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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 13, 2022

August 13, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Round Rock Express (59-50) at Oklahoma City Dodgers (62-47)

Game #110 of 150/Home #59 of 75

Pitching Probables: RR-LHP Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 3.48) vs. OKC-LHP Robbie Erlin (5-3, 7.07)

Saturday, August 13, 2022 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 6:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers will try to end their longest losing streak of the season when they continue their series against the Round Rock Express at 6:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on Faith and Family Night with a postgame concert and the ZOOperstars! scheduled to perform throughout the night...The Dodgers have lost six consecutive games for the first time since 2019 and are 0-4 in the current series with the Express.

Last Game: The Round Rock Express scored seven straight runs as they sent the Oklahoma City Dodgers to a 7-3 loss Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers took the first lead of the game as Drew Avans led off with his 10th triple of the season and scored on a RBI groundout by Edwin Ríos in the first inning. Round Rock took the lead in the fourth inning, scoring runs on RBI doubles by Josh Sale and Nick Tanielu. The Express added three more runs in the fifth inning with a RBI double by Andy Ibáñez and a two-run homer by Davis Wendzel. Wendzel hit his second home run of the night in the eighth inning, boosting the Express to a 7-1 lead with another two-run shot. In the bottom of the ninth inning, four straight Dodgers reached base with two outs, including a two-run single by Omar Estévez, before the Express ended the game.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Robbie Erlin (5-3) is scheduled to make his 11th start and 18th appearance of the season...Erlin started Aug. 7 in Salt Lake, allowing seven runs (six earned) and five hits over 4.2 innings and was charged with the loss in OKC's 12-1 road defeat. He issued two walks and recorded one strikeout. Four of the five hits allowed went for extra bases...Erlin has split time as a starter and bulk reliever this season while with OKC. In his 10 starts, Erlin is 1-3 with a 6.59 ERA and the Dodgers as a team have gone 5-5. He's tended to perform better at home than on the road, with a 4.67 ERA and .216 opponent average in OKC compared to an 8.84 ERA and .333 BAA on the road...The lefty has also made two appearances for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season in early May...Erlin has appeared in 117 games (43 starts) in the Majors, primarily with San Diego, and was selected by Texas in the third round of the 2009 MLB Draft from Scotts Valley High School (Calif.)...In his three previous starts against Round Rock this season, Erlin is 0-0 and has allowed a combined seven runs and 11 hits over 11.0 IP with five walks and 10 strikeouts, with OKC winning all three games.

Against the Express: 2022: 12-10 2021: 16-13 All-time: 158-131 At OKC: 73-67 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 22 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...After the Dodgers started the season 11-5 against Round Rock, the Express has won five of the last six meetings. This is the first time Round Rock has won four straight games within the same series at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark since April 19-22, 2011.

Slip Slidin': The Dodgers have now lost six consecutive games for their longest losing streak of the season and have lost six games in a row for the first time since a seven-game skid Aug. 20-26, 2019. Following a 9-2 start after the All-Star Break, the Dodgers are 1-7 in the last eight games. Since Minor League Baseball switched to a primarily six-game series format in 2021, this is only the second time OKC has lost the first four games of a six-game set overall and the first time it's happened at home. The other 0-4 start to a series was May 6-9, 2021 in Round Rock. The Dodgers have not started a six-game series 0-5...The last time the Dodgers lost four consecutive home games was in Aug. 2019 and they have not lost four straight home games within the same series since dropping the final four games of a five-game series against Memphis June 21-24, 2019. They have not lost five consecutive home games since June 5-9, 2019...Despite losing six consecutive games, the Dodgers are hanging on to the PCL East Division lead with a 62-47 record and have a 1.5-game lead ahead of second-place El Paso, which is 1-3 in the last four games. However, Round Rock has now moved just 3.0 games back of OKC after capturing four straight wins over the Dodgers.

