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11th inning home run from Andrew Toles wins it for Oklahoma City

Toles drives in four in 6-4 victory over Iowa Cubs

By Craig Minami Aug 18, 2018, 6:17am PDT

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres

The Dodgers four full-season affiliates won each of their games which included Tulsa sweeping a double-header. The Dodger Rookie-League teams won one of three of their games with AZL Dodgers continuing their winning ways.

Player of the day

Andrew Toles hit his fifth home run of the season at a perfect time. The walk-off homer gave the Dodgers the 6-4 win in 11 innings.

Andrew Toles with an extra-innings walkoff homer to cap off one of the wildest @okc_dodgers games I’ve ever seen. Hope to see him called up by the @Dodgers next month pic.twitter.com/WZrWHiuGlQ
— Matt Bowling (@mattbowling12) August 18, 2018

Triple-A Oklahoma City

The Dodgers trailed by a run going to the bottom of the eleventh inning. With two out, Tim Locastro drove in the tying run. Then Andrew Toles hit a two-run homer for the 6-4 win over the Iowa Cubs.

Stetson Allie got the win despite giving up an unearned run in the top of the inning. Brock Stewart started for the Dodgers and he pitched six innings. He gave up two runs and four hits. Stewart also struck out seven.

Josh Fields pitched one scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance for Oklahoma City.

Toles and Locastro provided much of the offense on Friday night. Toles went 3-for-6 with his winning home run and a triple. Toles drove in four runs and scored twice.

Tim Locastro had two hits including a double. He also scored two runs.

Double-A Tulsa

The Drillers swept two games against the San Antonio Missions (Padres) on Friday. In the first game, the Drillers held the Missions to one hit while hitting four home runs in their 9-0 win.

The second game saw the Drillers win 6-3 when they scored the tie-breaking run in the fifth inning and then two more runs in the sixth to provide their winning margin.

Dustin May started the first game and he gave up one hit in 4⅔ scoreless innings. May struck out six and walked two. Nolan Long got his third win for the Drillers.

In the first game, Keibert Ruiz, Zachary McKinstry, Drew Jackson and Mike Ahmed each homered for the Drillers.

The second game saw Yadier Alvarez make the start. Alvarez pitched 3⅔ innings, giving up two runs and four hits. He did issue five walks to go along with his five strikeouts.

Zach McKinstry tripled in the tie-breaking run in the fifth inning. Two errors and a wild pitch helped the Drillers score two insurance runs in the sixth inning.

Class-A Rancho Cucamonga

The Quakes had to comeback twice in their 8-6 win on Friday against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres). Brandon Montgomery hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning to break a the 6-6 tie.

The Quakes got four scoreless innings in relief from Connor Strain, Michael Boyle and Parker Curry. Curry got his first save of the season for the Quakes.

Nick Yarnall hit a grand slam in the fourth inning that gave the Quakes their first lead of the game. The Quakes trailed by two runs twice in the game but each time they came back quickly to tie the game or in this case, take the lead.

Class-A Great Lakes

The Loons won their fourth straight series as they defeated the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Rays) 8-2 to win their sixth game in their seven game homestand. The Loons remain a half-game behind in their playoff chase.

The Loons had 14 hits with six of their players getting two or more hits. Gersel Pitre had three hits and drove in a run. Deacon Liput, Jacob Amaya, Drew Avans, Devin Mann and Romer Cuadrado each had two hits.

Gerardo Carrillo got his first win for the Loons. Carrillo pitched six innings and gave up three hits and one run.

Pioneer-Rookie Ogden

The Raptors lost 6-3 to the Billings Mustangs (Reds). Jose Chacin gave up five runs and nine hits in six innings pitched.

The Raptors trailed 6-0 before scoring their three runs. Marcus Chiu and James Outman each had two hits in the loss.

Arizona-Rookie AZL Dodgers

The AZL Dodgers won 5-3 over the AZL Padres Two. The Dodgers scored four runs in the first inning, three on Andy Pages first home run for the AZL Dodgers.

Pages was signed last October out of Cuba and he started the season in the Dominican Summer League. Pages hit nine home runs in 140 at-bats before being promoted to the AZL Dodgers. The outfielder will be 18 in December.

Transactions

Triple-A: Los Angeles sent right-handed pitcher Josh Fields on a rehab assignment to Oklahoma City.

Class-A: Left-handed pitcher Austin Hamilton assigned to Great Lakes from Rancho Cucamonga. Great Lakes Loons placed left-handed pitcher Bryan Warzek and infielder Marcus Chiu on the 7-day disabled list.

Rookie: Great Lakes sent left-handed pitcher Victor Gonzalez and on a rehab assignment to Ogden