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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - August 7, 2018

August 7, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (61-50) vs. Reno Aces (59-55)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Game #112 of 140/Road #56 of 70 (27-28)

Pitching Probables: OKC-LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (MLR) vs. RNO-RHP Taylor Clarke (10-7, 4.41)

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | Greater Nevada Field | Reno, Nev. | 9:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers close out their West Coast road trip and four-game series against the Reno Aces at 9:05 p.m. at Greater Nevada Field. Through six games of their road trip, the Dodgers are 3-3 and trail the Aces, 2-1, in their current series. Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu will join the team on rehab assignment and make the start tonight.

Last Game: Reno overcame a three-run deficit in the seventh inning and then stranded the tying run at third base to end the game and hold on for a 6-5 win over the Dodgers Monday night at Greater Nevada Field. The Dodgers led, 3-0, heading to the bottom of the seventh as starting pitcher Brock Stewart retired 19 of the 21 batters he faced through 6.2 innings. But in the seventh, Kevin Cron and Rey Fuentes hit back-to-back home runs to cut OKC's lead to one. Anthony Recker later hit a go-ahead two-run homer to put the Aces on top, 4-3. The Dodgers tied the game in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Angelo Mora. The Aces responded in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single by Fuentes for a 6-4 lead. A RBI single by Alex Verdugo brought the Dodgers within a run in the ninth. Later with runners at the corners and one out, Kyle Garlick sent a chopper to third base. Kevin Cron fielded the ball and threw to second base for one out, and Chris Owings' throw to first base beat Garlick to complete a game-ending double play. OKC took a quick 3-0 lead in the game in the first inning when Donovan Solano plated the first two runs on a double, and two batters later, Kyle Farmer doubled to score Solano. The win went to Reno reliever Braden Shipley (6-4), and Silvino Bracho found a way to escape the ninth inning to earn his sixth save. Manny Bañuelos (8-6) took the loss for OKC.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu continues his Major League Rehab Assignment and makes his first appearance for OKC...Ryu has been sidelined since early May with a left groin strain he suffered during a start May 2 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was placed on the 10-Day DL May 3 and transferred to the 60-Day DL June 2...He began his rehab assignment with High-A Rancho Cucamonga Aug. 2, pitching 4.0 scoreless innings while holding Lake Elsinore to two singles, with no walks and four strikeouts. He threw 47 pitches, including 34 strikes and faced one over the minimum...In six starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season, he's posted a 3-0 record and 2.21 ERA. He's allowed seven runs and 16 hits with 10 walks and 36 K's, while holding opponents to a .154 average...2017 marked his first full season since 2014 after recovering from shoulder surgery (2015-16) and elbow tendinitis (2016), and he went 5-9 with one save and a 3.77 ERA over 25 games (24 starts). He recorded 116 strikeouts against 45 walks...He previously made three rehab appearances with the OKC Dodgers in 2016...Ryu signed with LAD Dec. 12, 2012 after his posting by the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization, where he started his professional baseball career in 2006. Over seven seasons in the KBO, Ryu went 98-52 with a 2.80 ERA...Tonight is his first career appearance against the Aces.

Against the Aces: 2018: 1-2 2017: 2-2 All-time: 23-16 At RNO: 8-11

The Dodgers and the Aces are playing their lone series of the season and are meeting in Reno for the first time since 2016...The teams split their 2017 series, 2-2, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark with the Dodgers winning back-to-back games in the middle of the set. The Dodgers outscored the Aces, 20-18, and each team collected 38 hits. Edwin Ríos, Max Muncy and O'Koyea Dickson each had five hits in the series, while Ríos, Alex Verdugo and Mike Freeman each had four RBI...The Aces won the 2016 season series between the teams, 3-1, in Reno, including winning the final two games by a combined score of 14-5. The series loss was OKC's first against the Aces since the 2009 season when the teams played each other for the first time...The Dodgers last won a series against the Aces in 2015, going 3-1 in OKC...Entering tonight, OKC has lost five of the last seven games at Greater Nevada Field.

The Bats are Back: Entering Sunday's game, the Dodgers had been held to two or fewer runs six times over the previous eight games and were batting just .202 (53x262) overall with 19 runs. They had also been held to seven hits or less six times and totaled 10 hits just once. But over the last two games, the Dodgers have scored 17 runs on 33 hits, tallying at least five runs in back-to-back games for the first time since July 20-21. They have racked up at least 15 hits in back-to-back games for the first time this season and 10 or more hits in back-to-back contests for the first time since doing so in three straight July 13-15...OKC has notched 13 extra-base hits total over the last two games and went 12-for-31 with runners in scoring position after batting .208 with RISP over the previous eight games.

Dominant Donovan: Donovan Solano doubled, drove in two runs and scored another run Monday night for OKC. His last four hits, as well as six of his last seven hits, have all gone for extra bases...He has six RBI over the last two games, and his 11 multi-RBI games this season are tied for the team lead although he has only played in 55 of OKC's 111 total games...Since returning from the DL, Solano is batting .375 (24x64) with 16 RBI and 11 runs scored over 17 games, while ranking sixth in the PCL in batting average during that span...Since his return, the Dodgers are 12-5 when Solano is in the starting lineup and 1-5 when he is not, with losses in five straight.

Mound Turnaround: The Dodgers have allowed at least five runs in four straight games for the first time since a stretch of five straight games July 7-14 against Round Rock around the PCL All-Star Break. Entering Friday night's series finale in Tacoma, the Dodgers had allowed a total of nine runs over the previous five games. But over the last four games, they've allowed 33 runs, and during that time, opponents have combined to bat .351 (53x151)...Dodgers starting pitchers had combined for a 1.25 ERA and .193 BAA over the previous nine games prior to Friday, but over the last four games the starters have allowed 20 runs in 23.0 innings with opponents batting .323 (32x99)...Over the last four games, opponents have combined for 19 extra-base hits. The Dodgers had allowed two or fewer extra-base hits in 17 of the previous 18 games, including nine straight entering Friday.

Teach Me How to Dugie: After going 3-for-16 through the first five games of the road trip, Alex Verdugo went 3-for-4 with a RBI, walk and stolen base last night. It was his team-leading 27th multi-hit game of the season and team-best 10th game with three or more hits...Verdugo paces the PCL with a .345 batting average and leads OKC with 97 hits in 72 games.

Around the Horn: Tonight is the Dodgers' final game of the season against a Pacific Conference opponent. They are 15-12 against Pacific Conference teams so far in 2018, including 7-6 on the road...Andrew Toles entered Monday's game as a pinch-hitter and singled in his lone at-bat. He has now hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, and since July 7, he is batting .367 (22x60) with six multi-hit outings in PCL play...Yesterday was the Dodgers' fifth loss this season when leading by at least three runs, as well as their fifth loss when leading after six innings...The Dodgers are 3-1 in series finales in which they need a win to get a four-game series split.

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