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Published on August 15, 2025 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release

The Albuquerque Isotopes scored eight runs over the first five innings and went on to an 8-5 win against the Oklahoma City Comets Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Isotopes scored two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Ryan Ritter and Keston Hiura for a 2-0 lead. Esteury Ruiz led off with a solo home run for the Comets in the first inning to cut the deficit in half. Albuquerque (17-25/48-68) loaded the bases in the third inning and drew a walk for a 3-1 lead. The Comets (23-19/69-48) went on to tie the score, 3-3, in the third inning with back-to-back RBI doubles by Ryan Ward and Luken Baker. The Isotopes scored three runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-3 lead before a RBI double by OKC’s Jose Ramos cut the lead to two runs. Albuquerque added two more runs in the fifth inning for an 8-4 advantage. Kody Hoese knocked a RBI double in the ninth inning for the Comets to cut the deficit to three runs.

Of Note:

-Albuquerque took a 2-1 lead in the series with the win as the Comets have now lost back-to-back games for the first time since opening their previous series in El Paso with three consecutive losses Aug. 5-7…The Comets have lost back-to-back home games and fell to 3-10 in their last 13 games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

-Ryan Ward reached base four times and led the Comets with three hits, going 3-for-4 with a double, walk, RBI and run scored. He holds second place on OKC’s Bricktown-era list for most RBI in a season since 1998 with a Minor League-leading 105 RBI this season. He is now two RBI away from tying OKC’s single-season record of 107 RBI set by Jason Martin in 2022.

-Esteury Ruiz hit the seventh leadoff home run for Oklahoma City this season and first since Aug. 5 when Justin Dean homered in El Paso…Ruiz went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs along with two stolen bases as he reached base four times…Ruiz now has a league-leading 45 stolen bases, including 44 with Oklahoma City for the most stolen bases in a single season by an OKC player during the team’s affiliation with the Los Angeles Dodgers (since 2015) and third-most in a season during the team’s Bricktown era (since 1998).

-Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki started the game for the Comets as he opened a Major League Rehab Assignment. He completed 2.0 innings and pitched to two batters in the third inning, allowing three runs on six hits with…