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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 (59-71) vs. San Antonio Missions (77-54) Game #131 of 139/Road #70 of 70 (32-37) Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP J.D. Martin (3-1, 6.48) vs. SA-LHP Brent Suter (0-0, 0.00) Sunday, August 25, 2019 | Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium | San Antonio, Texas | 6:05 p.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman Today’s Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers try to avoid being swept in a second straight series when they meet the San Antonio Missions for the final OKC Dodgers Trends time this season at 6:05 p.m. at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. The Dodgers have lost a season-high five straight games for the third time this Overall Record ........................59-71 season, and have dropped eight of their last 10 games, as well as 10 of their last 13 games. Home Record..........................27-34 Road Record.................... ......32-37 Current Streak.................... .........L5 Last Game: San Antonio scored 15 unanswered runs and put together two six-run rallies during a 15-3 win over the Dodgers Saturday night at Wolff Current Road Trip............... .........0-2 Stadium. The Dodgers led, 3-0, heading to the bottom of the fourth inning before the Missions’ offense came alive. Each of the first six batters collected Last Road Trip..................... .......1-3 Current Homestand .......................... a hit or walk, leading to six runs, including a RBI ground-rule double by Tyler Austin and RBI single by Tyrone Taylor. Nate Orf then hit a grand slam Last Homestand.................. ........0-3 on to take the lead at 6-3. The Missions added a run in the sixth inning after two errors by the Dodgers. Six more runs and four more hits followed in Last 5 Games...................... .......0-5 Last 10 Games.................... .......2-8 the seventh. With one out in the inning, five straight San Antonio batters reached base, including RBI singles by Taylor and Orf. After a sacrifice fly by Series Record ........................ 9-16-8 Jake Hager, the Missions tallied three more runs with two outs. Jacob Nottingham notched a RBI single, and Lucas Erceg delivered a two-run, pinch-hit Scoring 3 or less ......................3-41 double, pushing the lead to 13-3. Taylor socked a two-run homer in the eighth. The Dodgers had led 2-0 after three batters when Edwin Ríos connected Scoring 4-6 ............................15-19 Scoring 7+ .............................41-11 on his team-leading 27th home run. With one out in the fourth, Cameron Perkins and José Lobatón hit back-to-back doubles to extend the lead to 3-0. Allowing 3 or less ......................25-7 The San Antonio bullpen held the Dodgers to no runs and three hits over the final five innings. Jake Faria (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings with four Allowing 4-6 ............................23-24 strikeouts to earn the win. Dodgers starting pitcher Justin DeFratus (2-5) began his outing with three perfect innings before things took a turn in the Allowing 7+ ............................11-40 Shutouts............................. ........3-7 bottom of the fourth inning. He was hit with the loss after allowing six runs and seven hits over five innings. In One-Run Games............ .......14-11 In Two-Run Games.............. .......9-17 : J.D. Martin (3-1) looks to rebound from his first loss with OKC...Martin last pitched Aug. 19 in OKC against Nashville, tying vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ....10-16 Today’s Probable Pitcher vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ......49-55 his season and career-high mark with eight runs (seven earned) allowed and six hits over 5.0 innings with six walks and six strikeouts. He surrendered Day Games/AM Start.........10-12/4-2 two homers, including a three-run homer during a five-run first inning...Martin has now made six starts with the Dodgers and the team is 4-2 in his Night Games (5 p.m.or later).... 49-59 Score First..............................38-22 outings...Martin has spent the bulk of the season with Tulsa and made 14 starts for the Drillers, going 2-7 with a 5.38 ERA and 1.56 WHIP in 80.1 IP Opponent Scores First ............ 21-49 with 38 walks and 66 K’s. He was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week after 7.0 scoreless innings against Midland May 2...Martin spent the entire Outhit Opponent ..................... 41-10 2018 season with Double-A Montgomery (Tampa Bay) while working as a knuckleball pitcher...The 2019 season is his 17th in professional baseball. He Outhit by Opponent ................ 