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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (7-4) vs. Memphis Redbirds (6-5) Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals Game #12 of 142/Road #7 of 71 (5-1) Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Wilmer Font (1-1, 5.40) vs. MEM-LHP Tyler Lyons (0-0, 0.00)

Monday, April 17, 2017 | AutoZone Park | Memphis, Tenn. | 11:05 a.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

(ALL TIMES CENTRAL) DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHER OPPONENT PITCHER Tuesday, April 18 7:05 p.m. Nashville RHP Justin Masterson (1-0, 2.25) RHP Zach Neal (0-1, 4.15) Wednesday, April 19 7:05 p.m. Nashville RHP Jair Jurrjens (1-0, 1.50) RHP Cesar Valdez (1-0, 2.70) Thursday, April 20 7:05 p.m. Nashville RHP Joe Gunkel (0-0, 5.40) RHP Paul Blackburn (0-2, 2.25) Friday, April 21 7:05 p.m. Nashville LHP Julio Urias (0-0, 3.24) RHP Chris Smith (0-1, 4.15) OKC Dodgers Trends Overall Record ................................. 7-4 Home Record.................... .............. 2-3 Road Record.................... ............... 5-1 Current Streak.................... ............. W5 Current Road Trip............... .............. 5-1 Last Road Trip..................... ........... N/A Current Homestand ............. ............N/A Last Homestand............................... 2-3 Last 5 Games...................... ............ 4-1 Last 10 Games.................... ............ 7-3 Series Record ............................... 1-1-0 Scoring 3 or less ............................. 2-2 Scoring 4-6 ..................................... 2-1 Scoring 7+ ...................................... 3-1 Allowing 3 or less ............................. 6-2 Allowing 4-6 ..................................... 1-0 Allowing 7+ ..................................... 0-2 Shutouts.......................................... 1-1 In One-Run Games............ ................ 2-2 In Two-Run Games.............. .............. 0-2 vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ............. 0-0 vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ............... 7-4 Day Games/AM Start.................. 3-0/1-0 Night Games (5 p.m.or later)..... ........ 4-4 Score First........... ........................... 3-1 Opponent Scores First .............. ........4-3 Outhit Opponent ............... ................6-2 Outhit by Opponent ................ ..........1-1 Equal Hits ................ ........................0-1 Walkoff Wins .......................................0 Come-from-Behind Wins .......................4 Largest Deficit in W .............................2 Losses after Leading ...........................1 Largest Lead in L ................................1 Extra Innings.......... .......................... 0-0 vs. AL Affiliates ................................ 3-1 vs. NL Affiliates ................................ 4-3 After Six Innings: Lead: 5-0..Tied: 2-1...Trail: 0-3 After Seven Innings: Lead: 6-0..Tied: 1-1...Trail: 0-2 After Eight Innings: Lead: 6-0..Tied: 1-1...Trail: 0-2 Vs. American Northern.......... .......... 2-3 Vs. American Southern .................... 5-1 Vs. Pacific Northern................. ....... 0-0 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. ...... 0-0 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ........ 1-0/0-0 After Off Day....................... ............ 0-0 Doubleheader Games........... ........... 0-0 Series Openers: 1-2 Home: .... 1-1 Road: .... 0-1 Series Finales: 2-0 Home: .... 1-0 Road: .... 1-0 okcdodgers.com PCL Standings American Northern Record GB Colorado Springs (MIL) 7-3 -- Oklahoma City (LAD) 7-4 -0.5 Iowa (CHC) 6-5 -1.5 Omaha (KC) 5-5 -2.0 American Southern Record GB Memphis (STL) 6-5 -- Round Rock (TEX) 5-6 -1.0 New Orleans (MIA) 4-7 -2.0 Nashville (OAK) 3-8 -3.0 Pacific Northern Record GB Tacoma (SEA) 6-4 -- Sacramento (SF) 5-5 -1.0 Fresno (HOU) 5-6 -1.5 Reno (ARI) 5-6 -1.5 Pacific Southern Record GB Albuquerque (COL) 6-5 -- Las Vegas (NYM) 6-5 -1.0 El Paso (SD) 5-6 -1.0 Salt Lake (LAA) 5-6 -1.0 Oklahoma City Dodgers Game Information Pacific Coast League Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive | Oklahoma City, OK 73104 | Phone: (405) 218-1000 Alex Freedman: (405) 218-2126 | alex.freedman@okcdodgers.com | Lisa Johnson: (405) 218-2143 | lisa.johnson@okcdodgers.com #OKLA Follow the OKC Dodgers You can hear every game broadcast live on AM 1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com and the iHeartRadio app! Today's Game: The OKC Dodgers wrap up their first road trip of the season at 11:05 a.m. against the Memphis Redbirds at AutoZone Park, looking for a series sweep in the three-game set. The Dodgers have won five straight games, as well as seven of their last eight games.

