GRANDAL REHABBING WITH OKC

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal joined the Oklahoma City Dodgers in Nashville on Thursday for a rehab assignment and was slotted second in the batting order.

Grandal is recovering from a right forearm injury he sustained in spring training.

He is expected to join L.A. early next week.

OKC won Thursday night’s season opener 5-0 against Nashville. For coverage, see

NASHVILLE — Zach Lee had the type of pitching performance that can’t be ignored by the Oklahoma City Dodgers’ parent team in Los Angeles.

Lee allowed just three hits and no walks in six innings of work Thursday, helping Oklahoma City to a 5-0 win over Nashville in a Pacific Coast League baseball opener before 7,536 fans at First Tennessee Park.

The Dodgers’ righthander, who barely lost out in a bid for the fifth starter’s job in Los Angeles’ rotation, struck out two on Thursday. Lee threw 63 pitches with 46 going for strikes before he was pulled from the game.

Lisalverto Bonilla, Adam Liberatore and Chin-hui Tsao threw an inning each and blanked the Sounds on one hit and one walk. Nashville had two men on base with one out in the ninth inning, but Tsao escaped trouble when Jake Smolinski grounded into a double play.

Oklahoma City had all it needed after the first inning. Leadoff hitter Micah Johnson started the season with a single to center and scored on Rob Segedin’s homer. The Dodgers added two runs in the fourth inning and one more in the seventh.

Johnson finished with two hits, two runs scored and two stolen bases. Segedin and Alex Hassan also had two hits.

Nashville committed three errors, which led to two unearned runs.

The teams continue the series at 6:35 p.m. Friday. Jharel Cotton is the scheduled starter for Oklahoma City. Jesse Hahn will start for Nashville.