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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 10, 2016

June 10, 2016 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Nashville Sounds (37-23) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (30-28)

Oakland A's vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #59 of 144/Home #25 of 73 (10-14)

Pitching Probables: NAS-LHP Dillon Overton (5-4, 3.98) vs. OKC-RHP Zach Lee (6-4, 4.65)

Friday, June 10, 2016 | 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 continue their series against the Nashville Sounds at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The teams split a doubleheader Thursday night and will play a total of five games during the current series. The BMX Trickstars will perform during tonight's game, presented by H&H Shooting Sports. Post-game fireworks are presented by Oklahoma Blood Institute.

Yesterday's Games: The Dodgers split a doubleheader with Nashville Thursday as Oklahoma City won the first game, 5-3, fueled by two home runs by Corey Brown. The Dodgers then took an early lead in the second game, but Nashville came back and scored four unanswered runs to win, 4-1...In the first game, the Sounds rallied with two outs in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Brown's opposite-field solo homer onto the roof of the Budweiser Deck in left field cut Nashville's lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the inning. The Dodgers took the lead for good in the third, collecting three runs on four hits in the frame, including RBI doubles by Micah Johnson and Rob Segedin. Nashville's Colin Walsh lined a RBI single in the top of the sixth inning before Brown hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the inning. Jharel Cotton (5-3) earned the win, allowing two runs and five hits over five innings. Sounds starting pitcher Angel Castro (0-3) was charged with the loss...In the second game, the Dodgers took the lead in the second inning on a solo home run by O'Koyea Dickson. The Sounds quickly tied the game in the top of the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Jaycob Brugman. A RBI single from Brugman in the fifth inning pushed the Sounds ahead, 2-1. The Sounds added two more runs in the top of the seventh inning. R.J. Alvarez (1-0) pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and earned the win. Lisalverto Bonilla (1-2) was charged with the loss after allowing three runs and five hits over 2.2 IP.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Zach Lee (6-4) looks to end a personal three-game losing streak tonight...Lee picked up his third loss in as many starts June 5 in Round Rock. He allowed three runs and eight hits - all singles - over five innings...Since beginning his pro career in 2011, Lee has never lost four straight decisions...He leads the Dodgers in wins, starts (11), and innings (62.0). He is currently tied for second in the PCL in wins...In six of his 11 starts, Lee has allowed two or fewer earned runs. After allowing two or fewer runs in five of his first six starts, Lee has allowed at least three runs in five straight starts...So far this season, Lee has notched 49 strikeouts against 15 walks (3.27 K/BB)...Lee was named the Dodgers' 2015 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the second time in his career (also in 2013). He paced OKC's rotation with 11 wins in 2015, going 11-6 with a 2.70 ERA over 19 starts...Tonight marks his third start of the season against Nashville. In his two previous starts of 2016 he is 2-0 and has allowed two runs (one earned) over 11.1 IP...In four career starts with OKC, Lee is 4-0 against the Sounds with a 0.74 ERA.

Against the Sounds: 2016: 5-4 2015: 11-5 All-time: 160-137 In OKC: 85-63

The Dodgers and Sounds meet for the third series between the teams this season...Nashville won the most recent, rain-shortened series in OKC, 2-1, April 15-18, and the Dodgers took the season-opening series between the teams April 7-10 at First Tennessee Park, 3-1...The Dodgers have held the Sounds to a .215 average through the first nine meetings and outscored Nashville, 27-23. However, the Dodgers are hitting just .221 thus far...The Dodgers won the 2015 season series between the teams, 11-5, and took 10 of the first 12 meetings. The Dodgers went 7-1 against the Sounds in Bricktown in 2015, winning the last six straight...OKC is 31-14 against Nashville at home since the start of the 2011 season and 49-20 since the start of the 2008 season.

Fear the Apostrophe: O'Koyea Dickson collected a hit in both games of Thursday's doubleheader, including a solo home run that soared past the bullpen in left-center field in game two. He's now hit safely in four straight games, going 8-for-13 with a home run, two doubles, and three RBI...Since May 23, Dickson is batting .415 (17x41) with three homers and nine RBI over 15 games. He's collected five multi-hit games over 10 starts during that time.

What Can Brown Do For You?: Corey Brown went a combined 3-for-6 Thursday, hitting two home runs in the first game. Brown recorded the Dodgers' third multi-homer game by an individual player this season after Zach Walters accomplished the feat twice (April 22 and June 7)...Yesterday marked Brown's 14th career multi-homer game and his first in exactly one year. On June 9, 2015, Brown hit two homers totaling five RBI against Lehigh Valley while playing for Triple-A Durham.

Zach Attack: After going 1-for-3 in game one, Zach Walters' 11-game hitting streak came to an end in the second game when he went 0-for-3. Since May 26, Walters is 19-for-44 (.432) with four doubles, two triples, three home runs, 16 RBI, and 10 runs scored. He's collected 14 hits over his last seven games, which is tied for most in the PCL since June 3 along with El Paso's Ryan Schimpf...After hitting just .170 in April, Walters is batting .336 (37x110) since the beginning of May.

Steady Segedin: Rob Segedin hit safely in both games Thursday, going 2-for-5 with a double and a walk. He's currently riding a six-game hitting streak, going 8-for-21 (.381) with four doubles and three RBI...Segedin leads the team in most offensive categories, including batting average (.312), hits (62), home runs (eight), triples (six), doubles (12), extra-base hits (26), RBI (32), runs scored (35).

First and Foremost: The Dodgers and Sounds entered yesterday with the two best records in the PCL when scoring first. So naturally, the team that scored first in each game ended up losing. The game one victory for OKC marked just third time this season they've won when their opponent scored first (3-18)...Following the game two loss, the Dodgers are now 27-10 when scoring first. They have held a lead at some point in 15 of their 28 losses this season (53.6 percent).

Special K, Part I: The Dodgers pitching staff combined to strike out 18 Nashville batters over 14 innings Thursday, led by seven strikeouts by Jharel Cotton and six by Frankie Montas. Oklahoma City ranks second in the league with 518 total strikeouts. Nashville leads the PCL with 527 strikeouts, but has played two more games than the Dodgers.

Special K, Part II: The Dodgers struck out 12 times in just seven innings during game two yesterday, marking the 27th time (58 games), they have struck out 10 or more times in a game...Oklahoma City leads the PCL with 546 strikeouts this season - 50 more than second-place Fresno, which has played one more game.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHERS OPP. PITCHER

Saturday, June 11 7:05 p.m. Nashville RHP Nick Tepesch (5-2, 3.95) RHP Daniel Mengden (3-1, 1.39)

Sunday, June 12 6:05 p.m. Nashville RHP Jose De Leon (0-0, 0.00) LHP Eric Surkamp (3-1, 3.07)

Monday, June 13 7:05 p.m. Omaha RHP Brock Stewart (NR, -.--) TBA

Tuesday, June 14 7:05 p.m. Omaha RHP Jharel Cotton (5-3, 5.15) TBA

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