Comets pound Express 10-3, sweep series as Blake Snell rehabs up front

Blake Snell gave Oklahoma City exactly the kind of rehab start the Dodgers wanted, and the Comets backed it with the inning that changed everything. A seven-run sixth blew open a tight game, lifting Oklahoma City past Round Rock 10-3 on Sunday at Dell Diamond and completing a four-game sweep.

Round Rock struck first when Michael Helman launched a two-run homer in the opening inning, but the Comets kept the game within reach and started chipping away in the third on a Ryan Ward infield single. That set the stage for the sixth, when Oklahoma City finally broke the Express. Jack Suwinski delivered the big swing with a two-run homer, Eliezer Alfonzo, Ryan Fitzgerald and Ward each followed with RBI singles, and a 2-1 deficit had turned into an 8-2 lead before Round Rock could catch its breath.

Snell, making his third rehab appearance, worked 4.0 innings and allowed two runs while striking out four. He was stretched to 55 pitches, 37 for strikes, and the outing kept him on track for one more rehab start before a possible return to the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation. The timing mattered as much as the line score: Oklahoma City got the headline name up front, then finished the job behind him.

Fitzgerald was the best hitter in the building. He went 4-for-6 with three RBI and matched his career high in hits, a day after his production had already made him one of the hottest bats in Triple-A. Fitzgerald entered the weekend leading all of Triple-A with 49 hits and becoming the first Pacific Coast League hitter to reach 30 RBI, and he kept feeding that resume with another multi-hit, multi-RBI performance. Suwinski’s blast was his eighth home run of the season, a reminder that his power continues to travel.

The Comets kept adding after the sixth. Fitzgerald drove in another run in the eighth, and Noah Miller added a sacrifice fly to round out the scoring. The win gave Oklahoma City four straight in the series, matching its longest winning streak of the season, and it delivered the club’s first road series win of 2026. After a 7-6 bullpen-game win Saturday and a 3-2 decision in the opener of the set, the Comets left Round Rock with more than a sweep. They left with a statement that their offense can control a series even when the spotlight is on a rehabbing Cy Young winner.