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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Colorado Springs Sky Sox (18-11) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (22-6)

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game #29 of 140/Home #16 of 70 (15-0)

Pitching Probables: COS-RHP Freddy Peralta (4-1, 4.25) vs. OKC-RHP Tyler Pill (0-0, 6.00)

Monday, May 7, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 11:05 a.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 as they close out their series against Colorado Springs with an 11:05 a.m. Field Trip Day game. The Dodgers are 15-0 in Bricktown for their best home start since the ballpark opened in 1998. The Dodgers are the lone team in professional baseball still undefeated at home this season, and their 15-game home winning streak is the team's second-longest since 1998.

Last Game: The Dodgers scored two runs in the eighth inning on the way to a 3-2 come-from-behind win against Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon. The Dodgers trailed, 2-1, entering the eighth after Colorado Springs starting pitcher Corbin Burnes put together seven strong frames while racking up a career-high 13 strikeouts. After Burnes exited the game, Michael Ahmed led off for OKC in the eighth with a double and Rob Segedin followed with a walk. A wild pitch advanced the runners and Jake Peter followed with a RBI groundout to tie the game, 2-2. Donovan Solano followed with a RBI single for a 3-2 OKC advantage. The Dodgers quickly took the first lead in the first inning when Jake Peter led off and swung at the first pitch, drilling a home run out to center field. Ji-Man Choi answered for the Sky Sox with a homer to tie the game, 1-1, in the second inning. The Sky Sox added a run in the third on a RBI single by Tyrone Taylor to take a 2-1 lead. Burnes held the Dodgers to four hits over 7.0 innings, retiring 21 of the 24 batters he faced after the leadoff homer. Dodgers starting pitcher Justin DeFratus allowed two runs and six hits over 7.0 innings with one walk and six K's. Scott Alexander (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Brian Schlitter picked up his league-leading eighth save. Reliever Radhames Liz (2-2) was charged with the loss.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Tyler Pill (0-0) makes his fourth start of the season for OKC...He allowed his first runs with OKC in his last start May 2 in Memphis, surrendering three runs and six hits over 4.0 innings, with one walk and three strikeouts...Pill has made three starts while building up his pitch count and has allowed three runs and 11 hits over 11.0 innings since joining the Dodgers...Pill began the 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 made two appearances out of the bullpen for Reno, allowing seven runs and eight hits, including three home runs, over 4.0 IP...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)...He started the 2017 season with Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas, not allowing an earned run over his first 29.1 IP. He made 15 starts in the Minors and went 5-3 with a 3.08 ERA...Pill was selected by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Cal State Fullerton...Today is Pill's second career start against the Sky Sox and first since 2015 while with Las Vegas.

Against the Sky Sox: 2018: 3-0 2017: 4-12 All-time: 101-82 At OKC: 62-33

The Dodgers last swept the Sky Sox in a three-game set July 4-6, 2016 in OKC, and the last four-game sweep was Aug. 2-5, 2014 in Bricktown...Colorado Springs won 12 of 16 meetings against Oklahoma City last season, taking 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 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 22 of their first 28 games of 2018, setting the best overall record by an Oklahoma City team through 28 games since rejoining the PCL in 1998...The Dodgers own the best winning percentage in the Minors (.786) and also pace the Minors with 22 wins this season.

Home Front: The Dodgers are 15-0 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 nine of 15 home contests, including eight of the last 12, and have trailed in the eighth inning or later in six 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 .323 at home for the second-highest home batting average in Triple-A, only behind Colorado Springs (.341). OKC has outscored opponents, 97-41, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and has also outhit opponents, 164-108...Over their first 15 home games, the Dodgers have slashed .323/.397/.483. They have eight-plus runs in five of 15 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 the second-longest since OKC rejoined the PCL in 1998 and only trails the club-record 17-game home winning streak set July 26-Aug. 20, 2013.

Mound Men: The Dodgers pitching staff has allowed just four runs over the past four games, and OKC tops all Triple-A teams with a 2.54 ERA. The Dodgers allowed two runs Sunday, ending a stretch of three straight games holding an opponent to one or no runs...Going back to Wednesday, opponents are 3-for-the-last-35 with runners in scoring position, and OKC opponents are batting just .170 with RISP (18x106) over the last 16 games...The Dodgers have allowed just four runs over the last 37 innings, and although the opposition has had a total 42 hits/walks, the Dodgers have held them 9-for-50 (.180) with runners on.

Starting with a Bang: Jake Peter connected on the first pitch of the game yesterday by Corbin Burnes for a leadoff home run - the Dodgers' first since Tim Locastro led off the first game of an Aug. 16, 2017 doubleheader at Omaha with a homer. He also had a game-tying RBI groundout in the eighth inning to notch his first multi-RBI game of the season...Over the last four games, Peter is 6-for-16 with three RBI.

Dominant Donovan: Donovan Solano picked up his team-leading 12th multi-hit game Sunday, including the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning. His 35 hits and six doubles pace the Dodgers, and his .372 average (35x94) ranks third-highest in the PCL...The shortstop is batting .402 (33x82) over last 20 outings.

Rock Steady: Playing in his 656th career game between the Minors and Majors Saturday, Rocky Gale collected his first career multi-homer game. Gale had three homers total last season between San Diego and Triple-A El Paso, but already has four homers through his first 18 games of 2018...He's currently riding an eight-game hitting streak (12x31, 8 RBI), and over his last five games, he is 9-for-21 with four multi-hit games and six RBI...Behind the plate, Gale leads the PCL with a 58.8 caught stealing percentage (10x17).

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