
Spurs motivated, inspired by Popovich address
Spurs motivated by Popovich's words as they prepare for playoffs.
Brock Stewart is continuing his rehab with the Class-A Tower Buzzers in Ontario after shoulder surgery. River Ryan has been placed on the Triple-A injured list.
Double-A Tulsa third baseman **Jake Gelof** was a triple shy of the cycle, including a two-run walk-off home run on Friday night. Gelof tripled, doubled, and singled in his three-RBI affair.
The Comets built a 13-3 lead then held on for **a one-run win over the Albuquerque Isotopes ()**. Each team had an eight-run inning — Oklahoma City in the fifth, Albuquerque in the seventh. Every Comets starter had at least one hit and scored at least one run. All nine starters also reached base at least twice, including Ryan Fitzgerald with a triple and three RBI, and Zach Ehrhard with two hits and three RBI. faced eight batters and retired three of them with a four-walk outing. He gave up the first five runs in the seventh. , , gave up a run and two walks and two strikeouts in the ninth before getting removed with two outs in his Dodgers organization debut. stranded the tying and winning runs on base with a strikeout to earn the save. Ryan Ward was but he did not play on Friday, with batting third and playing first base in his place. That’s because Ward is joining the Dodgers in Denver, . When he might be activated .
Brock Stewart is currently rehabbing with the Class-A Tower Buzzers in Ontario and has made two appearances so far.
River Ryan has been placed on the Triple-A injured list, although specific details about his injury were not provided.
In his latest rehab appearance, Brock Stewart retired the first two batters but allowed a single and hit a batter before being pulled after 22 pitches.
Brock Stewart underwent right shoulder surgery late last September, which is why he did not pitch in spring training.

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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.
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.
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.
**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.”