EL PASO (Interstat) — Matt Gorski drove in five runs and Oklahoma City broke open a tied game late to beat El Paso 14-7 on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at Southwest University Park. The Comets finished with 18 hits, while the Chihuahuas had 10 in the Pacific Coast League game. Oklahoma City improved to 85-58. El Paso dropped to 56-87. The game took 3 hours, 11 minutes and drew 6,960.

Oklahoma City started quickly in the first. Zach Ehrhard doubled to left, Alek Thomas singled to right to put runners at the corners, and Gorski lifted a sacrifice fly to center that scored Ehrhard. The Comets added a run in the second when Austin Gauthier walked, Noah Miller singled and Chris Newell singled in Gauthier. El Paso answered in the bottom half with a string of extra-base hits. Marcos Castañon doubled, Nick Pratto doubled him home, Bryce Johnson doubled in Pratto, and Anthony Vilar doubled in Johnson to give the Chihuahuas a 3-2 lead.

The Comets regained the advantage in the third. Thomas singled and James Tibbs III doubled before Gorski grounded out to score Thomas. Austin Gauthier then hit a two-run homer to right-center, scoring Tibbs and putting Oklahoma City ahead 5-3. El Paso tied it in the fourth. Bryce Johnson singled, Rosman Verdugo walked, and Vilar singled to load the bases. Carlos Rodríguez reached on a fielding error by pitcher Charlie Barnes that scored Johnson. Miguel Andujar followed with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Verdugo and made it 5-5.

Oklahoma City took control in the sixth. Ehrhard doubled, Thomas reached on a fielding error by pitcher Logan Gillaspie on a sacrifice bunt, and Tibbs grounded into a double play that brought Ehrhard home. Gorski doubled and Hyeseong Kim doubled him in, pushing the Comets ahead 7-5. The lead grew in the seventh when Noah Miller homered to right-center. Chris Newell walked, Ehrhard singled, and Thomas tripled to right to drive in two runs. Tibbs then singled in Thomas, capping a four-run inning and giving Oklahoma City an 11-5 lead.

El Paso got a run back in the eighth when Rosman Verdugo singled, Vilar doubled and Mason McCoy hit a sacrifice fly to right. Oklahoma City answered in the ninth when Ben Rortvedt singled, Thomas walked, and Gorski hit a three-run homer to center. The Chihuahuas scored once more in the bottom of the ninth when Marcos Castañon walked and Pratto tripled to right, but Bryce Johnson struck out and Verdugo grounded out to end it.

Gorski went 2 for 5 with a home run and five RBIs for Oklahoma City. Thomas was 3 for 3 with two RBIs, Gauthier went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, Miller was 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI, and Ehrhard finished 3 for 6. Pratto led El Paso by going 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Vilar was 3 for 3 with one RBI. El Paso also got a sacrifice fly from Andujar and another from McCoy. In relief, Sean Boyle pitched a scoreless inning with no hits, no earned runs, one walk and two strikeouts for the Chihuahuas. Jonathan Hernández worked a scoreless inning with no hits, no earned runs, one walk and one strikeout for Oklahoma City, while Paul Gervase threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing two hits, one earned run, one walk and striking out two.

Oklahoma City has won two straight in the series after a 12-0 victory Wednesday. The teams are scheduled to continue the series Friday at Southwest University Park. Before the game, Interstat’s game simulator projected Oklahoma City to win 8-5, and Interstat’s ELO system gave Oklahoma City a 65.1 percent probability to win.