Oklahoma City stacks three big innings in 12-1 rout of Sugar Land
Oklahoma City opened the game with a five-run fourth and never looked back, burying Sugar Land 12-1 behind Noah Miller’s first career grand slam.
Oklahoma City turned a scoreless game into a statement in the span of two innings, hammering Sugar Land 12-1 at Constellation Field after a five-run fourth and a four-run fifth blew open the series opener. The Comets added three more in the ninth, never let the Space Cowboys settle in and turned what looked like a tight game through three innings into a rout.
Noah Miller delivered the swing that broke it open, launching the first grand slam of his career in the fourth inning and finishing with five RBI, matching his career high. James Tibbs III also supplied a major blow in that frame, connecting for his 12th home run of the season after a month-long power drought. Between Miller and Tibbs, Oklahoma City made sure one breakthrough inning became the start of a runaway.
The win fit the Comets’ recent surge as much as the final score suggested. Oklahoma City improved to 29-22, moved to 9-2 over its last 11 games and 16-6 over its last 22, and won its fifth straight road game. The club also climbed to 10-3 in its last 13 road games, tying its season high at seven games above .500. Tyler Fitzgerald kept his own run going, extending a career-high hitting streak to 13 games while staying hot in the middle of the lineup.
Christian Romero gave the offense room to work and then some. The right-hander earned his third straight win, allowing one run on three hits over 5.1 innings with six strikeouts. He has given up only three runs across his last 16.1 innings, a stretch that has helped stabilize Oklahoma City’s rotation while the lineup piles up crooked numbers behind him.
Sugar Land’s only run came from Collin Price, who hit his ninth homer of the season in the sixth inning. Price’s shot was his fifth sixth-inning homer of the year, the most at Triple-A level, and it left him tied for seventh in the Pacific Coast League in home runs. Miguel Ullola also gave the Space Cowboys two scoreless, no-hit innings in relief, but by then Oklahoma City had already stacked enough damage to close the night early.
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