Jesus Tillero and Tower Buzzers shut out Quakes

Double-A Tulsa

Although in a completely different manner, as they found themselves losing 7-0 before scoring their first run, the Tulsa Drillers wasted a seven-run offensive output just as the Comets, losing 11-7 to the Travelers on the road, only their 10th defeat of the year. Myles Caba takes the loss as he opened this game, but the bulk of the damage came against Evan Shaw, who didn’t manage to record a single out. Shaw was responsible for five earned runs scored in the third inning as the Travelers opened a sizable lead. The spark for many of the Drillers’ rallies trying to get back into this game was Kendall George, their only hitter who scored multiple runs, coming across three times, reaching base safely in just as many. One of those runs, he scored on a Josue De Paula two-run bomb, the Drillers’ only homer of the game. Tulsa’s staff missed the stability of a pitcher like Patrick Copen, who was voted the Pitcher of the Month in April on Double-A.

High-A game postponed

No game for the Great Lakes meant a small delay in seeing Mike Sirota for the first time since he won Midwest Player of the Week for his recent efforts.

Class-A Ontario

Now with an OPS above 1.000, Ching-Hsien Ko left the yard as one of only two hitters in this game who managed multiple knocks, helping Tulsa earn a shutout win thanks to the marvelous efforts of Jesus Tillero and the Drillers’ bullpen. Jholbran Herder and Jecsua Liborius leaned heavily on the strikeout to wrap up a 3-0 victory, earning five of their eight outs via way of the K. An important note about this game is that Jardo Elkins was removed still in the first inning after reaching base on a hit by pitch. Elkins stole his 13th base of the year before leaving the game, perhaps indicating that it was only a precautionary move.

Transactions

Kiké Hernández began a rehab assignment with the Comets. Left-handed pitcher Matt Lanzendorfer was sent from the Great Lakes Loons to the Ontario Tower Buzzers. Right-handed pitcher Javier Bartolazi and catcher Gio Cueto were sent to rehab assignments with the ACL Dodgers.

Tuesday’s scores

• Oklahoma City 7, Salt Lake 9
• Arkansas 11, Tulsa 7
• High-A game postponed
• Rancho Cucamonga 0, Ontario 3

Wednesday’s schedule

• 9:05 a.m. PT: Great Lakes (Jacob Frost) at Lake County (Jogly Garcia)
• 9:05 a.m. PT: Oklahoma City (Jackson Ferris) vs. Salt Lake (TBD)
• 6:35 p.m. PT: Ontario (TBD) at Rancho Cucamonga (Alton Davis II)
• Tulsa at Arkansas (Postponed)—Rescheduled for May 8th