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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 13, 2023

August 13, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (23-15/73-38) at Tacoma Rainiers (23-15/60-53)

Game #112 of 148/Second Half #39 of 75/Road #57 of 75

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Ryan Pepiot (0-2, 5.63) vs. TAC-LHP Logan Allen (2-0, 5.77)

Sunday, August 13, 2023 | Cheney Stadium | Tacoma, Wash. | 3:35 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers close out their series against the Tacoma Rainiers at 3:35 p.m. CT at Cheney Stadium. The Dodgers trail the Rainiers, 4-1, in the series and are 2-5 in their last seven games. Regardless of today's result, the Dodgers will lose just their second road series of the season and fourth series of the season overall.

Last Game: The Tacoma Rainiers used a four-run second inning to build an early lead and held the Oklahoma City Dodgers to just one run, sending the Dodgers to a 5-1 defeat Saturday night at Cheney Stadium. The Rainiers started their rally in the bottom of the second inning with a walk followed by a critical error by the Dodgers on a potential double play. Tacoma proceeded to then score four runs after collecting three hits, a hit batter with the bases loaded and a sacrifice fly. Adam Engel homered in the third inning, stretching the lead to 5-0. The Dodgers did not have a baserunner until the fifth inning, as Rainiers starting pitcher Tommy Milone retired the first 14 batters he faced. David Dahl hit a home run leading off the seventh inning to get the Dodgers on the board. Later in the inning, the Dodgers loaded the bases with none out but failed to score.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Ryan Pepiot (0-2) makes his sixth start with OKC...After his first four starts were part of a Major League Rehab Assignment, he was reinstated from the Los Angeles Dodgers' Injured List and optioned to OKC Aug. 2 and most recently pitched Aug. 6 against Round Rock in OKC. He allowed two runs and five hits over 4.0 innings - tying his longest outing of the season. He issued two walks and had three strikeouts and did not factor into OKC's 17-7 victory while throwing a season-high 80 pitches...He returned to game action for the first time this season July 14 in Sacramento, and over his first five outings with OKC, has allowed 10 runs and 20 hits across 16.0 innings, with five walks and 15 strikeouts...Pepiot earned a spot in the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation out of Spring Training before being placed on the 15-day IL with a left oblique strain March 30. He was later transferred to the 60-day IL April 21...Pepiot split the 2022 season between OKC and Los Angeles, making nine appearances (seven starts) for LAD across six different stints, going 3-0 with a 3.47 ERA. He was selected by Los Angeles May 11, 2022 and made his ML debut that day in Pittsburgh, starting against the Pirates...Pepiot made 19 appearances (17 starts) with OKC and went 9-1 with a 2.56 ERA. He was named PCL Pitcher of the Month for April, named the league's first Pitcher of the Week and was the team's Opening Night starter...Pepiot was selected in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Butler University...Pepiot made two starts against the Rainiers last season, going 1-1 with a 5.91 ERA over 10.2 innings with two walks against 13 strikeouts.

Against the Rainiers: 2023: 3-5 2022: 5-7 All-time: 59-62 At TAC: 35-27

The Dodgers and Rainiers meet for 12 games in the next six weeks after opening the season against one another with a three-game series March 31-April 2. The Dodgers took two of the three games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in a series with tons of offense. The Rainiers won the season opener, 14-8, before the Dodgers posted back-to-back walk-off wins in the final two games - 6-5, in 10 innings and, 10-9, in nine innings. Michael Busch and Jahmai Jones each led the Dodgers with five hits, while Busch and Luke Williams each had four RBI. Jones provided walk-off hits in both wins, including a home run in the series finale...Tacoma won the 2022 series between the teams, 7-5, marking the first time the Dodgers lost a season series to the Rainiers since 2014 when OKC went 0-4 in Tacoma and entered last season 2-0-3 over the previous five season series. The Dodgers and Rainiers split their series last season in Tacoma...Going back to last season, the Dodgers are now 6-12 in their last 18 games against the Rainiers. They have dropped seven of their last nine games at Cheney Stadium and are 9-17 in Tacoma since the beginning of the 2012 season.

Trend Setters: Despite losses in five of the last seven games, the Dodgers lead the Minors with the most wins (73-38) and own the second-best winning percentage (.658), trailing only Single-A Clearwater (.670; 71-35). Oklahoma City is now in a three-way tie with Las Vegas and Tacoma for the best record to start the second half of the Pacific Coast League season at 23-15...During the Bricktown era (since 1998), OKC's best previous record through 111 games was in 2015 when the Dodgers went 67-44...This season's squad became the fastest Pacific Coast League team to reach 70 wins (103 games) since at least 2005, as data from 2004 and earlier is not available. The previous fastest a PCL team reached 70 wins since 2005 was the 2017 Memphis Redbirds, who did so in 106 games (70-36)...The Dodgers finished the first half with a 50-23 record and won the PCL's first-half championship. By virtue of winning the first half in the split-season format, the Dodgers will host a best-of-three PCL Championship Series Sept. 26-28 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark against the winner of the second half (or second-place finisher should the Dodgers also win the second half).

