EL PASO (Interstat) — Christian Romero allowed two earned runs over five innings, and the Oklahoma City Comets held off the El Paso Chihuahuas 4-3 on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at Southwest University Park. Romero struck out six, walked two and gave up five hits to earn the win, improving to 11-5. Garrett McDaniels recorded the final two outs for his third save. Brent Honeywell took the loss, falling to 0-2. Matt Gorski doubled and drove in two runs for Oklahoma City, while Alek Thomas went 2-for-3. Mason McCoy went 3-for-3 for El Paso, and Nick Solak had a hit and an RBI. Jhony Brito, Evan Fitterer and Hunter Stratton combined for six scoreless relief innings for El Paso. Ronan Kopp worked 1.1 scoreless innings for Oklahoma City. The Comets improved to 86-58 in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, while the Chihuahuas dropped to 56-88. Attendance was 7,985, and the game took 2 hours, 21 minutes.