Weather tried to shut down some of the action out in Eastlake, Ohio, but the Dodgers minor league system still delivered fireworks. Most notably, Kole Myers and Jake Gelof went absolutely OFF for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, smashing four home runs between them in one epic night! And check this: Gelof is now within striking distance of a ridiculous 100 RBI campaign.
Tulsa Drillers Went Wild With the Long Ball
The Drillers game against the Wind Surge was a pure slugfest, with Tulsa winning 8-2. Myers and Gelof weren’t merely good, they were responsible for every single run driven in! Myers, batting leadoff, blasted two dingers and drove in three. Gelof was equally insane, also leaving the yard twice, bringing in five RBI himself. Get this, that makes it three homers in his last two games for Gelof! He’s sitting at 90 RBI now, trailing only Josue De Paula on the team. He’s also only one homer away from tying his combined total from his first three seasons as a pro (33). That’s a serious chase for 100 RBI right there!
Thomas Answers the Call, Ferris Shuts It Down
But the heroics weren’t only in Double-A. Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets had their own late-game drama. It was tied up 3-3 in the ninth when Alek Thomas stepped up and crushed a two-run shot to give the Comets the lead. Talk about responding to a demotion, Thomas now has three homers in only two games since heading back to Triple-A! On the pitching side, Jackson Ferris was absolutely lights out for OKC, allowing merely two hits over five-plus innings. That’s four straight starts for Ferris giving up no more than a single earned run, easily his best run of form this season. Leadoff hitter Zach Ehrhard struggled though, getting punched out three times in four at-bats. James Tibbs III, batting third, reached base three times in five trips with a hit and two walks.
Peculiar Pitches and Comebacks
Back in Tulsa, starter Aidan Foeller allowed only one run over five innings. It’s wild because his ERA has dropped from 3.46 to 1.37 since his call-up to Double-A, but his WHIP has “dramatically increased” in that same time. Talk about a peculiar campaign! Huge to see Mike Sirota back in the starting lineup too, grabbing two hits in his first game since August 27th. And yeah, High-A Great Lakes got rained out for both games of their doubleheader, while the Class-A Ontario Tower Buzzers actually outhit their opponent 8-5 but still lost 4-3. Rough.
So, while weather played spoiler for some, guys like Gelof, Myers, Thomas, and Ferris are absolutely grinding and putting up numbers. Gelof’s 100 RBI chase alone makes the next Drillers game appointment viewing, and Ferris is truly on another level right now. You gotta love seeing these prospects tear it up!
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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