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Oklahoma City Dodgers Game Information 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] Colorado Springs Sky Sox (18-11) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (22-6) Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game #29 of 140/Home #16 of 70 (15-0) Pitching Probables: COS-RHP Freddy Peralta (4-1, 4.25) vs. OKC-RHP Tyler Pill (0-0, 6.00) Monday, May 7, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 11:05 a.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman Today’s Game: The Oklahoma City Dodgers remain undefeated at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark as they close out their series against OKC Dodgers Trends Overall Record ............................... 22-6 Colorado Springs with an 11:05 a.m. Field Trip Day game. The Dodgers are 15-0 in Bricktown for their best home start since the ballpark Home Record.................... ............ 15-0 opened in 1998. The Dodgers are the lone team in professional baseball still undefeated at home this season, and their 15-game home winning Road Record.................... ............... 7-6 streak is the team’s second-longest since 1998. Current Streak.................... ............. W4 Current Road Trip............... ................... Last Road Trip..................... ............ 2-2 Last Game: The Dodgers scored two runs in the eighth inning on the way to a 3-2 come-from-behind win against Colorado Springs Sunday Current Homestand .............. ............3-0 Last Homestand............................... 5-0 afternoon. The Dodgers trailed, 2-1, entering the eighth after Colorado Springs starting pitcher Corbin Burnes put together seven strong Last 5 Games...................... ............ 4-1 frames while racking up a career-high 13 strikeouts. After Burnes exited the game, Michael Ahmed led off for OKC in the eighth with a double Last 10 Games.................... ............ 8-2 Series Record ............................... 5-1-1 and Rob Segedin followed with a walk. A wild pitch advanced the runners and Jake Peter followed with a RBI groundout to tie the game, 2-2. Scoring 3 or less ............................. 6-3 Donovan Solano followed with a RBI single for a 3-2 OKC advantage. The Dodgers quickly took the first lead in the first inning when Jake Peter Scoring 4-6 ..................................... 9-2 Scoring 7+ ...................................... 7-1 led off and swung at the first pitch, drilling a home run out to center field. Ji-Man Choi answered for the Sky Sox with a homer to tie the game, Allowing 3 or less ........................... 17-3 1-1, in the second inning. The Sky Sox added a run in the third on a RBI single by Tyrone Taylor to take a 2-1 lead. Burnes held the Dodgers to Allowing 4-6 ..................................... 3-1 Allowing 7+ ..................................... 2-2 four hits over 7.0 innings, retiring 21 of the 24 batters he faced after the leadoff homer. Dodgers starting pitcher Justin DeFratus allowed two Shutouts.......................................... 2-1 runs and six hits over 7.0 innings with one walk and six K’s. Scott Alexander (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Brian Schlitter picked In One-Run Games............ ................ 8-4 up his league-leading eighth save. Reliever Radhames Liz (2-2) was charged with the loss. In Two-Run Games.............. .............. 4-1 vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ............. 4-1 vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ............. 18-5 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Tyler Pill (0-0) makes his fourth start of the season for OKC...He allowed his first runs with OKC in his last start Day Games/AM Start.................. 4-2/0-2 Night Games (5 p.m.or later)..... ...... 18-4 May 2 in Memphis, surrendering three runs and six hits over 4.0 innings, with one walk and three strikeouts...Pill has made three starts while Score First........... ......................... 15-2 building up his pitch count and has allowed three runs and 11 hits over 11.0 innings since joining the Dodgers...Pill began the season in Opponent Scores First .............. ........7-4 Outhit Opponent ............. ................14-5 the Arizona Diamondbacks organization with Triple-A Reno and was acquired by the Dodgers in a trade for cash considerations April 17. He Outhit by Opponent ................ ..........5-1 made two appearances out of the bullpen for Reno, allowing seven runs and eight hits, including three home runs, over 4.0 IP...He signed Equal Hits ................ ........................3-0 Walkoff Wins .............................4 (1 HR) with Arizona in January and prior to that, spent his entire career in the New York Mets organization...Pill made his MLB debut last season with Come-from-Behind Wins .....................11 the Mets May 27, 2017 against Pittsburgh and made seven appearances (three starts) in the Majors (0-3, 5.32 ERA)...He started the 2017 Largest Deficit in W .............................5 Losses after Leading ...........................3 season with Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas, not allowing an earned run over his first 29.1 IP. He made 15 starts in the Minors Largest Lead in L ................................4 and went 5-3 with a 3.08 ERA...Pill was selected by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Cal State Fullerton...Today is Extra Innings.......... .......................... 3-2 vs. AL Affiliates ................................ 6-1 Pill’s second career start against the Sky Sox and first since 2015 while with Las Vegas. vs. NL Affiliates .............................. 16-5 After Six Innings: Against the Sky Sox: 2018: 3-0 2017: 4-12 All-time: 101-82 At OKC: 62-33 Lead: 14-1..Tied: 4-1...Trail: 4-4 The Dodgers last swept the Sky Sox in a three-game set July 4-6, 2016 in OKC, and the last four-game sweep was Aug. 2-5, 2014 in Brick- After Seven Innings: town...Colorado Springs won 12 of 16 meetings against Oklahoma City last season, taking three of four games in each of the four series. The Lead: 16-1..Tied: 2-1...Trail: 4-4 After Eight Innings: Sky Sox collected more than eight wins in a season against OKC for the first time since the teams started playing in 1998...Colorado Springs Lead: 16-1..Tied: 4-0...Trail: 1-5 outscored the Dodgers, 96-66, and outhit OKC, 161-139...Alex Verdugo led the Dodgers offense in the series, batting .408 over 14 games Vs. American Northern.......... ........ 10-1 with a team-best 20 hits, while Bobby Wilson hit five homers in 12 games...Since joining the PCL in 1998, the only other instance the team Vs. American Southern .................. 12-4 lost 12 games in the same season against one opponent was in 2007, when OKC was 6-12 against Nashville. Vs. Pacific Northern................. ....... 0-0 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. ...... 0-0 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ........ 3-1/0-0 Out of the Gates: The Dodgers have won 22 of their first 28 games of 2018, setting the best overall record by an Oklahoma City team After Off Day....................... ............ 1-0 through 28 games since rejoining the PCL in 1998...The Dodgers own the best winning percentage in the Minors (.786) and also pace the Doubleheader Games/Series.....1-1/0-0-1 Minors with 22 wins this season. Series Openers: 7-1 Home: .... 4-0 Road: .... 3-1 Home Front: The Dodgers are 15-0 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark for the best start in OKC since the ballpark opened in 1998. The team’s Series Finales: 6-1 previous best start was 5-0 in 2006...The Dodgers have trailed at some point in nine of 15 home contests, including eight of the last 12, and Home: .... 3-0 Road: .... 3-1 have trailed in the eighth inning or later in six games...The Dodgers have four walk-off wins this season, including three straight April 14-16 against New Orleans...At the plate, the Dodgers are batting .323 at home for the second-highest home batting average in Triple-A, only behind PCL Standings Colorado Springs (.341). OKC has outscored opponents, 97-41, at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and has also outhit opponents, 164-108... American Northern Record GB Over their first 15 home games, the Dodgers have slashed .323/.397/.483. They have eight-plus runs in five of 15 games and totaled four Oklahoma City (LAD) 22-6 -- games with 14 or more hits...They’ve scored four or more runs in an inning eight times already...This current home winning streak is the Colorado Springs (MIL) 18-11 -4.5 Omaha (KC) 11-19 -13.0 second-longest since OKC rejoined the PCL in 1998 and only trails the club-record 17-game home winning streak set July 26-Aug. 20, 2013. Iowa (CHC) 7-21 -16.0 Mound Men: The Dodgers pitching staff has allowed just four runs over the past four games, and OKC tops all Triple-A teams with a 2.54 American Southern Record GB Memphis (STL) 19-12 -- ERA. The Dodgers allowed two runs Sunday, ending a stretch of three straight games holding an opponent to one or no runs...Going back to Nashville (OAK) 15-14 -3.0 Wednesday, opponents are 3-for-the-last-35 with runners in scoring position, and OKC opponents are batting just .170 with RISP (18x106) over New Orleans (MIA) 15-15 -3.5 the last 16 games...The Dodgers have allowed just four runs over the last 37 innings, and although the opposition has had a total 42 hits/ Round Rock (TEX) 11-20 -8.0 walks, the Dodgers have held them 9-for-50 (.180) with runners on. Pacific Northern Record GB Fresno (HOU) 19-12 -- Starting with a Bang: Jake Peter connected on the first pitch of the game yesterday by Corbin Burnes for a leadoff home run — the Sacramento (SF) 15-15 -3.5 Tacoma (SEA) 13-17 -5.5 Dodgers’ first since Tim Locastro led off the first game of an Aug.