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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Round Rock Express (13-10) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (8-15)

Game #24 of 140/Home #13 of 70 (4-8)

Pitching Probables: RR-RHP Akeem Bostick (1-0, 8.03) vs. OKC-RHP Michael Bowden (NR, -.--)

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The OKC Dodgers and Round Rock Express open their four-game series with a 7:05 p.m. game at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Monday night's series opener was postponed to Wednesday due to rain...The Dodgers seek back-to-back wins for the third time this season and for the first time since April 15-16.

Last Game: Monday's game was postponed due to rain, but on Sunday, Matt Beaty celebrated his 26th birthday by hitting a three-run homer to help send the Dodgers to a 4-1 win against San Antonio as the Dodgers avoided a road series sweep at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. With two runners on and two outs in the third inning, Beaty hit the first pitch he saw out to right field for a 3-0 OKC advantage. Errol Robinson added to the lead with a RBI single with two outs in the fourth inning to make it 4-0. Dodgers starting pitcher Daniel Corcino held the Missions without a hit through three innings and scoreless through five innings. San Antonio went on to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth and Jake Hager hit a sacrifice fly to bring home the Missions' lone run of the day. Dodgers reliever Josh Smoker then got Cory Spangenberg to ground out to end the inning. In his team-leading fifth start of the season, Corcino (2-1) picked up the win for the Dodgers, allowing one run and three hits over 5.1 innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Smoker, Zach McAllister and Joe Broussard combined for 2.2 scoreless innings for Oklahoma City before JT Chargois closed out the game with a scoreless ninth, issuing one walk with three strikeouts in his first save of the season. San Antonio starting pitcher Thomas Jankins (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing all four Dodgers runs and five hits over 5.0 innings.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Michael Bowden makes his first start with the Dodgers tonight after joining the team from Extended Spring Training...Bowden signed with the Dodgers as a minor league free agent March 4. He did not play during the 2018 season due to injury, but spent the previous two seasons with the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization where he posted a 21-12 record over 47 starts from 2016-17. He struck out 211 batters and issued 92 walks over 267.1 innings...Bowden last played in the United States in 2015 with Triple-A Norfolk (Orioles) where he was named a Mid-Season All-Star and with Triple-A Rochester (Twins)...Bowden has appeared in 103 Major League games, including 69 with Boston and 34 with the Chicago Cubs. He made his ML debut Aug. 30, 2008 with the Red Sox, allowing two runs and seven hits over 5.0 innings in a win against the Chicago White Sox...Bowden was originally selected by Boston in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft as a compensatory pick out of Waubonsie Valley High School (Illinois)...Tonight will be Bowden's first appearance against the Express since making five relief outings for the Iowa Cubs between the 2012-13 seasons.

Against the Express: 2019: 0-0 2018: 10-6 All-time: 124-98 At OKC: 59-52

The Dodgers and Express are meeting for the first of four series between the teams this season...Round Rock is again the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros after spending the 2011-18 seasons as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The Express previously served as the Astros' Double-A affiliate from 2000-2004 and Triple-A affiliate from 2005-10...OKC won the 2018 season series between the teams, 10-6, and has now won four straight season series against the Express...The teams split their eight games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in 2018, with the Dodgers winning the first three games as part of the team's 15-game home win streak...OKC closed out the season series between the teams with three straight victories at Dell Diamond in July 2018...Alex Verdugo compiled a team-leading 16 hits and 12 RBI in the 2018 season series against the Express, while Tim Locastro scored 17 runs and had 14 hits...The Dodgers batted .306 overall and outscored Round Rock, 105-86.

Behind Enemy Lines: Round Rock manager Mickey Storey made 61 appearances for the OKC RedHawks between the 2011-12 seasons. He also briefly pitched in the Dodgers organization in 2015, making four starts for Double-A Tulsa...OKC hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh was Round Rock's hitting coach for part of the 2011 season and the entire 2013 season.

On Strike: Dodgers pitchers combined for nine strikeouts Sunday afternoon and pace the PCL American Conference with 224 strikeouts over 190.0 innings. Tacoma leads the league with 240 strikeouts, but has pitched 29.2 more innings than OKC, and Sacramento is second in the league with 226 strikeouts, but has pitched 23.2 more innings than OKC...The Dodgers established the PCL single-season record for strikeouts in both 2016 and 2017, with 1,245 and 1,277 K's, respectively. However, Fresno bested both of those totals last season with 1,330 K's.

Inauspicious April: The Dodgers were able to get back into the win column Sunday but have lost nine of their last 11 games and are seven games below .500. Between the 2012-18 seasons, there were only four instances the team was as much as three games below .500 at any point...With one game remaining in April, the Dodgers will finish the first month of the season with a losing record for just the sixth time since re-joining the PCL in 1998 (2011: 8-14; 2009: 9-10; 2006: 9-15; 2005: 11-12; 2002: 12-14). Only the 2002 and 2005 teams bounced back to reach the playoffs...OKC enters tonight with a 5.31 ERA, which is the team's highest ERA in April since 2000 (5.03).

Off the Matt: Infielder Matt Beaty hit a three-run homer in the third inning Sunday on his 26th birthday, becoming the second Dodger this season to homer on his birthday (Jake Peter also did it on April 5). Beaty now leads the Dodgers with 23 hits and has hit safely in 18 of his first 22 games of 2019. He is also tied for the team lead with eight extra-base hits to go along with his 10 RBI and 10 runs scored...Beaty was limited to 31 games with the Dodgers last season due to injury, collecting 28 hits with 12 RBI and 13 runs scored.

Quiet Riot: The Dodgers were held to six hits Sunday, marking the sixth time in the last eight games they have been held to six hits or less. They finished their five-game series in San Antonio batting .179 (26x145) with 10 runs, six extra-base hits and two home runs. The team went 4-for-34 with runners in scoring position...The Dodgers' four runs scored Sunday marked their highest single-game total in five games, but was the 17th time through first 23 games this season OKC that has scored four or fewer runs in a game...The Dodgers' 88 runs, 173 hits and 16 home runs are all the fewest in the 16-team PCL. Fourteen of the other 15 teams in the league have hit at least 26 homers.

Shagadelic!: Reliever JT Chargois struck out three of the four batters he faced Sunday and pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his first save of the season. Over his last five outings, Chargois has totaled 7.0 scoreless innings while opponents are 4-for-25 with 12 strikeouts...Yesterday was his first save since April 25, 2017 for Triple-A Rochester, and he is now 38-for-38 in save chances during his minor league career.

Around the Horn: Paulo Orlando finished with a game-high and season-high three hits Sunday for his first multi-hit game of the season and highest single-game hit total since June 5, 2018 with Omaha against El Paso...The Dodgers allowed one run Sunday, marking just the second time they've have held an opponent to one or no runs. The four hits allowed by OKC Sunday set a season low in a nine-inning game...The Dodgers are 17-for-19 in stolen base attempts and have the best success rate among the 15 teams in the PCL with at least five attempts.

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