Last Game: Cody Bellinger hit a game-tying homer in the fifth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh, and the Dodgers pitching staff allowed one hit over the final six innings to claim a 3-2 victory over Memphis Sunday afternoon at AutoZone Park. Trailing, 2-1, in the fifth inning, Bellinger connected on a two-out solo shot to right field. With the game tied in the seventh and with two outs, Bellinger struck for a RBI single to put the Dodgers ahead for good. The Dodgers pitching staff held Memphis to one hit and one walk over the final six frames. During that stretch they faced the minimum, thanks to three double plays, and did not have a runner reach scoring position. OKC reliever Madison Younginer (1-0) retired all six batters he faced between the sixth and seventh innings, with five via strikeout, as he picked up his first win of the season. Jacob Rhame pitched the eighth and ninth innings, and although the leadoff man reached base both times, he ended each inning with a ground ball double play for his first save of the season. The Redbirds took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Chad Huffman and tallied another run in the third inning on a RBI single by Breyvic Valera. The Dodgers answered the fourth inning on a RBI single by Willie Calhoun. Memphis reliever Zach Phillips (0-1) took the loss after allowing the deciding run to score in the seventh.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Wilmer Font (1-1) makes his third start of the season looking to pick up where he left off in his last off outing...On Wednesday in Nashville, Font racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts over five innings and combined with three relievers to shut out the Sounds, 5-0. He allowed three hits and one walk and held the Sounds 0-for-8 with runners on base...Font surpassed his previous career high of nine strikeouts, achieved twice before and most recently Aug. 15, 2016 with Double-A New Hampshire against Binghamton...He enters today third in the PCL with 16 strikeouts and two off the league lead...Opponents are 6 for their last 35 entering his start today...Font spent time in the Blue Jays organization in 2016 after signing as a free agent July 7. The 26-year-old Venezuelan split time between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo after starting the season with the Ottawa Champions of the independent Can-Am League. Over his 12 appearances (11 starts) in affiliated ball, he was 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA...At the time he signed with Toronto, Font led the Can-Am League in strikeouts (61) and complete games (3), while ranking second in innings (60.1)...Font signed with the Rangers as a non-drafted free agent July 11, 2006 and made his MLB debut Sept. 18, 2012 against the Los Angeles Angels. He appeared in five career games with the Rangers between 2012-13...

Tonight is his third career appearance and first start against the Redbirds. He held Memphis without a hit over 3.0 scoreless innings in 2013 while with the Round Rock Express, with one walk and five strikeouts. Against the Redbirds: 2017: 2-0 2016: 9-6 All-time: 162-144 At MEM: 71-85 Today is the third of 15 scheduled meetings between the teams this season...The Dodgers have won eight of their last 10 games against the Redbirds, as well as five of the last six at AutoZone Park...The Dodgers won the 2016 series, going 4-3 in Bricktown and 5-3 in Memphis...

The Dodgers have won four straight season series against the Redbirds and have not lost a season series to Memphis since 2011...Oklahoma City won two of the final three meetings between the teams in 2016, as well as five of the last seven...Corey Brown batted .404 (19x47) with a team-leading 19 hits in 13 games against the Redbirds last season, along with seven RBI and seven runs scored...O'Koyea Dickson batted .500 (10x20) in six games, with two home runs and seven RBI and seven runs scored...OKC has finished each of the last four seasons with a winning record at AutoZone Park, going 23-11 combined since the start of the 2013 season.

Road Warriors: The Dodgers are 5-1 so far during their first road trip of the season. Going back to the end of 2016, they've now won 11 of their last 12 road contests...Between 2015-16, the Dodgers went 86-57 on the road, which includes a team-record 44 road victories in 2015.

Bell(inger) of the Ball(park): Cody Bellinger is 4-for-7 with two walks, four RBI and three runs scored through the first two games of the current series. He leads OKC this season with 15 hits, 11 RBI and nine runs scored through 11 games, while his three homers are tied for most by a Dodger this season...His .395 batting average is tied for seventh-best in the PCL, and his four stolen bases are tied for second-most in the league, while his 28 total bases rank fourth and his .737 slugging percentage ranks fifth...In first 13 regular season Triple-A games, Bellinger has batted .429 (21x49) with four doubles, six home runs, 17 RBI and 14 runs scored.

BacK At It: The Dodgers pitching staff picked up 12 strikeouts Sunday afternoon for their fourth double-digit strikeout total of the season and third game with at least 12 punchouts...Over the last five games, Dodgers pitchers have 53 strikeouts against six walks (8.8 K/BB). Oklahoma City's 106 strikeouts this season lead the PCL and are second most in Triple-A, currently behind only Durham (118)...Last season, OKC set the PCL's modern era single-season team strikeout record with 1,245 K's in just 141 of a possible 144 games. Men of the Mound: The Dodgers allowed two runs Sunday, marking the seventh time through the first 11 games of the season the team held its opponent to two or fewer runs...Over the last eight games combined, the Dodgers have held their opponents to 15 runs while posting a 1.96 ERA (15 ER/69.0 IP). During that time, their opponents are batting just .198 (48x242) overall. The team has also racked up 75 strikeouts against 13 walks (5.77 K/BB)...The team's overall 3.09 ERA ranks third in the league and the .205 opponent average leads the PCL.

