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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - July 29, 2018

July 29, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


El Paso Chihuahuas (57-48) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (57-46)

San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #104 of 140/Home #55 of 70 (33-21)

Pitching Probables: ELP-LHP Dillon Overton (3-2, 2.72) vs. OKC-RHP Daniel Corcino (2-2, 3.72)

Sunday, July 29, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 6:05 p.m. CT

TV: YurView on Cox (Channel 1333/703): Alex Freedman & Grant Hansen

Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Randy Renner

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their series against the El Paso Chihuahuas at 6:05 p.m. as part of ¡CelebraciÃ"n Cielo Azul! at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Chihuahuas lead the series, 2-0. Today is also a Chaparral Energy Family Sunday, featuring pregame player autographs, a mascot meet-and-greet, face painters, inflatables and postgame kids run the bases. Tonight's game will be televised live on YurView on Cox (Channel 1333) for all Cox cable subscribers, beginning five minutes before first pitch.

Last Game: Dusty Coleman hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth inning to send El Paso to a 2-1 win against the Dodgers Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The game was tied, 1-1, through eight innings before Coleman connected on a solo homer out to center field with one out in the ninth. El Paso reliever Trey Wingenter then held the Dodgers without a hit or run in the bottom of the ninth for his third save. The Dodgers scored the game's first run in the fourth inning. Donovan Solano led off with a walk and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Garlick. Dodgers starting pitcher Manny Bañuelos pitched six shutout innings, allowing five hits and one walk with five strikeouts to keep OKC in the lead. The Chihuahuas were able to break through in the seventh inning when Forrestt Allday hit a two-out RBI single to the game, 1-1. El Paso had a chance to take the lead in the top of the eighth. Francisco Mejia led off with a double and advanced to third base on a groundout by Allen Craig. Brian Schlitter then struck out Diego Goris and got Auston Bousfield to ground out and keep the game tied. Dodgers reliever Dylan Floro (0-1) allowed the home run in the ninth and was charged with the loss in his season debut with OKC. El Paso reliever Kazuhisa Makita (1-1) pitched the eighth inning and got the win, as the Chihuahuas held OKC to four hits on the night and retired 11 of the final 12 OKC batters.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Daniel Corcino (2-2) makes his 12th start and 17th appearance for the Dodgers tonight...His most recent appearance came in relief July 22 at Nashville, when he piggybacked starter Manny Bañuelos and pitched the final three innings of the Dodgers' 8-5 defeat. He retired nine of the 11 batters faced and allowed one run and two hits, with no walks and three strikeouts...He last started in the first game of a July 17 doubleheader against New Orleans, allowing two runs and three hits over 5.0 innings with five strikeouts. He exited the game with the teams in a 2-2 tie and did not factor into the decision...This season as a starting pitcher, Corcino has a 1-2 record but a 3.65 ERA and .230 BAA. The Dodgers have gone 8-3 in his starts...Corcino had his contract selected by Los Angeles June 9 and he made his first ML appearance since Sept. 2014 that night with a 1-2-3 inning against Atlanta. In his next outing June 12 against Texas, he picked up his first career ML save...On July 4, Corcino was designated for assignment following a trade with Cincinnati and was outrighted to OKC July 8...He was originally signed as an amateur free agent with the Reds Jan. 11, 2008 and began his second career stint in the Dodgers organization after signing as a free agent on May 11, 2017...Today is his first career appearance against the Chihuahuas.

Against the Chihuahuas: 2018: 0-2 2017: 3-1 All-time: 11-7 At OKC: 6-4 El Paso comes to OKC for the lone series of the season between the teams...The Dodgers won the 2017 season series in El Paso, 3-1. The Chihuahuas won the first game before OKC closed out the series with three straight wins, including one-run victories in the last two meetings...In El Paso's last regular-season visit to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Aug. 12-15, 2016, the Dodgers swept the four-game set in dominant fashion, outscoring the Chihuahuas, 33-9, while batting .345...However, during the rematch between the teams in the PCL Championship Series, the Chihuahuas took the crown, 3-1...This marks the fifth regular-season series between the teams after Tucson's franchise relocated to El Paso for the 2014 season. OKC is 11-7 against the Chihuahuas during the regular season and owns a 2-0-2 series record...Dodgers catcher Rocky Gale spent parts of four seasons playing for El Paso (2014-17) and logged 326 career games as a Chihuahua...With wins on Friday and Saturday, this is the first time ever in the five-year history between the teams El Paso has won consecutive games against OKC.

Tale of Two Homestands: Through the first 32 innings of the current homestand, the Dodgers allowed just two runs and 21 hits, with opponents batting .184 (21x114), including 3-for-20 with RISP, while tallying a total of two extra-base hits. But over the last 13 innings, the Chihuahuas have gone 17-for-51 (.333) with 10 runs and four extra-base hits. After the Dodgers had not allowed a homer in eight straight games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, the Chihuahuas have hit two key go-ahead home runs over the last two nights...Against El Paso, OKC relievers have been charged with two blown saves and combined to allow seven runs and 11 hits with five walks over 6.2 innings while throwing 170 pitches. During the Albuquerque series, the bullpen did not allow a run over a combined 9.1 innings with eight hits and one walk...During El Paso's last trip to OKC in 2016, the Chihuahuas scored nine runs total over four games...At the plate, the Dodgers began Friday night's series opener against El Paso 3-for-4 with two runs, but have since been held 7-for-58 with one run and have only had two runners advance as far as third base. Over the three-game series against Albuquerque, the Dodgers batted .315.

Cup O' Joe: Connor Joe collected two of the Dodgers' four hits last night, including a double. He has now hit safely in four straight games, going 5-for-15 with three extra-base hits. He has also hit safely in six of his last seven games (8-for-26)...Between OKC and Double-A Tulsa, Joe has had a breakout 2018 campaign, combining to slash .301/.403/.550 with a career-best 16 homers to along with 48 RBI. His .953 OPS is best among Dodgers full-season minor leaguers and ranks 13th overall among all full-season minor leaguers.

For Whom the Bell Toles: Andrew Toles entered Saturday's game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning and struck out in his lone at-bat of the night. Toles has hit safely in nine straight PCL starts, dating back to July 7, going 15-for-36 (.417) with four RBI, a homer and six runs scored...Through 42 games total with OKC, Toles is batting .337 (56x166) with 17 XBH, 24 RBI and 28 runs scored.

Dominant Donovan: Donovan Solano was held without a hit last night, but walked and scored OKC's lone run. Since returning from the DL July 15, he is batting .389 (14x36) with 10 RBI and six runs scored over 10 games. He's recorded four multi-hit outings, including three games with three or more hits...The team is 8-2 when he's been in the lineup since coming off the DL and 1-4 when he's not in the lineup, with losses in four straight...In 48 games overall with OKC, Solano is batting .374 (68x182) with 12 doubles, three homers, 31 RBI and 26 runs.

Around the Horn: The Dodgers are in a stretch of 14 straight games against Pacific Conference opponents. They are 11-8 against Pacific Conference teams so far in 2018, including 7-5 at home...The Dodgers were limited to four hits last night, tying their season low in a nine-inning game (fifth time)...The Dodgers have allowed two or fewer extra-base hits in 13 of the last 14 games...Last night marked the Dodgers' 16th game this season that was tied after eight innings -- second-most in the league (New Orleans, 19).

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