September 18, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release
Oklahoma City Baseball Club (35-35/75-70)
at Salt Lake Bees (34-36/66-78)
Game #146 of 150/Second Half #71 of 75/Road #71 of 75
Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Jon Duplantier (2-2, 4.44) vs. SL-LHP Houston Harding (0-1, 8.40)
Wednesday, September 17, 2024 | Smith’s Ballpark | Salt Lake City, Utah | 7:35 p.m. CT
Radio: KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio; Video: MiLB.tv, Bally Live
Today’s Game : The Oklahoma City Baseball Club will try to draw even in its final series of the season when OKC meets the Salt Lake Bees for the second time in their six-game series at 7:35 p.m. CT at Smith’s Ballpark…OKC has five road games remaining in the 2024 season and is 36-34 on the road. OKC has finished with a winning road record each of the last three seasons and their 36 current road wins are fourth-most in the league this season.
Last Game : Drew Avans became the all-time hits leader in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown era, but the Salt Lake Bees erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning as they claimed an 11-1 victory over the Oklahoma City Baseball Club Tuesday night at Smith’s Ballpark. Salt Lake struck in the second inning with a RBI double from Shane Matheny before a Landon Wallace RBI single made it 2-0. Oklahoma City got on the board with a RBI single by Alex Freeland in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to one run. The Bees broke the game open in the sixth inning, scoring nine runs, all with two outs. Salt Lake had eight straight batters reach base with two down, and the Bees collected seven hits to go along with three walks throughout the inning.
Today’s Probable Pitcher : Jon Duplantier (2-2) is set to make his sixth start with OKC since joining the team in mid-August…Duplantier most recently pitched Sept. 11 against Tacoma at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. He held the Rainiers to one run and four hits with three walks and six strikeouts over 5.0 innings and did not factor into the decision of OKC’s 7-6 walk-off win in 10 innings..Duplantier has struck out nine batters in two of his last three games and has totaled 24 strikeouts across 14.2 innings during the three starts combined. Although he has held opponents 10-for-49 (.204) over his last three starts, he has also allowed 11 walks…Duplantier signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a minor league free agent Aug. 8 after a stint in independent ball. After signing, he pitched once for Double-A Tulsa Aug. 10 before joining…
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