James Tibbs III just had himself another absolutely monster night at the plate for Triple-A Oklahoma City, reaching base five times against Sugar Land! The dude smashed three hits, including a solo home run, and walked twice, putting on a show that had to catch some eyes.
Tibbs III Goes From Drought to Dinger Machine
This guy has been the Oklahoma City Comets’ best hitter all season, period. But get this: he went through a 29-game home run drought, stretching from June 28 to August 8. Think that slowed him down? Nah! He was still crushing it and productive during that stretch, putting up a ridiculous .307 batting average, a .427 on-base percentage, and a .406 slugging percentage. Since August 8, though, it’s been pure power, with six home runs in his last 11 games. Friday night’s five-time on-base party was the second time in this series he’s done it. Just on Tuesday, he had four hits, including two homers, plus a walk. He is absolutely locked in right now.
Dodgers Rehabbers Get Their Work In
It wasn’t all Tibbs, though. Down in OKC, we also saw some Dodgers big leaguers working their way back. Blake Treinen, who’s been out for over two months with elbow inflammation, pitched a perfect sixth inning and punched out two batters. He’s now pitched three times on this rehab assignment, once every three days so far, and that’s looking good! Bobby Miller, recovering from shoulder soreness, had a mixed bag. He struck out four in his two innings, which is great, but he also walked a pair and gave up a two-run home run. Miller is 17 days into his rehab and has allowed six runs in nine innings across his four games, tallying 11 strikeouts and four walks. Sounds like he’s still dialing it in.
Meanwhile, the Triple-A Comets took a loss with Seth Halvorsen allowing a two-out single off Hyeseong Kim’s glove in the 10th inning, bringing home the free runners against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Alek Thomas, another center fielder on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster, also reached base twice with a hit and a walk. Down in Double-A Tulsa, the Drillers only managed three hits in a shutout loss to the Amarillo Sod Poodles. Josue De Paula snagged one of those hits, a single. Christian Zazueta struck out nine in five innings for Tulsa, but he also gave up five runs, including a two-run homer. Over in High-A, the Great Lakes Loons snagged a win, with Nico Perez driving in four and Eduardo Quintero plating three. Both reached base three times, and Brooks Auger threw three scoreless innings with four strikeouts. And yeah, even down in Class-A, the Ontario Tower Buzzers took down our own Inland Empire 66ers, with Ching-Hsien Ko homering and knocking two hits. Buzzers pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts in that win.
With Paul Gervase getting called up to the Dodgers and Emmet Sheehan being optioned back to Oklahoma City, and Jonathan Hernández clearing waivers, it’s a constant shuffle. Tibbs is doing everything he can to force his way into that conversation. You gotta keep an eye on this guy; he’s on fire and making a serious case for what’s next.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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