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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 24, 2018

June 24, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City Dodgers (43-27) vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (34-39)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals

Game #71 of 140/Road #35 of 70 (16-18)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Tyler Pill (2-1, 4.18) vs. OMA-RHP Trevor Oaks (3-3, 2.24)

Sunday, June 24, 2018 | Werner Park | Papillion, Neb. | 2:05 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers close out their four-game road series against the Omaha Storm Chasers at 2:05 p.m. at Werner Park. The Dodgers lead the series, 2-1, and look to win a four-game road series for just the second time this season.

Last Game: The Dodgers overcame an early three-run deficit and scored three key runs during an eighth inning rally to defeat Omaha, 7-5, Saturday night at Werner Park. Omaha scored three runs in the first inning to put the Dodgers in an early hole, but the Dodgers steadily came back and were within one at 4-3 in the fifth inning. Then in the seventh, Travis Taijeron broke through with a two-out RBI single to even the score at 4-4. Each of the first five batters of the eighth inning reached base en route to scoring three runs. Connor Joe walked and Angelo Mora laid down a bunt single. Breyvic Valera then gave the Dodgers their first lead of the night with a sharp line drive single to center field to score Joe and put the Dodgers ahead, 5-4. Kyle Farmer followed with a RBI double, and Alex Verdugo capped off the rally with a RBI single, stretching the lead to 7-4. After Omaha's early surge, the Dodgers bullpen threw five scoreless innings with only three runners reaching base. But the Storm Chasers rallied in the ninth inning eventually put the tying runs on base. Dodgers pitcher Brian Schlitter then got Ryan O'Hearn to hit into a forceout at second base to end the game for his 10th save of the season. Dodgers reliever Pat Venditte (3-1) retired six of seven batters faced and earned the win. Omaha reliever Luis Vasquez (2-2) took the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Tyler Pill (2-1) tries for a third win in four starts when he takes the mound for OKC...He most recently started June 19 against Las Vegas, allowing one run and six hits over 5.0 IP with one walk and a season-high five strikeouts in OKC's 3-2 home defeat...Since rejoining the Dodgers in late May, Pill has posted a 2.95 ERA and OKC has won three of his four starts. And over his last two outings, Pill has surrendered just one run on 10 hits over 10.0 IP, with two walks and nine strikeouts...Pill started his season in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization with Triple-A Reno and was acquired by the Dodgers in a trade for cash considerations April 17...He signed with Arizona in January, and prior to that, spent his entire career in the New York Mets organization...Pill made his MLB debut last season with the Mets May 27, 2017 against Pittsburgh and made seven appearances (three starts) in the Majors (0-3, 5.32 ERA)...Pill was selected by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Cal State Fullerton...Tonight is his second start of the season against the Storm Chasers. On May 31 at home, he allowed three runs and eight hits over 5.1 innings in a no decision.

Against the Storm Chasers: 2018: 5-3 2017: 7-10 All-time: 154-141 At OMA: 75-72

Division foes OKC and Omaha are meeting for their second series of the season and first at Werner Park...The Dodgers won their first series of the season, 3-2, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, with the Dodgers winning the middle three meetings of the series...Each team scored 31 runs in the series. Edwin Ríos paced OKC with nine hits in five games and batted .409 in five games. Kyle Farmer collected a team-best five RBI and scored five runs as the Dodgers batted .302 in the series...On the other side, Frank Schwindel went 10-for-22 with two homers and six RBI...The Storm Chasers won the 2017 season series, 10-7, marking the fifth time in seven years they won the season series, 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...Entering today, the Dodgers have lost seven of their last 10 games at Werner Park...OKC is 1-5-1 in the season series since 2011.

A Smoother Road?: The Dodgers are 6-3 in their last nine road games and have won eight of their last 14 away from Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark after starting the season with an 8-12 road record...OKC tallied seven runs last night for the second time in three road games and for the third time in their last five road games...The Dodgers have now scored at least four runs in nine of their last 10 games away from OKC, and over the 10-game stretch, OKC has scored 62 runs (6.2 rpg), while batting .304 (112x368). They've scored seven or more runs in five of those games...Overall, the Dodgers are slashing .259/.322/.392 and scoring 4.4 runs on nine hits per game on the road this season, compared to .309/.369/.483 with 5.8 runs and 10.6 hits per game at home...Today they have a chance to win a four-game road series for the first time since April 17-20 at Round Rock.

Teach Me How to Dougie: Alex Verdugo tallied a game-high three hits Saturday night and has now hit safely in 27 of his last 29 games, going 47-for-120 (.391) with 17 runs scored and 15 RBI. The 29-game stretch includes an 11-game and a 13-game hitting streak. His 13-game hitting streak June 3-18 is tied with Rocky Gale for the longest Dodger hitting streak this season...Verdugo paces the Dodgers with 68 hits despite playing in just 48 games, and his .347 average ranks tied for third in the PCL...His 31 hits in June are second-most the league, trailing only Fresno's Kyle Tucker (34)...Nine of his last 12 hits have gone for extra bases (seven doubles, two homers).

Along the Ríos Grande: Edwin Ríos went 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored last night to extend his current hitting streak to six games, tying his longest hitting streak of the season (May 27-June 3)...He has now hit safely in seven consecutive starts, going 11-for-26 (.423) with seven RBI and six runs scored...He has 24 hits through 19 games this month, which ranks second on the club. He paces the Dodgers with four homers and 14 runs scored this month and he ranks second on the team with 16 RBI in June.

Give Me Some Mora: Angelo Mora reached base three times Saturday night for a second straight game. He paces the PCL with a .500 OBP since rejoining the Dodgers June 3...He has hit safely in 12 of 15 games with OKC this month, batting .407 (22x54) with a team-best 17 RBI...In his first 14 games with the club between April and May, Mora batted just .189 and had one walk. This month he's drawn 11 walks.

CWS Memories: This series at Werner Park is concurrent with the 2018 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha. Four players on the current OKC roster were on teams that made it to the College World Series: Joe Broussard (LSU, 2013), Alex Burg (Clemson, 2006), Tyler Pill (Cal State-Fullerton, 2009) and Josh Sborz (Virginia, 2014-15). Sborz was named the 2015 College World Series Most Outstanding Player, going 3-0 with a save in 13.0 shutout innings.

Around The Horn: Last night the Dodgers won when trailing after six innings for the sixth time this season. It was also their fifth comeback win of the season when trailing by at least three runs...The 8-9 hitters in the lineup this series have combined to go 11-for-20 with five walks, eight runs and six RBI...The bullpen had to cover 6.0 innings last night, and through 20 games this month, relievers have thrown 96.0 innings compared to 85.0 innings thrown by starting pitchers...After allowing five runs over his first two appearances with OKC, reliever Logan Ondrusek has strung together four straight scoreless outings totaling 6.2 innings, allowing five hits and no walks with nine strikeouts.

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