OKC Comets Game Notes - August 5, 2026
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OKC Comets Game Notes - August 5, 2026

Published on August 5, 2026 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
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Oklahoma City Comets (18-15/59-48) vs. Salt Lake Bees (10-24/50-58)

Game #108 of 149/Second Half #34 of 75/Road #53 of 75

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Bobby Miller (NR, -.--) vs. SL-RHP Caden Dana (2-4, 5.73)

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | The Ballpark at America First Square | South Jordan, Utah | 7:35 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM-AM 1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio; Video: MLB+, Bally Sports Live

Today's Game: The Comets enter tonight's 7:35 p.m. CT game against the Salt Lake Bees at The Ballpark at America First Square on a six-game winning streak and look to match their longest win streak of the season...With last night's victory, the Comets have equaled their season-best mark at 11 games above .500.

Last Game: The Oklahoma City Comets opened a road series with a 10-6 victory over the Salt Lake Bees Tuesday night at The Ballpark at America First Square. OKC put three runs on the board in the first inning with a run-scoring single from James Tibbs III followed by a two-RBI double off the bat of Ryan Ward. Salt Lake also scored in the first inning when Kyren Paris hit a leadoff homer. The Comets scored three runs again in the second inning with a bases-loaded walk drawn by Tibbs and a two-run single from Ward. Noah Miller's RBI single in the third inning made it 7-1 before the Bees responded with two runs in the bottom half, including a solo homer by Gustavo Campero. Salt Lake went deep for the third time in the fifth inning with a three-run shot from Yolmer Sánchez to cut the Comets' lead to 7-6. The Comets built some cushion with two runs in the seventh inning capped by a two-out double by Griffin Lockwood-Powell and later added another run in the ninth on the second RBI single of the night from Miller.

Today's Probable Pitchers: Bobby Miller makes his season debut as he begins a ML Rehab Assignment with Oklahoma City, marking his fifth straight season with the club...Miller has spent the entire season on the Los Angeles Dodgers' 60-day IL due to right shoulder soreness...He played most of last season with Oklahoma City, finishing 3-6 with a 5.66 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, .233 BAA and one save in 35 appearances (14 starts)...Miller also made two appearances (one start) with the Dodgers, allowing seven runs and 11 hits across 5.0 innings...Miller has pitched for the Dodgers in each of the prior three seasons and as a rookie in 2023, went 11-4 with a 3.76 ERA to earn a spot on the Baseball America MLB All-Rookie Team...He was originally selected by the Dodgers as the 29th overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft out of the University of Louisville.

Landon Knack (1-0) is set to piggyback Miller for his fifth appearance with OKC and second since being optioned July 21...Knack earned his first victory of the season in his last start July 29 vs. Las Vegas, completing 5.0 innings with one run, one hit and five strikeouts. He tossed just 56 pitches and retired 15 of his 16 batters faced...Knack pitched in two games out of the bullpen for the Dodgers this season before he was optioned back to OKC...Knack was placed on the Dodgers' IL March 22 with a right intercostal strain and did not return to action until June 24 with the Comets...Last season, Knack split time between the Comets and Dodgers. He appeared in 10 games (seven starts) with LAD during four MLB stints and also made 21 appearances with OKC, including a team-high 18 starts and 94 K's...Knack ranks fifth all-time in OKC's Bricktown-era with 226 career strikeouts...He was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of East Tennessee State.

Against the Bees: 2026: 4-2 2025: 7-5 All-time: 90-77 At SL: 43-39

The Comets and Bees meet for the second of two six-game sets this season and OKC's only visit to The Ballpark at America First Square...OKC won three of five games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark May 5-9 with the series finale cancelled due to inclement weather...The Comets scored at least six runs in all five games with Jack Suwinski (.350 AVG, HR, 6 RBI) leading the offense with seven hits while Tyler Fitzgerald added a two-homer, six-RBI game May 8 to finish the series with a team-best eight RBI. However, the Bees batted .302 for the series and tallied 55 hits in the five games while scoring 32 runs...Last season, the Comets took five of six on the road, but the Bees won four of six games in OKC...Since OKC became affiliated with the Dodgers in 2015, the team owns a 51-32 advantage against the Bees in the Triple-A version of the Freeway Series...The road team is 16-7 over the last 23 games between the squads.

