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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - July 31, 2019

July 31, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (50-57) vs. Salt Lake Bees (48-60)

Game #108 of 140/Road #58 of 70 (29-28)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Daniel Corcino (7-4, 4.24) vs. SL-RHP Nick Tropeano (2-4, 7.66)

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 | Smith's Ballpark | Salt Lake City, Utah | 8:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their three-game road series against the Salt Lake Bees at 8:05 p.m. Central at Smith's Ballpark. The Dodgers are in the midst of a seven-game road trip against Pacific Conference opponents and are 16-7 over the last 23 games.

Last Game: The Dodgers went deep four times and the pitching staff struck out 15 batters, working out of jams all night during a 9-3 victory over Salt Lake Tuesday night at Smith's Ballpark. The game was scoreless until there were two outs in the bottom of the third inning when Justin Bour and Jared Walsh hit back-to-back homers for a 2-0 Salt Lake lead. After being held to no runs and one hit through the first three innings, the Dodgers scored in five of the final six innings. Kyle Garlick tied the score with a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Edwin Ríos put the Dodgers ahead with a three-run blast off the batter's eye in the fifth. Drew Jackson made it three straight innings with a dinger with a homer out to center field in the sixth, extending the lead to 6-2. With two runners on and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Jose Rojas sent a fly ball to deep center field. DJ Peters went back and leaped at the wall, making the catch to likely save two runs and finish the inning. Garlick lined a run-scoring double to left field in the seventh, putting the Dodgers ahead, 7-2. A RBI single by the Bees' Anthony Bemboom came in the eighth, and later in the inning, Dodgers reliever Victor Gonzalez struck out Michael Hermosillo to strand the bases loaded. Peters tallied the team's final homer with a two-run, line drive bullet to left field in the ninth inning, pushing the lead to 9-2. OKC starting pitcher Brock Stewart (5-7) allowed two runs on four hits over five innings to claim the win. He notched a season-high eight strikeouts, but also issued four walks. Bees reliever Sam Freeman (0-1) allowed the tying and go-ahead home runs in the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Daniel Corcino (7-4) looks to add to his strong July as he makes the start tonight...Corcino last pitched July 25 at Nashville, piggybacking Tony Gonsolin's start. He covered the game's final 5.1 innings, allowing two runs and five hits, not issuing a walk and recording four strikeouts...Over four outings this month, including three quality starts, Corcino has posted a 3.00 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and is holding opponents to a .195 batting average over 24.0 innings. In his last three games, he's walked just three batters over 18.0 innings...Corcino has held opponents to two earned runs or less in 11 of his 16 total outings this season, and he leads the team with seven victories..Corcino spent most of 2018 with OKC, tying for the club lead in starts (19) and ranking second in innings (103.1) and K's (102). The Dodgers went 12-7 in his starts although his personal record was only 3-3...He was originally signed as an amateur free agent with the Reds Jan. 11, 2008 and began his second stint in the Dodgers organization after signing as a free agent May 11, 2017...Tonight is Corcino's first career appearance against the Bees.

Against the Bees: 2019: 1-0 2018: 2-1 All-time: 51-49 At SL: 22-27

The Dodgers and Bees are meeting for their lone series of the season and playing at Smith's Ballpark for the first time since 2017...Since OKC became affiliated with the Dodgers, the team owns an 12-4 advantage against the Bees, the Triple-A affiliate of the Angels, in the PCL's version of the Freeway Series. The Dodgers enter tonight having won six of the last seven meetings overall and four straight in Salt Lake...The Dodgers have won four straight season series and have not lost a season series against the Bees since going 1-3 in 2013 in OKC...The Dodgers won the 2018 series, 2-1, losing the series opener at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark before winning the final two games by a combined score of 10-2...The Dodgers went 3-1 against the Bees the last time the teams met at Smith's Ballpark in 2017...Salt Lake catcher Josh Thole spent time with OKC earlier this season prior to a trade July 12. Tonight's opposing starting pitcher, Nick Tropeano, spent the majority of 2014 with OKC and led the PCL with a 3.03 ERA that season.