Verdugo-ing with the Flow: Alex Verdugo collected a hit Sunday and has now hit safely in seven of his last eight games, going 14-for-33 (.424) with four doubles, two triples, two RBI and five runs scored.

Segedin Surge: Rob Segedin racked up two more two hits Sunday for his third straight multi-hit game (6x14) and his fifth multi-hit outing in his last seven games(10x29). Segedin is batting .324 (12x37) with two doubles, two homers, five RBI and seven runs scored so far this season.

Double Down: The Dodgers had five double plays total through their first 10 games before turning five yesterday alone. It's the first time they've recorded five double plays since July 29, 2016, also at AutoZone Park. Monday Minutia: OKC's current +26 run differential leads all of Triple-A...With Sunday's win, the Dodgers improved to 3-0 in day games this season and have outscored opponents, 20-5, in those outings.

Today's Starting Pitcher Wilmer Font (1-1, 5.40) Bats/Throws: Right/Right Height/Weight: 6-4/265 Born: 5/24/1990 in La Guaira, Ven. | Resides: La Guaira, Ven.

Acquired by Dodgers: Signed as a free agent, Dec. 21, 2016 Last Game: Fired 5.0 scoreless innings Wednesday night in Nashville and was the winning pitcher in the team's 5-0 victory...allowed three hits, with one walk and a career- high 11 strikeouts...previous career high was nine, done twice previously: June 16, 2010 vs. Stockton while playing for High-A Bakersfield and Aug. 15, 2016 vs. Binghamton while playing for Double-A New Hampshire...after walking the first batter he faced, proceeded to retire the next eight batters and 11 of the next 12...at one point between the first and fourth innings, struck out nine of 10 batters faced, including a run of six straight...worked around a leadoff double in the fifth inning in his final inning of work...held Nashville 0-for-8 with runners on base and 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position...combined with Joe Gunkel, Pedro Baez and Adam Liberatore on the team's first shutout of the season...threw 83 pitches (55 strikes). Against Memphis: Made two relief appearances against the Redbirds while playing for Round Rock in 2013...tossed 3.0 scoreless and hitless innings with one walk and five strikeouts...pitched 2.0 innings on July 23, 2013 at AutoZone Park to secure a 5-2 win and collect a save. 2017: - Opponents are 6 for their last 35 entering today's start.

- Enters tied for third in the PCL with 16 strikeouts, two behind league-leader Alex Meyer (Salt Lake). - Took the loss in his season debut April 7 vs. Iowa...allowed six runs and five hits over 5.0 innings of work...struck out five with one walk...surrendered a grand slam to Jeimer Candelario in the first inning.

- Appeared in four Cactus League games with the Dodgers...allowed one run and two hits over 2.1 IP...opponents went 2-for-9 with a home run...had one strikeout and did not allow a walk.

2016: - Spent time in the Toronto organization after signing as a free agent on July 7, splitting time between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo...combined to go 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA and 55 strikeouts against 12 walks in 12 appearances (11 starts).

- Limited batters to a .244 batting average and posted a 1.11 WHIP.

- Assigned to Buffalo after signing and made four appearances, including three starts...allowed two or fewer earned runs in three of four outings...held International League righties to a .220 average...leadoff batters went just 1-for-17 with two walks. - Transferred to New Hampshire on July 25...in eight starts with Fisher Cats, notched 47 strikeouts against seven walks over 46.2 IP (6.7 BB/K)...held Eastern League right- handed batters to a .210 average.

- Honored as Eastern League Pitcher of the Week with New Hampshire for the week ending Aug. 21, 2016...made two starts and allowed just two runs and seven hits with 13 strikeouts against only two walks over 14.0 IP.

- Began the season with the Ottawa Champions of the independent Can-Am League and made 10 appearances, going 2-2 with a 3.13 ERA...at the time he signed with Toronto, he was leading the league in strikeouts (61) and complete games (3), while ranking second in innings (60.1).

- Pitched for Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League...went 3-6 with a 5.57 ERA over 14 appearnces (10 starts).

2015: - After signing with Cincinnati in the off-season, was released by the Reds on March 30.

- Played with the Ottawa Champions of the independent Can-Am League...went 10-4 with a 4.09 ERA over 21 games (20 starts)...tied for fourth in the league in wins and tied for second in starts.

- Made three appearances for Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League (3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, BB, 2 K).

Career: - Signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent on July 11, 2006...was in the organization through the 2014 season...played for OKC manager Bill Haselman while with High-A Bakersfield in 2010. - Over the course of his eight minor league seasons, posted a 28-21 record with a 4.29 ERA with 552 strikeouts against 236 walks in 178 games (80 starts)...has limited opposing hitters to a .217 average.

- Made his Major League debut on Sept. 18, 2012 against the Los Angeles Angels, and tossed one scoreless, hitless inning...appeared in a total of five career games with Texas between 2012-13.

- Missed the entire 2011 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.

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