August Ascent: The Comets have won six games in a row for the first time since winning a season-high seven straight games May 14-21. The Comets have also equaled their season-best record at 11 games above .500, last accomplished when the team was 51-40 entering the All-Star Break...The Comets won their series against PCL first-half champion Las Vegas last week, 5-1, to win just their second series since the start of June (2-3-4). The Comets won five straight games within the same series for the first time since June 29-July 3, 2023 at Sugar Land. They also won five games within a series for the third time this year and first time since May 26-31 at Sugar Land...The Comets returned from the All-Star Break on a four-game winning streak, but then went 2-8 in the first 10 games following the break before notching six straight wins to improve to 18-15 in the second half. The Comets are tied for their high-water mark this half at three games above .500...Before their seven-game win streak in May, OKC had recorded seven different six-game winning streaks since May 2023 and fell short of making it seven straight wins all seven times.

History in the Making: Last night, Ryan Ward went 3-for-5 with a double and tied his season high with four RBI for the second time in the last six games. Ward is up to 14 RBI over the last seven games - tied for most in the PCL since July 28 with Albuquerque's Zac Veen. During the stretch, Ward is 9-for-27 with four extra-base hits and five walks...His double was the 93rd of his Oklahoma City career, tying Kelly Dransfeldt for the Bricktown-era record. Ward owns OKC's Bricktown-era career records for hits (474), homers (103) and RBI (379) and ranks second on OKC's Bricktown-era list for career games played with 474. Dransfeldt is OKC's all-time leader with 502 games played from 1999-2002.

The Third Degree: James Tibbs III reached base in all five plate appearances Tuesday, finishing 3-for-3 with two RBI, a walk, hit by pitch and two runs scored. He's recorded a hit in each of his last four games and in six of his last seven contests. During the seven-game stretch, Tibbs is 11-for-27 (.407) with three doubles, one triple, five RBI and five walks, and over his last four games he is 8-for-14...Overall this season, Tibbs leads the PCL with 75 walks, ranks second in the league with a .959 OPS and 203 total bases, tied for second in the league with 77 RBI, 21 home runs, 48 extra-base hits and 81 runs scored, third with a .416 OBP and fourth with 110 hits and a .543 SLG.

Hard-Line: Zach Ehrhard extended his on-base streak to 13 games last night, finishing 1-for-4 with two walks, a stolen base and two runs scored. The outfielder is batting .367 (18-for-49) with 10 RBI, 13 walks and 13 runs scored during the stretch, along with a .500 OBP...This is his second on-base streak of the season of at least 13 games as he reached base in a team-high 29 games May 1-June 9...He ranks tied for second in the league with 81 runs scored this season, fourth with 68 walks, fifth with 108 hits and fifth with 71 RBI.

That's Offensive: OKC has scored at least six runs in seven of the last eight games, totaling 58 runs in that span...The Comets finished with at least 10 hits last night for the fifth time in the last seven games and at least 12 hits for the fourth time during the current six-game winning streak...OKC has pieced together at least one inning of three-plus runs in eight straight games, including two last night...Over the last seven games, the Comets are 33-for-88 (.375) with runners in scoring position.

On the Mend: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell made the fourth start of his Major League Rehab Assignment and third with Oklahoma City last night. He tossed 3.2 innings with three runs, five hits, four walks and three strikeouts. He allowed a pair of solo homers and threw 73 pitches (41 strikes). The two-time Cy Young award winner has been on the Injured List since May 15 while recovering from surgery to remove loose bodies in his left elbow...The Comets have had at least one player on their roster as part of a rehab assignment for 84 of the team's 86 games since April 21.

Around the Horn: Alex Freeland has recorded a hit in each of his first four games since being optioned to OKC, going 5-for-13 with two XBH, six runs, six walks and four stolen bases. OKC is 12-3 with Freeland in the lineup this season...The Comets have not homered in back-to-back games for the sixth time this season, but the team has yet to leave the yard in three straight games this year. On the other hand, the Comets allowed three homers in a game last night for the first time since June 12 at Charlotte and for just the second time in the last 63 games...Ryan Fitzgerald leads all players in the Minors with 127 hits this season.

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