OKC Baseball Club Game Notes – June 9, 2024

June 9, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release

Round Rock Express (31-30) at Oklahoma City Baseball Club (36-26)

Game #63 of 150/First Half #63 of 75/Home #31 of 75

Pitching Probables: RR-RHP Max Scherzer (MLR; 0-0, 11.57) vs. OKC-LHP Alec Gamboa (0-1, 2.45)

Sunday, June 9, 2024 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 2:05 p.m. CT

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

Today’s Game: The Oklahoma City Baseball Club and Round Rock Express close out their six-game series at 2:05 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark with OKC seeking a third straight win and a series victory as the team leads the series, 3-2…OKC has won back-to-back games and is 8-3 in the last 11 games. With last night’s win, OKC moved to a season-best 10 games above.500 at 36-26…Today is a City Celebration Sunday with pregame player autographs and postgame kids run the bases. OKC players and coaches will take the field in city-themed jerseys and 405 area code caps…Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is scheduled to pitch for Round Rock on a rehab assignment.

Last Game: Andre Lipcius finished with four hits and six RBI as Oklahoma City jumped out to a 10-1 lead before holding off Round Rock in a 10-9 win Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. In the first inning, James Outman led off with a triple and scored on a RBI single by Lipcius for a 1-0 lead. Oklahoma City scored three runs in the second inning, including a sacrifice fly by Outman, RBI double by Lipcius and RBI single by Ryan Ward to take a 4-0 lead. Round Rock scored a run in the third inning before OKC answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning, including a grand slam by Lipcius, to build a 10-1 lead. Round Rock then scored eight straight runs to cut OKC’s lead to one run, scoring three runs in the fourth inning and five more runs in the sixth inning. José Barrero hit home runs in the fourth and sixth innings and finished with four RBI for the Express.

Today’s Probable Pitcher: Alec Gamboa (0-1) makes his eighth appearance of the season and second straight start as he opens a bullpen game for Oklahoma City…Gamboa started OKC’s game in Albuquerque June 2, allowing one run and two hits over a season-high 2.2 innings with two walks and two strikeouts, throwing a season-high 38 pitches…His last outing was just his second appearance for Oklahoma City since mid-April, spending time on the…