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OKC Game Notes - June 30, 2019

June 30, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City Dodgers (33-47) vs. Nashville Sounds (35-46)

Game #81 of 140/Road #42 of 70 (20-21)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Dustin May (NR, -.--) vs. NAS-RHP Tim Dillard (5-6, 4.18)

Sunday, June 30, 2019 | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, Tenn. | 6:15 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their road series against the Nashville Sounds at 6:15 p.m. at First Tennessee Park trying to take a 2-0 lead in the series. After winning last night's series opener, the Dodgers have now won 11 of their last 13 road games. They have also now won 10 of their last 11 series openers, including six straight road series openers, but have only taken a 2-0 series lead twice this season.

Last Game: The Dodgers scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning and went on to win, 10-7, over Nashville Saturday night at First Tennessee Park. The Dodgers had a lead three separate times through the first seven innings, but the Sounds kept coming back, putting the score at 5-5 entering the eighth. OKC loaded the bases with one out and took the lead on a balk by Nashville reliever Miguel Del Pozo (2-2). Following a strikeout and a pitching change, Cameron Perkins lined a two-run single. DJ Peters followed with a single, and Perkins scored when pitcher Reed Garrett committed a throwing error on the play. Shane Peterson added a RBI double to make it 10-5. The Dodgers still led by that margin with two outs in the bottom of the ninth before Nashville's Eli White hit a two-run double, and Patrick Wisdom was hit by a pitch to bring the tying run to the plate. Kevin Quackenbush then struck out Scott Heineman to end the game and earn his fourth save. Three pitches into the game, the Dodgers took the lead when Connor Joe sent a line drive home run to left field. Jon Kemmer connected on the team's second homer of the night with a line drive to center field in the third inning. The Sounds scored three unanswered runs to jump ahead, 3-2, after four innings, but the Dodgers regained the lead in the fifth on a two-run homer by Perkins. The Sounds pulled even in the sixth on a RBI single by Christian Lopes, and each team scored in the seventh inning on a wild pitch. Daniel Corcino (5-3) recorded the majority of the outs for OKC and earned the win.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Top Dodgers pitching prospect Dustin May joined the Dodgers roster earlier this week is set to make his Triple-A debut tonight in Nashville...The Texas League All-Star currently ranks among the Dodgers' Top-10 prospects according to MLB Pipeline and began the season tabbed as the Dodgers No. 4 prospect and top pitching prospect by Baseball America...At the time of his promotion Thursday, the 21-year-old May was tied for the Texas League lead with 15 starts and ranked second in strikeouts (86), fourth in WHIP (1.15), fourth in BAA (.237) and sixth in ERA (3.74)...He earned Texas League Player of the Week honors after his most recent start June 22 against Amarillo in Tulsa. He pitched 7.0 shutout innings, including a career-high 14 strikeouts. He allowed two hits and no walks while facing just one over the minimum...May made 23 starts between High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Tulsa last season, going 9-5 with a 3.39 ERA. He earned the victory in Tulsa's Texas League Championship Series clincher, allowing two runs over 5.0 innings during a 5-2 win at San Antonio...He was selected by the Dodgers in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Northwest High School in Justin, Texas.

Against the Sounds: 2019: 2-2 2018: 7-9 All-time: 185-155 At NAS: 89-81 Oklahoma City and Nashville meet for their second series of the season...The Sounds took two of three games in OKC May 7-10, with the finale currently suspended...During the first series between the teams, Will Smith led OKC with five hits, while Kyle Garlick racked up five RBI and hit two home runs...The Sounds are now the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers after serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics the past four seasons...Nashville won the 2018 series against OKC, 9-7, winning seven of the final nine meetings. It marked just the second time in eight years the Sounds won the season series...Since First Tennessee Park opened in 2015, the Dodgers are 21-12 in Music City and have not finished with a record below .500 in any of the four seasons.

Road Map: Entering tonight the Dodgers have won 11 of their last 13 road games and outscored their opponents, 111-70. OKC is batting .313 (145x464 )with 62 extra-base hits, 26 home runs and is hitting .331 (45x136) with runners in scoring position. The pitching staff has allowed three or fewer runs in seven of 13 games, including two or fewer runs five times...Five of those 11 wins have been by at least six runs.

Young Bloods: Starting pitcher Dustin May is slated to become the latest key prospect for the Dodgers to make his Triple-A debut, joining fellow Top-10 Dodgers prospects Gavin Lux and DJ Peters, as the trio was promoted to OKC Thursday...Peters, 23, went 2-for-5 Saturday with a double and run scored. He has five hits over his last two games, including three doubles, and has reached base in eight of his first 15 plate appearances...The 21-year-old infielder Lux had Saturday night off, but so far is 4-for-7 with two doubles, two walks and three runs scored over his first two Triple-A games...Prior to his promotion, Lux ranked among the Texas League leaders in hits (81, 2nd), SLG (.541, 2nd), OPS (.896, 2nd), homers (13, 2nd) and batting average (.313, 5th). Peters was tied for sixth in the Texas League with 11 homers and tied for seventh with 42 RBI...Lux and May were recently named to the 2019 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, set for Sunday, July 7 at Progressive Field in Cleveland

I Came in Like a Rek-ing Ball: Zach Reks went 1-for-5 with a double Saturday. He has now hit safely in seven straight games (10x30) as well as in 18 of his last 19 games, batting .368 (32x87) with 11 multi-hit games, eight homers and 25 RBI. He has also hit safely in 22 of his last 23 starts, going 37-for-104 (.356) with nine home runs, seven doubles and 29 RBI...Reks leads all Dodgers minor leaguers with 20 total homers and 58 total RBI between OKC and Double-A Tulsa over 71 games. Between 2017-18, Reks hit just seven homers and tallied 52 RBI over 135 games.

For Pete's Sake: Jake Peter had Saturday off, but went 7-for-14 with five extra-base hits and three RBI over the previous four-game series with New Orleans. He's hit safely in five straight games, which included three straight multi-hit games (June 25-27) for the first time since Aug. 13-16, 2017 with Triple-A Charlotte...After slashing just .160/.331/.298 through the end of May, Peter has put up a solid .288/.382/.489 slashline in June. He's totaled 17 hits and eight extra-base hits this month after collecting just 15 hits and six extra-base hits between April and May combined.

Quack Attack: Recently named all-star Kevin Quackenbush was summoned to record the final out for the Dodgers Saturday night to secure his fourth save...Over his last 18 outings, Quackenbush has allowed two runs and 13 hits, with three walks and 28 strikeouts over 17.0 innings. He enters tonight with scoreless appearances in 12 of his last 13 games, holding opponents to one run and 10 hits with 20 strikeouts over 13.0 IP.

It's Literally the Name of the Job: Last night the Dodgers played their first game against an American League affiliate since May 29 at Omaha, and designated hitter Cameron Perkins went 2-for-4 with a homer and a season-high four RBI. Team DH's have now combined to bat .307 with four homers and 21 RBI over 27 games. Perkins is 10-for-20 with five extra-base hits (2 HR) and eight RBI over five games as a DH.

Around the Horn: The Dodgers are 2-9 when attempting to go 2-0 in a series and are 5-15 in Game 2 of a series overall, with losses in nine of 12 and 14 of 18...Connor Joe has homered in the first inning in each of the last two games and last night hit his second leadoff homer of the season (May 20 vs. Omaha). Over his last three games, Joe is 5-for-10 with two homers, a double, five RBI, four walks and five runs scored...Tonight Dustin May will be opposed by Tim Dillard, who is over 14 years May's senior and is appearing in his 339th career Triple-A game.

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