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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] Round Rock Express (13-10) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (8-15) Game #24 of 140/Home #13 of 70 (4-8) Pitching Probables: RR-RHP Akeem Bostick (1-0, 8.03) vs. OKC-RHP Michael Bowden (NR, -.--) Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 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: The OKC Dodgers and Round Rock Express open their four-game series with a 7:05 p.m. game at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. OKC Dodgers Trends Monday night’s series opener was postponed to Wednesday due to rain...The Dodgers seek back-to-back wins for the third time this season and Overall Record ..........................8-15 Home Record..............................4-8 for the first time since April 15-16. Road Record.................... ..........4-7 Current Streak.................... ........W1 Last Game: Monday’s game was postponed due to rain, but on Sunday, Matt Beaty celebrated his 26th birthday by hitting a three-run homer to Current Road Trip............... .............. Last Road Trip..................... .......1-4 help send the Dodgers to a 4-1 win against San Antonio as the Dodgers avoided a road series sweep at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. With Current Homestand .....................0-0 two runners on and two outs in the third inning, Beaty hit the first pitch he saw out to right field for a 3-0 OKC advantage. Errol Robinson added to Last Homestand.................. ........2-5 Last 5 Games...................... .......1-4 the lead with a RBI single with two outs in the fourth inning to make it 4-0. Dodgers starting pitcher Daniel Corcino held the Missions without a hit Last 10 Games.................... .......2-8 through three innings and scoreless through five innings. San Antonio went on to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth and Jake Series Record .......................... 0-4-2 Hager hit a sacrifice fly to bring home the Missions’ lone run of the day. Dodgers reliever Josh Smoker then got Cory Spangenberg to ground out Scoring 3 or less ......................1-12 Scoring 4-6 ................................3-3 to end the inning. In his team-leading fifth start of the season, Corcino (2-1) picked up the win for the Dodgers, allowing one run and three hits over Scoring 7+ .................................4-0 5.1 innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Smoker, Zach McAllister and Joe Broussard combined for 2.2 scoreless innings for Oklahoma City Allowing 3 or less ........................3-2 Allowing 4-6 ................................4-8 before JT Chargois closed out the game with a scoreless ninth, issuing one walk with three strikeouts in his first save of the season. San Antonio Allowing 7+ ................................1-5 starting pitcher Thomas Jankins (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing all four Dodgers runs and five hits over 5.0 innings. Shutouts............................. ........1-3 In One-Run Games............ ...........3-3 In Two-Run Games.............. .........1-3 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Michael Bowden makes his first start with the Dodgers tonight after joining the team from Extended Spring Training... vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ........0-2 Bowden signed with the Dodgers as a minor league free agent March 4. He did not play during the 2018 season due to injury, but spent the vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ........8-13 Day Games/AM Start.............4-3/1-0 previous two seasons with the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization where he posted a 21-12 record over 47 starts from 2016- Night Games (5 p.m.or later).... ..4-12 17. He struck out 211 batters and issued 92 walks over 267.1 innings...Bowden last played in the United States in 2015 with Triple-A Norfolk Score First..................................5-3 Opponent Scores First .............. 3-12 (Orioles) where he was named a Mid-Season All-Star and with Triple-A Rochester (Twins)...Bowden has appeared in 103 Major League games, Outhit Opponent ......................... 6-2 including 69 with Boston and 34 with the Chicago Cubs. He made his ML debut Aug. 30, 2008 with the Red Sox, allowing two runs and seven hits Outhit by Opponent .................. 2-11 Equal Hits .................................. 