Three wins and a postponement. Not bad for a day’s work in the Dodgers’ minor league system, with the Comets now moving to a record above .500, earning their 18th win of the year in 35 games.
Right at the core of a terrific team performance on the offensive side of things, James Tibbs III secured four hits, as only Jack Suwinski reached base safely more times with three knocks and a pair of walks; each of them had a couple of doubles, which was as big a hit as the Comets needed to score 12 runs, doing it so without a single long ball.
The high profile of Tibbs III earns him this spot when we see these kinds of numbers, but we’d also be remiss not to mention Jacob Frost and Nico Perez from the Loons. Frost earned a team-leading fifth win of the year with five innings of one-run ball, and Perez went yard twice, doubling his home run total on the year.
The two best hitters for the Comets this season, Tibbs III and Jack Suwinski, once again headlined an outstanding offensive performance as OKC earned 13 hits and 11 walks to score in five of the eight innings they hit in, beating the Bees 12-5.
Interestingly, the second run of this game, as the Bees took an early lead before allowing seven runs between the third and fourth innings, came on a Chris Taylor single. The former Dodger had one of his classic games, producing an RBI but also striking out in three of his five at-bats.
Between themselves, Suwinski and Tibbs III were responsible for more than half of the Comets’ 13 hits and exactly half of their RBI. Since Jackson Ferris lasted only three innings, reliever Garrett McDaniels already earned his fourth win of 2026.
Double-A Tulsa game postponed
Nothing like a grand slam in the top of the first to suck the air out of an opposition’s park, leading to an easy 7-1 win for the Comets. Nico Perez ran the show offensively, securing that first long ball and then hitting a solo homer a couple of innings later, simply for good measure.
Other than Ryan Cesarini, who was responsible for two-thirds of the Captains’ three hits, they had no answer for Jacob Frost and the Loons staff. Opportunities were there as the Loons conceded more than their fair share of walks, but none of them came around to score.
In his first game after receiving Player of the Week honors, Mike Sirota went one for three, scored a run, and walked a couple of times.
Despite a big ninth-inning scare as Seamus Barrett nearly blew a four-run lead, the Tower Buzzers managed to hold on for a 6-5 win on the road, improving their already outstanding record to 18-10.
Despite striking out multiple times, Emil Morales managed to raise his batting average to .322 by earning three hits and coming around to score twice. Despite earning just one hit, Ching-Hsien Ko was right in the thick of things, delivering the Loons’ first two RBI with a single and then on a fielder’s choice a few innings later.
Cam Leiter only completed two innings and earned five of his six outs via strikeout, thus requiring a rather complete performance from the bullpen, which delivered, well, apart from those ninth-inning struggles.
Left-handed Jake Eder was optioned to the Oklahoma City Comets.
Oklahoma City 12, Salt Lake 5Tulsa game postponedLake County 1, Great Lakes 7Rancho Cucamonga 5, Ontario 61:30 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Sterling Patick) at Lake County (Bryalon Doughty)Game 2 of doubleheader: Great Lakes (Logan Tabeling) at Lake County (Rafe Schlesinger)4:35 p.m. PT: Oklahoma City (Cole Irvin) vs. Salt Lake (TBD)4:35 p.m. PT: Tulsa (Patrick Copen) at Arkansas (Ryan Hawks)6:30 p.m. PT: Ontario (TBD) at Rancho Cucamonga (Dylan Jordan)