex Freedman on the broadcast. That made active roster room for right-hander **Chayce McDermott**, who was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday. **Class-A**: Outfielder **Brendan Tunink** was Ontario’s hottest hitter to open the season, hitting .379/.424/.828 with three home runs and four doubles in eight games. But he was placed on the injured list on Friday after getting hurt scoring on a single from second base in Tuesday’s game. Tower Buzzers manager John Shoemaker didn’t want to commit to a timetable for Tunink. “Hard to say, it’s a little bit of a hamstring issue,” he said. “Sometimes those are tough to come back from. We just don’t know yet.”

Friday scores

• Oklahoma City 13, Albuquerque 12
• Tulsa 5, Arkansas 4
• Dayton 8, Great Lakes 1 (Game 1)
• Great Lakes 5, Dayton 4 (Game 2)
• Fresno 5, Ontario 4

Saturday schedule

• 10:05 a.m. PT: Great Lakes (Zach Root) vs. Dayton (Beau Blanchard)
• 5 p.m.: Tulsa (Wyatt Crowell) vs. Arkansas (Ryan Sloan)
• 5:35 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Jackson Ferris) at Albuquerque (TBA)
• 6:05 p.m.: Ontario (TBA) vs. Fresno (Angel Jimenez)