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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 (29-40) vs. El Paso Chihuahuas (43-27) Game #70 of 140/Road #40 of 70 (19-20) Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Dennis Santana (2-4, 5.60) vs. ELP-LHP Jerry Keel (5-2, 6.30) Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | Southwest University Park | El Paso, Texas | 8:05 p.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman Today’s Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers close out their seven-game road trip with an 8:05 p.m. game against the El Paso Chihuahuas at OKC Dodgers Trends Southwest University Park. Tonight’s game is part of MiLB’s Copa de la Diversión, and the Dodgers will take the field as Cielo Azul de Oklahoma Overall Record ........................29-40 Home Record..........................10-20 City against the El Paso Margaritas...OKC leads the current series, 2-1, and has won 10 of its last 11 road games. Road Record.................... ......19-20 Current Streak.................... ........W1 Last Game: A key two-run double by Connor Joe and go-ahead home run by Will Smith paired with a great effort from the pitching staff led to Current Road Trip............... .........5-1 Last Road Trip..................... .......7-7 a 3-2 win for the Dodgers over El Paso Monday night at Southwest University Park. The Dodgers trailed, 2-0, entering the seventh inning. With Current Homestand .......................... runners at the corners and one out, OKC relief pitcher Josh Sborz laid down what appeared to be a successful squeeze bunt, but he was called Last Homestand.................. ........2-5 Last 5 Games...................... .......4-1 out for running too far inside the baseline. But the Dodgers were able to pull even when Joe sent a game-tying double to left-center field. Smith Last 10 Games.................... .......6-4 then led off the eighth inning with a homer onto the walkway above the grass seating in left field, giving the Dodgers their first lead. Still leading Series Record ........................ 3-10-3 by one run in the bottom of the ninth, Zac Rosscup retired the side in order, including a pair of strikeouts, to seal the win and earn his first save. Scoring 3 or less ......................2-26 Scoring 4-6 ............................10-11 The Chihuahuas led for most of the night and got on the board first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Following the second Scoring 7+ ...............................17-3 run, Dodgers starting pitcher Mitchell White retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced. The OKC pitching staff combined for 10 strikeouts and no Allowing 3 or less ......................13-4 Allowing 4-6 ............................11-17 walks and held El Paso without a home run for just the third time in 35 home games this season. Sborz (2-3) retired six of seven batters between Allowing 7+ ..............................5-19 the sixth and seventh innings to earn the win. Chihuahuas reliever Andres Munoz (2-2) gave up Smith’s homer and took the loss. Shutouts............................. ........2-5 In One-Run Games............ ...........9-8 In Two-Run Games.............. .........6-8 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Dennis Santana (2-4) makes his team-leading 11th start of the season tonight for the Dodgers, looking for his third vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ......5-10 win in four starts...Santana picked up the win in his last start June 13 at Albuquerque, pitching 5.0 scoreless innings, although he allowed four vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ......24-30 Day Games/AM Start.......... 9-10/4-2 hits and a season-high five walks. Despite the heavy traffic on the basepaths, he kept the Isotopes 2-for-15 with runners on and 1-for-11 with RISP. Night Games (5 p.m.or later).... 20-30 He combined with four relievers in the Dodgers’ 10-0 shutout win, marking the team’s first shutout in Albuquerque since 2005...Santana has held Score First..............................19-11 Opponent Scores First ............ 10-29 opponents to two earned runs or less in five of his first 10 starts with OKC this season...He enters today with 55 strikeouts over 45.0 IP, equating Outhit Opponent ....................... 18-6 an average of 11.0 strikeouts per nine innings...Santana started the season with OKC, but was recalled April 7 by Los Angeles. He made three Outhit by Opponent ................ 10-31 Equal Hits .................................. 