Quiet Bats Doom OKC – OurSports Central

July 21, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club Press Release

Oklahoma City Baseball Club was limited to five singles on Sunday night and suffered its fifth shutout of the season, falling 4-0 to the Round Rock Express at Dell Diamond. Round Rock (10-10/47-47) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by Davis Wendzel, followed by an RBI single by Sam Huff. The Express added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Kellen Strahm. In the sixth inning, Round Rock’s Matt Duffy hit a fielder’s choice and the play was accompanied by an OKC throwing error that allowed the Express’ fourth run of the night to score from second base. OKC (8-13/48-48) was held hitless in the final three innings of the series finale between the teams.

Of interest:

– Oklahoma City suffered its fifth shutout loss of the season and its first since a 6-0 loss to Reno on May 26 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Sunday was OKC’s first shutout loss away from home since an 8-0 loss at Sacramento on May 16.

-Oklahoma City has now been held scoreless in 20 of the last 21 innings and in 20 consecutive non-extra innings. Oklahoma City scored a run in the seventh inning of Friday night’s 10-6 OKC win. On Saturday night, OKC was held scoreless for nine innings before scoring its seeded runner in the 10th inning for the team’s lone run of the night in Round Rock’s 2-1, 10-inning win. OKC was then shut out in nine innings on Sunday, marking the third time this season that OKC has been held scoreless in nine innings.

-Hunter Feduccia finished with OKC’s only multi-hit outing, going 2-for-3 with a walk. He extended his career-best on-base streak to 26 games — the second-longest on-base streak of the season for an OKC player. During the streak that began June 6, Feduccia has 27 hits with 17 RBI and 23 walks. He has also hit safely in four straight games, going 8-for-15.

-Trey Sweeney had one hit and finished the three-game series in Round Rock 7-for-13. He also has hit safely in six straight games and has a .370 batting average (10×27).

-Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers Michael Grove and Brusdar Graterol made their first appearances in OKC as part of Major League Rehab Assignments. Grove threw a scoreless, hitless fifth inning, allowing one walk and one strikeout. He faced five batters and threw 22 pitches (16 strikes). Graterol allowed one unearned run and a hit in the sixth inning with one strikeout. He faced six batters and was charged with an error on a throw to second base on a fielder’s choice. He threw 20 pitches (16 strikes).

– OKC went extra-base hit-free for the sixth time this season and the first time since June 12 at Sugar Land.

-Round Rock won the three-game series 2-1, while Oklahoma City lost for the third time in the last five games.

Up Next: Oklahoma City returns home to open a six-game series against the Tacoma Rainiers at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. On $2 Tuesdays, guests can enjoy $2 select beer, soda and bottled water from a line of Miller, Coors and Pepsi products. Additionally, select COOP Ale Works and Modelo draft beer will be available for a special $3 rate for guests 21 and older.

To purchase tickets, visit okcbaseball.com/tickets. Live radio coverage of every OKC Baseball Club game begins 15 minutes prior to first pitch on AM 1340 “The Game,” 1340thegame.com and via the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.

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