In Dodgers minor league games played on Tuesday, September 9th, Roki Sasaki’s talent was on display, a homer for a third consecutive game for a Double-A outfield prospect, and Rancho Cucamonga will have two elimination games to win to avoid an abrupt end to their season.
Player of the day
Roki Sasaki started for Oklahoma City, and, like his other rehab starts, the results were mixed. The good news was four innings of vintage Sasaki. The bad news was that things fell apart for him in the fifth inning, leading to a mediocre pitching line of three runs on three hits and four walks in four and two-thirds innings. Almost all of that damage came in the fifth inning.
The first inning included three pitches thrown over 100 mph, and the side retired in order, with two groundouts and a strikeout,