Dodgers minor league news

Brock Stewart pitches very well in tough 1-0 loss

Rancho Cucamonga, Great Lakes and Ogden all win on Tuesday

By Craig Minami Aug 16, 2017, 6:00am PDT

Oklahoma City couldn’t get their offense in gear on Tuesday and they lost to Omaha. However, all the other Dodger affiliates won, including both Dominican Summer League teams.

Player of the day

Brock Stewart had his longest outing as an Oklahoma City Dodger as he pitched five innings on Tuesday. Stewart gave up two hits, no runs and two walks. He struck out seven. Stewart could be in the mix for a postseason bullpen role and will certainly be recalled in September.

Triple-A Oklahoma City

The Dodgers lost a tough 1-0 game to the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals) despite the strong pitching by Brock Stewart. Omaha scored the only run in the game in the seventh inning.

Paulo Orlando led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and one batter later, Frank Schwindel doubled him home.

Tim Locastro went 3-for-4 and stole three bases. However, the Dodgers went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Double-A Tulsa

The Drillers and Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros) were rained out on Tuesday, that have scheduled a doubleheader today to make up this game.

Class-A Rancho Cucamonga

The Quakes pounded out 15 hits in their 11-9 win over the Stockton Ports (Athletics) at LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga. It was game for the offense and not one for the pitchers.

Jordan Sheffield made the start for the Quakes. He pitched 3⅔ innings, gave up six runs, eight hits and five walks. His counterpart had an equally poor start, Norge Ruiz pitched three innings, giving up nine hits, nine runs (eight earned) and three walks.

Luke Raley had four hits, Omar Estevez was 3-for-5. Keibert Ruiz and Jose Brizuela each had two hits.

Class-A Great Lakes

The Loons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (Blue Jays) 12-2 behind a strong performance by Dustin May and big offensive games from Connor Wong and Starling Heredia.

Dustin May pitched seven innings and he gave up nine hits, two runs and one walk. He struck out five.

Connor Wong went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Starling Heredia had a double and a home run with four RBI. Gavin Lux had two hits and scored three runs.

Rookie Pioneer - Ogden

The Raptors won their sixth straight by beating the Great Falls Voyagers (Chicago White Sox) 5-3 on Tuesday. The win put the Raptors in a first place tie with the Orem Owlz.

Garrett Hope and Donovan Casey each hit home runs.

Rookie - AZL Dodgers

The AZL Dodgers were off on Tuesday

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Triple-A: Right-handed pitcher Madison Younginer was placed by Oklahoma City on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to August 13, 2017.

Double-A: Tulsa released right-handed pitcher Ralston Cash.

Class-A: Rancho Cucamonga placed outfielder Darien Tubbs on the 7-day disabled list. Outfielder Quincy Latimore assigned to Rancho Cucamonga from Tulsa.

Great Lakes activated right-handed pitcher Dustin May from the 7-day disabled list. Outfielder Tyler Adkison assigned to Great Lakes from Ogden.

Rookie: Right-handed pitcher Carlos Felix and outfielder Carlos Rincon were assigned to Ogden Raptors from Great Lakes Loons.