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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 15, 2018

August 15, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (63-55) vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (56-64)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals

Game #119 of 140/Road #59 of 70 (28-30)

Pitching Probables: OKC-LHP Kyle Lobstein (0-3, 10.80) vs. OMA-RHP Arnaldo Hernandez (3-1, 4.18)

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | Werner Park | Papillion, Neb. | 7:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers try to take the lead in their four-game series against the Omaha Storm Chasers when they meet for the third time in their current series at 7:05 p.m. at Werner Park. The series is tied, 1-1.

Last Game: Jack Lopez hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning, sending Omaha to a 1-0 win over the Dodgers Tuesday night at Werner Park. The teams combined for just one run and 13 hits, with only one hit going for extra bases. The game was scoreless after nine innings, and in the top of the 10th, all three Dodgers batters were retired by Jake Newberry (3-0). In the home half of the inning, Humberto Arteaga led off with a groundout to first base, advancing the designated runner Donnie Dewees to third base. Lopez came up next and hit a fly ball to shallow right field that was caught slightly in foul territory by Alex Verdugo. Dewees tagged and headed home, and Verdugo's throw sailed to the screen behind home plate on the game-ending play. Dodgers starting pitcher Daniel Corcino lasted seven innings for a second consecutive start and did not allow a run, holding Omaha to two singles. He allowed three walks to go along with four strikeouts and only had one runner advance as far as third base. The Dodgers were tied up by Omaha starting pitcher Jonathan Dziedzic through six innings. Although they tallied seven hits against Dziedzic, he held OKC 1-for-10 with runners on base and 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. OKC did not collect a hit after the fifth inning. Michael Johnson (0-1) was charged with the loss, allowing one hit and one unearned run in 1.2 innings.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Kyle Lobstein (0-3) makes his fourth start of the season with the Dodgers and looks for his first win...In his last start Aug. 10 at home against Memphis, Lobstein breezed through the first four innings, retiring 11 of 13 batters, but he fell victim to a big inning in the fifth, when Memphis scored six runs and tallied four hits and two walks. Neither he nor the Dodgers recovered and went to lose, 8-4...Lobstein signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers June 22 and has also made seven starts for Double-A Tulsa, posting a 3-2 record and 2.56 ERA over 38.2 IP. He issued nine walks against 25 strikeouts and owned a 2.2/1 groundout-to-flyout ratio...Lobstein started the season with Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican Baseball League, making 11 starts and going 4-2 with a 2.95 ERA. He issued 19 walks and racked up 49 K's over 58.0 IP. He tied for the team lead in innings and starts and held opponents to two runs or less in 10 starts...Lobstein made his MLB debut Aug. 23, 2014 with Detroit against Minnesota and has made 34 MLB appearances (17 starts) for Detroit (20 games) and Pittsburgh (14 games), going a combined 6-10 with a 5.06 ERA over 128.0 IP with 49 walks and 74 K's...He was originally selected by Tampa Bay in the second round (47th overall) of the 2008 MLB Draft from Coconino High School in Flagstaff, Ariz...Tonight is Lobstein's third career appearance against Omaha. With New Orleans last season, he pitched 5.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing just two hits with one walk and one strikeout.

Against the Storm Chasers: 2018: 6-5 2017: 7-10 All-time: 155-143 At OMA: 76-74

The Dodgers and Omaha are meeting for their third series of the season and for the first time since late June at Werner Park...The division foes split their last series June 21-24 at Omaha. The Dodgers won two of the first three games before the Storm Chasers closed out the set with an 8-0 shutout...The Dodgers won their first series of the season against Omaha, 3-2, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, with the Dodgers winning the middle three meetings of the series...OKC has outscored Omaha, 58-57, through the first 11 meetings of the season, and has slightly outhit Omaha, 113-112...Edwin Ríos leads the Dodgers with 18 hits through 11 games, including six doubles, a home run, seven RBI and seven runs scored...The Storm Chasers won the 2017 season series, 10-7, marking the fifth time in seven years they won the season series, as well as the seventh time in 10 years. OKC is 1-5-1 in the season series since 2011...Entering today, the Dodgers have lost nine of their last 13 games at Werner Park...The teams have alternated wins in each of the last seven games, with Omaha going 4-3.

Run Roller Coaster: After scoring at least nine runs in back-to-back games (19 runs total) against two different opponents, the Dodgers were shut out last night in Omaha --- their second shutout loss in the last four games. After racking up 19 runs and 25 hits Sunday and Monday, including 10 hits for extra bases, the Dodgers tallied seven hits Tuesday night, but none after the fifth inning and finished the game on a 0-for-17 slide. Last night, OKC went 1-for-15 with runners on base and 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position after going 10-for-29 with runners in scoring position the previous two nights combined...Over the last 11 games, the Dodgers are 3-8. In the three wins, the team has batted .374 (43x115), with 31 runs, 19 extra-base hits (3 HR) and are 19-for-45 (.422) with RISP. But in the eight losses, the Dodgers have batted .243 (67x276), with 15 runs, 16 extra-base hits (0 HR) and are 11-for-66 (.167) with RISP...OKC has scored two or fewer runs in 10 of the last 17 games. The team has not hit a home run in nine of the last 11 games, as well as seven of the last eight.

Up and Down on the Mound: After allowing five runs Monday night, the Dodgers held an opponent to one run or less last night for the second time in three games. However, the Dodgers have allowed at least five runs in eight of the last 11 games...Omaha tallied just six hits last night, but over the last 11 games, opponents have combined to bat .297 (118x397). The Dodgers held Omaha without an extra-base hit last night after opponents combined for 38 extra-base knocks over the previous 10 games.

Along the Ríos Grande: Edwin Ríos doubled last night in the fourth inning for the Dodgers' lone extra-base hit of the game. He has now hit safely in five straight games, going 7-for-18 with four doubles and four RBI. He's also hit safely in eight consecutive starts, batting .419 (13x31) with five multi-hit games and six RBI...Ríos has 14 hits through 11 August games and is tied with Donovan Solano for a team-best seven RBI.

Teach Me How to Dugie: Alex Verdugo reached base in three of four plate appearances last night and collected two hits for his fourth multi-hit outing in seven games...He has hit safely in 23 of his last 26 games with OKC, batting .380 (38x100) with 11 multi-hit games and 12 RBI. He paces the PCL with a .346 batting average and leads OKC with 106 hits in 78 games...Verdugo has reached base in seven of his last 14 plate appearances, and his .396 on-base percentage ranks seventh in the PCL.

Around the Horn: After being held without a hit in back-to-back starts for just the second time this season, Donovan Solano is 4-for-10 over his last two games with consecutive multi-hit outings. Last night marked his 28th multi-hit effort in 60 games with the Dodgers...Tuesday marked the Dodgers' sixth walk-off loss of the season and 15th last at-bat loss...Kyle Farmer has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, going 11-for-35 (.314). He has seven doubles in his last 12 games and 17 doubles in 34 games with OKC since July 1 - most among all Triple-A batters and tied for the most overall in the Minors...Jake Peter has hit safely in his last five starts, going 9-for-19 with three multi-hit efforts. His .248 season average is the highest it's been since June 21...Last night marked the 11th time this season the Dodgers failed to draw a walk. Their 310 walks this season ranks last among the 90 Minor League teams in High-A or above.

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