COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 - 6:35 PM (MDT) Colorado Springs Sky Sox Public Relations Department • Director: Nick Dobreff • (616) 485-3913 • [email protected] Director of Broadcasting • Dan Karcher • [email protected] www.SkySox.com Facebook.com/SkySoxBaseball @SkySox SkySoxBaseball TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS RECORD: 23-12 Colorado Springs: RHP Brandon Woodruff (5-1, 2 .77) VS. El Paso: RHP Dinelson Lamet (2-2, 3 .55) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 36 Home Record . 13-6 Road Game Number . 17 Road Record . 10-6 Overall Record . 23-12 vs . RHP: . 22-10 vs . Pacific Northern . 5-3 vs . LHP . 1-2 vs . Pacific Southern . 2-1 Night . 16-5 vs . American Northern . 7-4 Day . 7-8 vs . American Southern . 9-4 Last 10 . 6-4 One-Run Games . .. 3-2 Current Streak . W2 RECORD: 18-22 TONIGHT’S STARTER IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Colorado Springs Sky Sox enter Thursday with a chance u RHP Brandon Woodruff makes his sixth start of the season, RUNS: Cordell T-6th 28 to clinch another road series after defeating the El Paso Chihuahuas, looking for his sixth win in seven outings in his first season in the RBIs: Cooper 3rd 38 4-2, Wednesday afternoon Pacific Coast League. DOUBLES: Cooper T-3rd 12 u Angel Ventura won his Triple-A debut by throwing six innings, u The native of Booneville, Miss ., and Mississippi State alum allowing two runs in the second innning. The Sox offense benefited dropped his first game of the 2017 season on May 13, allowing five HOME RUNS: Phillips T-7th 8 from a collective effort, led by Nate Orf, who drove in a run in the earned runs in 4 .2 innings in a an 11-2 loss to the Sacramento River SLUGGING %: Phillips 5th .609 two-run first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the two-run seventh Cats . inning. u Woodruff still ranks among the PCL’s top pitchers, sitting WINS: Woodruff T-1st 5 REACHING THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN in a tie for eighth in WHIP (1.05) with Oklahoma City’s Wilmer STRIKEOUTS Espino T-4th 40 Font and alone in eighth in earned run average (2.77) ERA: Espino 7th 2.54 u The Sky Sox are among the Pacific Coast League leaders u 2017 marks his 4th professional season, having been drafted WHIP: Espino 6th 1.03 in several major categories. by the Milwaukee Brewers in 11th round of the 2014 Draft. u Colorado Springs is currently second in the PCL in both u TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: T-2nd .292 slugging percentage and in team batting average (tied with Salt Spent 2016 between the Class-A Advanced Brevard County Lake) behind the Reno Aces. Manatees and the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, going a combined 14-9 TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE: 2nd .465 with a 2 .68 ERA and 173 strikeouts u The Sox also sit in the top half of the hitter-friendly PCL TEAM ERA: 5th 4.20 u Those 173 punchouts led all of Minor League Baseball, as in pitching statistics, placing third in the league in hits allowed TEAM HITS ALLOWED: 3rd 309 well as the honor of Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year . behind Tacoma and Omaha, and fifth in earned runs allowed, total TEAM RUNS/ER ALLOWED: 5th/5th 163/145 runs allowed and earned run average. RYAN CONTINUES TO RAKE PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS u This combination has given the Sox the best record in the u The No. 18 prospect in Milwaukee’s system has batted in the PCL in terms of winning percentage, .08 ahead of Tacoma. TEAM W L PCT GB No. 3 slot in all but seven of the Sky Sox games in 2017, posting SKY SOX 23 12 .657 -- GUARDIANS OF THE STOLEN BASE a .317 average to start his first year in Triple-A. OKLAHOMA CITY 21 17 .553 3.5 u Cordell has heated up in his last ten games, leading the team u The catching trio of Andrew Susac, Tyler Heineman and with a .344 average with 11 hits, one home run, seven runs scored OMAHA 19 18 .514 4.5 Rene Garcia currently leads the PCL in caught stealing percentage, and five RBIs. IOWA 17 21 .447 7.5 throwing out 16 of 27 runners (.593) u The Liberty University product leads the Sky Sox in Total u Heineman sits atop the PCL leaderboard, throwing out 10 Runs Scored (29), while sitting second in Hits (40) and On-Base 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE of 18 runners (.556). Percentage (.389), and third in Slugging Percentage (.563), OPS TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD (.952), Home Runs (6) and RBIs (25). ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 0-0 0-0 0-0 PRODUCING IN BUNCHES u With this hot streak, Cordell sits in a tie for sixth in the Pa- EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-1 0-0 2-1 u After Wednesday’s game, the Sky Sox boast six players cific Coast League in runs scored, a tie for ninth place in slugging FRESNO GRIZZLIES 4-0 4-0 0-0 with 74+ at-bats and at least a .300 batting average (Ivan De Jesus, percentage and tenth in OPS. IOWA CUBS 1-2 0-0 1-2 LAS VEGAS 51s 0-0 0-0 0-0 Garrett Cooper, Lewis Brinson, Kyle Wren, Ryan Cordell, Brett DON’T FORGET MAV MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 5-3 3-1 2-2 Phillips). NASHVILLE SOUNDS 4-1 2-1 2-0 u u The same six guys (plus Yadiel Rivera) have at least 25 hits So far, Brett Phillips has enjoyed his first Triple-A trip to NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 0-0 0-0 0-0 each this season, with the team combining for 94 multi-hit games the Southwest, going 5-for-14 with five extra base hits, two home OKC DODGERS 3-1 0-0 3-1 in 2017. runs, five RBIs and five runs scored.. OMAHA STORM CHASERS 3-1 3-1 0-0 RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 u u The third Sox outfielder within the top-20 prospects in the The Sox also have nine guys who have driven in at least 10 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 0-0 0-0 0-0 RBIs through the first 32 games of the season (Cooper - 38, Phil- Milwaukee ststem leads the team in long balls (8) Slugging Percent- SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 1-3 0-0 lips - 31, Cordell - 25, Brinson/De Jesus - 15, Wren - 14, Rivera/ age (.609) and OPS (.993), is second in RBIs (32), and is third in SALT LAKE BEES 0-0 0-0 0-0 Susac - 12, Orf - 10) . The team has combined for 52 multi-RBI On-Base Percentage (.385), TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 games in 2017. RECENT TRANSACTIONS 2017 Season vs. EL PASO (2-1) • ALL-TIME (7-7) • ROAD (5-2) MAY 16 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV RHP Angel Ventura transferred from Double-A Biloxi 5/15 ELP L 5-10 Lockett (4-1) Burgos (2-3) RHP Hiram Burgos placed on temporary inactive list 5/16 ELP W 15-11 Wang (1-0) Fisher (0-2) 5/17 ELP W 4-2 Ventura (1-0) Jenkins (3-3) Cravy (1) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTE Friday 5/19 @ABQ 7:05 PM LHP Josh Hader (3-2, 4 .20) RHP Barry Enright (1-0, 0 .00) Saturday 5/20 @ABQ 7:05 PM RHP Hiram Burgos (2-3, 6 .14) RHP Matt Flemer (1-3, 7 .40) Sunday 5/21 @ABQ 1:35 PM RHP Michael Blazek (0-0, 2 .60) RHP Jeff Hoffman (3-2, 3 .46) Monday 5/22 @ABQ 12:05 PM TBA RHP Thad Weber (1-1, 4 .50) TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 61 of the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers Brandon Media Guide Woodruff #23@B_Woody24 BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 228 CURRENT AGE: 24 BORN: February 10, 1993 in Tupelo, MS RESIDENCE: Booneville, MS YEARS PRO: 4 ACQUIRED: Selected in the 11th round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft THE WOODRUFF FILE: 2016: Named the Robin Yount Performance Award Winner for Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year following the season...led all of Minor League Baseball with 173 strikeouts...led the Brewers farm system in starts (28) and innings pitched (158)...combined to go 14-9 with a 2.68 ERA (158 IP, 47 ER) with 40 walks and 173 strikeouts between Class-A Advanced Brevard County and Double-A Biloxi...selected to the Florida State League midseason All-Star team... Promoted to Biloxi on 5/16...Didn’t allow an earned run in 28.2 consecutive innings from 7/3-8/3, leading to earning the Brewers Player of the Month award for July. 2015: Owned a 3-3 record with a 2.42 ERA with 12 walks and 38 strikeouts in nine games (seven starts) for Brevard County following the All-Star Break...Went 1-3 with a 2.81 ERA in nine games (eight starts) at home in Viera. 2014: Began his professional career at Rookie-level Helena, going 1-2 with a 3.28 ERA in 14 games (eight starts), allowing 17 earned runs in 46.2 IP. LAST TIME OUT SEASON HIGHS • Took his first loss of the season May 13 against Sacramento, allowing five earned runs in 4.2 innings.