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OKC Dodgers Game Notes - September 1, 2018

September 1, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (71-65) vs. Colorado Springs Sky Sox (73-62)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Brewers

Games #137 & 138 of 140/Road #67 & 68 of 70 (30-36)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Brock Stewart (3-3, 2.76) vs. COS-RHP Adrian Houser (2-3, 5.36)

OKC-Tyler Pill (3-5, 5.42) vs. COS-LHP Cam Roegner (0-1, 10.38)

Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Security Service Field | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 5 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their final series of the regular season with a doubleheader of two seven-inning games at 5 p.m. CT against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox at Security Service Field. Today's doubleheader makes up a rainout on May 15...The teams are competing for the PCL American Northern Division title and OKC trails first-place Colorado Springs by 2.5 games with four games left. OKC must win all four games to win the division title, while the Sky Sox can clinch with one victory.

Last Game: After being held scoreless through six innings, Colorado Springs scored eight runs to send the Dodgers to an 8-2 loss Friday night at Security Service Field. Thanks to a strong performance by starting pitcher Kyle Lobstein and some early offense, the Dodgers carried a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. The Sky Sox then scored four times in the inning, despite collecting one hit. After two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases, Dylan Moore hit a two-run single to tie the game. Tyrone Taylor followed with a go-ahead sacrifice fly, and a wild pitch by Zach McAllister resulted in another run to make it 4-2. The Sky Sox batted around in the eighth inning en route to scoring four more runs. Four Dodgers relievers combined to allow all eight runs and five hits over two innings. The Dodgers struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Lobstein hit a RBI double for his first career RBI. In the third inning, Edwin Ríos added a RBI single to make it 2-0. Sky Sox starting pitcher Aaron Wilkerson (4-5) lasted a season-high seven innings in the win, holding the Dodgers to two runs and four hits.

Today's Probable Pitchers: Brock Stewart (3-3) is scheduled to make his team-leading 19th start of the season for OKC in Game 1...He was charged with the loss Aug. 27 against Colorado Springs in OKC, allowing three runs and nine hits over 5.0 innings with one walk and four strikeouts in OKC's 7-0 defeat. The nine hits were the second-most he's allowed in his entire pro career in the most in 87 career Minor League appearances (65 starts)...Stewart has allowed one or no runs in five of his last eight starts, and has allowed two or fewer runs six times. During that span the team is 6-2 and his personal record is 2-1 with a 2.35 ERA...Since July 21, he's been one of the top pitchers in the PCL, ranking third in ERA and fifth in opponent average (.208)...Stewart is holding PCL left-handed batters to a .180 average and all hitters to a .167 clip with RISP...Stewart has shuttled between the Minors and Majors the last three seasons, going 2-3 with a 4.84 ERA over 33 appearances (11 starts) with the Los Angeles Dodgers...Stewart was selected by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB Draft from Illinois State and was named the Dodgers' 2016 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year...Tonight is his fourth career start against Colorado Springs. He has tended to struggle with the Sky Sox, going 0-1 with 5.54 ERA and .321 BAA.

Tyler Pill (3-5) returns to a starting role in Game 2...Since coming off the DL Aug. 13, Pill has made five relief appearances, including back-to-back scoreless outings Aug. 27 against Colorado Springs (1.2 IP) and Aug. 28 at Iowa (1.1 IP), allowing just one hit and a combined five K's...He earned the win in his last start July 13 in Round Rock, allowing four runs (three earned) and six hits over 5.0 IP...As a starter this season, Pill is 3-3 with a 4.74 ERA and the team has gone 7-6 in the 13 games...Pill started 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 signed with Arizona in January after spending his entire career in the New York Mets organization...Pill made his MLB debut 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...Today is Pill's fifth appearance of the season against Colorado Springs and third start. He is 0-2 with a 5.54 ERA over 13.0 IP, allowing eight runs and 14 hits with three walks and nine K's.

Against the Sky Sox: 2018: 5-7 2017: 4-12 All-time: 103-89 At COS: 39-53

The top two teams in the American Northern Division close out the regular season with five games in four days as they compete for the division title...The Dodgers and Colorado Springs split their last series in OKC, Aug. 24-27...Seven of the first 10 games were decided by one or two runs, but the Sky Sox have won the last two meetings by a combined score of 15-2...Colorado Springs has edges in runs (47-38) and hits (100-90)...The season series has been streaky, as OKC won the first three meetings before the Sky Sox won five straight. OKC then won two games before back-to-back wins by the Sky Sox...Colorado Springs won 12 of 16 meetings last season, marking just the second time in OKC's modern PCL era the team lost 12 games in a season against one opponent (6-12 vs. Nashville in 2007)...The teams have finished in the top two spots in the division the last two seasons and one or both teams have been in first place every game this season...Entering today, the Dodgers have lost 10 of their last 11 games at Security Service Field and are 2-13 over their last 15 games at the venue.

For All the Marbles: For the third time in the last seven seasons, OKC enters the final series of the regular season with a chance to win a division title, but this will be the first time they are playing the team they are in direct competition with...In 2012, the team entered the final series of the season 1.5 games behind Albuquerque in the American Southern Division, but the Isotopes clinched the division on the second-to-last day of the season...In 2014, the RedHawks entered the final series 2.0 games ahead of Omaha in the American Northern Division. However, they lost all four games of a road series in Iowa while Omaha won all four games against Colorado Springs to take the division.

Quiet Riot: The Dodgers suffered their fifth loss in the last six games Friday night and were held to five total hits, marking the 18th time in the last 19 games they have been held to nine or fewer hits and held to six or fewer hits five times in the last six games...Over the last 19 games, the Dodgers have batted .213 (126x591), including .212 (30x141) with runners in scoring position. They have scored 56 runs during the stretch (2.95 rpg) and have now been held to three or fewer runs in 12 of the 19 games...The offensive struggles have been even more exacerbated over the last six games, batting .197 (37x188) with 11 runs total. They've gone 6-for-35 (.171) with RISP.

Up and Down on the Mound: Dodgers starting pitchers have combined to allow just one earned run over 20.0 IP in the last four games. But during the same four-game span, the bullpen has allowed 11 runs over 9.2 innings, including eight runs over 2.0 innings Friday...Last night, the Dodgers allowed seven-plus runs for the third time in the last six games and allowed six or more runs for the fifth time in the last 12 games...Including a pair of four-run innings last night, the Dodgers have allowed 14 innings of four or more runs over the last 29 games.

Around the Horn: The Dodgers are 2-2-3 in their seven doubleheaders this season (5-2 in Game 1 and 2-5 in Game 2). Iowa swept OKC in a doubleheader Wednesday in Des Moines in a pair of one-run games (1-0; 3-2)...Rocky Gale doubled Friday and has hit safely in five straight games, going 8-for-18, marking his longest hitting streak since hitting safely in six straight games, June 15-21...The Dodgers have lost seven of the last eight true road games, as well as 11 of their last 14 true road games.

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