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OKC Dodgers Games Notes - May 25, 2018

May 25, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (28-16) vs. Nashville Sounds (24-22)

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland Athletics

Game #45 of 140/Road #21 of 70 (8-12)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Guillermo Moscoso (1-2, 3.25) vs. NAS-RHP James Naile (4-4, 2.91)

Friday, May 25, 2018 | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, Tenn. | 6:35 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their road trip and open a five-game series against the Nashville Sounds at 6:35 p.m. at First Tennessee Park. Despite suffering back-to-back losses, the Dodgers still own the best winning percentage in the PCL (.636), but are tied with Fresno for the second-most wins in the league behind Memphis' 29 victories.

Last Game: The Dodgers fell behind early for the second straight night and were held to one hit through seven innings by Memphis starting pitcher Alex Reyes in a 7-4 loss Thursday night at AutoZone Park. The Dodgers faced off against the St. Louis Cardinals' No. 1 prospect Reyes, who was making a rehab start. Reyes (1-0) pitched seven shutout innings, holding the Dodgers to one single and one walk with 13 strikeouts. He retired 15 straight Dodgers after Jacob Scavuzzo's single led off the third inning, including nine consecutive strikeouts between the third and sixth innings. A RBI single by Luke Voit and back-to-back RBI doubles by Wilfredo Tovar and Adolis Garcia gave the Redbirds a 3-0 lead in the first inning. In the sixth, RBI singles by Oscar Mercado and Max Schrock gave Memphis a 5-0 lead. The Dodgers' offense scored four runs in the eighth after Reyes left the game. Kyle Garlick hit a RBI double, and later with two outs, Breyvic Valera drilled a fly ball to left field for a three-run homer to cut Memphis' lead to 5-4. In the bottom of the eighth, Mercado connected on a backbreaking two-out, two-run single to boost the Memphis lead to 7-4. Dodgers starting pitcher Dennis Santana (1-1) was charged with the loss. After his rough first inning, he kept Memphis scoreless the next four frames. He allowed seven hits and two walks with three K's. Preston Guilmet picked up his ninth save.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Guillermo Moscoso (1-2) returns to the mound for his seventh start for OKC...In his last start May 20 against Nashville in OKC, Moscoso allowed one hit and two walks over 4.0 scoreless frames with four strikeouts. He was hit in the back with a liner in the third inning, and although he returned to pitch a 1-2-3 fourth inning, he exited the game during his warmups to start the fifth inning...His 3.25 ERA currently ranks ninth in the PCL...After starting the season in the bullpen, Moscoso has posted a 2.70 ERA in his six starts. He's allowed two earned runs or less in five starts, including four games with one or no runs...Overall, he's averaging a strikeout per inning, with 36 K's against just 12 walks in 36.0 IP for the season...Over five MLB seasons with Texas (2009-10), Oakland (2011), Colorado (2012) and San Francisco (2013), he has compiled a 4.28 ERA over 222.2 IP and 70 games (26 starts) with 166 K's and 86 walks...The 2018 season marks his first playing in the U.S. since 2013, following a three-year run in Japan and last year in Mexico...This is Moscoso's second career stint with OKC after appearing in 35 games (33 starts) for the RedHawks in 2009-10...He originally signed with Detroit as an amateur free agent Jan. 16, 2003...Tonight is Moscoso's seventh career start against the Sounds and second of the season. He's also faced off against Nashville with Iowa (2013), Colorado Springs (2012), Sacramento (2011) and the OKC RedHawks (2010) and owns a 1-2 record and 4.86 ERA.

Against the Sounds: 2018: 3-1 2017: 11-5 All-time: 179-145 At NAS: 84-77

The Dodgers and Sounds are meeting for their second series of the season -- and for the second time in a week...The Dodgers won their previous series May 17-20 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 3-1. The Dodgers outscored the Sounds, 32-15, and outhit Nashville, 50-30, in the four-game set, batting .350 as a team. OKC's pitching staff racked up 47 strikeouts in the series...Donovan Solano paced OKC in the series, batting .500 (9-for-18), with three doubles, a homer, six RBI and four runs scored. Travis Taijeron had a team-best seven RBI, and Jake Peter homered twice...In 2017, the Dodgers won the season series, 11-5, posting at least 10 wins against the Sounds for the third straight year. The Dodgers went 6-2 at home and 5-3 in Music City...OKC outscored the Sounds, 85-54, last season...Dodgers pitchers racked up 158 strikeouts in 16 meetings with the Sounds in 2017 for an average of 9.9 per game...Since 2015, the Dodgers are 35-17 against the Sounds, including a 16-8 mark at First Tennessee Park.

Fueled By Valera: Breyvic Valera homered for a third straight game Thursday to move into a tie with Kyle Garlick for the team lead with six homers. It's the first time in his career he's gone deep in three straight games, and he's the third Dodger this season to do it, joining Garlick (May 10-12) and Alex Verdugo (April 14-16)...Valera has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, going 13-for-32 (.406) with two doubles, a triple, three homers, 10 runs and six RBI. He also has five walks against two strikeouts during the span...Valera paces the team with 27 runs scored this season. Overall, he is batting .336 (36x107) with 21 RBI through 32 games...While playing with Memphis last season, Valera didn't hit his first home run until June 25 and didn't hit his sixth homer until Aug. 21. Over his last 60 Triple-A games, Valera has smacked 12 homers. He hit just eight homers in his first 772 games in the Minors.

Jake-Up Call: Jake Peter collected one of the Dodgers' four hits Friday night and has now hit safely in a season-high 10 straight games, going 14-for-39 (.359) with nine RBI and seven runs scored. He's now hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games, going 21-for-63 (.333) while accumulating 13 of his 18 RBI for the season and scoring 10 of his 19 runs this season.

Road Rash: Although the Dodgers have a sterling 20-4 record at home, it has not been the same story on the road. The Dodgers are 8-12 in road games, including losses in six of the last seven, eight of the last 11 and 10 of the last 13. Of the 12 total road losses, eight have come by one or two runs...The Dodgers have been held to two or fewer runs six times over the last 12 road games, with four games tallying one or no runs. The team is slashing .239/.300/.367 with 3.9 runs per game on the road compared to .317/.379/.493 with 6.1 runs per game at home...Excluding Tuesday's 10th inning explosion, the Dodgers batted .164 (20x122) during their four-game series in Memphis, including .200 (5x25) with RISP, with nine runs, five extra-base hits and 42 strikeouts.

Unlucky 13: Last night marked the third time in the team's last 17 games an opposing starting pitcher has racked up 13 strikeouts against the Dodgers. Memphis' Alex Reyes matched his career high with 13 K's last night and became the first pitcher in the 116-year history of the PCL to record nine consecutive strikeouts. Memphis' Jack Flaherty accomplished the feat May 9 and Colorado Springs' Corbin Burnes did it May 6. Only twice in the past 13 seasons had an OKC opponent struck out as many as 12 batters in a game during the regular season, and no opponent had struck out at least 13 OKC batters since 2010.

Around the Horn: The OKC Dodgers wish a happy 52nd birthday to manager Bill Haselman...The Dodgers have allowed six runs in the first inning the last two games after allowing 10 runs in the first inning all season...The Dodgers have been outhit in three straight games for the first time all season and have allowed 10+ hits in three straight games for the first time this season as well...Pat Venditte has 10 straight scoreless relief outings with OKC, totaling 13.1 innings, with four hits, one walk and 16 strikeouts.

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