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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - July 26, 2015

July 26, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (61-38) vs. Round Rock Express (57-42)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Texas Rangers

Game #100 of 144/Road #56 of 73 (34-21)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Joe Wieland (5-4, 5.61) vs. RR-RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (4-6, 4.25)

Sunday, July 26, 2015 | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, Texas | 7:05 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman

Today's Game: The Dodgers continue their series in Round Rock at 7:05 p.m. at Dell Diamond and play their 100th game of the season. The series is tied, 1-1, and Oklahoma City is now 2-5 during its current 13-game road trip.

Yesterday's Game: Round Rock broke a tie with three runs in the bottom the eighth inning, leading the way to a 7-4 win over the Dodgers Saturday night at Dell Diamond. Tied 4-4, Brett Nicholas brought home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly. Michael Choice later delivered a two-run double to make it 7-4. Although O'Koyea Dickson led off the ninth with a double, Round Rock closer Jon Edwards retired the next three batters to pick up his league-leading 19th save. The Express took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Nicholas hit his seventh home run of the season. The Dodgers took their first lead in the third inning when Buck Britton connected on a two-run homer. Ryan Stausborger answered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning, giving Round Rock a 3-2 lead. Chris Heisey came through with a clutch two-run single with two outs in the fifth to put the Dodgers back in front. Strausborger and Nicholas led off the bottom of the sixth with back-to-back doubles to tie the game. Round Rock reliever Roman Mendez (2-1) used to just five pitches to retire the side in the eighth inning and ended up with the win. Making his first appearance with OKC since April 25, Adam Liberatore (0-1) surrendered all three runs in the eighth inning and took the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Joe Wieland (5-4) is set to make his team-leading 16th start of the season tonight...Weiland last started game one of Tuesday's doubleheader in Omaha. He allowed three runs and nine hits, including two home runs, marking the first time he allowed two home runs in a Minor League game since June 7, 2011. He did not issue a walk or and did not record a strikeout for the first time since Aug. 19, 2011...Wieland was placed on the DL June 26, retroactive to June 24, with a lower extremity injury and this will be his fourth start since returning to action...He enters tonight's game with an impressive 59/15 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 69.0 innings with OKC (3.9 K/BB). He's allowed one or no walks in 10 of his 15 outings...Although he's been limited to 69.0 IP, Wieland paces the Dodgers pitching staff with 59 strikeouts this season...The Dodgers are 10-5 in his starts, but have lost each of the last two...Tonight marks his third start of the season against the Express. He's had nearly identical pitching lines in each outing, allowing six runs (four earned) and six hits over 4.0 innings.

Against the Express: 2015: 10-4 2014: 7-9 All-time: 93-80 In RR: 47-38

After Round Rock won on Opening Night, the Dodgers have won 10 of the last 13 meetings against the Express. Three of Round Rock's four wins have been in games started by Anthony Ranaudo, including last night...The teams met last week in OKC, July 16-19, with the Dodgers winning their third series against the Express this season, 3-1. Round Rock won the series opener before OKC won the final three games, including the series finale in walk-off fashion on a RBI double by Scott Schebler in the 12th inning...The teams last met in Round Rock June 6-9, with the Dodgers taking three of four games.

Keeping it 100: The Dodgers play their 100th game of the season tonight, and win or lose, will have the team's best record through 100 games since joining the PCL in 1998. The best prior record an Oklahoma City team had through 100 games was in 2012, when the team went 58-42...The PCL-leading Dodgers have lost five of their last six games, but their 61 wins are still third-most in all of the Minors behind Double-A Corpus Christi (63) and Low-A Quad Cities (62).

Rocky Road: The Dodgers are 2-5 on their current 13-game road trip and have lost of the five of the last six. They began the trip with a nine-game lead in first place, but it has since been whittled all the way down to just five games. It's the team's smallest first place lead since entering May 14 with a 4.5-game cushion...The Dodgers are in the midst of a stretch where 26 of 33 games are on the road (10-10 road; 13-14 overall). Even with the recent struggles, OKC still owns the league's best road record at 34-21.

Dinger Details: The Dodgers have homered in three straight games, with Buck Britton continuing the streak Saturday when he hit a two-run homer for his fifth dinger of the season, but first since May 28. The Dodgers have homered at least once in 20 of their last 23 games, totaling 34 dingers during that time. Their 32 homers in July lead the PCL, and the next closest team is Iowa with 26. The recent power surge has pushed the Dodgers up to third in the league with 99 home runs this season, trailing Las Vegas (102) and Reno (100).

Enemy of the Express: Kyle Jensen's season-long 10-game hitting streak came to an end last night, going 0-for-4. During the streak he batted .378 (14x37) with seven extra-base hits, nine RBI, and 10 runs scored. It was one of the rare times he's been quiet against Round Rock. This season he's collected nine extra-base hits and 14 RBI over 12 games against the Express, and between this season and last year when he played for New Orleans, Jensen has batted .343 (37x108) with nine homers, two triples, 11 doubles, and 34 RBI over 27 games. At Dell Diamond, he's batting .344 (21x57) with six homers and 24 RBI over 14 games.

Big Z: Shawn Zarraga is off to a hot start since joining OKC. Through his first six games, Zarraga is 9-for-24 (.375) with three extra-base hits and four RBI...Going back to his time with Double-A Tulsa, Zarraga has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games, batting .348 (23x66).

Wilk this Way: Andy Wilkins did not play last night, but he has picked up at least one RBI in six of his last seven games, totaling eight RBI. It's also the fourth time this season he's drove in at least one run in four straight games. Despite not collecting his first RBI with OKC until May 17, Wilkins leads the team 47 RBI and ranks fourth in RBI in PCL during that time.

Making Kontact: With 27 strikeouts through the first two games of this series, exactly half of OKC's outs have been via strikeouts. When they've put the ball in play, they're batting .451 (23x51).

Tough Times on the Hill: Even including Friday's sterling performance, the Dodgers pitching staff has posted a 5.52 ERA (46 ER/75.0 IP) and opponents are batting .299 (89x298) over the last nine games. They have allowed at least five runs in eight of the nine games...In three of the last five games, the Dodgers entered the second-to-last inning tied or in the lead, but eventually lost.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHER OPP. PITCHER

Monday, July 27 7:05 p.m. @ Round Rock RHP Trevor Cahill (0-1, 5.19) RHP Phil Klein (1-0, 0.91)

Tuesday, July 28 7:05 p.m. @ Memphis LHP Eric Surkamp (4-2, 4.11) RHP Zach Petrick (5-5, 4.27)

Wednesday, July 29 11:35 a.m. @ Memphis LHP Eric Stults (1-0, 2.89) LHP John Gast (5-7, 4.86)

Thursday, July 30 7:05 p.m. @ Memphis RHP Brandon Beachy (1-1, 3.52) LHP Tyler Lyons (6-5, 3.33)

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