1-3 appearances out of the LAD bullpen and allowed a total of four runs and six hits over 5.0 IP with four walks and six K’s. He was optioned back to Walkoff Wins ........................1 (0 HR) OKC April 14...Santana began the 2018 season with Double-A Tulsa before making his first career start with OKC May 19, 2018 and his Major Come-from-Behind Wins ................14 League debut on June 1. However, a right rotator cuff strain sent him to the 60-day Disabled List June 9...Santana entered 2019 ranked as the Largest Deficit in W ........................7 Losses after Leading ....................14 Dodgers’ No. 7 prospect, according to Baseball America...He originally signed as a shortstop as an international free agent in March 2013 at the Largest Lead in L ...........................5 age of 16 out of the Dominican Republic and converted to pitching in 2014...Tonight is his first career appearance against El Paso. Extra Innings.......... .....................3-2 vs. AL Affiliates .........................9-17 vs. NL Affiliates .......................20-23 Against the Chihuahuas: 2019: 2-1 2018: 1-3 All-time: 14-9 At ELP: 7-4 The Dodgers return to Southwest University Park for the first time since 2017, as they meet El Paso for the lone series of the season. OKC enters After Six Innings: Lead: 22-2..Tied: 1-4...Trail: 6-34 tonight having won five of their last six games in El Paso...The Chihuahuas won the 2018 series in OKC, 3-1. The Dodgers were held to two runs After Seven Innings: or less in each of the four games, as El Paso outscored OKC, 14-7, and the Dodgers’ offense was held to a .197 batting average...Prior to El Paso Lead: 24-1..Tied: 3-6...Trail: 2-33 After Eight Innings: winning last season’s series, the Dodgers had won or split the previous four season series between the teams after Tucson’s franchise relocated Lead: 25-1..Tied: 1-4...Trail: 2-28 to El Paso for the 2014 season...Dodgers catcher Rocky Gale and pitcher Kevin Quackenbush each spent parts of four seasons playing for El Vs. American Northern.......... 15-16 Paso (2014-17). Gale logged 326 career games as a Chihuahua, while Quackenbush made 53 relief appearances. Shane Peterson spent all of Vs. American Southern ............. 7-18 2018 with the Chihuahuas, batting .286 with 11 homers, 31 doubles and 74 RBI over 126 games. Vs. Pacific Northern.................... 2-5 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. 5-1 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ... 0-1/3-2 Road Map: The Dodgers have won 10 of their last 11 road games and seek a third straight road series victory tonight. OKC last won three After Off Day....................... ....... 3-1 straight road series during the same season in 2016 (@ NAS, 4-0, June 30-July 3; @ NO, 3-1, June 17-20; @ RR, 3-1, June 4-7)...This season, Doubleheaders/Series.. ..... 1-7/0-3-1 OKC put together a nine-game road winning streak May 29-June 15 for the team’s longest road winning streak since OKC re-joined the PCL in Series Openers: 9-9 1998. The stretch included back-to-back road series sweeps for the first time in team history...During the last 11 road games, the Dodgers have Home: ... 3-5 Road: ...5-4 outscored their opponents, 92-44. OKC is batting .306 (121x391) with 51 extra-base hits, 21 home runs and is hitting .322 (37x115) with runners Series Finales: 10-5 (*2 PPD/Susp.) in scoring position. The pitching staff has allowed three or fewer runs in seven of 11 games, including two or fewer runs five times Home: ... 4-3 Road: ...6-2 Nod Ya Head: Will Smith has homered in each of his last five games, accomplishing the feat for the first time in his career after homering in PCL Standings four consecutive games twice last season with Double-A Tulsa. He now leads OKC with 13 home runs this season...Smith went 2-for-5 last night, American Northern Record GB including a double. Since his return to OKC after his first career Major League action, Smith is 10-for-33 with nine RBI in nine games. He ranks Iowa (CHC) 39-32 -- second among Dodgers players with 37 RBI total this season and is tied for the team lead with 30 walks. Omaha (KC) 34-37 -5.0 Memphis (STL) 29-42 -10.0 I Came in Like a Rek-ing Ball: Zach Reks extended his hitting streak to 11 games last night — the longest of his career and the longest streak Nashville (TEX) 28-41 -10.0 by an OKC Dodgers player this season. During the hit streak, Reks is 20-for-48 (.417) with seven multi-hit games and six homers. He has at least American Southern Record GB one RBI in nine of his last 11 games (19 total) and has driven in at least two runs in seven of the last nine games (17 total)...Reks has also hit San Antonio (MIL) 45-26 -- Round Rock (HOU) 42-28 -2.5 safely in 15 straight starts, going 26-for-67 (.388) with seven home runs, six doubles and 24 RBI..