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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 2, 2018

Published on June 2, 2018 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Omaha Storm Chasers (23-31) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (32-19)

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #52 of 140/Home #28 of 70 (22-5)

Pitching Probables: OMA-RHP Josh Staumont (1-1, 1.82) vs. OKC-RHP Daniel Corcino (2-0, 2.32)

Saturday, June 2, 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 will take the field as Cielo Azul de Oklahoma City at 7:05 p.m. against the Cazadores de Tormentas de Omaha during ¡Celebración Cielo Azul! at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Tonight is also Faith Night, presented by Southern Nazarene University, and features a pregame concert by Unspoken.

Last Game: The Dodgers hit three home runs as their offense stayed hot at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in an 8-7 win against Omaha Friday night. Cam Gallagher's RBI single and a run scored via an error gave Omaha a 2-0 lead in the first inning. OKC's Matt Beaty led off the bottom of the second with his first Triple-A home run. Kyle Garlick followed with a double and later Jacob Scavuzzo homered onto the Budweiser Deck in left field to give OKC a 3-2 advantage. Omaha's Paulo Orlando connected on a RBI triple to center to tie the game, 3-3, in the third. In the fourth, Alex Verdugo hit a fly ball to left field for a RBI double. Kyle Farmer followed with a RBI single for a 5-3 Dodgers advantage. Garlick hit the Dodgers' third homer of the game in the fifth to the deepest part of the ballpark to boost OKC's lead to 6-3. Back-to-back RBI singles with two outs in the sixth by Farmer and Edwin Ríos extended the Dodgers' lead to 8-3. Omaha's Frank Schwindel connected on a solo homer to cut the Dodgers' lead to 8-4 in the seventh. Omaha then scored three runs in the ninth, including a RBI double by Adalberto Mondesi and two-run homer by Schwindel. Adam Liberatore (2-1) pitched a scoreless fourth inning to earn the win. Joe Broussard picked up his third save. Omaha starting pitcher Heath Fillmyer (3-5) was charged with the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Daniel Corcino (2-0) makes his sixth start and 10th appearance for OKC...He last started May 28 in Nashville, pitching a season-high six innings (ND). He gave up just one hit - to the very first batter he faced - and both runs charged to him were unearned. He issued four walks and finished with three strikeouts in his longest outing since Sept. 12, 2014 while with the Cincinnati Reds in a game at Milwaukee...He started the season in the bullpen, but has done an impressive job when called upon to fill in among the starting rotation. In his five starts, Corcino owns a 1.57 ERA and has allowed one or no earned runs in four of the five outings. He has allowed a total of seven runs (four earned) and 14 hits over 23.0 IP, with seven walks and 18 K's. Opponents are batting .167, and the Dodgers have gone 4-1 in his starts...He split 2017 between High-A Rancho Cucamonga, Double-A Tulsa and Double-A Tennessee (Cubs). He was released by the Cubs April 27, 2017 and signed by the Dodgers May 11, 2017...Corcino made his MLB debut Aug. 26, 2014 for Cincinnati against the Cubs and compiled 18.2 IP in five appearances (three starts) in the Majors in 2014...He originally signed as an amateur free agent with the Reds Jan. 11, 2008...Tonight is his first career appearance against Omaha.

Against the Storm Chasers: 2018: 2-1 2017: 7-10 All-time: 151-139 At OKC: 78-68 The Dodgers and Storm Chasers are meeting for the first time this season...The Storm Chasers won the 2017 season series, 10-7, marking the fifth time in seven years they won the season series against Oklahoma City, as well as the seventh time in 10 years. The teams split their final series of 2017, 2-2, in OKC, but the Dodgers dropped eight of the last 11 meetings...OKC was held to one or no runs five times in the team's last nine games against Omaha last season...Charlie Culberson paced the Dodgers with 21 hits through 15 games...Adalberto Mondesi batted .444 against OKC last season, racking up 28 hits over 15 games for Omaha. Frank Schwindel had 13 RBI in 13 games...OKC went 4-4 against the Storm Chasers at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in 2017, but has only finished .500 or better against the Storm Chasers in OKC three of the last seven seasons. Overall, OKC is 1-5-1 in the season series since 2011.

¡Celebración Cielo Azul!: The OKC Dodgers will again take the field as Cielo Azul de Oklahoma City tonight. Oklahoma City was one of 33 Minor League Baseball teams invited to participate in MiLB's "Es Divertido Ser Un Fan" ("It's Fun to Be a Fan®") campaign, and each team will don an alternate, culturally relevant identity for select games during the 2018 season with the aim to attract, engage and celebrate Hispanic and Latino fans in each participating team's city. Oklahoma City's Spanish team name Cielo Azul translates to "blue sky." The concept was developed to celebrate the richness and depth of Hispanic and Latino culture in the United States, while also linking the identity to the famous Dodger blue and to the team's home state of Oklahoma, which often boasts vast blue skies. In addition to the players and coaches wearing Cielo Azul uniforms on the field, ¡Celebración Cielo Azul! will offer new specialty foods at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Latin music and a bilingual environment will enhance the gameday experience for fans.

Home is Where the Hits Are: OKC improved to 22-5 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark with Friday's win. The Dodgers have the most home wins in the Minors and own the second-best home winning percentage in the Minors, trailing only Low-A Kannapolis (19-4; .826)...Of their 22 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 .320/.382/.504 at home, scoring an average of 6.3 runs per game on an average of 10.96 hits per game. The team has scored eight-plus runs in 10 games and collected 14 or more hits in seven games, including accomplishing both last night against Omaha. They've also scored at least four runs in an inning 12 times.

Teach Me How to Dougie: Alex Verdugo doubled last night with a RBI and run scored to extend his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games, going 17-for-44 (.386) with eight runs scored and four RBI. The hitting streak is the second-longest by a Dodger this season, only trailing Rocky Gale's 13-game streak...After missing five straight games due to an ankle injury, he is 7-for-17 since returning to the lineup...The outfielder has tallied five multi-hit games in his last nine contests (15x37)...Overall this season with OKC, Verdugo is batting .317 (38x120) with five doubles, four homers, 19 RBI and 20 runs scored in 30 games.

New Kids on the Block: Both Matt Beaty and Edwin Ríos are off to impressive starts after missing close to two months of the season with injuries. Beaty, the 2017 Texas League Player of the Year, has hit safely in each of his first six games, going 7-for-21. He hit his first Triple-A home run Friday night and four of his seven hits with the Dodgers have gone for extra bases. Ríos has hit safely in five of six games with three multi-hit efforts. He is 6-for-17 during a four-game hit streak and has picked up a RBI each of the last two nights.

Around the Horn: Last night marked the eighth time in the last nine games the Dodgers' opponent scored first. The opposition has scored in the first inning five times in the last nine games, totaling 11 runs. Prior to the recent stretch, the Dodgers had allowed 10 runs in the first inning over their first 42 games this season...Kyle Farmer has hit safely in 11 of his first 13 games since joining OKC, swatting three homers and driving in 15 runs...Kyle Garlick's 12 total homers between OKC and Tulsa are tied for most among Dodgers minor leaguers.

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