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Oklahoma City Dodgers Game Information Baseball America’s 2018 Bob Freitas Triple-A Organization of the Year Pacific Coast League Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive | Oklahoma City, OK 73104 | Phone: (405) 218-1000 Alex Freedman: (405) 218-2126 | [email protected] | Lisa Johnson: (405) 218-2143 | [email protected] Oklahoma City Dodgers (57-64) vs. Round Rock Express (73-48) Game #122 of 140/Road #65 of 70 (31-33) Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Logan Bawcom (1-1, 3.57) vs. RR-LHP Ryan Hartman (5-5, 5.38) Friday, August 16, 2019 | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, Texas | 7:05 p.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman Today’s Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers try to even their series against the American Southern Division-leading Round Rock Express at 7:05 p.m. OKC Dodgers Trends at Dell Diamond...OKC is 5-3 over the last eight games, but has lost back-to-back road games and five of the last six games away from OKC. Overall Record ........................57-64 Home Record..........................26-31 Road Record.................... ......31-33 Last Game: Round Rock held the Dodgers to five hits and the Express scored five runs between the fourth and fifth innings, leading to a 5-3 Round Rock Current Streak.................... .........L1 victory Thursday night at Dell Diamond. The game was scoreless heading to the bottom of the fourth inning, but the Express started off the inning with Current Road Trip............... .........0-1 three straight hits, including a RBI single by Kyle Tucker to open the scoring. Following a double play, Nick Tanielu hit a two-run homer on a 0-2 pitch to Last Road Trip..................... .......3-4 Current Homestand .......................... make it 3-0. The Dodgers responded in the top of the fifth, scoring three runs on four straight hits with two outs. Zach McKinstry got the Dodgers on Last Homestand.................. ........5-2 the board with a RBI triple off the center field fence, and Drew Jackson followed with a RBI double down the left field line. Gavin Lux pulled OKC even Last 5 Games...................... .......2-3 Last 10 Games.................... .......6-4 with a RBI single. In the bottom of the inning, an error opened the door for the Express to score twice. Myles Straw hit a RBI triple, and Drew Ferguson Series Record ........................ 9-14-7 followed with a sacrifice fly, extending Round Rock’s lead to 5-3. Round Rock starting pitcher Kent Emanuel (7-1) earned the win, allowing three runs and Scoring 3 or less ......................3-36 four hits over 5.2 innings, with two walks and four strikeouts. He did not allow a hit through the first four frames and retired 14 of the first 15 batters Scoring 4-6 ............................15-18 Scoring 7+ .............................39-10 he faced. Round Rock’s relief staff combined for 3.1 scoreless innings, and Brendan McCurry struck out all three batters in the ninth inning to record his Allowing 3 or less ......................25-6 sixth save. The OKC tandem of Mitchell White and Rob Zastryzny combined to allowed three earned runs and nine hits over eight innings, with no walks Allowing 4-6 ............................22-23 and five strikeouts. Zastryzny (3-5) took the loss after allowing five runs (three earned) and eight hits over 6.0 innings. Allowing 7+ ............................10-35 Shutouts............................. ........3-6 In One-Run Games............ .......14-11 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Logan Bawcom (1-1) makes his fourth start and fifth appearance for OKC tonight...Bawcom picked up the win in his most In Two-Run Games.............. .......9-15 recent start Aug. 9, holding Tacoma to one run and three hits over 5.0 innings with one walk and six strikeouts in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win. He began his vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ....10-15 vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ......47-49 outing by retiring 10 of 11 batters and 12 of 14 through four innings...Across the Dodgers minor league affiliates this season, Bawcom has a 2-1 record Day Games/AM Start.........10-12/4-2 with a 3.74 ERA. He’s notched 45 strikeouts against only seven walks in 45.2 IP...Bawcom signed with the Dodgers in mid-April as a free agent to begin Night Games (5 p.m.or later).... 47-52 Score First..............................36-19 his fourth career stint in the organization...He made eight starts for OKC in 2018, going 2-4 with a 6.52 ERA over 38.2 innings with 21 walks and 31 Opponent Scores First ............ 