16-57 Equal Hits .................................. 2-4 was originally selected by Cleveland with the 35th overall pick in the 2001 MLB Draft from Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest, Calif. and made his Walkoff Wins ........................2 (0 HR) Major League debut July 20, 2009 with Washington...Tonight is Martin’s first career appearance against the Missions. Come-from-Behind Wins ................30 Largest Deficit in W ........................7 Losses after Leading ....................30 Against the Missions: 2019: 6-9 2018: N/A All-time: 6-9 At SA: 1-6 Largest Lead in L ...........................5 This marks the fourth and final series of the season between OKC and San Antonio and second series between the teams at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Extra Innings.......... .....................3-3 Stadium...San Antonio is in second place in the American Southern Division standings, trailing division leader Round Rock by 2.0 games...Prior to vs. AL Affiliates .......................25-32 Friday’s loss, OKC had won four straight against the Missions and swept a three-game series between the teams at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark vs. NL Affiliates .......................34-39 July 19-21. The three-game set was high-scoring affair, with an aggregate score of 32-19...The teams last played in San Antonio April 25-28 with the After Six Innings: Lead: 49-4..Tied: 3-4...Trail: 7-65 Missions winning the first four games before OKC won the series finale to avoid a sweep...San Antonio joined the league for 2019 as the Milwaukee After Seven Innings: Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate following the relocation of the Colorado Springs franchise. The Missions previously played in the Double-A Texas League from Lead: 50-4..Tied: 6-6...Trail: 3-61 1968-2018...The Dodgers have struggled to produce at plate during their seven games in the Alamo City. They’re batting just .191 (40x209) with a After Eight Innings: total of 15 runs and three homers. They’ve been held to three or fewer runs in six of their seven games at The Wolff and have not exceeded four runs. Lead: 49-2..Tied: 3-5...Trail: 3-55 Vs. American Northern.......... 27-32 Mound Maladies: Last night marked the 10th time in 21 games this month — and the fifth time in the last eight games — the Dodgers allowed 10 Vs. American Southern ........... 17-26 Vs. Pacific Northern.................... 7-7 or more runs. Opponents have totaled 164 runs and 224 hits, with 50 homers and 101 extra-base hits, batting .304 overall (224x736). OKC’s 7.51 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. 8-6 ERA this month is the highest among all teams in the domestic Minors or Majors and OKC has allowed the fourth-most runs among all teams in the Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ... 0-3/5-4 domestic Minors. Starting pitchers have posted a 7.64 ERA and relievers have a 7.33 ERA with seven blown saves...For the season, OKC has allowed After Off Day....................... ....... 8-3 808 runs, which is a new single-season record during the club’s modern PCL era (previously 764 in 2002). The 15 runs surrendered last night was the Doubleheaders/Series.. ..... 4-8/1-3-2 second-highest total this season and the 26th time this season the team has allowed 10 or more runs. Series Openers: 17-16 Home: ... 9-8 Road: ...8-8 Simply De-Lux: Gavin Lux tallied two of the Dodgers’ eight hits last night, including a double to lead off the game, and scored a run. Lux has Series Finales: 16-15 (*2 PPD/Canc.) now reached base safely in 43 of his first 44 Triple-A games and hit safely in 39 of the 44 games...Since joining OKC June 27, Lux is slashing Home: ... 8-6 Road: ...9-8 .407/.493/.747/1.240. He has 74 hits, 22 multi-hit games, 34 XBH, 38 RBI and 51 runs scored. During that time, Lux’s OBP ranks first among all players in the domestic Minors or Majors, while his AVG, hits and OPS are second, runs are third, SLG is fifth, and his extra-base hits and 136 total PCL Standings bases are sixth...He was named PCL Player of the Month for July, becoming the first OKC player to receive a PCL monthly honor since MLBAM began American Northern Record GB tracking the awards in 2010...Between OKC and Tulsa, Lux is batting .351 and his 155 total hits are for fourth in the domestic Minors. Iowa (CHC) 70-61 -- Memphis (STL) 64-67 -6.0 Zach Attack: Zach McKinstry entered last night’s game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning and grounded out into a forceout. He’s been held without Nashville (TEX) 60-69 -9.0 a hit in back-to-back games for the first time since going without a hit in three straight games July 21-24 with Double-A Tulsa.