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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 12, 2022

Published on August 12, 2022 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Round Rock Express (58-50) at Oklahoma City Dodgers (62-46)

Game #109 of 150/Home #58 of 75

Pitching Probables: RR-RHP Cole Winn (7-3, 5.93) vs. OKC-RHP Andre Jackson (1-6, 5.20)

Friday, August 12, 2022 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM-AM 1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio; Video: MiLB.tv

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers "Pack the Park Pink" tonight as they continue their series against the Round Rock Express at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Dodgers players and coaches will wear special edition pink jerseys to promote breast cancer awareness and fireworks are set to follow the game, presented by MidFirst Bank...The Dodgers look to snap a five-game losing skid and win their first game against the Express this series after starting the six-game set 0-3.

Last Game: The Round Rock Express scored eight runs in the seventh inning as they sent the Oklahoma City Dodgers to a 12-1 loss Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. After both teams scored in the inning, the Express took the lead with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and added a run on a RBI single by Sam Huff in the fifth inning for a 3-1 advantage. The Express then scored eight runs in the seventh inning on seven hits, including a bases-clearing double by Josh Sale and a two-run homer by Sandro Fabian. The Dodgers were held scoreless over the game's final six innings and were outhit, 15-5, in the game.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Andre Jackson (1-6) is scheduled to make his team-leading 17th start of the season tonight after being optioned Wednesday by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was recalled by LAD Aug. 7 but did not appear in a game...In his last start Aug. 2 in Salt Lake, Jackson matched his career high with 10 strikeouts over 5.0 scoreless innings, recording his third career double-digit strikeout game and his first since June 10, 2019 with High-A Rancho Cucamonga against Inland Empire. Jackson gave up four hits and three walks, but held Salt Lake 0-for-6 with six strikeouts with runners in scoring position. He threw a career-high 98 pitches and became the second OKC pitcher this season with 10 strikeouts in one game, joining Ryan Pepiot (June 21 vs. Round Rock)...Over his last four starts, Jackson has allowed five runs and 12 hits over 17.0 innings (2.65 ERA). Opponents have been held 12-for-65 (.185), with 29 strikeouts against 11 walks...This season Jackson is holding opponents to a .173 clip with runners on base and .183 with RISP...The Dodgers are 6-10 in his starts and have won the last three following losses in nine of the previous 10...Jackson was selected by the Dodgers in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB Draft out of the University of Utah and made his Major League debut last season...Tonight is Jackson's fourth start of the season against the Express. He is 0-2 in his previous three starts, allowing a combined 12 runs (11 ER) and 14 hits over 8.2 innings with 11 walks and four K's.

Against the Express: 2022: 12-9 2021: 16-13 All-time: 158-130 At OKC: 73-66 The Dodgers and Express meet for their fourth of five series this season and first since late June...The Dodgers took each of the first three series by 4-2 margins, and the teams most recently played a six-game series at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark June 21-26...Through the first 21 games of the season between the teams, Miguel Vargas has a team-best 30 hits and 19 RBI, and Ryan Noda has hit five home runs...The teams had a wild first series in Round Rock May 10-15, which OKC won, 4-2, winning four straight games in the middle of the series. OKC recorded its largest shutout win in the team's Bricktown era (since 1998) with a 19-0 victory May 12 and Yefry Ramírez became the first OKC Dodger and first pitcher throughout the entire PCL to throw a nine-inning shutout since 2018. Six different players homered in that same game for the first time in the team's Bricktown era. In series finale May 15, OKC lost a game when scoring at least 13 runs for just the fifth time during the team's Bricktown era and for the first time since 2007, as Round Rock won, 14-13...The Dodgers have won five of the last six season series between the teams...With wins each of the last three nights, the Express have consecutive wins against the Dodgers for the first time this season and have now won four of the last five meetings.

Slip Slidin': The Dodgers' five straight losses have matched their season high, previously done July 1-5. The Dodgers have not lost six games in a row since Aug. 20-26, 2019. Following a 9-2 start out of the All-Star Break to move to a season-best 21 games above .500, the Dodgers are 1-6 since...This is just the second time this season the Dodgers have lost the first three games of a series, also doing so April 12-14 in El Paso, but it's the first home series they've started 0-3 since Sept. 16-18, 2021, also against Round Rock. The only other time the team has lost three straight home games at any point this season was May 26-27 against Reno (doubleheader on May 26)... Despite losing five consecutive games, the Dodgers are hanging on to the PCL East Division lead with a 62-46 record and maintain a 2.5-game lead ahead of second-place El Paso, which has lost three straight games. However, Round Rock has now moved just 4.0 games back of OKC after capturing three straight wins over the Dodgers.

