OKC Baseball Club Game Notes – April 26

April 26, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release

Oklahoma City Baseball Club (15-9) at Albuquerque Isotopes (6-18)

Game #25 of 150/First Half #25 of 75/Road #13 of 75

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Elieser Hernández (1-1, 3.46) vs. ABQ-RHP Karl Kauffmann (1-3, 9.95)

Friday, April 26, 2024 | Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park | Albuquerque, N.M. | 7:35 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM-AM 1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio; Video: MiLB.tv, Bally Live

Today’s Game: A win tonight would give the Oklahoma City Baseball Club its longest winning streak of the season as OKC has won four consecutive games and continues its series against the Albuquerque Isotopes at 7:35 p.m. CT at Isotopes Park…OKC has a 3-0 lead in the current series and is 8-1 against the Isotopes so far in 2024…OKC has also won seven straight road games.

Last Game: Oklahoma City scored at least 21 runs in a game for the fifth time during the team’s Bricktown era and won another slugfest in Albuquerque, 21-9, Thursday afternoon at Isotopes Park. OKC scored in seven of the first eight innings, but trailed, 4-3, entering the fourth inning. The team then broke out for six runs, capped with a three-run homer by Ryan Ward. It was the first of four straight innings OKC went deep. Trey Sweeney hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and Chris Owings did the same in the sixth inning. Ward connected on another three-run blast in the seventh inning, as Oklahoma City led at that point, 17-4. The team added four more runs and three more hits in the eighth inning to increase their total to 21 runs. Down, 21-5, in the ninth inning, Albuquerque scored four runs.

Today’s Probable Pitcher: Tonight is the fourth start of the season for Elieser Hernández (1-1)…During his last outing April 20 in OKC, he pitched five-plus innings against Sacramento, allowing three runs (two earned) and four hits – all doubles. He did not issue a walk in a second straight game and had six strikeouts, but was charged with the loss in OKC’s 3-1 home defeat…Over his last two games, Hernández has allowed seven hits and no walks across 10.0 innings while notching 13 strikeouts…Overall, he has 18 strikeouts against three walks over 13.0 IP…He signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers Jan. 12, 2024 after making eight appearances in the Mets organization last season. He spent much of 2023 on the Injured List, making his season debut May 28 on a rehab assignment and did not pitch…