Bump in the Road: The Dodgers have lost four of the first five games in Tacoma this series and will lose just their second road series of the season and first since May 2-7 in El Paso (2-4). During the current series, the Dodgers lost three consecutive road games for the first time since May 3-5 in El Paso. Between the skid in El Paso and the Dodgers' series-opening loss in Tacoma Aug. 8, OKC did not lose back-to-back road games - a span of 35 road games between consecutive losses. Outside of that May stretch and the three losses in Tacoma this week, the Dodgers have followed up each of their other road losses this season with a win in the next game...The Dodgers pace the Minors with a 39-17 record on the road this season, and despite the recent stumble, have won 14 of their last 19 road games and 17 of their last 23 road games...However, they have lost five of their last seven road games after compiling a Bricktown-era record (since 1998) 12 consecutive road victories from June 29-July 28. The streak started with five consecutive wins in Sugar Land June 29-July 3, followed by three victories in Sacramento during a series sweep July 14-16 and wins in the first four games in Reno July 25-28. The previous team record of nine straight road wins was accomplished May 29-June 15, 2019...Before the current seven-game stretch, the Dodgers' previous five road losses came over a span of 31 games (26-5) between May 9-July 27.

Buschwacked: Michael Busch went 0-for-3 with a walk last night but he extended his current on-base streak to 36 games. It's the longest on-base streak by an Oklahoma City player this season, is the longest active on-base streak in the PCL and is the third-longest streak in the league this season. During the streak, Busch is 50-for-152 (.329) with 16 home runs, 24 extra-base hits, 38 RBI, 25 walks and 33 runs scored...His on-base streak is the longest by an OKC player since Drew Avans reached base in 50 straight games during the 2022 season for the longest on-base streak by an OKC player during the MLBAM era (since 2005). Busch's 36-game on-base streak is the fourth-longest during OKC's Dodgers affiliation (since 2015) and one game shy of tying Gavin Lux's 37-game steak during the 2019 season for the third-longest...Busch hit his team-leading 23rd home run of the season Friday night and has four homers during the current series in Tacoma. Busch has hit 10 home runs in his last 18 games and his 23 total homers are tied for third-most in the PCL. He has belted 16 home runs since July 1 (35 G) - most in the Minors...In addition to home runs, Busch ranks among the top five PCL leaders in OPS (1st, 1.046), SLG (1st, .616), extra-base hits (T-1st, 48), total bases (3rd, 202), AVG (4th, .320), OBP (5th, .430) and RBI (T-5th, 76)...Busch has hit safely in 15 of last 18 games, batting .385 (30x78) with 15 extra-base hits (10 HR), 21 RBI and 21 runs scored.

Dinger Details: The Dodgers' lone run last night scored on a solo home run as the Dodgers have now homered in each of the first five games of the series - hitting 13 total homers during the stretch and accounting for 18 of the team's 22 runs this series. In fact, all nine runs the Dodgers have scored over the last three games have scored via the team's eight home runs...The Dodgers' five home runs Friday night - hit by five different players - were the team's most in a nine-inning game this season...The Dodgers have hit at least one home run in 12 of the last 14 games (30 HR) and 24 of the last 28 games (48 HR)...The Dodgers have blasted 90 homers over their last 56 games since June 3 after compiling 47 homers through their first 55 games of the 2023 season...On the other hand, the Dodgers allowed a home run in a seventh straight game (13 HR) last night. They have now allowed nine homers through the first five games of the series, 12 home runs over the last six games - accounting for 16 runs total - and have allowed at least one homer in 15 of the last 17 games (28 HR).

Freight Train: David Freitas went 1-for-4 Saturday to extend his hitting streak to 17 games - a streak that began June 9 due to his various stints on and off the active roster. It's the second-longest hitting streak by an OKC player this season (Jahmai Jones - 21 G) and tied with Round Rock's Elier Hernandez for the longest active hitting streak in the PCL...During the streak, Freitas is 22-for-68 (.324).

Summer Heat: Bryson Brigman collected a third straight multi-hit game Saturday, going 2-for-3 with a walk. Over the three-game stretch he is 6-for-11, and over his last five games is 9-for-21 with four multi-hit efforts...He has reached base in a season-best 17 straight games, collecting 19 hits during the stretch. He has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, batting .351 (13x37).

Better Call Dahl: David Dahl led off the seventh inning with a home run for his third home run of the series in Tacoma. Between Thursday and Friday, Dahl had been held without a hit in back-to-back games for the first time since July 2. Since July 3, Dahl has hit safely in 21 of 26 games, batting .333 (34x102) with 17 extra-base hits (7 HR), 28 RBI and 21 runs scored...He has 23 RBI in his last 17 games.

Series Stories: Today the Dodgers will look to avoid losing five of six games in a series for the first time since Aug. 26-31, 2021 at home against Las Vegas. In the 40 six-game series since then, the Dodgers have dropped four of the first five games six times but have managed to win the series finale in each instance...OKC is 14-5 in series finales this season, including 8-1 on the road, with wins in six straight series finales overall and wins in five straight road series finales.

Around the Horn: Ryan Ward has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games, batting .343 (23x67) with 11 extra-base hits, including six home runs, 15 RBI and 15 runs...The Dodgers have committed an error in a season-high eight straight games, totaling 11 errors. Including two unearned runs last night, the Dodgers have allowed 34 unearned runs over the last 35 games - most in the league by nine since July 1...The Dodgers tied their season low with one run last night (seventh time). It was the first time since July 7 the Dodgers did not score at least two runs in a game and the first time in a road game since May 27 in Sacramento...OKC is 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position over the last four games and 4-for-30 with runners on over the last three games.

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