21-45 strikeouts and spent most of the 2018 season with Double-A Tulsa, making 12 starts...Bawcom was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the 17th round Outhit Opponent ..................... 40-10 in 2010 from UT-Arlington and has also played in the Mariners, Padres and A’s organizations...Bawcom last pitched against the Express in May during Outhit by Opponent ................ 15-50 Equal Hits .................................. 2-4 his first appearance of the season with OKC. He pitched 3.0 innings of relief, allowing two runs and three hits with four strikeouts in a no decision. Walkoff Wins ........................2 (0 HR) Come-from-Behind Wins ................30 Against the Express: 2019: 5-8 2018: 10-6 All-time: 129-106 At RR: 66-50 Largest Deficit in W ........................7 Losses after Leading ....................27 The Dodgers and Express are meeting for their fourth and final series of 2019. The Express have gone 22-10 since July 7 and currently own a 1.5-game Largest Lead in L ...........................5 lead over San Antonio for first place in the American Southern Division...It’s been a streaky season series, with Round Rock winning the first six meet- Extra Innings.......... .....................3-3 ings before the Dodgers won the next five straight prior to Round Rock winning the last two. Round Rock’s six-game win streak against OKC earlier this vs. AL Affiliates .......................23-27 season marked the first time they had won six straight over OKC since 2006...The Express have outscored OKC, 78-63, and outhit OKC, 123-93...Will vs. NL Affiliates .......................34-37 Smith, currently with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has paced OKC against the Express this season with nine hits and eight RBI. Current Houston Astros After Six Innings: Lead: 47-4..Tied: 3-4...Trail: 7-58 masher Yordan Alvarez batted .609 (14-for-23) with eight runs and 10 RBI in six games for Round Rock against OKC...Entering this season, OKC had After Seven Innings: won four straight season series against Round Rock. Lead: 48-4..Tied: 6-6...Trail: 3-54 After Eight Innings: Luxury Tax: Gavin Lux hit a RBI single and drew a walk last night, as he has now reached base safely in each of his first 37 Triple-A games, and including Lead: 47-2..Tied: 3-5...Trail: 3-49 his time with Double-A Tulsa, Lux has reached base safely in 50 consecutive games. He owns the longest current on-base streak in professional Vs. American Northern.......... 26-29 baseball, and his streak is the third-longest in the PCL overall this season...Since joining OKC June 27, Lux is slashing .429/.514/.795/1.309. He has Vs. American Southern ........... 16-22 Vs. Pacific Northern.................... 7-7 67 hits, 20 multi-hit games, 31 XBH, 33 RBI and 48 runs scored. During that time, Lux’s AVG, OBP, OPS, hits and runs scored are the best, or tied for Vs. Pacific Southern.................. 8-6 first, among all players in the domestic Minors or Majors, while his extra-base hits and 123 total bases are second and his SLG is fifth...He was named Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ... 0-1/5-4 PCL Player of the Month for July, becoming the first OKC player to receive a PCL monthly honor since MLBAM began officially keeping track of the After Off Day....................... ....... 8-3 awards in 2010...Between OKC and Tulsa, Lux is batting .357 and his 148 total hits are tied for third in the domestic Minors. Doubleheaders/Series.. ..... 4-8/1-3-2 Series Openers: 17-14 Cup O’ Joe: Connor Joe collected a hit, RBI and walk last night in Round Rock. For the season, he ranks tied for third among PCL leaders with 65 walks Home: ... 9-7 Road: ...8-7 and is fourth with a .429 OBP. His 66 total walks (including one with the San Francisco Giants) are a career high...Since June 27, he paces the league Series Finales: 15-14 (*2 PPD/Susp.) with 32 walks, and is second with 42 RBI, third with 40 runs scored and fifth with a .458 OBP...He paces the Dodgers with 95 hits, 76 runs scored and Home: ... 7-6 Road: ...8-8 65 walks this season and ranks second with 65 RBI. PCL Standings Zach Attack: Zach McKinstry connected on a RBI triple last night and scored a run, as he has hit safely in nine of his first 10 games with OKC, going American Northern Record GB 17-for-36 (.472) with four doubles, a triple, four homers, 14 RBI and 10 runs scored...Going back to July 25 with Double-A Tulsa, McKinstry has hit Iowa (CHC) 66-56 -- safely in 16 of his last 18 games, batting .484 (30x62) with a .549 OBP, .790 SLG and 18 RBI. Memphis (STL) 56-66 -10.0 Nashville (TEX) 54-66 -11.0 Hit Men: The Dodgers were held to three runs and five hits last night, marking the third time in five games OKC’s offense was reigned in and scored Omaha (KC) 52-70 -14.0 three or fewer runs and tallied five or fewer hits.