Dinger Details: Four different Dodgers players homered Tuesday night, marking the team's second straight game with four home runs, as the Dodgers continued their prodigious power display in the month of July. The Dodgers have now homered in 20 of the last 21 games, racking up 55 homers during the stretch. The Dodgers have hit the second-most homers in all of professional baseball in July (62), trailing only fellow PCL team Las Vegas (63). This month included a streak of 16 consecutive games with a home run July 5-24 - the second-longest in team history since OKC rejoined the PCL in 1998 and longest since 1999. During the streak, the Dodgers hit an incredible 43 homers, including 26 over the final six games...The Dodgers have recorded multi-homer outings in 12 of the last 14 games (46 HR), going deep three or more times in eight of the last 11 games and in nine of the last 13 games...Last night marked second time the Dodgers have hit four or more homers in back-to-back games this season, previously accomplished July 18-19.

Power Play: Edwin Ríos hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning and has now homered in three straight games to boost his team-leading home run total to 23 this season with OKC. He has hit six home runs in the last eight games and eight in the last 12 games...Ríos is currently on an eight-game hitting streak, going 12-for-30 (.400) with nine extra-base hits and 13 RBI...Last night, he drew a career-high four walks and also scored a career-high four runs. It's the first time an OKC player has walked four times in the same game since Bobby Wilson on Aug. 22, 2017 at Colorado Springs...In 17 games since the All-Star Break, Ríos is slashing .299/.415/.776 with nine homers and 19 RBI.

Luxury Tax: Gavin Lux doubled in a third straight game last night as he has now reached base safely in each of his first 24 Triple-A games and hit safely in 23 of those games...Since joining OKC June 27, Lux is batting .465 (47x101) with a .542 OBP, .901 SLG and 1.443 OPS. The shortstop has 14 multi-hit games, 24 extra-base hits, 27 RBI and 34 runs scored. During that time span, Lux's OPS, AVG, OBP, hits and runs scored are either the most or tied for the most among all players in the domestic Minors or Majors, while his SLG ranks second...The 21-year-old also leads Dodgers full-season minor leaguers with a .356 AVG and 128 hits...He has hit safely in seven straight, going 12-for-29 (.414) with five multi-hit games.

Go DJ, That's My DJ: DJ Peters has homered in back-to-back games and in three of his last four games. He's now up to 12 homers in 29 games with the Dodgers and has gone deep eight times in his last 11 games...Peters also doubled last night, as he has reached base in each of his first 29 Triple-A games, slashing .349/.467/.752 with OKC. He owns the longest current on-base streak in the PCL, and including his time with Double-A Tulsa, he's reached base in 42 straight games...Since joining OKC June 27, Peters is tied for second in the league and homers and RBI (31), while ranking fifth with a 1.219 OPS and sixth in both OBP and SLG.

CoJo's Bite: Connor Joe extended his hitting streak to a season-best nine games last night and has gone 14-for-40 (.350) with seven extra-base hits and 11 RBI during the stretch. He's also hit safely in 12 of the last 13 games (18x55)...Over the last 29 games, Joe is batting .358 (39x109) with nine homers, 10 doubles, a triple, 31 RBI, 34 runs scored and 24 walks. Since June 27, Joe leads the PCL with 24 walks and is tied for first with 34 runs scored, while his 31 RBI rank second, his .479 OBP ranks third and 20 extra-base hits rank fourth.

Boom Goes the Dynamite: Over the last 11 games the Dodgers have batted .324 (132x408) with 112 runs, 34 homers and 59 extra-base hits. They have scored at least nine runs in eight of those 11 games, including six games with 10 or more runs...Over the 18 games following the All-Star Break, the Dodgers are batting .313 with a PCL-leading 51 home runs, 156 runs and .632 SLG

Around the Horn: The Dodgers are 8-7 against Pacific Conference opponents this season, including 6-2 on the road...Kyle Garlick doubled and homered last night. Since returning to OKC July 11, he is batting .383 (23x60) with eight multi-hit games, seven homers, 15 extra-base hits and 14 RBI over 18 games...The Dodgers are 20-9 with a +93 run differential over their last 29 road games.

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