{"id":275493,"date":"2026-04-19T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275493\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:46:10","slug":"opening-day-for-the-ontario-tower-buzzers-an-l-a-dodgers-affiliate-you-may-not-have-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275493\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening day for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, an L.A. Dodgers affiliate you may not have heard of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ontario Tower Buzzers, a single-A Dodgers affiliate, played their inaugural home opener on April 2, losing 7-5 to the Lake Elsinore Storm at the new $100- million, 6,500-seat Ontario Field. The aviation-themed stadium hosted festivities including a flyover, a ribbon cutting and performances, with pitcher Brady Smith throwing the first pitch.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Tracy Monte of Oregon cheers during the opening ceremonies.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776599169_754_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Tracy Monte of Oregon cheers during the opening ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p data-element=\"media-set-index\" class=\"absolute flex items-center justify-center z-1 left-0 bottom-0 h-1.25 w-1.25 m-0 p-2.5 font-cms-font-service-text font-medium text-xs leading-none text-cms-color-overlay-text bg-blackAlpha65\"> 1 <\/p>\n<p>             <img class=\"image\" alt=\"The Ontario Tower Buzzers faced off against Lake Elsinore.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776599169_599_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           <\/p>\n<p data-element=\"media-set-index\" class=\"absolute flex items-center justify-center z-1 left-0 bottom-0 h-1.25 w-1.25 m-0 p-2.5 font-cms-font-service-text font-medium text-xs leading-none text-cms-color-overlay-text bg-blackAlpha65\"> 2 <\/p>\n<p>             <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Fans can watch large screens live at an open bar area.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776599170_775_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p id=\"media-set-0000019d-a1f5-d0dc-afbf-e5f7ae5e0008\" data-element=\"media-set-caption\" class=\"col-span-full mx-5 my-0 font-cms-font-service-text font-medium text-xs leading-3.5 text-cms-color-brand-text lg:mx-0\">  1.  The Ontario Tower Buzzers faced off against Lake Elsinore.    2.  Fans can watch large screens live at an open bar area.  <\/p>\n<p>               <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Fans sport their Dodgers gear at the opening game for the Ontario Tower Buzzers.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776599170_47_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Fans sport their Dodgers gear at the opening game for the Ontario Tower Buzzers.<\/p>\n<p>(Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Rome Ruelas, 7, of Chino waits on the right-field railing for a home run ball on opening day.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776599170_812_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Rome Ruelas, 7, of Chino waits on the right-field railing for a home run ball on opening day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ontario Tower Buzzers, a single-A Dodgers affiliate, played their inaugural home opener on April 2, losing 7-5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20675,119176,7,9,8,85228,35507,119177,119179,119175,119181,63,119180,119174,43223,1406,119178,10326],"class_list":{"0":"post-275493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-aviation-themed-stadium","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-festivity","14":"tag-first-pitch","15":"tag-flyover","16":"tag-inaugural-home-opener","17":"tag-l-a-dodgers-affiliate","18":"tag-lake-elsinore-storm","19":"tag-los-angeles-times","20":"tag-ontario-field","21":"tag-ontario-tower-buzzers","22":"tag-opening-day","23":"tag-performance","24":"tag-pitcher-brady-smith","25":"tag-ribbon-cutting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}