Dodgers minor league news

Edwin Rios produces all the runs in Tulsa’s 4-2 win

By Craig Minami Jun 21, 2017, 6:00am PDT

The California and Midwest League played their All-Star Games on Tuesday and while some of the Quakes and Loons that played did well, their teams went down in defeat. As for the other teams, Oklahoma City and Ogden lost, Tulsa won and the Dominican Summer League teams split.

Player of the day

Edwin Rios hit a home run and drove in all four runs for Tulsa as they beat Springfield 4-2. Rios leads the Texas League with 55 RBI and his 14th home run puts him in second place in that category.

Triple-A Oklahoma City

The Dodgers continued their offensive swoon as they dropped their third straight 4-3 to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Brewers). After scoring no fewer than six runs in nine straight games, the Dodgers scored a total of eight runs in the last three games, all losses.

Justin Masterson started and gave up three runs in 5⅓ innings and Josh Ravin would then give up what turn out to be the winning run in the 8th.

The Dodgers had 11 hits but only one extra-base hit and they went 4-for-15 with runners in scoring position. Alex Verdugo went 3-for-5 and scored a run.

Double-A Tulsa

The Drillers got just enough offense from Edwin Rios in their 4-2 win over the Springfield Cardinals. Rios hit his 14th home run and drove in all four runs.

Walker Buehler started and pitched four innings, giving up five hits and two runs. He also struck out five. Corey Copping pitched three scoreless innings for the win and Yaisel Sierra pitched two innings for his third save. Sierra struck out four while giving up a hit and a walk.

Tim Locastro had two hits and scored two runs. Jacob Scavuzzo and Erick Mejia also had two hits apiece.

Class-A Rancho Cucamonga

The California League had their All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Visalia and the North All-Stars won 5-3.

Dennis Santana pitched one inning and struck out two. Andrew Istler gave up a run in his inning of work.

Luke Raley and Will Smith started and Raley went hitless, Smith was 1-for-2. DJ Peters replaced Raley and went 1-for-2. Ibandel Isabel went 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter.

Class-A Great Lakes

The Great Lakes Loons hosted the Midwest League All-Star Game on Tuesday but unfortunately the West defeated the East by a 5-2 score.

Brandon Davis hit a pinch-hit solo shot and Keibert Ruiz came in and was 1-for-2.

Dustin May started on the mound for the East All-Stars and pitched a scoreless inning.

Rookie Ogden

The Raptors lost 7-1 to Orem Owlz (Angels) to split their first road series. Osiris Ramirez started for the Ogden and he gave up six hits and five runs in 3⅓ innings pitched.

Kevin Lachance and Brock Carpenter each had two hits in the loss.