OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 13, 2018
June 13, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release
Salt Lake Bees (38-27) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (37-23)
Los Angeles Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Game #61 of 140/Home #30 of 70 (23-6)
Pitching Probables: SL-RHP Osmer Morales (4-2, 5.56) vs. OKC-RHP Brock Stewart (1-0, 2.08)
Wednesday, June 13, 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 begin a seven-game homestand with a three-game series against the Salt Lake Bees starting at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers finished their West Coast road trip 4-3, with four wins in the final six games.
Last Game: Tuesday was a league-wide day off. On Monday, a game chock full of late-inning drama resulted in a 5-4 win in 10 innings for the Dodgers over the Fresno Grizzlies. After each team scored two runs in the ninth inning, Andrew Toles started the 10th inning on second base for the Dodgers, advanced to third on an error, then scored when Alex Verdugo collected a RBI by grounding into a force out at second base to take the lead. After letting a two-run lead slip away in the bottom of the ninth, Joe Broussard (4-1) struck out the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the inning. He issued a walk to Derek Fisher before striking out Jack Mayfield to seal the Oklahoma City win. The Dodgers took the game's first lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Rob Segedin. Fresno knotted the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the inning when Mayfield connected on a solo homer. A home run by Travis Taijeron regained the lead for the Dodgers in the third inning. Fresno tied the game, 2-2, in the fifth inning on a RBI double by Mayfield. Oklahoma City broke the tie in the top of the ninth inning on a two-out RBI double by Segedin and added a RBI single by Angelo Mora for a 4-2 advantage. Fresno answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning and had the bases loaded with one out, but Broussard got Tyler White to hit into an inning-ending double play. Fresno reliever Andrew Thome (4-2) allowed the eventual winning run in the top of the 10th inning and was charged with the loss.
Today's Probable Pitcher: Brock Stewart (1-0) makes his sixth start for OKC today -- and first since May 17 -- after being optioned by the Los Angeles Dodgers June 8...Stewart last appeared for LAD June 7 in Pittsburgh and allowed three runs (two earned) and two hits over 0.1 IP...Stewart has been recalled by Los Angeles and subsequently optioned to OKC five times this season, all since April 29. In eight games (two starts) with LAD, Stewart is 0-0 with a 5.60 ERA...His last outing for OKC was May 17 against Nashville in Bricktown. He tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, with three hits, two walks and two strikeouts in a no decision...While with OKC this season, Stewart owns a 1.11 WHIP and has held opponents to a .208 batting average, including 5-for-29 with runners on. The team is 4-1 in his starts...Stewart split last season between LAD and OKC while battling injury. With OKC, he went 0-1 with a 3.12 ERA over five starts with 25 K's and three walks. In 17 games (four starts) with LAD, Stewart posted a 3.41 ERA with 29 K's and 19 walks over 34.1 IP...Stewart advanced quickly through the Dodgers system in 2016, starting the season in High-A and ascending to the Majors to make his debut June 29 at Milwaukee. 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 MLB Draft from Illinois State University...Tonight is his first career start against the Bees.
Against the Bees: 2018: 0-0 2017: 3-1 All-time: 48-48 At OKC: 27-21
The Dodgers and Bees are meeting for their lone series of the season and playing at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark for the first time since 2016...Since OKC became affiliated with the Dodgers, the team owns a 9-3 advantage against the Bees in the PCL's version of the Freeway Series. OKC has taken three of four from the Bees in each of the past three seasons, marking the first time that's happened since the teams started playing each other in 1998...The Dodgers won three of four games Aug. 7-10, 2017 in Salt Lake, losing the opening game, but winning the final three meetings. Tim Locastro went 7-for-17, and Alex Verdugo and a rehabbing Adrián González each had four RBI and a home run...In the last meeting at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, the Dodgers won the four-game series, 3-1, taking the first three games before Salt Lake won the finale to avoid a series sweep May 19-22, 2016.
Home Cooking: At 23-6, the Dodgers have the best home winning percentage in the Minors. They are also in a three-way tie for the second-most home wins behind Double-A Corpus Christi (25-11)...Of their 23 home wins, the Dodgers have trailed at some point in 12 of those games, and have trailed in the eighth inning or later seven times. They also have four comeback wins at home after trailing by three or more runs...OKC is slashing .314/.375/.490 at home, scoring an average of 6.1 runs per game on an average of 10.9 hits per game. The team has scored eight-plus runs in 10 games and collected 14 or more hits in seven games. They've also scored at least four runs in an inning 12 times...Entering today, the Dodgers have scored at least four runs in nine straight home games as well as in 10 of the last 11 at The Brick.
Give Me Some Mora: Angelo Mora went 1-for-4 with a RBI Monday night and has now hit safely in all eight of his games since rejoining OKC June 3, going 17-for-35 (.486) with 11 RBI and six runs scored. Over that span, he leads the PCL in hits and ranks tied for first in batting average. He is also third in the league during the stretch in RBI, total bases (25) and fourth in on-base percentage (.541). Over his last five games, he is 10-for-18 with four extra-base hits and seven RBI...His 17 hits and 11 RBI this month pace the Dodgers in June...During his first stint with OKC April 16-May 3, Mora batted just .189 (7-for-37).
Teach Me How to Dougie: Alex Verdugo has hit safely in eight straight games, going 14-for-37 (.378) with five RBI and three runs scored. He has also hit safely in 19 of his last 20 games, going 31-for-85 (.365) with 11 runs scored and nine RBI...Verdugo ranks second on the team with 52 hits despite playing in just 39 of the team's 60 games.
Along the RÃos Grande: Edwin RÃos did not tally a hit Monday night, but scored two runs for the Dodgers. He has hit safely in 10 of his first 14 games with OKC this season, joining the team May 25 after missing close to two months of the season due to injury, and is batting .339 (19-for-56) with nine RBI and 11 runs scored...He paces the Dodgers with three homers so far in June.
Ya Better Call Taijeron: Travis Taijeron has hit safely in six of his last seven games and connected on his fifth homer of the season Monday. During the seven-game stretch, he is batting .355 (11-for-31) with five extra-base hits, five RBI and six runs scored.
Mound Maladies: The Dodgers have allowed 59 runs through their first 10 games of June -- second most in the PCL behind Las Vegas (86)...Over the last 12 games, OKC has allowed at least five runs eight times and posted a 5.37 ERA (65 ER/109.0 IP) with 73 runs total (6.1 rpg). Opponents are batting .292 (128x439) with 18 homers, including 12 homers in the last five games. The Dodgers have allowed 54 walks against 114 strikeouts, resulting in a 1.67 WHIP. Prior to the recent rough patch, the team's season ERA was just 2.99, but it has since spiked to 3.47...Including Monday, the opponent has scored in the first or second inning in 17 of the last 20 games, including the last eight straight...Due to roster moves and necessary bullpen games, starting pitchers have only covered 38.0 innings over 10 games this month.
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