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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - June 4, 2023

Published on June 4, 2023 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Reno Aces (32-24) at Oklahoma City Dodgers (40-16)

Game #57 of 150/First Half #57 of 75/Home #27 of 75

Pitching Probables: RNO-RHP Bryce Jarvis (2-4, 6.60) vs. OKC-RHP Matt Andriese (4-2, 4.81)

Sunday, June 4, 2023 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 2:05 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM-AM 1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio; Video: Bally Live, MiLB.tv

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers close out their series against the Reno Aces at 2:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers have a 3-2 lead in the series between the top two teams in the Pacific Coast League and first-place OKC has eight more wins than second-place Reno. OKC can win its ninth series of the season with a win today and has yet to split a series this season, going 8-1-0 through nine series to start 2023.

Last Game: The Reno Aces put together a six-run eighth inning on the way to a 9-6 comeback win against the Oklahoma City Dodgers Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Aces built a 3-0 lead through two innings. The Dodgers were held scoreless through the first five innings before compiling a six-run sixth inning. Luke Williams hit a RBI single and Ryan Ward had a RBI groundout before Devin Mann's RBI single tied the score, 3-3. Justin Yurchak then singled, and a Reno fielding error allowed the go-ahead run to score before Jahmai Jones sent a two-run homer out to left field for a three-run OKC advantage. The Aces went on to score six runs in the eighth inning after loading the bases. Reno hit back-to-back RBI singles before tying the score, 6-6, on a sacrifice fly. Phillip Evans gave the Aces the lead with a RBI single before Buddy Kennedy's two-run single pushed Reno's lead to 9-6.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Matt Andriese (4-2) makes his 11th start of the season in today's series finale. He was scheduled to start Tuesday's series opener before being a late scratch due to neck discomfort...He last started May 24 in Sacramento, allowing one unearned run and three hits over 5.1 innings with four walks and three strikeouts. He did not factor into the decision of OKC's 6-5 loss in 10 innings. It was the third time he allowed one run or less in his last four outings, but the first time he issued a walk since April 18 (26.0 IP). Andriese had allowed a total of three walks in his previous eight starts combined (39.1 IP)...He was named the PCL Pitcher of the Week for May 8-14 by Minor League Baseball after combining with two relievers to throw the Dodgers' first nine-inning shutout of 2023 in a 6-0 win May 12 in Round Rock. Andriese pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits. He matched his longest start of the season and tied a season high with six strikeouts, retiring 18 of the 20 batters he faced. He retired the first 10 batters of the game as well as 17 of the first 18...Andriese is in his 13th professional season and signed with the Dodgers Jan. 30 after spending the 2022 season with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, going 5-2 with a 2.86 ERA over 15 games. He notched 56 strikeouts against 14 walks in 63.0 IP...Andriese was selected in the third round of the 2011 MLB Draft by San Diego from UC Riverside and he made his ML debut with Tampa Bay April 10, 2015 at Miami. He's made a total of 217 appearances in the Majors with five different teams throughout his career...Tonight is his second career appearance against Reno, but first since the 2013 season with Tucson.

Against the Aces: 2023: 3-2 2022: 6-6 All-time: 37-30 At OKC: 25-16

The Dodgers and Aces meet for their first of two series this season and lone series at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The teams later play July 25-30 in Reno...The teams split their 2022 season series, 6-6, as they played 12 games against one another in a span of 24 games. The Dodgers won the most recent series between the teams, 4-2, June 14-19, 2022 in Reno, while the Aces won the May 24-29, 2022 series, 4-2, in OKC...OKC scored eight or more runs in five games against Reno last season and 10 or more runs three times. Both teams posted a shutout in the season series...Jason Martin led OKC with 13 hits and 14 RBI against the Aces last season, while Jake Lamb hit a team-leading four homers...The Dodgers and Aces have split each of their last three season series and OKC has not won a season series against Reno since the 2015 season when OKC went 3-1. The Dodgers are 0-2-4 in season series against the Aces since.

Race to the Top: The Pacific Coast League's top two teams playing one another in early June may have playoff implications although the teams just passed the one-third point of their 2023 schedules. The PCL season is split into halves in 2023, with the first half ending June 25 after 75 games. The winner of the first half - the team with the best record in the 10-team league - will serve as host of a League Championship Series starting Sept. 26, meeting the second-half winner for a best-of-three series.

Trend Setters: The Dodgers reached 40 wins in 55 games - faster than any PCL team since at least 2005, as data from 2004 and earlier is not available. The previous fastest PCL teams to 40 wins since 2005 were the 2019 El Paso Chihuahuas, 2015 OKC Dodgers and 2010 Fresno Grizzlies, who all picked up their 40th win in Game 61...Despite two losses this series and three in the last seven games, the Dodgers are 18-5 since May 9. They are 24 games above .500 with a 40-16 record overall and their 40 wins are the most among all teams in the Minors and only the 41-19 Tampa Bay Rays have more wins in all of affiliated professional baseball, but have played four more games than OKC...OKC's 40 wins are the most by an OKC team through 56 games in the Bricktown era (since 1998) and no other OKC team since 1998 has had fewer than 21 losses through 57 games...OKC is 19-7 so far at home - best among all PCL teams. Saturday's defeat was just the fifth for the Dodgers in the last 21 home games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Today they seek to avoid their first consecutive losses at home this season.

