'Cakes Toss Saturday Shutout

Oklahoma City - The New Orleans Baby Cakes held the Oklahoma City Dodgers to four hits Saturday, sending the Dodgers to a 3-0 loss at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
The shutout loss was the ninth of the season for the Dodgers and third in the last 14 games as New Orleans took a 2-0 lead in the final series of the season for both teams.

Three New Orleans pitchers combined for the shutout, led by 5.0 scoreless innings by starting pitcher Mike Kickham.
New Orleans (72-64) took the lead on a RBI single by Rosell Herrera in the fourth inning.
In the sixth inning, Magneuris Sierra lined a single into left field and a run scored on the play when Dodgers left fielder Zach Reks' throw toward third base was offline to put New Orleans ahead, 2-1, on the throwing error.
Eddy Alvarez followed and lined a RBI single into right field for a 3-0 New Orleans' lead.
The Baby Cakes loaded the bases in the seventh inning with two outs, but OKC pitcher Tyler Thornburg got Eddy Alvarez to ground out to end the inning and keep New Orleans from adding to its lead.
Gavin Lux recorded two of Oklahoma City's four hits Saturday as the team was held without an extra-base hit for the sixth time in 2019.
Kickham (5-5) picked up the win, allowing two hits over 5.0 shutout innings. Dylan Lee followed with 3.0 shutout innings and José Quijada closed out the game with a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save with the Baby Cakes.
Mitchell White pitched 3.0 scoreless innings to start the game for Oklahoma City (61-76), allowing one hit with four strikeouts.
Dodgers pitcher Rob Zastryzny (3-6) followed and was charged with the loss, allowing all three New Orleans runs and six hits over 3.0 innings. He issued one walk and recorded three strikeouts. Thornburg, Josh Sborz and Kevin Quackenbush held the Baby Cakes without a run and to one hit over the final 3.0 innings combined.
The OKC Dodgers and New Orleans Baby Cakes meet for the third time in their final series of the season at 2:05 p.m. Sunday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
Fan Appreciation Weekend continues on a Chaparral Energy Sunday, featuring many family friendly activities including inflatables, face painters and kids can run the bases after the game. 
 
Red the Bat Dog will assist on the field during pregame activities and serve as bat dog for the game's first three innings Sunday before interacting with fans on the concourse during the game. Red is a three-year-old Labrador retriever/German shepherd mix trained by Lukas Miller of Sit Means Sit dog training in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
 
Tickets are available through the OKC Dodgers ticket office located on South Mickey Mantle Drive, by phone at (405) 218-2182, or by visiting okcdodgers.com.  
Live radio coverage of each game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.