PCL1 Oklahoma City Comets

Omaha Takes Series Opener, 8-5

Published on May 30, 2018 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City - The Oklahoma City Dodgers fell behind early Wednesday night, and despite chipping away at the deficit, were unable to complete a comeback in an 8-5 loss to the Omaha Storm Chasers at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

The Dodgers returned home from a nine-day road trip to open a five-game home series against the Storm Chasers.

Omaha (23-29) took a 6-0 lead in the top of the second inning in the first meeting of the season between the PCL American Northern Division foes. The Storm Chasers led, 8-2, in the top of the sixth inning before the Dodgers (30-19) scored three runs over the sixth and seventh innings to cut Omaha's lead to three runs.

Storm Chasers reliever Richard Lovelady then tossed two scoreless frames to close out the game for his second save of the season.

Wednesday's loss marked just the fifth at home for Oklahoma City this season, as the Dodgers are now 20-5 in Bricktown.

Omaha quickly took the lead.

Ryan O'Hearn hit a two-run homer into the Storm Chasers' bullpen in right-center field in the first inning to give Omaha a 2-0 lead.

A two-run triple into right field by Billy Burns and a two-run homer by Adalberto Mondesi into the Omaha bullpen extended the Storm Chasers' lead to 6-0 in the second inning.

Travis Taijeron's solo homer out to right field in the bottom of the inning cut Omaha's lead to 6-1.

Jake Peter homered out to left field to lead off the bottom of the third inning for the Dodgers' second run of the night.

With the bases loaded in the sixth inning, Omaha's Frank Schwindel was hit by a pitch from Dodgers pitcher Brian Schlitter to bring home a run for a 7-2 Storm Chasers lead. A wild pitch by Schlitter with the bases loaded again allowed Omaha to take an 8-2 lead.

Edwin RÃ-os led off the bottom of the sixth inning for the Dodgers with a double to center and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Taijeron to cut the Storm Chasers' lead to 8-3.

Rocky Gale doubled in the seventh inning and scored on a RBI single by Kyle Farmer to cut Omaha's lead to four runs. The Dodgers went on to load the bases later in the inning on a single by RÃ-os with one out and Matt Beaty struck out on a wild pitch by Justin Grimm that allowed another run to score for OKC, making the score, 8-5.

Gale and Alex Verdugo each collected three hits to lead OKC and Taijeron led the Dodgers with two RBI as OKC outhit the Storm Chasers, 14-12.

Dodgers starting pitcher Guillermo Moscoso (2-3) was charged with the loss, allowing a season-high eight hits and tying his season-high with six runs allowed over 5.0 innings. He issued three walks and recorded one strikeout.

Omaha starting pitcher Glenn Sparkman (3-0) picked up the win, holding the Dodgers to two runs on seven hits over 5.0 innings with no walks and two strikeouts.

¡CelebraciÃ"n Cielo Azul! begins Thursday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark as the Dodgers take the field at 7:05 p.m. as Cielo Azul de Oklahoma City for the first time this season. Cielo Azul - the team's identity for the Minor League Baseball® "Es Divertido Ser Un Fan®" initiative - will face off against Cazadores de Tormentas de Omaha.

In addition to the players and coaches wearing Cielo Azul uniforms on the field, ¡CelebraciÃ"n Cielo Azul! will offer new specialty foods at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, such as a chorizo burger, carnitas taco platter, tamales platter, a Cuban sandwich and churros. Latin music and a bilingual environment will enhance the gameday experience for fans.

Professional luchador Blue Demon Jr. will make a special appearance at the game, which falls on a $2 Thursday featuring $2 Pepsi products, bottled water and select beer.

Milenia Perez, from Clinton, Okla., participated in the Telemundo singing contest "La Voz Kids," and will sing the national anthem prior to Thursday's game.

Fireworks are scheduled to follow the game, presented by OKIE811.

Live coverage begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com, or through the free iHeartRadio mobile app.

Tickets are available through the OKC Dodgers ticket office located on South Mickey Mantle Drive, by phone at (405) 218-2182, or by visiting okcdodgers.com.

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