PCL Oklahoma City Comets

Dodgers Earn 4-1 victory Over Chihuahuas

Published on June 10, 2023 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


The Oklahoma City Dodgers took the lead for good in the third inning as the pitching staff led the way in a 4-1 victory over the El Paso Chihuahuas Saturday night at Southwest University Park. The Dodgers (44-18) scored three batters into the game following doubles by Drew Avans and Michael Busch. The Chihuahuas (28-34) answered with a solo home run by José Azócar in the second inning. Oklahoma City scored two runs in the third with a RBI single by Avans and a sacrifice fly by Busch. The only other run for the rest of the game scored in the seventh inning when Devin Mann launched a home run. After starter Mike Montgomery pitched three innings in his season debut, relievers Alec Gamboa and Trevor Bettencourt combined for five innings of scoreless ball. With the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning, Justin Bruihl induced a game-ending groundout to seal the victory.

Of Note:

-With the win, the Dodgers have won consecutive games in El Paso for the first time in the last four series (23 games) and have won three of the last four games at Southwest University Park...The win advanced OKC's record to 44-18 and a season-best 26 games above .500.

-Jahmai Jones went 1-for-3 with a walk and extended his hitting streak to 16 games. It is the longest hitting streak by an Oklahoma City player since Gavin Lux also recorded a 16-game hitting streak in 2019. During his streak, Jones is batting .479 (23x48) with eight doubles, one triple, four home runs and 12 RBI. He also extended his on-base streak to 24 games and has reached base at least twice in 14 of his last 16 games. However, Jones' streak of seven consecutive games with a RBI came to a close.

-Devin Mann went deep again Saturday night. He has hit three homers in the last two games and four homers in the last four games. Mann has now hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games, going 21-for-48 (.438) with five homers, eight extra-base hits and 20 RBI. He has at least one RBI in seven of his last eight games (14 RBI) and nine of his last 11 games (17 RBI)...Mann also extended his team-best on-base streak to 28 games.

-Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a sacrifice fly. Over his last six games, Busch is 11-for-22 with seven extra base hits and seven RBI.

-The Dodgers have homered in a season-best seven straight games, totaling 14 home runs during that span.

-Starting pitcher Mike Montgomery made his season debut and allowed one run on four hits, including a home run, while striking out two in three innings.

-Reliever Alec Gamboa earned the win in his Triple-A debut, tossing three scoreless innings and allowing two hits while striking out three. He retired nine of 11 batters faced...Trevor Bettencourt followed Gamboa by retiring all six batters he faced between the seventh and eighth innings on a total of only 17 pitches.

-The Dodgers allowed one or no runs for the 10th time this season. Entering Saturday, El Paso had scored 159 runs in their previous 16 games, with no fewer than four runs in any of the 16 games. It's only the second time this season the Chihuahuas were held to just one run and the first time it's happened at home...The pitching staff combined to retire 15 of 16 batters during one stretch between the fourth and ninth innings and 18 of 20 batters between the third and ninth innings.

What's Next: The Dodgers will look to win the series when they face the Chihuahuas at 7:05 p.m. CT Sunday at Southwest University Park. Live radio coverage of each OKC Dodgers game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.

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