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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] Omaha Storm Chasers (20-23) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (14-27) Game #42 of 140/Home #23 of 70 (7-15) Pitching Probables: OMA-LHP Jake Kalish (2-2, 4.24) vs. OKC-LHP Rob Zastryzny (0-2, 5.70) Monday, May 20, 2019 | 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 OKC Dodgers and Omaha Storm Chasers close out their five-game series with an 11:05 a.m. game at Chickasaw Bricktown OKC Dodgers Trends Ballpark. The series is tied, 2-2, as the teams meet for the final time this season in Oklahoma City. With a victory today, the Dodgers can secure Overall Record ........................14-27 Home Record............................7-15 their first series win of the 2019 season. Road Record.................... ........7-12 Current Streak.................... .........L1 Last Game: Omaha scored runs in seven different innings and hit three home runs on the way to an 11-1 win against the Dodgers Sunday Current Road Trip............... .............. Last Road Trip..................... .......1-3 afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Storm Chasers built an 8-0 lead in the top of the seventh inning before the Dodgers got on the Current Homestand .....................2-2 scoreboard in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run by Connor Joe. The Storm Chasers had quickly taken the lead in the first inning when Last Homestand.................. ........1-2 Last 5 Games...................... .......3-2 Humberto Arteaga opened the game with a leadoff home run. Erick Mejia hit a RBI single in the third inning before Samir Dueñez drove in two Last 10 Games.................... .......4-6 more runs with a double for a 4-0 advantage. Arteaga hit his second home run of the game in the fourth inning, knocking a two-run shot out to Series Record .......................... 0-6-3 the Budwesier Deck in left field for a 6-0 Omaha lead. Jecksson Flores hit into a fielder’s choice in the sixth inning to bring home Omaha’s seventh Scoring 3 or less ......................1-20 Scoring 4-6 ................................4-5 run. Omaha loaded the bases in the seventh and scored a run on a wild pitch by Adam McCreery to take an 8-0 lead. Joe led off the bottom of Scoring 7+ .................................9-1 the seventh inning with a towering home run off the LED board in left field to get the Dodgers on the scoreboard. A RBI triple by Erick Mejia in Allowing 3 or less ........................5-3 Allowing 4-6 ..............................6-12 the eighth extended Omaha’s lead to 9-1 before Andrew Susac added a two-run homer out to right field in the top of the ninth. Dodgers starting Allowing 7+ ..............................3-12 pitcher Brock Stewart (0-4) was charged with the loss, while Brian Flynn (2-2) got the win for Omaha, pitching 5.2 innings. Shutouts............................. ........1-4 In One-Run Games............ ...........5-4 In Two-Run Games.............. .........3-6 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Rob Zastryzny (0-2) takes to the mound for his eighth start of the season and second against the Storm Chasers... vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ........1-7 He most recently started May 14 in Round Rock, allowing six runs on nine hits over five innings during a no decision. The Express hit two home vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ......13-20 Day Games/AM Start.............7-7/3-1 runs, including a grand slam by Drew Ferguson...Zastryzny has racked up 25 strikeouts over his last three games (17.1 IP), reaching at least Night Games (5 p.m.or later).... ..7-20 nine strikeouts twice. On May 4 in New Orleans, he tied his career high with 10 K’s over 5.1 innings. He enters today with a 4.9 strikeout-to-walk Score First..................................8-7 Opponent Scores First .............. 6-20 ratio (44 K/9 BB)...Zastryzny spent the first six seasons of his career in the Chicago Cubs organization before being released near the end of Outhit Opponent ......................... 9-2 Spring Training and signing with the Dodgers in late March...He played the majority of 2018 with Iowa (33 games) and made six appearances with Outhit by Opponent .................. 5-23 Equal Hits .................................. 