OKC Baseball Club Game Notes – August 15, 2024

August 15, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release

Oklahoma City Baseball Club (18-23/58-58)

at Las Vegas Aviators (22-18/59-56)

Game #117 of 150/Second Half #42 of 75/Road #60 of 75

Pitching Probables: OKC-LHP Jose Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) vs. LV-RHP J.T. Ginn (3-3, 5.97)

Thursday, August 15, 2024 | Las Vegas Ballpark | Las Vegas, Nev. | 9:05 p.m. CT

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

Today’s Game : The Oklahoma City Baseball Club has won three straight games and will look to extend to a four-game winning steak at 9:05 p.m. CT against the Las Vegas Aviators at Las Vegas Ballpark. OKC last won four consecutive games May 28-31 in Albuquerque. This is just OKC’s third three-game win streak over the last 61 games but second in the last nine games (6-3).

Last Game : The Oklahoma City Baseball Club overcame a four-run deficit and clubbed three home runs in a 13-7 victory over the Las Vegas Aviators Wednesday Night at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas jumped out to an early lead in the first inning courtesy of a two-run homer by Ryan Noda before Brett Harris added a two-run homer of his own three batters later to make it 4-0. Oklahoma City got on the board with a solo shot from Hunter Feduccia in the second inning. Noda smashed his second home run of the night in the third inning to make it 5-1 for the home team. Kody Hoese tied the game at 5-5 in the fourth inning when he connected on a grand slam on a full count with two outs. Dalton Rushing gave OKC a 6-5 lead with his first Triple-A home run in the sixth inning. OKC added four runs in the seventh inning when Tommy Edman picked up a RBI single, Ryan Ward added a RBI double and Rushing finished the rally with a two-run double. The Aviators got two runs back in the bottom of the inning despite not collecting a hit. OKC added three more runs in the top of the eighth inning to stretch the lead to 13-7.

Today’s Probable Pitcher : Jose Hernandez (0-0) will open a bullpen game tonight for OKC…Hernandez most recently pitched Aug. 11 against Round Rock at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, tossing a scoreless and hitless inning of relief, allowing one walk with one strikeout. He was one of four pitchers used during the team’s 3-0 shutout of the Express…He has made five appearances since joining OKC, pitching 5.2 scoreless innings and allowing two hits and two walks with four strikeouts, holding opponents to a .105 AVG and posting a 0.71…