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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] Nashville Sounds (33-40) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (43-28) Oakland A’s vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game #72 of 140/Home #37 of 70 (27-9) Pitching Probables: NAS-RHP Norge Ruiz (NR, -.--) vs. OKC-RHP Brock Stewart (1-0, 2.55) Tuesday, June 26, 2018 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman Today’s Game: After Monday’s series opener was postponed due to unplayable field conditions stemming from recent rains at Chickasaw OKC Dodgers Trends Overall Record ............................. 43-28 Bricktown Ballpark, the Oklahoma City Dodgers open a four-game series tonight against the Nashville Sounds at 7:05 p.m. The Dodgers are Home Record.................... ............ 27-9 27-9 in OKC this season and own the best home winning percentage among full-season teams in the Minors (.750). Road Record.................... ........... 16-19 Current Streak.................... .............. L1 Current Road Trip............... ................... Last Game: Omaha hit three home runs, including two during a five-run fifth inning, leading the way to an 8-0 win over the Dodgers Sunday Last Road Trip..................... ............ 2-2 afternoon at Werner Park. The Storm Chasers started the scoring in the second inning when Billy Burns hit a RBI double with two outs to give Current Homestand .............. ............0-0 Last Homestand............................... 4-3 Omaha a 1-0 lead. Donnie Dewees added to the lead with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, making it 3-0. The home run barrage continued Last 5 Games...................... ............ 2-3 in the fifth inning, as seven straight Storm Chasers reached base at one point to take an 8-0 lead. Ryan O’Hearn hit a solo homer, and after Last 10 Games.................... ............ 6-4 Series Record ............................. 10-3-5 Omaha loaded the bases, Humberto Arteaga cleared the bases with a grand slam. Former OKC Dodgers pitcher Trevor Oaks kept the Dodgers Scoring 3 or less ........................... 8-16 scoreless over six innings to earn the win. He allowed four hits – all singles – and only had one runner reach scoring position. Oaks (4-3) Scoring 4-6 ................................. 17-10 Scoring 7+ .................................... 18-2 notched a season-high seven strikeouts and issued one walk. Omaha relievers Kevin Lenik and Jake Newberry covered the final three innings Allowing 3 or less ........................... 32-8 to finish Omaha’s fifth shutout of the season. Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Pill (2-2) allowed eight runs and 10 hits over 4.1 innings in the loss. Allowing 4-6 ..................................... 8-5 Allowing 7+ ................................... 3-15 Shutouts.......................................... 3-3 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Brock Stewart (1-0) returns from his sixth stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers to make his seventh start for OKC... In One-Run Games............ ............ 11-11 He most recently pitched June 19 for the Los Angeles Dodgers after being added as the team’s 26th man for a road doubleheader against In Two-Run Games.............. ............ 10-2 vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ............. 7-4 the Chicago Cubs. He was charged with the loss in Game 2, allowing a run and two hits in the 10th inning of the Cubs’ 2-1 walk-off win...His vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ........... 36-23 last appearance with OKC was June 13 against Salt Lake in OKC, allowing two runs and four hits over 3.0 innings, with one walk and two Day Games/AM Start.................. 6-9/1-5 Night Games (5 p.m.or later)..... .... 37-19 strikeouts...While with OKC this season, Stewart owns a 1.18 WHIP and has held opponents to a .222 batting average, including 6-for-34 with Score First........... ......................... 30-5 runners on. The team is 4-2 in his starts...Stewart split last season between LAD and OKC while battling injury. With OKC, he went 0-1 with Opponent Scores First .......... ........13-23 Outhit Opponent ........... ................30-12 a 3.12 ERA over five starts with 25 K’s and three walks...In 17 games (four starts) with LAD, Stewart posted a 3.41 ERA with 29 K’s and 19 Outhit by Opponent .............. ..........8-14 walks over 34.1 IP...Stewart advanced quickly through the Dodgers system in 2016, starting the season in High-A and ascending to the Majors Equal Hits ................ ........................5-2 Walkoff Wins .............................4 (1 HR) to make his debut June 29 at Milwaukee. He was named the Dodgers’ 2016 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and to Baseball Come-from-Behind Wins .....................19 America’s Minor League All-Star Team...Tonight is his second start of the season, and second career appearance, against the Sounds. He Largest Deficit in W .............................5 Losses after Leading ...........................9 tossed three shutout innings May 17 against the Sounds in OKC, allowing three hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Largest Lead in L ................................4 Extra Innings.......... .......................... 5-4 vs. AL Affiliates ............................ 20-11 Against the Sounds: 2018: 5-3 2017: 11-5 All-time: 181-147 At OKC: 95-68 vs. NL Affiliates ............................ 23-17 The Dodgers and Sounds meet for their third series of the season and second in OKC...The Sounds and Dodgers split an abbreviated series at First Tennessee Park, 2-2, May 25-28, as the series finale was postponed to July 21 due to inclement weather. Each of the final three After Six Innings: Lead: 30-3..Tied: 7-3...Trail: 6-22 games were decided by one-run margins and the teams combined to score just 18 runs total in the series...The Dodgers won the first series After Seven Innings: of the season between the teams May 17-20 in Bricktown, 3-1. The Dodgers outscored the Sounds, 32-15, and outhit Nashville, 50-30, in Lead: 33-1..Tied: 5-4...Trail: 5-23 After Eight Innings: the four-game set, batting .350 as a team. OKC’s pitching staff racked up 47 strikeouts in the series...In 2017, the Dodgers won the season Lead: 35-1..Tied: 6-5...Trail: 1-22 series, 11-5, posting at least 10 wins against the Sounds for the third straight year. OKC outscored the Sounds, 85-54, and Dodgers pitchers Vs. American Northern.......... ........ 15-9 racked up 158 strikeouts in 16 meetings for an average of 9.9 per game...Since 2015, the Dodgers are 37-19 against the Sounds, including Vs. American Southern ................ 20-13 19-9 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Vs. Pacific Northern................. ....... 4-3 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. ...... 4-3 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ........ 4-3/0-2 Home Cooking: Although the Dodgers have lost their last two home games, they own the best home winning percentage in the Minors (.750) After Off Day....................... ............ 3-2 among full-season teams with a 27-9 record at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. They have the third-most home wins behind Low-A Bowling Doubleheader Games/Series.....1-1/0-0-1 Green (28-10) and Double-A Corpus Christi (28-12)...Of their 27 home wins, the Dodgers have trailed at some point in 13 games, and trailed in Series Openers: 11-8 the eighth inning or later seven times. They have four comeback wins after trailing by three or more runs...The Dodgers have held an opponent Home: .... 6-3 Road: .... 5-5 to one or no runs in 10 of the 36 games...OKC is slashing .309/.369/.483 at home, scoring an average of 5.8 runs per game on an average Series Finales: 9-6 (*3 PPD) of 10.6 hits. The team has scored eight-plus runs 11 times and collected 14 or more hits in eight games. OKC has also scored at least four Home: .... 5-3 Road: .... 4-3 runs in an inning 12 times...OKC has scored at least four runs in 14 of the last 16 home games and 15 of the last 18. PCL Standings 0’d in Omaha: The Dodgers were shut out Sunday afternoon in Omaha, 8-0, marking their third shutout loss of the season, and all three have American Northern Record GB come on the road...Their eight-run margin of defeat was their largest of the season and largest since Aug. 20, 2017 when the Dodgers lost, Oklahoma City (LAD) 43-28 -- 12-2, in Colorado Springs...On Sunday, the team tallied five singles on the day and only had one runner reach scoring position, with none after Colorado Springs (MIL) 42-33 -3.0 Omaha (KC) 35-40 -10.0 the first inning. No OKC runner advanced to third base in the game. It was the fourth time this season the team didn’t produce an extra-base hit. Iowa (CHC) 27-48 -18.0 Along the Ríos Grande: Edwin Ríos picked up another hit Sunday to extend his current hitting streak to seven games — his longest hitting American Southern Record GB Memphis (STL) 46-31 -- streak of the season. He has now hit safely in eight consecutive starts, going 12-for-29 (.414) with seven RBI and six runs scored...Ríos has New Orleans (MIA) 36-40 -9.5 25 hits through 20 games this month, which ranks second on the club. He paces the Dodgers with four homers and 14 runs scored this month Nashville (OAK) 33-40 -11.0 and he ranks second on the team with 16 RBI in June.