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] Round Rock Express (1-5) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (3-1) Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game #5 of 140/Home #2 of 70 (1-0) Pitching Probables: RR-RHP Adrian Sampson (0-1, 10.38) vs. OKC-RHP Walker Buehler (0-0, 2.25) Wednesday, April 11, 2017 | 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 Oklahoma City Dodgers continue their first homestand of the season with a 7:05 p.m. game against the Round Rock OKC Dodgers Trends Overall Record ................................. 3-1 Express at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. After a thrilling walk-off win in Tuesday’s home opener, Oklahoma City seeks back-to-back home wins Home Record.................... .............. 1-0 to begin a season for the first time since 2007 when OKC won each of its first three home games against Memphis. Road Record.................... ............... 2-1 Current Streak.................... ............. W2 Current Road Trip............... ................... Last Game: Travis Taijeron’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-run rally in the frame and secured a walk-off win for the Last Road Trip..................... ............ 2-1 Dodgers, 8-7, against Round Rock Tuesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers trailed, 7-4, entering the bottom of the ninth, Current Homestand .............. ............1-0 Last Homestand.................................... but came back to seal a victory in a home opener for the first time since 2011. José Leclerc entered the game to pitch for Round Rock in the Last 5 Games...................... ............ 3-1 bottom of the ninth inning and issued four straight walks to bring home a run for OKC. After an Express pitching change, Alex Verdugo hit a Last 10 Games.................... ............ 3-1 Series Record ............................... 0-0-0 grounder into left field to score two more runs and knot the game, 7-7, still with no outs. Later with runners at second and third base and two Scoring 3 or less ............................. 1-1 outs, Taijeron lined his game-winning single into left field to bring home Henry Ramos for the walk-off win. The Dodgers took the first lead of Scoring 4-6 ..................................... 1-0 Scoring 7+ ...................................... 1-0 the night as Ramos’ RBI groundout in the bottom of the third inning gave Oklahoma City a 1-0 advantage. Round Rock took a 2-1 lead in the Allowing 3 or less ............................. 1-1 fourth inning and Christian Lopes connected on a grand slam in the fifth inning to push the Express ahead, 6-1. The Dodgers scored twice in Allowing 4-6 ..................................... 1-0 Allowing 7+ ..................................... 1-0 the bottom of the inning before Round Rock extended back to a four-run lead in the seventh inning. Max Muncy’s second homer of the season Shutouts.......................................... 0-0 in the eighth inning cut Round Rock’s lead to 7-4, as the Dodgers went on to score a total of five unanswered runs to close out the game. In One-Run Games............ ................ 3-1 Dodgers reliever Edward Paredes (1-1) picked up his first win of the season. Leclerc (0-1) was charged with the loss. In Two-Run Games.............. .............. 0-0 vs. LH Starting Pitcher......... ............. 0-1 vs. RH Starting Pitcher....... ............... 3-0 Today’s Probable Pitcher: Walker Buehler (0-0) returns to the mound for OKC to make his second start of 2018...Buehler delivered four Day Games/AM Start........................ 1-0 Night Games (5 p.m.or later)..... ........ 2-1 strong innings in his Opening Day start April 5 at Iowa, allowing one run and three hits, with five strikeouts and one walk. Of his 12 total outs, Score First........... ........................... 2-0 seven were groundouts and five were strikeouts...He entered the 2018 season rated as the Dodgers’ top prospect and 14th prospect overall Opponent Scores First .............. ........1-1 Outhit Opponent ............... ................2-1 by Baseball America...In 2017, Buehler saw action at four levels during his second season in the organization, starting the year with High-A Outhit by Opponent ................ ..........0-0 Rancho Cucamonga, moving to Double-A Tulsa May 10 and OKC July 16 before the Dodgers selected his contract Sept. 6...He made his Equal Hits ................ ........................1-0 Walkoff Wins .............................1 (0 HR) ML debut Sept. 7, pitching 2.0 innings of scoreless relief against Colorado, with one hit and two K’s...The Dodgers named him 2017 Branch Come-from-Behind Wins .......................2 Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and he was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star after posting a 3.35 ERA in 28 appearances (19 Largest Deficit in W .............................5 Losses after Leading ...........................0 starts). He held opponents to a .208 average, notching 125 strikeouts against 31 walks over 88.1 IP...With OKC, he pitched in 12 games Largest Lead in L ............................ N/A (three starts), compiling 23.1 IP, a 4.63 ERA, 34 K’s and 11 walks...The Dodgers selected the Lexington, Ky. native 24th overall in the 2015 Extra Innings.......... .......................... 1-1 MLB Draft out of Vanderbilt...Tonight is Buehler’s third career appearance and first start against the Express. He made two relief appearances vs. AL Affiliates ................................ 1-0 last year, totaling 3.0 innings with two runs, one hit, two walks and seven strikeouts. vs. NL Affiliates ................................ 2-1 After Six Innings: Lead: 1-0..Tied: 1-1...Trail: 1-0 Against the Express: 2018: 1-0 2017: 9-6 All-time: 115-92 At OKC: 56-48 After Seven Innings: This marks the first series of the season between the teams...The Dodgers won the 2017 head-to-head series, 9-6, and have won three Lead: 1-0..Tied: 1-1...Trail: 1-0 After Eight Innings: straight season series against Round Rock...OKC went 5-2 against the Express at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and has not posted a losing Lead: 0-0..Tied: 1-0...Trail: 1-1 record at home against Round Rock since 2014...The Express won the last three meetings against OKC in September 2017 at Dell Diamond, Vs. American Northern.......... .......... 2-1 handing OKC its first series loss in Round Rock since June 25-28, 2011...Drew Maggi collected a team-leading 18 hits against the Express Vs. American Southern .................... 1-0 last season, posting a .419 average over 14 games. Max Muncy led OKC with 10 RBI, along with 12 hits, 10 walks and a team-best 13 runs Vs. Pacific Northern................. ....... 0-0 Vs. Pacific Southern.................. ...... 0-0 scored...Former OKC Dodger Willie Calhoun racked up three homers and 11 RBI in eight games against his former team...Going back to last Travel Days: Bus/Fly.......... ........ 0-0/0-0 season, the Dodgers have scored eight or more runs in six of their last eight home games against the Express. After Off Day....................... ............ 0-0 Doubleheader Games/Series.....1-1/0-0-1 Walk-Off Winners: The Dodgers’ 8-7 walk-off win Tuesday marked the fourth walk-off win in a home opener for Oklahoma City since the Series Openers: 2-0 ballpark opened in 1998. But Tuesday marked the team’s first walk-off win in nine innings in a home opener, and also the first win against a Home: .... 1-0 Road: .... 1-0 team other than Memphis. The Oklahoma City RedHawks defeated Memphis, 4-3, in 10 innings in the 2008 home opener on a RBI single by Series Finales: 1-0 Ryan Roberts. In 2006, OKC downed Memphis, 5-4, in 13 innings on a RBI single by Drew Meyer. Jason Botts’ walk-off, two-run homer in 2005 Home: .... 0-0 Road: .... 1-0 sealed the RedHawks’ 5-4 win in the 11th inning against Memphis. PCL Standings One-Run Wonders: Each of the first four games of the 2018 season for the Dodgers have been decided by one run. The last time OKC had American Northern Record GB that many consecutive games decided by one run was from June 25-28, 2016 against the Iowa Cubs at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, when Colorado Springs (MIL) 4-1 -- the Dodgers and I-Cubs played five straight one-run games over the course of four days. Iowa won three of the five meetings. Oklahoma City (LAD) 3-1 -0.5 Iowa (CHC) 1-3 -2.5 Omaha (KC) 1-4 -3.0 Ya Better Call Taijeron: In addition to delivering last night’s walk-off RBI single, outfielder Travis Taijeron reached base in all five of his plate appearances. He went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk and was hit by a pitch. Taijeron is off to a 5-for-8 start with two doubles, and he has reached American Southern Record GB Memphis (STL) 5-1 -- base in eight of his first 11 plate appearances. New Orleans (MIA) 4-2 -1.0 Nashville (OAK) 2-4 -3.0 Max-ed Out: Max Muncy went 2-for-4 last night with a home run and a double. Through the team’s first four games, he’s responsible for both Round Rock (TEX) 1-5 -4.0 of the squad’s dingers...Muncy is now 4-for-11 with three extra-base hits to start this season. Going back to last season, he’s hit safely in Pacific Northern Record GB 18 of his last 19 games with OKC, batting .444 (24x54) with a .538 OBP (35/65), four homers, five doubles, nine RBI and 13 runs scored.