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Game Notes: San Antonio Missions at Oklahoma City Dodgers

Published on April 8, 2019 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
San Antonio Missions News Release


San Antonio Missions (3-1) at Oklahoma City Dodgers (1-3)

Game #5/Road Game #5

Monday, April 8, 11:05 a.m.

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark

MiLB.tv/KONO 860 AM

RHP Burch Smith (0-0, --) vs. RHP Justin De Fratus (0-0, --)

Another First: Yesterday afternoon's 4-1 win over the Dodgers clinched the series for the Missions, their first ever series victory as a Triple-A ball club.

Taylor's Hot Start: Outfielder Tyrone Taylor has hit safely in all four games to begin the season. He is the only Missions player to do so and one of 18 in the Pacific Coast League to do so. Of the 18 other players, his .412 batting average is fourth. The four-game hitting streak to begin the season is his third longest streak to begin a season. The longest, a seven-gamer, came in 2017 when he began his season with the AZL Brewers while rehabbing from an oblique injury. He opened up his professional career in 2012 with a six-game hit streak with the AZL Brewers. He also had a four-game hit streak to begin the 2013 campaign with Single-A Wisconsin.

On the Run: If the first four games are any indication of what's to come, the Missions will be aggressive on the base paths. Through four games the Missions lead the Pacific Coast League with seven stolen bases. Mauricio Dubon leads the league with three while Tyler Saladino is tied for second with two. Round Rock's Myles Straw is the only other player in the PCL with multiple steals.

Down to Three: The Missions are one of three teams to have had their starters work at least five innings in each of the first four games. The others are New Orleans and Salt Lake. San Antonio starters Adrian Houser, Bubba Derby, and Aaron Wilkerson each lasted five innings while Saturday night's starter, Zack Brown went six. Today's starter, Burch Smith went at least five innings in three of his six starts last season with Kansas City.

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