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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 4, 2019

August 4, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (51-60) vs. Las Vegas Aviators (65-47)

Game #112 of 140/Road #62 of 70 (30-31)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Logan Bawcom (0-1, 4.00) vs. LV-RHP Daniel Mengden (4-2, 3.47)

Sunday, August 4, 2019 | Las Vegas Ballpark | Las Vegas, Nev. | 9:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers and Las Vegas Aviators continue their series at 9:05 p.m. Central at Las Vegas Ballpark. After winning the first two games of their current road trip, the Dodgers have lost three straight games.

Last Game: Las Vegas swatted three home runs and scored six runs between the fifth and sixth innings to take control of the game and defeat the Dodgers, 10-5, Saturday night at Las Vegas Ballpark. The Dodgers took the early lead when Edwin Ríos hit a solo homer in the first inning. The Aviators tied things up in their first at-bat, loading the bases with none out, but were held to one run on Seth Brown's sacrifice fly. Las Vegas scored three runs in the second inning, including a two-run homer by Eric Campbell to make it 4-1. Austin Barnes cut the lead to 4-3 in the third inning, teeing off a two-run homer. However, the Las Vegas pitching staff retired 14 of OKC's next 15 batters, including 11 straight at one point. Meanwhile, the Aviators offense built a seven-run lead through six innings, starting with four runs in the fifth. Brown smacked a two-run homer, and Campbell later added a two-run single. A solo homer by Sheldon Neuse and a RBI single by Skye Bolt stretched the lead to 10-3 in the sixth inning. Ríos collected a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Dodgers entered the ninth inning down by six runs. OKC put the pressure on, with four of the first five batters reaching base, including a RBI single by Jake Peter. With the bases loaded and tying run on deck, Las Vegas reliever Miguel Romero struck out Gavin Lux and got Barnes to pop out and end the game. Aviators starting pitcher Paul Blackburn (9-3) allowed three runs and six hits over six solid innings with no walks and two strikeouts to earn the win. Rob Zastryzny (3-4) made his first start with OKC in about one month and took the loss, giving up eight runs over 4.1 innings.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Logan Bawcom (0-1) returns to make his third appearance of the season with OKC...Bawcom's last four appearances (two starts) have come for Double-A Tulsa, including 2.0 innings of relief July 30 at Midland...He last started July 6 against Northwest Arkansas, holding his opponent to two runs and seven hits over 5.0 innings (ND). He recorded three K's against one walk...Bawcom's most recent appearance with OKC was June 26 against New Orleans at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. He was charged with the loss, despite holding New Orleans to two runs and seven hits, including two homers, one walk and recording seven K's in OKC's 3-1 defeat...He signed with the Dodgers in mid-April as a free agent to begin his fourth career stint in the organization...Bawcom made eight starts for OKC in 2018, going 2-4 with a 6.52 ERA over 38.2 innings with 21 walks and 31 strikeouts and spent most of the 2018 season with Double-A Tulsa, making 12 starts...Bawcom was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the 17th round in 2010 from UT-Arlington and has also played in the Mariners, Padres and A's organizations...Throughout his time in the PCL, Bawcom has made 14 career appearances against Las Vegas, going 0-4 with a 4.22 ERA.

Against the Aviators: 2019: 0-2 2018: 2-2 All-time: 47-55 At LV: 24-30

Oklahoma City and Las Vegas are playing their lone series of the season at the new Las Vegas Ballpark, with several changes afoot. In addition to playing at a new venue, Las Vegas is also now known as the Aviators (formerly the 51s) and is the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland A's after previously serving as a New York Mets affiliate from 2013-18...The teams have split each of their last two season series, splitting four games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in 2018, with OKC winning the first two games and Las Vegas winning the final two meetings...Alex Verdugo led the Dodgers with seven hits in last season's series and two homers, while Rocky Gale had a team-high four RBI...The teams last played in the Silver State in 2017, with each team winning twice at Cashman Field...OKC last won a series against Las Vegas in 2015 (3-1)...Going back to 2017, four of the last nine games between the teams have gone to extra innings, including three of the last five in Las Vegas.

