Dodgers Drop Series Finale, 4-3

Salt Lake Bees – 4

Oklahoma City Dodgers – 3

Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game Summary: Bryson Brigman drove in all three of the Oklahoma City Dodgers’ runs Sunday afternoon in a 4-3 loss to the Salt Lake Bees at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Salt Lake (33-35) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly and a RBI double by David Fletcher and then led the rest of the series finale between the teams. The Bees went ahead, 3-0, on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. The Dodgers were held to one hit through six innings before collecting two more hits and scoring their first runs of the day in the seventh inning. Brigman hit a two-run double to cut Salt Lake’s lead to 3-2. Jack Lopez connected on a solo home run in the eighth inning for a 4-2 Bees lead before Brigman’s RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning trimmed Salt Lake’s advantage to one run.

Of Note:

-With Sunday’s loss, the Bees won the weather-shortened five-game series, 3-2, and sent the Dodgers to just their second series loss of the season and first series loss of 2023 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers are now 10-2-0 in series overall this season and 5-1-0 in home series…The first-half Pacific Coast League champion Dodgers have now lost three of the last four games and are 47-21 overall this season.

-Bryson Brigman went 2-for-4 with a double and game-high three RBI. Over the last three games, Brigman is 6-for-13 with two doubles and four RBI. Through nine games with OKC in June, Brigman is batting .405 (15-for-37) with 11 RBI.

-Jahmai Jones’ 21-game hitting streak came to an end as he was held 0-for-4. The hitting streak was tied for the longest in the PCL this season and was the third-longest in OKC’s Bricktown era as only two other OKC players since 1998 have extended a hitting streak beyond 20 games. During his hitting streak, Jones went 31-for-69 (.449) with 18 extra-base hits, 15 RBI, 21 walks and 18 runs scored…His 29-game on-base streak also came to an end Sunday. The streak was the second-longest on-base streak by an OKC player in 2023.

-Including Sunday, the Dodgers have been held to three runs or less in each of their last three losses, while they have scored 14 or more runs in each of their last three wins as well as in four of their last five wins.

-Hunter Feduccia reached base three times Sunday and has reached base 10 times over the last three games, with five hits, including two doubles, and five walks. Over his last five games, he is 8-for-16 with three doubles, five RBI, seven walks and four runs scored.

What’s Next: Following a day off Monday, the OKC Dodgers continue their homestand and open a six-game series against the Las Vegas Aviators at 7:05 p.m. on a $2 Tuesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The night features $2 select beer, soda and bottled water from a line of Budweiser and Pepsi products, while COOP Ale Works draft beer will be available at a special rate of $3.

Single-game tickets for OKC Dodgers games through the remainder of the 2023 season are available at okcdodgers.com/tickets. Live radio coverage of each OKC Dodgers game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps. Video broadcasts of all OKC Dodgers home games are now available to be streamed live for free on the Bally Live app.