Aces Take Series Opener Versus Comets Tuesday

Reno Aces — 7

Oklahoma City Comets — 6

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game Summary: The Oklahoma City Comets fought back to tie Tuesday night’s game in the eighth inning, but the Reno Aces scored a go-ahead run in the ninth inning and went on to a 7-6 win against the Comets at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. After the Aces scored the first run of the night with a home run in the first inning, the Comets responded with three runs in their first at-bat to take the lead. James Outman tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex Freeland. Ryan Ward and Michael Chavis followed with back-to-back home runs out to left field for a 3-1 edge. Reno (28-30) scored two runs in the third inning to knot the score at 3-3. Then in the seventh inning with the bases loaded, Jordan Lawler connected on a bases-clearing double to give the Aces a 6-3 lead. After being held scoreless over five innings and having 12 straight batters retired from the third to seventh innings, the Comets (34-24) chipped away at the deficit with a two-run single by Justin Dean in the seventh inning. Ward then hit his second homer of the night in the eighth inning for a 6-6 tie. Reno scored the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice in the ninth inning and despite putting two runners on base with one out, OKC was unable to bring in a run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Of Note:

-Oklahoma City dropped a fifth straight home series opener after closing out their previous road series in Las Vegas with back-to-back wins…The Comets fell to 3-7 in their last 10 games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark…With a win by league-leading Las Vegas in Tacoma Tuesday, the second-place Comets fell to 1.5 games behind the Aviators in the overall PCL standings with 17 games remaining in the first half.

-Ryan Ward finished with his second multi-homer game in his last five games, going 2-for-5, and has now hit safely in six straight games. He is 14-for-27 (.519) with 10 extra-base hits, including six homers, 10 RBI and nine runs scored during the stretch.

-Ryan Ward and Michael Chavis hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning — the Comets’ first back-to-back homers since May 16 in Round Rock and first time at home since May 7 against Albuquerque. They were also the team’s fifth back-to-back homers of the season.

-Esteury Ruiz finished with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and run scored. He has back-to-back multi-hit games and has at least one hit in five of his last six games.

-James Outman hit his second triple of the season, drew a walk and scored a run. Over his last eight games, Outman is batting 15-for-36 (.417) with four home runs, a triple, four doubles, 14 RBI and 14 runs scored. Since moving into the leadoff spot May 29, Outman is 10-for-23 with seven extra-base hits, five walks, 10 runs scored and 10 RBI across five games.

-Alex Freeland drew two walks as he extended his on-base streak to 19 games — the longest by an OKC player this season and the third-longest active streak in the league.

-Tuesday was OKC’s 20th one-run game of the season and the Comets fell to 12-8 in those close games…Oklahoma City also fell to 2-7 in games tied after eight innings.

Next Up: The Comets continue their series against the Aces at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Single-game tickets for all 2025 Comets home games are available now, as well as group and season ticket packages. To purchase tickets, visit okccomets.com or call (405) 218-2182. 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.