Drew Dat: Drew Avans hit his PCL-leading 10th triple of the season in the first inning Friday, which tied the OKC team record for triples in a season during the Bricktown era (since 1998), matching Joaquin Arias' 10 triples during the 2006 season. It was his second triple in as many games and his third triple in his last seven games...Avans went 2-for-5 in Friday's game and scored a run as he extended his on-base streak to 48 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 62 of his last 63 games and his 48-game on-base streak is the longest in the PCL since 2018. He owns one of four on-base streaks of at least 48 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 (57 games), Avans is batting .309 (69x223) with 13 doubles, seven triples, three homers, 21 RBI, 30 walks and 48 runs scored. During that span he rank first in the PCL with seven triples, second with 69 hits, third with 19 stolen bases, tied for third with 48 runs and fourth with a .399 OBP...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.

On the Mend: Edwin Ríos extended his hitting streak to nine games, going 1-for-4 with a RBI and a walk Friday as he continued his Major League Rehab Assignment. During the nine-game streak he is 12-for-37 (.324) with four doubles and owns the longest active hitting streak by an OKC player. It's also tied for the second-longest active streak in the league...Ríos 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.

Rehabbing Relievers: Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitchers Blake Treinen and Brusdar Graterol opened Major League Rehab Assignments Friday with OKC. Treinen pitched a scoreless sixth inning with a strikeout, flyout and groundout, throwing nine pitches (seven strikes). Graterol pitched a scoreless seventh inning with a walk, ground ball double play and strikeout, throwing 14 pitches (eight strikes). Treinen was placed on the LAD Injured List April 22 due to right shoulder inflammation and was transferred to the 60-day IL May 17. Graterol was placed on the LAD Injured List with right shoulder inflammation July 11.

The Rundown: Over the last six losses, the Dodgers have allowed 48 runs, with seven or more runs four times, including last night. They have also allowed eight or more runs three times and 12 runs two times during the span...The Dodgers are 10-9 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 nine losses, they've allowed 74 runs, with at least six runs in seven of the nine games, at least eight runs five times and 12 runs three times...Over the last 45.0 innings pitched, opponents are 22-for-65 (.338) with eight homers and 25 runs with two outs...During the team's losing streak, the bullpen has allowed 32 runs, 35 hits, and 15 walks over 25.2 innings. Opponents have batted .315 (35x111) with six home runs, and the unit has been charged with three blown saves.

Empty Six Pack: Over the last six games, the Dodgers have scored 16 runs, with three or fewer runs in five of the six games. Overall they are batting .228 (45x197) with 66 strikeouts. They've collected 10 extra-base hits and hit only two home runs - both solo homers by Ryan Noda. The team is just 5-for-50 with runners in scoring position and has left 54 runners on base. The Dodgers are 1-for-their-last-24 with RISP, and prior to Omar Estévez's two-run single in the ninth inning Friday, the Dodgers had been mired in a 0-for-22 drought. Entering the ninth inning yesterday, the team had been 1-for-their-last-30 with runners on base before going 3-for-4 during the rally...During the same six-game stretch, opponents have outscored the Dodgers, 48-16, outhit the Dodgers, 57-45, have a 29-10 edge in extra-base hits and 11-2 difference in homers. Opponents are also batting .313 (21x67) with runners in scoring position.

Beast Node: Over his last eight games, Ryan Noda is 12-for-28 (.429) with two doubles, three homers, nine RBI, six 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 19 games, batting .294 (20x68) 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 19 RBI are tied for third.

Walking Papers: OKC leads all Triple-A teams with 529 walks this season. The team has drawn 105 walks across the 19 games following the All-Star Break for an average of 5.53 per game, including six games with seven or more walks. The Dodgers are on pace for 728 walks this season, which would shatter the current team single-season record of 573...The Dodgers have three of the top eight players in the league in walks: Ryan Noda (60, 2nd), Miguel Vargas (55, 4th) and Jason Martin (53, T-7th). Since joining the team June 14, Jake Amaya ranks second in the PCL with 30 walks.

Around the Horn: Jason Martin recorded his 29th multi-hit game of the season with a double and has hit safely in each of the first four games of the current series (5x15, 2B). He is second in the league this season with 82 RBI and tied for second with 24 homers...Dodgers pitchers recorded 11 more strikeouts last night and the team's 112 K's so far in August lead the PCL...Starting with the 2016 season, OKC is 65-89 (.422) in August. The team has not finished August with a winning record since 2015 (18-13).

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