OKC Comets Win Over Round Rock Express

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OKC Comets Win Over Round Rock Express

May 16, 2025 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


The Oklahoma City Comets scored six runs in the top of the third inning highlighted by a grand slam from Nick Senzel, leading to an 8-2 win over the Round Rock Express Friday night at Dell Diamond. OKC took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a sac fly by Steward Berroa before a two-run double by Marcus Smith gave the Express (20-23) the lead in the second inning. The Comets (27-16) erupted for six runs in the third inning. Hunter Feduccia tied the game with a RBI single before Senzel belted the team's first grand slam of the season. On the very next pitch, Justin Dean went deep to make it 7-2. The Comets scored again in the fifth inning when Senzel picked up his fifth RBI of the night with a single. After a 45-minute weather delay in the middle the fifth inning, neither team scored following the resumption of play.

Of Note:

-The Comets evened the current six-game series at 2-2...OKC improved its league-best road record to 13-6.

-Nick Senzel hit the team's first grand slam of the season in the third inning as he homered in a second consecutive game. Senzel finished 2-for-4 with a season-high five RBI to become the third Comet this season with five or more RBI in a game. He also tied his overall career high, initially set April 28, 2024 with the Washington Nationals against the Miami Marlins.

-Justin Dean also went deep for a second straight night. Dean went 2-for-4 with a homer and double and is now 8-for-17 with four extra-base hits during a current five-game hitting streak...Dean and Senzel homered on consecutive pitches in the third inning, giving the Comets their fourth back-to-back homers of the season and second of the series.

-Ryan Ward hit his first triple of the season in the top of the third inning. Ward went 2-5 in the game, marking his third multi-hit game in his last four games overall.

-For the second time this series, the Comets scored six runs in one inning, also doing so in the third inning Tuesday night.

-The OKC pitching staff notched 14 strikeouts for the team's second-highest total of the season.

-Before the bottom of the fifth inning began, the game entered a 45-minute weather delay - the first mid-game delay this season.

Next Up : The Comets look to gain the edge in the series in Round Rock starting at 7:15 p.m. Saturday. Live radio coverage of each Comets game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.




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