0-2 Chicago. Working almost exclusively out of the bullpen, Zastryzny went 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA for Iowa over 56.0 IP...Zastryzny was selected by Walkoff Wins ........................1 (0 HR) the Cubs in the second round of the 2013 MLB Draft from the University of Missouri...In his last meeting with Omaha April 9, he held the Storm Come-from-Behind Wins ..................9 Chasers scoreless and to two hits over 5.0 innings two walks and six strikeouts, as he made both his team and season debut. Between his time Largest Deficit in W ........................7 Losses after Leading ......................9 with OKC and Iowa, Zastryzny is 1-1 with a 2.36 ERA against Omaha over seven games and the Storm Chasers have batted just .184 against him. Largest Lead in L ...........................5 Extra Innings.......... .....................2-1 vs. AL Affiliates .........................6-13 Against the Storm Chasers: 2019: 4-5 2018: 8-8 All-time: 161-151 At OKC: 84-74 vs. NL Affiliates .........................8-14 The Dodgers are already meeting Omaha for their third series of the 2019 season and second in OKC...Six of the teams’ nine matchups have been decided by one or two runs...Omaha won a three-game series at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark April 16-18. The teams split a weather-shortened After Six Innings: Lead: 9-1..Tied: 0-2...Trail: 5-24 two-game series at Werner Park April 9-10...So far in the 2019 series with the Storm Chasers, OKC’s Edwin Ríos has 14 hits, nine RBI, eight runs After Seven Innings: scored, three home runs and four doubles. Last season against Omaha, he batted .410 in 16 games, leading the Dodgers with 25 hits, including Lead: 11-0..Tied: 1-4...Trail: 2-23 After Eight Innings: a team-best eight doubles, 10 RBI, nine runs scored and two home runs...OKC has only won one season series against Omaha over the last eight Lead: 11-0..Tied: 0-3...Trail: 2-19 seasons (11-3 in 2016) and is 1-5-2 in the season series since 2011. Vs. American Northern.......... ... 8-12 Vs. American Southern ............. 6-15 Dinger Details: The Dodgers’ lone run Sunday came via Connor Joe’s first home run of the season in the seventh inning. The Dodgers have now Vs. Pacific Northern.................... 0-0 hit 25 home runs over their last 15 games and have hit at least one home run in nine of their last 10 games (16 HR), including six games with Vs. Pacific Southern.................. 0-0 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ... 0-1/0-2 two or more dingers. Ironically, the lone game during the stretch that the Dodgers were held without a homer was May 14 at Round Rock when After Off Day....................... ....... 1-1 OKC scored 15 runs, including 11 in one inning...Before the recent power surge, the Dodgers had smacked only 16 home runs in their first 26 Doubleheaders/Series.. ..... 1-5/0-2-1 games...On the other hand, the Dodgers have allowed at least one homer in seven straight games, with the opponent going yard 13 times. Five Series Openers: 3-8 of the homers have been hit with a runner on base, and seven have occurred with two outs in an inning. Home: ... 3-4 Road: ...1-4 Series Finales: 5-3 (*2 PPD/Susp.) Perking Up: Cameron Perkins went 2-for-4 Sunday and has now hit safely in five straight games, and in 10 of his last 11 games, going 18-for-46 Home: ... 2-2 Road: ...3-1 (.391) with six doubles, two homers, seven RBI and seven runs scored. During the five-game hitting streak he’s 9-for-21, and he’s tallied three straight multi-hit games for the first time since a run of four straight April 14-18, 2018 with Tacoma, going 7-for-13...After going 0-for-3 on May PCL Standings 1, Perkins’ batting average stood at .197, but he’s raised it by 83 points since then...He paces the Dodgers with 12 doubles so far this season American Northern Record GB and 14 of his 30 total hits this season have gone for extra bases. Iowa (CHC) 26-18 -- Memphis (STL) 21-22 -4.5 Speed Bump: Yesterday marked the first time in five games the Dodgers were held to fewer than five runs. Entering Sunday, OKC had scored Omaha (KC) 20-23 -5.5 36 runs over its previous four games combined...Although the Dodgers were held to just one run yesterday, OKC’s offense is ramping up this Nashville (TEX) 16-26 -9.0 month, scoring 91 runs and hitting 25 homers through the first 18 games of May. The Dodgers’ 88 runs and 16 homers through April ranked last American Southern Record GB in the 16-team PCL...The team went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position yesterday after batting .420 with RISP over the previous four games.