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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - July 1, 2019

July 1, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (34-47) vs. Nashville Sounds (35-47)

Game #82 of 140/Road #43 of 70 (21-21)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-1, 2.77) vs. NAS-LHP Joe Palumbo (0-0, 8.31)

Monday, July 1, 2019 | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, Tenn. | 7:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers seek three straight wins for the third time this season when they continue their road series against the Nashville Sounds at 7:05 p.m. at First Tennessee Park. OKC has a 2-0 lead in the current series and has won 12 of the last 14 road games.

Last Game: The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the first five innings and recorded 20 hits for the first time in five years, rolling to a 13-6 victory over Nashville Sunday night at First Tennessee Park. The Dodgers led three pitches into the game when Gavin Lux connected on his first Triple-A home run off the batter's eye. The Sounds evened the score in the bottom of the inning with a RBI groundout. The Dodgers took the lead for good in the second inning, plating four runs. Angelo Mora broke the tie with a two-run triple, while Lux and Zach Reks each added RBI doubles. Jon Kemmer and Jake Peter hit back-to-back home runs on consecutive pitches in the third inning to make it 7-1. The Sounds tallied three infield singles leading to a run in the third inning, but the Dodgers socked two more homers in the fourth - Reks hit a two-run shot, and two batters later, DJ Peters mashed his first Triple-A homer to left field. In the fifth, Connor Joe provided a RBI groundout and Cameron Perkins laced a two-run double, giving OKC a 13-2 lead. The score remained 13-2 until the Sounds rallied for four runs and five hits in the eighth inning. Starting pitcher Dustin May (1-0) turned in five solid innings during his Triple-A debut, allowing two runs and five hits - including three infield singles - with two walks and three strikeouts. Nashville starting pitcher Tim Dillard (5-7) was charged with the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Tony Gonsolin (1-1) returns to OKC after making his Major League debut...Gonsolin started for the Los Angeles Dodgers June 26 at Arizona. He allowed six runs (four earned) and six hits, including a home run, over 4.0 innings. He did not issue a walk, recorded three strikeouts and was charged with the loss in LA's 8-2 defeat. He was optioned to OKC the following day...In his previous start with OKC, Gonsolin racked up a season-high nine strikeouts June 20 against Memphis, holding the Redbirds to two runs and five hits over 5.0 IP with one walk in OKC's 5-3 win (ND)...Gonsolin missed more than five weeks after going to the Injured List April 17 (retroactive to April 15) with a side strain...In 26.0 IP with OKC, Gonsolin has allowed eight earned runs and 20 hits with 31 K's, with opponents batting just .202. Left-handed batters are 4-for-29 and all opponents are just 8-for-43 (.186) with runners on base...Gonsolin entered the season ranked as the Dodgers' No. 8 prospect by Baseball America after being named the 2018 Dodgers' Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year. In 26 starts with High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Tulsa, he led Dodgers minor league pitchers in ERA (2.60), wins (10) and K's (155)...The Dodgers selected Gonsolin in the ninth round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of St. Mary's College.

Against the Sounds: 2019: 3-2 2018: 7-9 All-time: 186-155 At NAS: 90-81 Oklahoma City and Nashville meet for their second series of the season...The Sounds took two of three games in OKC May 7-10, with the finale currently suspended...During the first series between the teams, Will Smith led OKC with five hits, while Kyle Garlick racked up five RBI and hit two home runs...The Sounds are now the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers after serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics the past four seasons...Nashville won the 2018 series against OKC, 9-7, winning seven of the final nine meetings. It marked just the second time in eight years the Sounds won the season series...Since First Tennessee Park opened in 2015, the Dodgers are 22-12 in Music City and have not finished with a record below .500 in any of the four seasons.

Sounding Off: The team's 13 runs last night was the second-highest single-game total this year, only behind a 15-run output May 14 at Round Rock. It was the first time OKC collected at least 20 hits in a game since a 22-hit effort May 23, 2014 at Memphis and the first time the team collected 11 extra-base hits in one game since June 22, 2017 at home against Nashville. The Dodgers also tied their season high with five home runs, previously done May 5 at New Orleans...All nine OKC batters collected at least one hit, including four-hit nights by Gavin Lux, Angelo Mora and Zach Reks, while eight players picked up a RBI and eight different players scored at least one run. Before last night, there were only five individual four-hit games achieved by an OKC Dodger this season.

Road Map: Entering tonight the Dodgers have won 12 of their last 14 road games and outscored opponents, 124-76. OKC is batting .323 (165x511) with 73 extra-base hits, 31 home runs and is hitting .340 (51x150) with runners in scoring position...Six of the 12 wins have been by at least six runs and OKC has scored 10 or more runs in seven of the 12 victories.

Young Bloods: Last night starting pitcher Dustin May became the latest Top-10 Dodgers prospect to make his Triple-A debut this week after being promoted from Tulsa Thursday. May allowed two runs and five hits over 5.0 innings with two walks and three strikeouts to earn his first win. Three of the five hits were infield singles...Infielder Gavin Lux went 4-for-6 with two doubles and his first Triple-A home run Sunday, collecting two RBI and scoring a game-high three runs. Sunday marked his fourth four-hit game of the season overall and his second game this year with three extra-base hits (May 22 at Springfield). Over his first three Triple-A games, Lux is 8-for-13 with four doubles, a home run, two walks, two RBI and six runs scored...Outfielder DJ Peters also hit his first Triple-A homer last night and drew a walk. He is 6-for-17 through four games with OKC, with three doubles, a homer, four RBI, three walks and three runs scored.

I Came in Like a Rek-ing Ball: Zach Reks went 4-for-5 with a double, homer, game-high three RBI, two runs scored and a walk last night, racking up four hits in a game for the first time since May 22, 2018 with Double-A Tulsa at San Antonio. He has now hit safely in eight straight games (14x35) as well as in 19 of his last 20 games, batting .391 (36x92) with 12 multi-hit games, nine homers and 28 RBI. He has also hit safely in 23 of his last 24 starts, going 41-for-109 (.376) with 10 home runs, eight doubles and 32 RBI...Reks leads all Dodgers minor leaguers with 21 total homers and 61 total RBI between OKC and Double-A Tulsa over 72 games. Between 2017-18, Reks hit just seven homers and tallied 52 RBI over 135 games...In the month of June, Reks finished second in the PCL in total bases (74), tied for second in homers (10) and third in RBI (30).

For Pete's Sake: Jake Peter homered for the third time in five games as he extended his hitting streak to six games Sunday to match his season high. Peter is 9-for-23 during the streak with three multi-hit games, six extra-base hits, four RBI and six runs scored...Last night marked the second time this week he hit the second of back-to-back home runs, also with Shane Peterson on Tuesday vs. New Orleans...After slashing .160/.331/.298 through the end of May, Peter is slashing .286/.384/.524 since June 1. He had 18 hits and nine extra-base hits in June after collecting 15 hits and six extra-base hits in April and May combined.

Around the Horn: Over his last three games, Connor Joe is 6-for-16 with two homers, two doubles, six RBI, four walks and six runs scored...Last night marked the fifth time in the last 10 games it took at least three-and-a-half hours to complete the game. All of those games have been nine innings in length...Happy Canada Day to Edmonton, Alberta native and OKC pitcher Rob Zastryzny.

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