Drew Dat: Last night Drew Avans hit his PCL-leading ninth triple of the season, recorded two walks and scored a run as he extended his on-base streak to 47 games. He owns the longest active on-base streak in the Minors and the longest on-base streak by an OKC player during the MLBAM era (since 2005). He has reached base in 61 of his last 62 games and his 47-game on-base streak is the longest in the PCL since 2018. He owns one of four on-base streaks of at least 47 games recorded this season in the Minors. The last PCL player with an on-base streak longer than 39 games was Nashville's Nick Martini, who reached base in 66 straight games during the 2018 season...From the start of the season through May 31 (31 games), Avans batted .235 (20x85) with seven extra-base hits, eight RBI and 15 runs scored. Since June 1 (56 games), Avans is batting .307 (67x218) with 13 doubles, six triples, three homers, 21 RBI, 30 walks and 47 runs scored. During that span he ranks tied for first in the PCL with six triples, tied for second with 67 hits, third with 19 stolen bases, fourth with 47 runs and a .399 OBP and tied for fifth with 30 walks...His 26 stolen bases - a career high - are tied for fifth in the PCL. It's the most stolen bases by an OKC player since Micah Johnson also had 26 in 2016, and the last OKC Dodgers player with more than that was Darnell Sweeney with 32 in 2015. He is one of five players all-time during the team's Bricktown era with nine or more triples in a season and is one shy of tying Joaquin Arias' record set in 2006.

Beast Node: Ryan Noda went 1-for-3 with a walk last night and over his last seven games, Noda is 12-for-25 with two doubles, three homers, nine RBI, five walks and five runs scored. His 12 hits and 10 RBI so far in August lead the Dodgers...He has hit seven homers in his last 18 games, batting .308 (20x65) during the stretch with 19 RBI and 13 runs scored. Since the All-Star Break, his seven homers are tied for most in the PCL, while his 11 extra-base hits are third, his 19 RBI are tied for third and his 45 total bases are fifth...Noda has at least one RBI in six of his last eight games, racking up 10 RBI total...Overall this season, Noda's 59 walks are second-most in the league, while his 19 homers are tied for seventh and his 65 RBI and 173 total bases are each ninth.

On the Mend: Edwin Ríos had Thursday night off, but on Wednesday extended his hitting streak to eight games, going 1-for-4 with a walk, as he continued his Major League Rehab Assignment. During the eight-game streak, Ríos is 11-for-33 with four doubles and owns the longest active hitting streak by an OKC player. He was initially placed on the Los Angeles Dodgers Injured List June 3 with a right hamstring injury and was transferred to the 60-day IL June 22.

The Rundown: For the second time in four games, the Dodgers allowed 12 runs. It's the 11th time this season a Dodgers opponent has scored a dozen or more runs, including the seventh time since June 29. It's also the sixth time the Dodgers have lost a game by 10 or more runs, and it was their largest home loss of the season. By comparison, the 2021 team allowed at least 12 runs only six times in 129 games and only had two losses of at least 10 runs...Dodgers opponents have scored 37 runs over the last four games combined for the most runs allowed by OKC in four consecutive games since July 3-6 when the Dodgers allowed 39 runs over a four-game span...The Dodgers are 10-8 since the All-Star Break. In the 10 wins, they've allowed a total of 26 runs, with no more than four runs in any game. In the eight losses, they've allowed 67 runs, with at least six runs in six of the eight games, at least eight runs five times and 12 runs three times...Over the last 36.0 innings pitched, opponents are 18-for-52 (.346) seven homers and 22 runs with two outs...During the team's current five-game losing streak, the bullpen has allowed 27 runs, 30 hits, and 14 walks over 20.2 innings. Opponents have batted .326 (30x92) with four home runs, and the unit has been charged with three blown saves.

Five and Dime: Over the last five games, the Dodgers have scored 13 runs, with three or fewer runs in four of the five games. Overall they are batting .227 (37x163) with 56 strikeouts. They've collected seven extra-base hits and only hit two home runs - both solo homers by Ryan Noda - and have four extra-base hits in the last four games. The team is just 4-for-45 with runners in scoring position and has left 46 runners on base. The Dodgers are 0-for-their-last-18 with runners on base and 0-for-their-last-19 with RISP.

Walking Papers: OKC tallied seven more walks Thursday and leads all Triple-A teams with 525 walks this season. The team has drawn 101 walks across the 18 games following the All-Star Break for an average of 5.61 per game, including six games with seven or more walks. The Dodgers are on pace for 729 walks this season, which would shatter the current team single-season record of 573.

Big Inning Breakdown: The eight runs scored by the Express in the seventh inning last night tied the season-high mark for an OKC opponent and were the most runs scored by an opponent in an inning since July 4 against Las Vegas in OKC when the Aviators scored eight runs in the fourth inning. The Express had seven hits during the rally, marking the first time since April 12 at El Paso an opponent had that many hits in one inning. It was the third time in the last four games the Dodgers allowed six or more runs in an inning and the ninth time this season an opponent has scored six or more runs in an inning...In the seventh inning alone during the current series, the Express has scored 15 runs...The Dodgers have allowed 37 innings this year of four or more runs after allowing 38 such innings over the entire 2021 season.

Around the Horn: Miguel Vargas has hit safely in four straight games as well as in 10 of his last 11 games with OKC, collecting 13 hits, four doubles, two homers, eight RBI and 10 runs scored during the span. He ranks among the PCL's top five players in runs (T-1st, 84), hits (2nd, 113), doubles (3rd, 25), RBI (4th, 72), walks (4th, 55), total bases (5th, 191)...Dodgers pitchers recorded nine more strikeouts last night and the team's 101 K's so far in August lead the PCL.

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