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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (6-2) vs. Iowa Cubs (4-3)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs

Game #9 of 144/Road #1 of 72 (0-0)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Mike Bolsinger (1-0, 0.00) vs. IOW-LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (ML Rehab)

Friday, April 17, 2015 | Principal Park | Des Moines, Iowa | 7:08 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game : The Oklahoma City Dodgers open an eight-game road trip and a four-game series against the Iowa Cubs at 7:08 p.m. Friday at Principal Park. Oklahoma City is 11-6 in the first road game of a season since joining the PCL in 1998.

Last Game : The OKC Dodgers closed out their season-opening homestand and four-game series against Nashville with a 3-2 win Thursday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Oklahoma City built a 3-0 lead through eight innings before Nashville came back to score twice in the top of the ninth. Oklahoma City took a 1-0 lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Matt Carson. In the seventh, a RBI single from Darwin Barney put the OKC Dodgers in front, 2-0. Oklahoma City took a 3-0 lead in the eighth on Kyle Jensen's first home run of the season. Nashville started the ninth inning with three straight hits, including a two-run double by Max Muncy to make it a one-run game. The Sounds had the tying run at third with one out before Sergio Santos struck out Jason Pridie. After a walk to Tyler Landendorf, David Aardsma (SV, 2) came into the game and got Andy Parrino to fly out to close the contest. Dodgers starting pitcher Zach Lee (2-0) turned in a second straight stellar outing to begin his 2015 season, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings. He allowed four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts. Nashville pitcher Ryan Verdugo (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing one run and four hits, walking one and striking out two over 3.1 innings.

Today's Probable Pitcher : Mike Bolsinger makes his second start of the season for Oklahoma City tonight...In his 2015 debut on Sunday, Bolsinger held Round Rock to one hit and struck out nine over 6.0 scoreless innings and issued two walks. He retired the first nine batters of the game and combined with three relievers on a three-hit shutout in OKC's 2-0 victory...Bolsinger made his MLB debut last season with Arizona and went 1-6 with a 5.50 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) for the Diamondbacks during two stints. He struck out nearly three times as many as he walked with 48 K's and only 17 walks in the Majors...He appeared in 17 games (16 starts) with Triple-A Reno as well, posting an 8-3 record and 3.83 ERA. He went 5-0 with a 1.90 ERA in his first seven starts with the Aces and had a 19.1 scoreless inning streak from May 16-31. He recorded a pair of double-digit strikeout games and set a career high with 12 strikeouts at Nashville on June 11 and struck out 11 at New Orleans on Aug. 16...He was acquired by the Dodgers from Arizona in exchange for cash considerations on Nov. 22, 2014...Today marks his second career appearance against the I-Cubs. He pitched 1.2 innings against Iowa while with Reno on Aug. 21, 2014. He exited the game in the second inning after taking a line drive by Jonathan Mota off his face, although Bolsinger ultimately was unharmed.

Against the I-Cubs : 2015: 0-0 2014: 6-10 All-time: 112-125 In IOW: 50-69

Oklahoma City has lost six straight games against Iowa and seven of their last eight meetings between the teams, going 6-10 overall last season...OKC finished the 2014 regular season in Des Moines and entered the series with a 1.5-game lead in first place. The I-Cubs swept the four-game set and Omaha overtook the RedHawks to win the division title...OKC has had some trouble at Principal Park of late, going just 4-12 in Des Moines over the last two seasons...Iowa outscored Oklahoma City, 87-72, last season.

Lee-Way: OKC Dodgers pitcher Zach Lee improved to 2-0 with Thursday's win. He ranks third in the league in WHIP (0.67) and opponent average (.146) and fourth with a 0.75 ERA. He has struck out 13 batters through his first 12.0 IP and held opponents to one run and six hits. Going back to his first start, Lee has turned in 11 consecutive scoreless innings.

Whiff City: The OKC Dodgers pitching staff's 90 strikeouts this season are tied for the second-most in all of the Minors. (The Low-A Burlington Bees lead with 95.) The team's 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings also ranks second-best in MiLB...Through eight games, the pitching staff has struck out at least 10 batters six times and has yet to strike out fewer than eight batters in a game...Over the last five games, they've racked up 60 K's.

In The Zone: Not only do the OKC Dodgers have the most strikeouts in the PCL, but they also tied with New Orleans for the fewest walks (18). However, New Orleans has pitched 11 fewer innings. The staff currently has an even 5/1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which is tops in the league. The next closest team is Sacramento with a 3.9/1 ratio.

Buck Wild: Buck Britton has hit safely in seven of eight games, going 11-for-26 (.423; 7th in PCL). Britton leads the team with 11 hits and a .500 on-base percentage (T-4th in PCL) while ranking second on the team with five RBI. During the opening homestand he became the first OKC Dodger to collect a hit (4/9), a three-hit game (4/12), and a triple (4/13).

Double Down: In addition to hitting his first homer of the season, Kyle Jensen doubled again Thursday to boost his league-leading total to six doubles through the first eight games of the season. No other player in the league has more than four. With four extra-base hits over his last two games, Jensen has moved into a tie with Memphis' Xavier Scruggs for the PCL lead with seven extra-base hits.

Austin's Powers: Austin Barnes went 1-for-4 last night and has now hit safely in all six games he's played in, going 8-for-21 (.381) with a .458 on-base percentage.

Winning Ways : This is the second straight year OKC has started out 6-2 and it's in lockstep with recent opening month success. Oklahoma City has jumped out to a quick start in April each of the past three seasons, posting winning records in 2014 (15-12), 2013 (15-10) and 2012 (16-9).

Opening Acts : In 2014, Oklahoma City did a great job establishing an early advantage in road series, going 12-6 in the first game.

Lions Pride: For the second straight game, the OKC Dodgers' starting pitcher is a product of McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas. Although Mike Bolsinger (class of 2006) and Zach Lee (class of 2010) attended the same school, they did not attend at the same time. The duo has made a combined three starts thus far and has allowed just one run and seven hits over 18.0 IP.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHERS OPP. PITCHER

Saturday, April 18 7:08 p.m. @ Iowa RHP Joe Wieland (1-0, 3.60) RHP Yoanner Negrin (0-0, 0.00)

Sunday, April 19 1:08 p.m. @ Iowa RHP Scott Baker (0-1, 1.80) TBA

Monday, April 20 12:08 p.m. @ Iowa TBA TBA

Tuesday, April 21 7:05 p.m. @ Nashville RHP Zach Lee (2-0, 0.75) TBA

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