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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - May 3, 2016

May 3, 2016 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


New Orleans Zephyrs (12-11) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (12-10)

Miami Marlins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #23 of 144/Home #9 of 72 (3-5)

Pitching Probables: NEW-RHP Jarred Cosart (0-0, 1.80) vs. OKC-RHP Jose De Leon (NR, -.--)

Tuesday, May 3, 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 continue their four-game series against the New Orleans Zephyrs at 7:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Starting pitcher Jose De Leon will make his season and Triple-A debut.

Last Game: A solo home run by Robert Andino broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the 10th inning, and the Zephyrs held off the Dodgers in the bottom of the inning to send OKC to a 3-2 loss Monday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. After the Zephyrs took a one-run lead with Andino's first home run of the season, the Dodgers threatened to extend the game in the bottom of the 10th. Zach Walters, James Ramsey, and Jack Murphy each drew walks to load the bases with one out. Elian Herrera then struck out for the second out. Austin Barnes followed and hit a grounder toward second base where New Orleans completed a force out to end the game. The teams exchanged home runs in the third inning. Xavier Scruggs hit a two-run homer into the OKC Dodgers bullpen in left-center field for a 2-0 Zephyrs lead. Corey Brown answered in the bottom of the inning with a solo homer that landed on the berm in right-center field to cut New Orleans' lead to 2-1. The Dodgers loaded the bases in the bottom of eighth inning on three walks. Then with two outs, Herrera hit a RBI single to right field, but Alex Hassan was also thrown out at the plate on the play, keeping the game tied. Dodgers pitcher Jharel Cotton (2-2) was charged with the loss. New Orleans pitcher Nick Wittgren (1-0) was credited with the win and Dustin McGowan earned his first save of the season.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Jose De Leon is slated to make his Triple-A debut tonight. He joins Oklahoma City after spending a month in extended spring training...De Leon appeared in three games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during Spring Training, going 1-0 with a 7.50 ERA. He allowed five runs and nine hits over six innings of relief, allowing three home runs. He did not issue a walk and recorded five strikeouts...De Leon entered the season ranked as the Dodgers' No. 3 prospect according to Baseball America...He split the 2015 season between High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Tulsa and made a total of 23 starts, going 6-7 with a 2.99 ERA, .208 opponent average, and a 1.08 WHIP...He led all Dodgers minor leaguers and ranked tied for fourth overall in the Minors with 163 strikeouts in 114.1 IP...De Leon topped the Minors in 2015 with 12.83 strikeouts per nine inning and had a total of six double-digit strikeout games, with a season high of 12 (twice). He also ranked fourth in ERA among Dodgers minor leaguers...De Leon began the 2015 season with High-A Rancho Cucamonga and turned in seven dominant starts, posting a 1.67 ERA and .193 opponent average. He recorded 58 strikeouts in 37.2 IP (13.9 K/9) and issued eight walks (7.25 K/BB)...He was promoted to Double-A Tulsa on May 22 and made 16 starts, six of which were quality starts...De Leon was selected by the Dodgers in the 24th Round of the 2013 Draft from Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.

Against the Zephyrs : 2016: 0-1 2015: 12-4 All-time: 153-133 In OKC: 81-63

This marks the first series of the season between the teams...The Dodgers won the 2015 series, 12-4, and defeated the Zephyrs in 10 of the final 11 meetings. The 12 victories tied OKC's record for most wins accumulated in one season against New Orleans (1999)...OKC went 6-2 both at home and on the road against the Zephyrs last season...O'Koyea Dickson hit .404 (19x47) and Corey Seager hit .365 (23x63) with a team-leading 23 hits in the series...OKC held New Orleans to just three home runs over the 16-game series, while OKC racked up 10 homers...OKC has won the last two season series between the teams and has lost just one season series against the Zephyrs since 2006.

Streaking Segedin : Rob Segedin singled in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday to extend his hitting streak to a career-best 14 games...The streak is tied for the second-longest current streak in the PCL, behind a 15-game streak by Tacoma's Stefen Romero. Segedin's streak is also the third-longest streak of the season overall in the league. Reno's Mike Freeman hit safely in 17 straight games from April 12-April 30...During the streak Segedin is batting .424 (25x59) with 11 extra-base hits, 10 RBI, 14 runs scored and seven multi-hit games...Segedin's four triples pace the PCL and his 13 total extra-base hits are fifth-most in the league. His .651 slugging percentage and 54 total bases both rank third in the league.

Walkabout: The Dodgers walked a season-high 10 times Monday, but they could only convert one of the free passes into a run. It was the most walks by an Oklahoma City team in a game of 10 or fewer innings since drawing 10 walks May 20, 2014 at New Orleans (nine innings)...Zach Walters became the first OKC Dodger with three walks in a game this season. He entered last night with two walks total.

Extra, Extra: Including last night, the Dodgers have now played four extra-inning games this season, which is tied with Albuquerque for most in the PCL. The Dodgers are only team in the PCL to play back-to-back extra-inning games in 2016, and it's the first time the team has done that since April 14-15, 2015 vs. Nashville.

What Can Brown Do For You?: Corey Brown singled and homered Monday to record his team-leading ninth multi-hit game of the season. Brown has six multi-hit games over his last nine games overall and he is batting .385 (15x39) with eight RBI.

How the West was Won: Last night Matt West retired five of the six batters he faced, with three strikeouts. He leads PCL relievers with an average of 3.97 baserunners per nine innings and is one of four qualifying relievers yet to allow a walk this season. He has retired 31 of the 36 batters he's faced and has accumulated 14 strikeouts over 11.1 scoreless innings.

Not Digging the Longball: The Dodgers have allowed 12 home runs over the last seven games. They had allowed six home runs total over their first 15 games. OKC has allowed at least two homers in five of the last seven contests, including each of the past three games...Over the past two games, all six runs the Dodgers have allowed has been via home runs (five).

Missed Opportunities: The Dodgers left a season-high 15 runners on base last night, including eight in scoring position. In the past two games combined, the Dodgers have stranded 29 runners over 22 innings...Last night OKC was just 2-for-17 with runners on base, including 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. The team is now 1 for its last 24 with runners in scoring position.

Personnel Files: In addition to Jose De Leon being added to the active roster today, reliever Red Patterson was transferred to Double-A Tulsa and reliever Tim Shibuya was activated of the Disabled List and transferred to Tulsa as well.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHERS OPP. PITCHER

Wednesday, May 4 11:05 a.m. New Orleans LHP Julio Urias (2-1, 2.50) RHP Dylan Axelrod (0-0, 3.09)

Thursday, May 5 7:05 p.m. New Orleans RHP Zach Lee (3-1, 5.66) RHP Paul Clemens (3-2, 6.00)

Friday, May 6 7:35 p.m. at Colorado Springs RHP Jeremy Kehrt (2-1, 3.86) RHP Tyler Cravy (0-0, 3.18)

Saturday, May 7 7:05 p.m. at Colorado Springs RHP Sam LeCure (0-1, 3.86) RHP Ariel Pena (0-0, 9.45)

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