Big Innings: The Dodgers scored all six of their runs in the sixth inning Saturday - tying for OKC's highest-scoring inning of the season. It's the third time overall the team has scored six in one inning, last done May 19 against Sugar Land at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers now have 10 innings over the last 11 games in which they have scored four or more runs....On the other hand, Reno's six-run eighth inning marked the fourth time this season an OKC opponent scored six or more runs in an inning and was the highest scoring inning for an opponent since May 5 in El Paso.

Repeat Offense: The six runs scored by OKC last night marked the team's highest run total in a loss since an 11-7 defeat May 7 in El Paso. Saturday also ended up as the largest losing margin for the Dodgers since that May 7 game. The Dodgers' three previous losses since May 9 all came by one-run margins...The Dodgers tallied eight hits Saturday, snapping a season-high stretch of four consecutive games with double-digit hits. It was just the third time in the last 11 games the Dodgers had been outhit...Through five games in the current series, the Dodgers are batting .333 (58x174) with 20 extra-base hits and 40 runs...Over the last nine games, OKC is batting .300 (93x310) with 65 runs and 32 extra-base hits, recording 10-plus hits in six of the nine games and at least eight hits in eight of the games....The team is batting .336 (44x131) with runners in scoring position over the last 11 games.

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Jahmai Jones hit his fifth home run of the season in the sixth inning, sending a two-run shot out to left-center field, but it was his first home run since April 20. He hit four homers through his first 13 games of the season and last night was his first homer in a 30-game span. He also picked up a double - his eighth in the last nine games. He has now hit safely in 11 straight games, going 15-for-30 with eight doubles and 12 walks. The streak is the second-longest by a Dodgers player this season. He has also reached base in 19 consecutive games for the third-longest on-base streak for OKC this season...He has reached base at least twice in 10 of his last 11 games, and since May 1, Jones' .511 OBP leads the PCL and his 10 doubles are fourth. He has reached base in 25 of his last 36 plate appearances over nine games, getting on base at least three times in five of the nine contests.

What a Mighty Good Mann: Devin Mann's RBI single in the sixth inning last night and tied the score, 3-3. He also drew a walk and scored a run as he extended his on-base streak to 23 consecutive games - the second-longest on-base streak of the season by an OKC player (Michael Busch - 25 G). During his on-base streak, Mann is 25-for-76 (.329) with six doubles, four homers, 24 RBI, 19 walks and 21 runs scored while posting a .474 OBP...He recorded his league-leading 21st double of the season Friday, as his total ranks tied for second in all of the Minors. He's now matched his doubles total from 2022 across 118 games split between Tulsa and OKC...Over his last eight games, Mann is 12-for-28 (.429) with 13 RBI and nine runs scored...After slashing .233/.314/.400 through May 2 (25 games), he is slashing .342/.484/.589 since May 3 (22 games).

Yon The Reg: Yonny Hernández did not play yesterday, but on Friday recorded two hits, a RBI, walk and run scored as he extended his hitting streak to 14 games - the longest hitting streak of the season by an OKC player and second-longest active streak in the PCL. During the streak, he is 18-for-49 (.367) with six extra-base hits, 12 walks and 12 runs scored. It's the second-longest hitting streak of Hernández's career, trailing only a 17-game streak in 2016 with the DSL Rangers...The last OKC player with a hitting streak of at least 14 games was Miguel Vargas, who had a 14-game streak Aug. 13-28, 2022. The 2022 OKC Dodgers posted three 14-game hitting streaks, including two by Vargas the other by Jake Lamb. The last OKC player with a hitting streak longer than 14 games was Gavin Lux, who had a 16-game streak June 27-July 19, 2019...Hernández's .442 OBP this season ranks fifth in the league.

Two-Way Street: Although the Dodgers have trailed at some point during 27 of their 40 wins, they have also held a lead in 10 of their 16 losses this season. In three of the team's last four losses, the Dodgers led by at least three runs before falling, and they have also led in the eighth inning in three of the four defeats, including last night. After being charged with only three blown saves as a team through the first 46 games of the season, the Dodgers have five blown saves over the last 10 games...Across the last four games of the current series with Reno, there have been three wins by a team after trailing by three runs. On Wednesday, the Aces trailed, 4-1, before winning, 6-5. Then on Thursday, the Dodgers were down, 5-2, before nabbing a 7-5 victory...Including Saturday, eight of the Dodgers' last 13 games have been decided in the eighth inning or later, including four of the last eight.

Around the Horn: Luke Williams went 2-for-4 with a RBI and run scored Saturday, posting a fourth straight multi-hit outing and fifth in the last six games. He is 10-for-25 (.400) during the span with nine runs scored...After holding opponents to four runs or less in five consecutive games and in eight of the previous nine games, the Dodgers have allowed at least five runs each of the last four nights against the Minors' top hitting team. Over the last 33 innings of the series, the Aces have batted .310 (40x129), including 16-for-40 with RISP (.400), leading to 25 runs. Entering Wednesday's game, the Dodgers' pitching staff had posted a 2.62 ERA and .196 BAA (120x613) while holding opponents to a .157 clip with RISP over the previous 19 games (20x127).

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