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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 16, 2016

June 16, 2016 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Omaha Storm Chasers (28-36) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (33-31)

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #65 of 144/Home #31 of 73 (13-17)

Pitching Probables: OMA-LHP John Lannan (5-5, 5.27) vs. OKC-RHP Zach Lee (6-5, 5.13)

Thursday, June 15, 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 conclude their series against the Omaha Storm Chasers at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers lead the series, 2-1, and seek their second home series win of the season. Tonight is a $2 Thursday.

Last Game: Omaha broke a tie in the top of the 12th inning, scoring the go-ahead run on an error for an eventual 6-5 win Wednesday afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. With the game tied, 5-5, in the 12th inning, Hunter Dozier hit a one-out double and advanced to third when Tony Cruz flied out. Parker Morin then sent a grounder toward Dodgers second baseman Micah Johnson, who misplayed the ball, allowing Dozier to score the go-ahead run. Omaha never trailed and took 1-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Dozier. The Dodgers answered in the bottom of the first inning with a RBI double by Corey Brown. Omaha regained the lead in the top of the fourth on Orlando Calixte's two-out RBI double for a 2-1 advantage. The Dodgers tied the game again, 2-2, in the bottom of the fourth. Johnson stole third base and then scored on a throwing error during the play by Cruz. In the fifth, Brett Eibner hit a RBI double to regain the lead for Omaha, 3-2. The Storm Chasers took a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning on a RBI single by Ramon Torres. Brandon Hicks homered for the second straight game, belting a solo shot down the left field line to cut Omaha's lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth. Dozier's solo home run put Omaha in front, 5-3, in the seventh. With runners at first and second base and none out in the seventh inning, OKC's Charlie Culberson hit a sharp grounder into left field for a two-run double to tie the game. Omaha reliever Brooks Pounders (4-1) got the win. He struck out seven OKC batters over 3.2 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit. Logan Bawcom (1-3) was charged with the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Zach Lee (6-5) looks to end a personal four-game losing streak tonight...Lee was hit with his fourth loss in as many starts June 10 against Nashville. He allowed six runs and tied his season high with 10 hits allowed. He did not issue a walk and struck out four over 4.2 innings...Lee has struggled as of late, losing four straight decisions for the first time since his pro career began in 2011. Over the four-game stretch, Lee is 0-4 with a 7.32 ERA, and opponents are batting .364 with five home runs...He is still currently tied with Jharel Cotton for the team lead with six wins. He also leads the Dodgers with 12 starts and 66.2 innings...So far this season, Lee has notched 53 strikeouts against 15 walks (3.53 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...In five career meetings with the Storm Chasers, Lee is 3-2 with a 4.94 ERA. Tonight marks his second start of the season against Omaha. On April 28 at Werner Park, Lee allowed a season-high 10 runs on nine hits over 3.1 innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

Against the Storm Chasers: 2016: 3-2 2015: 6-10 All-time: 134-127 In OKC: 68-62

Rain washed away the final two of a four-game series in Omaha, April 28-May 1. Before the inclement weather struck, the Dodgers and Storm Chasers won one game each...The Dodgers have won three of the last four meetings after Omaha won 10 of the previous 11...Oklahoma City won five of the first six games against the Storm Chasers last season before Omaha claimed victories in nine of the final 10 meetings against the Dodgers. The Dodgers had all sorts of trouble slowing down the Omaha bats last season, as the Storm Chasers scored 85 runs (5.3 per game) and batted .331 as a team...Omaha is 4-0-1 in season series with OKC over the past five years and is 25-17 in Bricktown during that time.

Five and Dive: Including yesterday, the Dodgers have lost 12 straight games when allowing at least five runs. Of the team's last 12 losses at home, the opponent has scored at least five runs 11 times...Since May 19, the Dodgers are 11-15 overall. When allowing fewer than five runs, they are 11-3. When allowing five or more runs, they are 0-12.

Special K: Oklahoma City's pitching staff continues to rack up strikeouts and now leads the league with 576 strikeouts through 64 games this season. The Dodgers struck out 11 Omaha batters Wednesday, marking the 28th time this season they have struck out at least 10 batters in a game. The Dodgers have struck out at least 10 batters in three of the last five games, as well as in six of their first 14 games of June. In fact, the Dodgers have recorded fewer than eight strikeouts in a game only twice in June...The Dodgers are on pace to notch 1,296 strikeouts this season, which would blow past the team's single-season record of 1,114 set last year.

Barnes is Back: Catcher/infielder Austin Barnes returns to Oklahoma City today after being optioned by the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 14. After being recalled on June 5, Barnes appeared in four games for LAD and was 0-for-4 with a walk...Prior to his call-up, Barnes was riding a seven-game hitting streak with OKC, batting .400 (12x30) with four multi-hit games. Despite playing in just 37 of the team's 64 games, Barnes leads OKC with 24 walks and has posted a .413 on-base percentage...In a corresponding roster move, catcher Vinny DiFazio was transferred to Double-A Tulsa.

Fear the Apostrophe: O'Koyea Dickson has reached base safely in 13 straight games overall, as well as in 15 consecutive starts. He has also hit safely in eight of his last nine games...Since May 23, Dickson is batting .386 (22x57) with four homers and 14 RBI over 20 games...In June, he's been even hotter at the plate, batting .400 (14x35) with eight extra-base hits and 10 RBI in 12 games.

Zach Attack: Over his last 13 games, Zach Walters is batting .385 (20x52) with seven extra-base hits and 13 RBI...Walters hit .170 in April, but is batting .321 (43x134) since the beginning of May.

Dinger Details: With Brandon Hicks' home run in the sixth inning Wednesday, the Dodgers have homered in a season-best five straight games. They have gone deep at least once in nine of the last 10 games and have hit 13 homers in 14 games so far in June, for an average of 0.93 HR per game. They averaged 0.62 HR per game in both April and May...Hicks has homered in back-to-back games, becoming the second Dodgers player this season to do so. Previously, James Ramsey went deep May 11 and 12 in Round Rock.

Thirsty Thursday Tidbits: Brandon Hicks is 5-for-10 over the last two games with two homers. Over his first 35 games, Hicks collected one multi-hit game (April 18 vs. Nashville) and hit one home run...With yesterday's loss, the Dodgers are now 1-7 when tied after eight innings, which is the worst mark in the PCL...The Dodgers have five extra-base hits in each of the last two games, tying their season high.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHERS OPP. PITCHER

Friday, June 17 7 p.m. at New Orleans RHP Nick Tepesch (6-2, 3.93) RHP Jose Urena (1-1, 5.09)

Saturday, June 18 6 p.m. at New Orleans RHP Jose De Leon (0-0, 2.45) LHP Chris Narveson (2-2, 3.44)

Sunday, June 19 1 p.m. at New Orleans RHP Brock Stewart (1-0, 4.76) LHP Chris Reed (1-2, 2.41)

Monday, June 20 11 a.m. at New Orleans RHP Jharel Cotton (6-3, 4.68) RHP Paul Clemens (6-4, 4.30)

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