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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - July 26, 2018

July 26, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Albuquerque Isotopes (49-54) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (56-44)

Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #101 of 140/Home #52 of 70 (32-19)

Pitching Probables: ABQ-RHP Peter Lambert (2-1, 4.50) vs. OKC-RHP Brock Stewart (2-2, 3.04)

Thursday, July 26, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers try for a series sweep as they wrap up their three-game set against the Albuquerque Isotopes at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Tonight is a $2 Thursday, featuring $2 Pepsi products, bottled water and select beer.

Last Game: Drew Hutchison pitched 5.2 scoreless innings to lead the way as five Dodgers pitchers combined to shut out Albuquerque, 5-0, Wednesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Hutchison (4-1) retired the first 10 batters he faced and held the Isotopes to three hits overall, issuing one walk with eight strikeouts. Dodgers relievers Edward Paredes, Joe Broussard, Josh Sborz and Brian Schlitter held Albuquerque to three hits over the final 3.1 innings. The Dodgers broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning when Edwin Ríos drilled a solo homer to right field to put the Dodgers in front, 1-0. The Dodgers added two runs in the sixth inning without a hit, as they were aided by two Albuquerque errors in order to take a 3-0 lead. Tim Locastro reached on an error by shortstop Elliot Soto. Rehabbing Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig followed and drew a walk. With two runners on, Andrew Toles came up to bat and grounded out to first base. Isotopes first baseman Jordan Patterson then threw toward second base, but his throw went into left field, allowing Locastro to score for a 2-0 advantage. Puig advanced to third base and Donovan Solano followed with a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead. The Dodgers tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning. A RBI double by pinch hitter Kyle Garlick, and RBI single by Solano extended the Dodgers' lead to 5-0. Albuquerque starting pitcher David Holman (4-4) was charged with the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Brock Stewart (2-2) is scheduled to make his 12th start with the Dodgers this season and fifth in July...He picked up his second win with OKC this season in Game 1 of a July 21 doubleheader in Nashville. He held the Sounds to one run while tying his season high with seven hits allowed, one walk and five strikeouts over 5.0 innings...Prior to Saturday, Stewart had not picked up a win since April, spanning nine starts with OKC. The team had lost each of his five starts entering Saturday as well...He's holding PCL left-handed batters to a .209 average and all hitters to a .133 clip with runners in scoring position...Stewart has shuttled between the Minors and Majors the last three seasons, going 2-3 with a 4.84 ERA over 33 career appearances (11 starts) with the Los Angeles Dodgers...He was named the Dodgers' 2016 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and to Baseball America's Minor League All-Star Team...Stewart was selected by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2014 Draft from Illinois State University, where he primarily played third base...Tonight is his second career start against the Isotopes. He pitched 5.0 shutout innings against Albuquerque in OKC Aug. 19, 2016 and allowed four hits with one walk and one strikeout. Stewart did not receive a decision in the game as OKC went on to lose, 1-0.

Against the Isotopes: 2018: 2-0 2017: 1-3 All-time: 103-90 At OKC: 61-36

The Dodgers and Isotopes are meeting for their lone series of the season and at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark for the first time since 2016...The Isotopes won the 2017 series in Albuquerque, 3-1. OKC won the series opener before the Isotopes won the final three games, including a 6-4 win in 10 innings in the series finale. Albuquerque outscored OKC, 32-25, and batted .315 over the four games. Kyle Farmer led the Dodgers by going 6-for-15 with three doubles, two homers, four RBI and four runs scored...Albuquerque also won the 2016 series at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 3-1. The Isotopes outscored the Dodgers, 14-7, and OKC batted just .174 during the series...Since the teams each began new affiliations in 2015, the Isotopes own an 8-6 record against the Dodgers. This is the first time OKC has won back-to-back games against the Isotopes since 2014...Over OKC's last six home games against Albuquerque, the Dodgers are batting just .201 and have scored a total of 15 runs (3-3 record).

Donut Factory: Wednesday night's shutout marked OKC's fifth of the season and second in the month of July (also July 3 at New Orleans). Both shutouts this month were started by Drew Hutchison, who turned in a third straight scoreless start last night (16.2 IP) and held his opponent without run for the fifth time in six starts since joining the rotation...Yesterday was just the second time Albuquerque has been blanked this season and the first time since April 25...The Dodgers have allowed one or no runs in back-to-back games for the first time since June 16.

The Wild Horse Gets Back in the Saddle: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig continued his rehab assignment with OKC Wednesday, going 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs. In the first two games of his rehab assignment, Puig is 1-for-5 with a walk, RBI, and two runs scored...Puig was placed on the DL with a right oblique strain July 9 after suffering the injury during a swing the day prior. This season Puig is slashing .265/.325/.462 with 11 homers and 35 RBI over 76 games with LAD...He last appeared with OKC in 2016, batting .348 (24x69) with four homers and 12 RBI over 19 games.

Welcome Back: Since returning from the Disabled List, both Tim Locastro and Donovan Solano have had noticeable impacts. Solano is 11-for-29 (.379) with a pair of games with three-plus hits, 10 RBI and four runs scored over eight games total...Locastro has hit safely in 10 of his 11 starts, going 13-for-43 (.302) with 13 runs scored. He's scored at least once in nine of his last 10 starts...July 15 was the first day both players were active, and since then, the team is 6-0 when both are in the starting lineup and 2-4 when one or neither is in the lineup.

For Whom the Bell Toles: Andrew Toles picked up another hit last night and has now hit safely in seven straight PCL games, dating back to July 7. During the seven-game stretch, he is 12-for-28 (.429) with three RBI, a homer and five runs scored...Through 39 games total with OKC, Toles is batting .338 (53x157) with 16 XBH, 23 RBI and 27 runs scored.

Farm to Plate: Kyle Farmer has hit safely in nine of his last 11 games, batting .357 (15x42) with seven doubles, a homer, nine RBI and six runs scored. He paces the Dodgers with 23 hits in July (18 games) and 11 of those hits have gone for extra bases.

Around the Horn: The Dodgers are in a stretch of 14 straight games against Pacific Conference opponents. They are 10-6 against Pacific Conference teams so far in 2018, including 6-3 at home...Henry Ramos has now hit safely in six of his last seven games, and in eight of his last 10 games, going 11-for-30 (.367)...As a pinch-hitter this season, Kyle Garlick is 3-for-7 with three extra-base hits and three RBI. He's responsible for three of the team's five pinch-hit XBH this season...The Dodgers have allowed two or fewer extra-base hits in nine of the last 10 games, including two total to begin this series. Additionally, the team has not allowed a home run in seven straight games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark...The offense tied its season low with two strikeouts last night (also April 11 vs. Round Rock)...The Dodgers are 3-1 when going for a series sweep. However, they have lost four straight home series finales entering tonight.

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