Dodgers Win Eighth Consecutive Game

Oklahoma City Dodgers – 5

Sugar Land Space Cowboys – 1

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game Summary: The Oklahoma City Dodgers scored five runs over their final four at-bats on the way to a 5-1 win Wednesday night against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. With the win, the Dodgers (30-11) extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games. The Dodgers overcame an early deficit as the Space Cowboys (17-23) took the game’s first lead by scoring a run on a RBI groundout in the third inning. The Dodgers scored two runs in the fifth inning, bringing in the game-tying run when they drew four straight walks to start the inning. With the bases loaded again, another run scored when Yonny Hernández grounded into a double play for a 2-1 lead. In the sixth inning, Luke Williams connected on a solo home run out to left-center field before OKC added two runs in the eighth inning on Jonny DeLuca’s RBI double and a Space Cowboys throwing error later in the inning for a 5-1 lead.

Of Note:

-The PCL-leading Dodgers improved their record to 30-11 and their 30 wins through 41 games are the most by an OKC team through 41 games in the Bricktown era (since 1998)…The Dodgers are a season-best 19 games above .500.

-The Dodgers have won a season-best eight consecutive games for the team’s longest winning streak since a nine-game streak April 7-17, 2018.

-The Dodgers have now trailed at some point in 20 of their 30 total wins…In the team’s last 10 wins combined, they have scored a total of 19 runs through six innings (60 innings total), but 32 runs between the seventh and ninth innings (29 innings total).

-Dodgers pitchers held Sugar Land scoreless over the game’s final six innings…Starting pitcher Bobby Miller pitched a season-high 6.0 innings, allowing one run and two hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He threw 76 pitches, including 43 strikes and retired the final 11 batters he faced…Relievers Alex Vesia, Tayler Scott and Nick Robertson combined for 3.0 scoreless innings, holding the Space Cowboys to one run and one walk with two strikeouts…Over the last 11 games, the Dodgers bullpen has allowed just three runs and 19 hits over 46.2 innings, holding opponents 19-for-149 (.128) with 54 strikeouts.

-Luke Williams finished with a game-high two hits, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored. Through the first two games of the series, Williams is 3-for-7 with two walks and three runs scored after he connected on a walk-off hit in Tuesday’s series opener.

-Three of the Dodgers’ five hits went for extra bases and the Dodgers have now homered in three straight games as they have 11 homers in the last 11 games…On the other hand, the Dodgers did not allow a home run for just the second time in the last 16 games.

-Jonny DeLuca connected on a RBI double in the eighth inning for his first Triple-A hit in his second Triple-A game after joining the OKC Dodgers Tuesday. He went 1-for-4 Wednesday with a RBI and scored a run.

-Devin Mann went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored as he extended his hitting streak to nine games — tying his team-leading season-best nine-game hitting streak April 15-27. He also has reached base in a season-best 10 consecutive games.

-Michael Busch’s 25-game on-base streak came to an end as he was held 0-for-4 and did not reach base for the first time in a Triple-A game this season after he compiled the second-longest on-base streak in the PCL this season. He had reached base in 31 straight Triple-A games going back to the end of the 2022 season…During the 25-game streak, Busch collected 32 hits and hit safely in 21 of the 25 games.

-The Dodgers turned a season-high three double plays and have now turned five through the first two games of the series.

What’s Next: The series between the Dodgers and Space Cowboys continues at 7:05 p.m. Thursday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Single-game tickets for OKC Dodgers games through June 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.