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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - May 5, 2018

May 5, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Colorado Springs Sky Sox (18-9) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (20-6)

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #27 of 140/Home #14 of 70 (13-0)

Pitching Probables: COS-RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-0, 1.65) vs. OKC-RHP Brock Stewart (1-0, 2.41)

Saturday, May 5, 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 remain undefeated at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark this season and a win tonight against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox at 7:05 p.m. would tie Oklahoma City's second-longest home winning streak since the ballpark opened in 1998 at 14 games. The Dodgers are 13-0 in Bricktown to start 2018 for their best-ever home start since 1998 and are the lone team in professional baseball still undefeated at home this season.

Last Game: Dodgers starting pitcher Manny Bañuelos threw five scoreless innings and drove in three runs to lead the Dodgers to a 5-1 win Friday night against Colorado Springs at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Jake Peter led off the bottom of the first inning with a single and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Rob Segedin for a 1-0 Dodgers lead. The Dodgers went on to load the bases in the second inning, and Bañuelos cleared them all with a double into the gap in left-center field to boost OKC to a 4-0 advantage. A RBI single by Henry Ramos in the seventh inning extended the Dodgers' lead to 5-0. Colorado Springs broke the shutout bid in the top of the eighth inning. With runners at second and third base, a wild pitch by C.C. Lee allowed the Sky Sox to score their lone run of the night and cut OKC's lead to 5-1. Dodgers reliever Joe Broussard struck out the side in the top of the ninth inning to seal the victory. Bañuelos (4-0) allowed four hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 5.0 scoreless innings as he earned his fourth win of the season. Colorado Springs starting pitcher Bubba Derby (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing five runs (four unearned) and six hits over 6.1 innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Brock Stewart (1-0) returns to OKC to make his fifth Triple-A start of the season...Stewart was optioned to OKC May 1 when the Los Angeles Dodgers recalled reliever Edward Paredes. Stewart made his 2018 LAD debut April 30 out of the bullpen in Arizona. He pitched 1.2 innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits, including a home run, with three strikeouts...Stewart pitched an abbreviated 1.2 innings in his last start for OKC April 25 against Iowa. He allowed three hits and two walks with three K's...While with OKC this season, Stewart owns a 1.02 WHIP and has held opponents to a .200 batting average, including 3-for-21 with runners on...Stewart split last season between LAD and OKC while battling injury. With OKC, he went 0-1 with a 3.12 ERA over five starts with 25 K's and three walks...In 17 games (four starts) with LAD, Stewart posted a 3.41 ERA with 29 K's and 19 walks over 34.1 IP...Stewart advanced quickly through the Dodgers system in 2016, starting the season in High-A and ascending to the Majors to make his debut June 29 at Milwaukee. He was named the Dodgers' 2016 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and to Baseball America's Minor League All-Star Team...Tonight is Stewart's third career start against Colorado Springs. He has no record and has allowed five runs and eight hits over 8.0 innings, with one walk against 11 strikeouts.

Against the Sky Sox: 2018: 1-0 2017: 4-12 All-time: 99-82 At OKC: 60-33

The top two teams in the American Northern Division face off for their first series of 2018...Colorado Springs won 12 of 16 meetings against Oklahoma City last season, including six of the final seven games. They took three of four games in each of the four series...The Sky Sox collected more than eight wins in a season against OKC for the first time since the teams started playing in 1998...Colorado Springs outscored the Dodgers, 96-66, and outhit OKC, 161-139...Alex Verdugo led the Dodgers offense in the series, batting .408 over 14 games with a team-best 20 hits, while O'Koyea Dickson had 12 RBI in 14 games. Bobby Wilson hit five homers in 12 games...Since joining the PCL in 1998, the only other instance the team lost 12 games in the same season against one opponent was in 2007, when OKC was 6-12 against Nashville.

Out of the Gates: The Dodgers have won 20 of their first 26 games of 2018, setting the best overall record by an Oklahoma City team through 26 games rejoining the PCL in 1998...The Dodgers own the best winning percentage in the Minors (.769). OKC, High-A Jupiter (Marlins) and Low-A Delmarva (Orioles) pace the Minors with 20 wins each.

Home Front: The Dodgers are 13-0 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark for the best start in OKC since the ballpark opened in 1998. The team's previous best start was 5-0 in 2006...The Dodgers have trailed at some point in eight of 13 home contests, including seven of the last 10, and have trailed in the eighth inning or later in five games...The Dodgers have four walk-off wins this season, including three straight April 14-16 against New Orleans...At the plate, the Dodgers are batting .336 at home for the second highest home batting average in Triple-A, only behind Colorado Springs (.341). OKC has outscored opponents, 90-38, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and has also outhit opponents, 150-97...Over their first 13 home games, the Dodgers have slashed .336/.407/.488. They have eight-plus runs in five of 13 games and totaled four games with 14 or more hits...They've scored four or more runs in an inning eight times already...This current home winning streak is tied for the club's third-longest since moving to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (also Aug. 12-Sept. 2, 1999), and tonight, the team looks to win 14 straight to tie for the second-longest home win streak (May 10-June 7, 2012).

Mound Men: The Dodgers pitching staff has allowed just one run over the past two games, and OKC paces the PCL with a league-low 2.62 ERA. The Dodgers have held an opponent to one run or less nine times this season...Over the last two nights in Memphis and against Colorado Springs, opponents have gone 0-for-18 with runners in scoring position, and going back to Wednesday night, opponents are 0-for-the-last-22 with RISP. OKC opponents are batting just .161 with RISP (15x93) over the last 14 games...The Dodgers have allowed just one run over the last 19 innings, and although the opposition has had a total 23 hits/walks, the Dodgers have held them 4-for-29 with runners on.

Brock and Rock: The Dodgers have gotten tremendous production from catching duo Rocky Gale and Cael Brockmeyer, as they have combined to bat .344 (32x93) with 17 RBI...Brockmeyer is currently on a nine-game hit streak that ties his career high -and is the longest hitting streak by a Dodger this season. Over the nine games, Brockmeyer is 14-for-27 with five doubles and seven runs. It's longest hit streak since June 4-14, 2015 with the Low-A South Bend Cubs. For the season, Brockmeyer is 15-for-31 (.484). He has hit safely in all nine of his starts and in 10 of 12 games overall...Over Gale's last four games, he is 7-for-15 with four RBI and three multi-hit games. He's currently riding a season-best seven-game hitting streak (10x27, 6 RBI). For the season, Gale is 9-for-24 (.375) with 15 RBI with runners in scoring position.

Around the Horn: In 12 home games, Henry Ramos is 22-for-49 (.449) with seven extra-base hits and 18 RBI...Donovan Solano leads the Dodgers with 32 hits and ranks fourth in the league with a .368 average. He's batting .400 (30x75) over last 18 outings...Reliever Pat Venditte has put together eight straight scoreless relief outings totaling 11.1 innings, allowing four hits and one walk with 14 strikeouts. Opponents have gone 4-for-41 (.098) during the stretch...Last night was the second time in the last five games the Dodgers did not allow an extra-base hit.

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