James Tibbs III goes deep in Comets’ loss

Double-A Tulsa

It was nearly over before it had a chance to start for Adam Serwinowski and the Drillers, blown out at home by the Travellers, who managed to score seven off Serwinowski with the benefit of a single extra-base hit. They did so by accumulating singles against the southpaw, who now has a 0-2 record this season. Failing to score a single run against starter Ryan Hawks didn’t help the Drillers’ attempts at making this a close affair. Their only runs in this 13-3 defeat came on a Kyle Nevin three-run bomb in the eighth, his third of the season. As if the Drillers pitchers didn’t have enough problems, this was a particularly poor display of fielding behind them, with four throwing errors, two of them by the catcher Nelson Quiroz.

High-A Great Lakes

The game between the Great Lakes and Dayton was postponed. It’ll quickly be made up as the two teams are scheduled for a doubleheader this Friday, the first game starting at 2:05 p.m. PT.

Class-A Ontario

The team that came the closest to a win on Thursday, the Tower Buzzers, took a low-scoring game into extras at home but couldn’t hold serve, and one run was all the Grizzlies needed to win it 3-2 in the 10th. Considering how the first nine innings went, it wasn’t particularly surprising that the Tower Buzzers didn’t bring in the runner from the second, as they finished the game going 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position—striking out 14 times, doubling the number of the opposition. The first two runs the Grizzlies scored came on solo shots against starter Hyun-Seok Jung, those being the only two hits he allowed in five innings of work. All of the Tower Buzzers’ scoring, meanwhile, came on a two-run double from Emil Morales, tying up the score in the fifth.

Transactions

The Dodgers optioned right-handed pitcher Chayce McDermott to the Oklahoma City Comets. Another right-handed pitcher, Hyun-Seok Jang, was assigned to the Ontario Tower Buzzers.

Thursday’s scores

• Oklahoma City 5, Albuquerque 9
• Arkansas 13, Tulsa 3
• High-A game postponed
• Fresno 3, Ontario 2

FrIday’s schedule

• 2:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Sterling Patick) vs. Dayton (Luke Hayden)
• game 2: Great Lakes (Logan Tabeling) vs. Dayton (Cole Schoenwetter)
• 5:00 p.m. PT: Tulsa (Patrick Copen) vs. Arkansas (Kade Anderson)
• 5:35 p.m. PT: Oklahoma City (River Ryan) at Albuquerque (TBD)
• 6:35 p.m. PT: Ontario (TBD) vs. Fresno (Austin Newton)