0-2 over 5.0 innings in a win against the Chicago White Sox...Bowden was originally selected by Boston in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft as Walkoff Wins ........................1 (0 HR) a compensatory pick out of Waubonsie Valley High School (Illinois)...Tonight will be Bowden’s first appearance against the Express since making Come-from-Behind Wins ..................4 five relief outings for the Iowa Cubs between the 2012-13 seasons. Largest Deficit in W ........................7 Losses after Leading ......................4 Largest Lead in L ...........................3 Against the Express: 2019: 0-0 2018: 10-6 All-time: 124-98 At OKC: 59-52 Extra Innings.......... .....................0-0 vs. AL Affiliates ...........................2-3 The Dodgers and Express are meeting for the first of four series between the teams this season...Round Rock is again the Triple-A affiliate of the vs. NL Affiliates .........................6-12 Houston Astros after spending the 2011-18 seasons as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The Express previously served as the Astros’ Double-A affiliate from 2000-2004 and Triple-A affiliate from 2005-10...OKC won the 2018 season series between the teams, 10-6, and has After Six Innings: Lead: 5-0..Tied: 0-1...Trail: 3-14 now won four straight season series against the Express...The teams split their eight games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in 2018, with the After Seven Innings: Dodgers winning the first three games as part of the team’s 15-game home win streak...OKC closed out the season series between the teams Lead: 7-0..Tied: 0-3...Trail: 1-12 After Eight Innings: with three straight victories at Dell Diamond in July 2018...Alex Verdugo compiled a team-leading 16 hits and 12 RBI in the 2018 season series Lead: 6-0..Tied: 0-2...Trail: 1-10 against the Express, while Tim Locastro scored 17 runs and had 14 hits...The Dodgers batted .306 overall and outscored Round Rock, 105-86. Vs. American Northern.......... ..... 5-8 Vs. American Southern ............... 3-7 Behind Enemy Lines: Round Rock manager Mickey Storey made 61 appearances for the OKC RedHawks between the 2011-12 seasons. He Vs. Pacific Northern.................... 0-0 also briefly pitched in the Dodgers organization in 2015, making four starts for Double-A Tulsa...OKC hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh was Round Vs. Pacific Southern.................. 0-0 Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ......... 0-0 Rock’s hitting coach for part of the 2011 season and the entire 2013 season. After Off Day....................... ....... 0-1 Doubleheaders/Series.. ..... 1-3/0-1-1 On Strike: Dodgers pitchers combined for nine strikeouts Sunday afternoon and pace the PCL American Conference with 224 strikeouts over Series Openers: 2-4 190.0 innings. Tacoma leads the league with 240 strikeouts, but has pitched 29.2 more innings than OKC, and Sacramento is second in the Home: ... 1-2 Road: ...1-2 league with 226 strikeouts, but has pitched 23.2 more innings than OKC...The Dodgers established the PCL single-season record for strikeouts Series Finales: 4-1 (*1 PPD) in both 2016 and 2017, with 1,245 and 1,277 K’s, respectively. However, Fresno bested both of those totals last season with 1,330 K’s. Home: ... 2-1 Road: ...2-0 Inauspicious April: The Dodgers were able to get back into the win column Sunday but have lost nine of their last 11 games and are seven PCL Standings games below .500. Between the 2012-18 seasons, there were only four instances the team was as much as three games below .500 at any American Northern Record GB point...With one game remaining in April, the Dodgers will finish the first month of the season with a losing record for just the sixth time since Iowa (CHC) 14-10 -- re-joining the PCL in 1998 (2011: 8-14; 2009: 9-10; 2006: 9-15; 2005: 11-12; 2002: 12-14). Only the 2002 and 2005 teams bounced back to Memphis (STL) 13-11 -1.0 reach the playoffs...OKC enters tonight with a 5.31 ERA, which is the team’s highest ERA in April since 2000 (5.03). Omaha (KC) 10-13 -4.0 Nashville (TEX) 8-16 -6.0 Off the Matt: Infielder Matt Beaty hit a three-run homer in the third inning Sunday on his 26th birthday, becoming the second Dodger this season American Southern Record GB to homer on his birthday (Jake Peter also did it on April 5). Beaty now leads the Dodgers with 23 hits and has hit safely in 18 of his first 22 games San Antonio (MIL) 15-9 -- of 2019. He is also tied for the team lead with eight extra-base hits to go along with his 10 RBI and 10 runs scored...Beaty was limited to 31 New Orleans (MIA) 14-10 -1.0 Round Rock (HOU) 13-10 -1.5 games with the Dodgers last season due to injury, collecting 28 hits with 12 RBI and 13 runs scored. Oklahoma City (LAD) 8-15 -6.5 Quiet Riot: The Dodgers were held to six hits Sunday, marking the sixth time in the last eight games they have been held to six hits or less.