Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild

Player of the day

**Kendall George** continued doing Kendall George things in Tulsa’s win. He singled, stole second base, and scored on a throwing error in the third inning. George singled in the eighth, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher, then scored on another fielding error. After George’s two hits on Saturday, his 12th multi-hit game this season, he’s hitting .336/.425/.388 this season. With two steals against Arkansas — he was also picked off once — George has 18 steals on the season to lead the Texas League. At this point last season, when George finished with 100 steals in 111 games, he had 11 stolen bases for Great Lakes.

Triple-A Oklahoma City

Jack Suwinski continued his extra-base-hit barrage in the Comets’ win over the Salt Lake Bees (Angels). He tied the game twice, first with an RBI single in the third inning, then with a two-run home run in the decisive four-run seventh. Suwinski’s home run was his ninth of the season, and his 13th extra-base hit (eight doubles, five home runs) in his last 14 games, during which he’s hitting .407/.500/.833 with 17 runs batted in and 16 runs scored. One night after hitting his first two home runs since getting traded to the Dodgers, Tyler Fitzgerald stole two bases on Saturday, a night in which he walked twice and singled. Fitzgerald started at third base in this one, his fourth start at the hot corner in seven games with Oklahoma City, in addition to two games at second base and one start at shortstop. Saturday was a bullpen game, and after some rough middle innings, Keynan Middleton cleaned things up with 1 2/3 scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh, with four strikeouts, to earn the win. Carlos Duran got the final four outs with two strikeouts of his own for the save.

Double-A Tulsa

Two runs in the eighth inning **lifted the Drillers over the Arkansas Travelers (Mariners)**. Tulsa took advantage of a whopping *seven* errors by Arkansas. George scored two of Tulsa’s four runs. Another came on a solo home run by Zyhir Hope, his sixth of the season and part of a two-hit game. Adam Serwinowski limited the damage to only one run allowed in his 3 2/3 innings, but wildness remains a problem. He walked four and the only run scored against him came home on a wild pitch. After getting acquired at last year’s trade deadline, Serwinowski had a 9.5-percent walk rate between High-A Great Lakes (six starts) and Double-A Tulsa (one start). This year for the Drillers, Serwinowski has a 15.1-percent walk rate through seven starts, with 19 walks in his 24 2/3 innings to go with his 30 strikeouts. The back end of Tulsa’s bullpen was stingy, with three strikeouts for Lucas Wepf in his two scoreless innings. Kelvin Ramirez struck out a batter and retired all six batters he faced to finish out the win.

High-A Great Lakes

The **Loons and the Lake County Captains (Guardians) were rained out on Saturday**, which leads to a potential interesting schedule quirk. They will *not* attempt to play a doubleheader on Sunday in Eastlake, Ohio, but rather will make up the game later this season when the two teams meet at Great Lakes, in Midland, Michigan, at a date to be determined. Great Lakes will host Lake County from June 16-21. The first three of those games are considered first-half games, so presumably the makeup game will be from June 16-18 if needed for playoff positioning. The two teams meet again in Lake County from September 1-6, the final week of the season.

Class-A Ontario

After giving up the lead with three runs in the bottom of the sixth, the Tower Buzzers scored four in the top of the seventh in **a win over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes**. Ching-Hsien Ko homered twice as the designated hitter and drove in three runs in his four-hit night. Third baseman Chase Harlan drove in *five* with his two doubles and a single, and also walked. Second baseman Joendry Vargas also had three hits, including two triples. Left fielder AJ Soldra also joined the three-hit brigade, with a double. Hyun-Seok Jang struck out a season-high six but also walked four in his 4 1/3 innings, one more free pass than he issued in his first four starts and 16 2/3 innings combined. Jang allowed three runs, two of them earned, on five hits.

Transactions

**Triple-A**: Left-hander **Charlie Barnes**, claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, was assigned to Oklahoma City. **High-A**: After first baseman **Cameron Decker** and infielder **Jordan Thompson** were placed on the injured list on Friday, infielder **Jose Hernandez** was promoted to Great Lakes. Hernandez with Ontario played mostly first base, plus one game each at third base and in right field. **Class-A**: Outfielders **Brendan Tunink** and **Landyn Vidourek** were activated off the injured list. Tunink (hamstring strain) hadn’t played for Ontario since April 14, and Vidourek was out since April 18.

Saturday scores

• Oklahoma City 7, Salt Lake 4
• Tulsa 4, Arkansas 2
• Great Lakes at Lake County, postponed
• Ontario 10, Rancho Cucamonga 8

Sunday schedule

• 10 a.m.: Great Lakes (TBA) at Lake County (Melkis Hernandez)
• 11:35 a.m.: Tulsa (TBA) at Arkansas (Adam Leverett)
• 12:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Logan Allen) vs. Salt Lake (Caden Dana)
• 2 p.m.: Ontario (TBA) at Rancho Cucamonga (Talon Haley)