Dodgers minor league news

Rincon homers twice, but Quakes fall to Giants

By David Hood Aug 9, 2018, 8:45am PDT

Carlos Rincon homered twice in the Quakes’ defeat Wednesday afternoon.

A light night on the farm saw wins at a premium, with only Great Lakes finding success.

Player of the day

Carlos Rincon hit home runs number five and six for him in High A in a Quakes defeat at San Jose. After a surprise call up, Rincon has been red hot in the California League, now hitting .412 in nine games at the level. Rincon also added a single as part of a 3-4 game.

Triple-A Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City was off on Wednesday and return to action Thursday at home Thursday against Memphis.

Double-A Tulsa

Tulsa could only muster a pair of runs on nine hits to fall 3-2 to the Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros). Gavin Lux continued to lead the offense by reaching base four times with three hits and a walk. Logan Landon also had a pair of hits, including a home run.

Dustin May was much better in his second start at Double A, lasting 7.1 innings and striking out 5. Michael Johnson took the loss in relief, allowing a run in just ⅔ of an inning pitched.

Class-A Rancho Cucamonga

The Quakes hit four home runs but still fell short in catching the San Jose Giants, falling 8-4. Carlos Rincon (two), Brandon Montgomery, and Steve Berman each hit solo home runs for the Quakes only offense on the afternoon. The first five batters of the Quakes’ order combined to go 1-21.

Isaac Anderson struck out eight in 4.1 innings, but allowed five runs on eight hits to suffer the loss. Ryan Moseley pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, with Sven Schueller adding a clean inning himself in the ninth.

Class-A Great Lakes

The Loons were bottled up for eight innings until they erupted to tie the game with five runs in the ninth, and win it with six runs in the 11th to beat the South Bend Cubs 11-5. Josh McLain led the offense with three hits, including a two run home run in the ninth inning. Hunter Feduccia also had three hits with a pair of runs scored and driven in, while Deacon Liput also had a pair of hits and runs driven in.

Stephen Kolek was stellar in relief, pitching a scoreless ninth, tenth, and eleventh inning to earn the win, striking out four. Jeronimo Castro started but lasted just 2.2 innings, striking out a pair but surrendering four runs.

Short Season Ogden

The Raptors were off Wednesday for their All Star break.

Rookie Level Arizona

The Dodgers were rained out on Wednesday night.

Dominican Summer League

The DSL Dodgers Robinson defeated the DSL Red Sox One 3-2. Harold Restituyo had a pair of hits from the leadoff spot.

The DSL Dodgers Guerrero dropped a pair to the DSL Red Sox Two 3-2 and 5-4. Jesus Valdez had a pair of hits across both games, including a triple in game two.