Dinger Details: Edwin Ríos and Austin Barnes each homered for the Dodgers last night, and the Aviators added three of their own, as the teams have combined for 13 homers over the first two games of the series. This should come as no surprise, as they are the two top home run-hitting teams in all of professional baseball since July 1 (Las Vegas -- 75; OKC -- 69)...The Dodgers have gone deep at least twice in 15 of the last 18 games (53 HR) and have hit at least three homers in nine of the last 15 games. OKC has hit at least one homer in 23 of the last 25 games, totaling 62 jacks. The recent stretch has included a streak of homering in 16 consecutive games July 5-24 - the second-longest streak in team history since OKC rejoined the PCL in 1998 and longest since 1999...On the other hand, the OKC pitching staff has allowed at least one homer in 14 of the last 15 games, for a total of 32 homers...For the season, the Dodgers have hit 169 homers and allowed 152 homers. The team is quickly closing in on its single-season records in both categories at 171 homers hit (2005) and 153 homers allowed (2004).

Luxury Tax: Gavin Lux finished with a team-high three hits last night for his sixth game with three or more hits since joining the Dodgers June 27. He is in the midst of an 11-game hitting streak (19x46) and has reached base safely in each of his first 28 Triple-A games, while hitting safely in 27 of those games... Since joining OKC June 27, Lux is batting .458 (54x118) with a .536 OBP, .856 SLG and 1.392 OPS. The shortstop has 16 multi-hit games, 25 extra-base hits, 29 RBI and 39 runs scored. During that time, Lux's AVG, OBP, hits, extra-base hits, runs scored and 101 total bases are either the best or tied for the best among all players in the domestic Minors or Majors, while his SLG and OPS each ranks second, trailing only Las Vegas' Mark Payton in both categories...The 21-year-old also leads Dodgers full-season minor leaguers with a .358 AVG and 135 hits.

Steady Eddie: Last night Edwin Ríos homered for the eighth time in 12 games and 10th time in 16 games, as he finished with his team-leading 20th multi-RBI game of the season. He has notched at least one RBI in seven straight games, totaling 13 RBI during that time and has 21 RBI over his last 12 games, including four games with three RBI. He paces the Dodgers with 75 RBI overall this season...Ríos has hit safely in a season-best 12 straight games for his longest hitting streak since a 16-gamer in 2016 with High-A Rancho Cucamonga. During his current streak, he is 18-for-43 (.419) with 13 extra-base hits, eight homers, 21 RBI, 12 walks and 16 runs...Ríos has drawn 16 walks in his 21 games since the All-Star Break, after walking just 19 times over 70 games between April-June...In 21 games since the All-Star Break, Ríos is slashing .325/.436/.825 with 11 homers and 27 RBI.

On Strike: Dodgers pitchers recorded just four strikeouts last night, marking the first time since July 5 the Dodgers recorded fewer than five strikeouts in a game and just the sixth time this season Dodgers pitchers had fewer than five K's...The Dodgers' pitching staff paces the PCL with 1,043 strikeouts this season - 21 more than second-place Sacramento, which has pitched 40.1 more innings than OKC...The Dodgers are on pace for 1,315 strikeouts this season, which would surpass the current team record of 1,277 set in 2017.

Mound Maladies: The Dodgers have allowed 10 or more runs in three straight games for the first time since Aug. 18-20, 2017. During the current three-game losing skid, opponents have totaled 34 runs and 44 hits, with 10 homers and 18 extra-base hits, batting .373 overall (44x118) while going 13-for-38 with runners in scoring position (.342)...The Dodgers have been doubled up in runs over the three games, 34-17. Before the recent skid, the team had a +95 run differential over their previous 30 road games, posting a 21-9 record.

Around the Horn: Keibert Ruiz has hit safely in each of his first nine Triple-A games, batting .316 (12x38) with two homers, nine RBI and six runs scored...Connor Joe enters today sixth in the PCL with both a .425 OBP and 58 walks...This is the first time OKC has started a road series in a 0-2 hole since losing the first three games of a four-games series in Round Rock May 11-13...The Dodgers are trying to avoid their first four-game losing skid since June 21-24 and have not lost four consecutive road games since May 26-28 at Omaha.

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