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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release


Salt Lake Bees (39-28) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (38-24)

Los Angeles Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #63 of 140/Home #32 of 70 (24-7)

Pitching Probables: SL-RHP Ivan Pineyro (2-4, 8.02) vs. OKC-LHP Manny Bañuelos (6-3, 3.45)

Friday, June 15, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT

TV: YurView on Cox (Channel 703/1033) - Alex Freedman & Chris Plank

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers wrap up their three-game series against the Salt Lake Bees at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The series is tied, 1-1, and the Dodgers are in the midst of a stretch of 14 straight games against Pacific Conference opponents, going 5-4 so far. Postgame fireworks will be presented by Oklahoma Blood Institute. Tonight is the first of 15 Dodgers games to be televised on YurView on Cox (Channel 1333) for all Cox cable subscribers. The broadcast will begin five minutes before first pitch.

Last Game: The Dodgers scored four runs between the third and fourth innings, while holding Salt Lake scoreless through six innings, on the way to a 4-1 win Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. With one out in the third, the Dodgers notched three straight RBI hits with doubles by Andrew Toles and Henry Ramos, and a single by Alex Verdugo. Jake Peter connected on a RBI single in the fourth inning to extend the Dodgers' lead to 4-0. Salt Lake broke up the shutout bid in the seventh inning with a two-out RBI single by Julian Leon. Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Pill (2-1) set the early tone and threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits with one walk and four strikeouts as he picked up his second win of the season. Reliever J.T. Chargois followed with a scoreless and hitless sixth inning and Pat Venditte allowed one run over two frames. Joe Broussard threw a perfect ninth inning for his fifth save of the season. Salt Lake starting pitcher Sean Isaac (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing all four Dodgers runs on six hits over 3.1 innings.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Lefty Manny Bañuelos (6-3) takes the mound for his team-leading 12th start of the season tonight...He picked up his team-best sixth win June 6 with 5.2 solid innings. He struck out a season-high 10 batters for his first double-digit strikeout game since Aug. 6, 2010 when he was with the High-A Tampa Yankees. He allowed two runs and six hits with three walks (two intentional). At the plate, he also collected a hit and RBI...Overall, he's allowed two or fewer runs in eight of his first 12 outings...Bañuelos currently ranks tied for fourth in the PCL with 71 strikeouts. He ranks 10th in the league with a 3.45 ERA, and his 1.27 WHIP is tied for ninth-best. He is also posting 10.51 strikeouts per nine innings - third-highest among starting pitchers in the league...He leads OKC in starts (11), wins (6), innings (60.0) and strikeouts (71)...He signed with the Dodgers as a free agent Nov. 14, 2017 after spending 2017 with Triple-A Salt Lake in the Los Angeles Angels organization...With the Bees last season, he posted a 5-6 record over 39 appearances (nine starts) with a 4.83 ERA over 95.0 innings. He posted 85 strikeouts against 49 walks...Bañuelos has appeared in seven career ML games (six starts), all with Atlanta in 2015...Tonight is his first career appearance against his former team.

Against the Bees: 2018: 1-1 2017: 3-1 All-time: 49-49 At OKC: 28-22

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 10-4 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: The Dodgers are 24-7 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark this season and own the best winning percentage in the Minors (.774). Their 24 home victories are third-most in the Minors behind Double-A Corpus Christi (25-11) and Low-A Bowling Green (25-9)...Of their 24 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 .309/.371/.478 at home, scoring an average of six runs per game on an average of 10.6 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...OKC has scored at least four runs in 10 of the last 11 games and 11 of the last 13 games at The Brick. However, the offense has cooled a bit lately, batting just .229 (25x109) over the last three home games with 11 runs, five doubles, no triples and no home runs...Tonight the Dodgers look to avoid their first home series loss of the season.

Teach Me How to Dougie: Alex Verdugo went 2-for-4 with a RBI last night and has now hit safely in nine straight games, going 16-for-41 (.390) with six RBI and three runs scored. He has also hit safely in 20 of his last 21 games, going 33-for-89 (.371) with 11 runs scored and 10 RBI...Verdugo is now tied with the currently injured Donovan Solano for the team lead with 54 hits, and his .327 average ranks ninth in the PCL.

The Way of the K: The Dodgers pitching staff racked up 10 more strikeouts last night for their 25th double-digit strikeout game of the season. They currently lead the PCL with 118 strikeouts through their first 12 games of June, with an average 9.74 strikeouts per nine innings...After setting the single-season PCL strikeout record in each of the last two seasons, the team currently ranks tied for eighth with 540 strikeouts.

Give Me Some Mora: Angelo Mora did not play last night, but over his last nine games he is 17-for-39 (.436) with 11 RBI and six runs scored. Since June 3, he leads the PCL in hits and ranks third in batting average and tied for third in RBI. Over his last five games, he is 10-for-22 with four extra-base hits and seven RBI.

Oh Henry!: Henry Ramos knocked two doubles yesterday to take over the team lead with 12 two-baggers for the season. In his last two starts, Ramos is 4-for-9 with three doubles, and over his last 12 games (eight starts) he is 14-for-35 (.400) with nine RBI...After collecting five extra-base hits over 24 games in May, Ramos has already equaled that total in his first nine games of June.

Around The Horn: Travis Taijeron has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, batting .343 (12-for-35) with five extra-base hits, five RBI and six runs scored...OKC's opponent has scored in the first or second inning in 18 of the last 22 games, including nine of the last 10. They have not held their opponent scoreless over the first two innings in back-to-back games since May 19-20 vs. Nashville...Yesterday was the first time since May 19 vs. Nashville the Dodgers held their opponent scoreless through the first six innings and the 13th time this season the Dodgers held their opponent to fewer than two runs...Catcher Rocky Gale leads the PCL with a 46.7 caught stealing percentage (14x30)...Entering tonight, the Dodgers are 3-0 in series finales when they have a chance to win the series and are 1-0 in rubber matches...In the team's 28 games against American League affiliates, OKC designated hitters have combined to bat .330 with 16 extra-base hits and 15 RBI.


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