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COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017 - 7:05 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: 23-13 Colorado Springs: LHP Josh Hader (3-2, 4 .20) VS. Albquerque: RHP Barry Enright (1-0, 0 .00) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 37 Home Record . 13-6 Road Game Number . 18 Road Record . 10-7 Overall Record . 23-13 vs . RHP: . 22-11 vs . Pacific Northern . 5-3 vs . LHP . 1-2 vs . Pacific Southern . 2-2 Night . 16-6 vs . American Northern . 7-4 Day . 7-8 vs . American Southern . 9-4 Last 10 . 5-5 One-Run Games . .. 3-2 Current Streak . L1 RECORD: 21-19 TONIGHT’S STARTER IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Colorado Springs Sky Sox left West Texas with a u LHP Josh Hader makes his ninth start of 2017 and first of RUNS: Cordell 6th 29 season-series split after dropping the fourth and final game with the Sox road trip to the American Southwest. RBIs: Cooper 3rd 38 the El Paso Chihuahuas, 4-1 Thursday night. u The native of Millersville, MD, went 3-8 with a 3 .29 ERA in u Ryan Cordell tripled in the first inning for his 26th RBI of 25 starts between Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A Colorado Springs DOUBLES: Cooper T-3rd 12 2017 to provide the lone offense and remain hot in the month of May. in 2016 . HOME RUNS: Phillips T-8th 8 u Took a no-decision after allowing one earned run and striking SLUGGING %: Phillips 6th .593 REACHING THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN out four River Cats in the 4-2 loss to Sacramento May 14 . u The Sky Sox are among the Pacific Coast League leaders u Named the 2017 Opening Day starter and shut down the WINS: Woodruff T-1st 5 in several major categories. Omaha Storm Chasers on April 7, scattering five hits and striking STRIKEOUTS Espino 6th 42 u Colorado Springs is currently second in the PCL in both out five Storm Chasers while allowing a single hit in the 2-1 Sox ERA: Espino 8th 3.02 slugging percentage and in team batting average (tied with Salt victory. WHIP: Espino T-8th 1.05 Lake) behind the Reno Aces. u Enters 2017 as the No . 2 prospect in the Milwaukee system, u The Sox also sit in the top half of the hitter-friendly PCL according to Baseball America TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: T-2nd .290 in pitching statistics, placing fourth in the league in hits allowed u Acquired by the Brewers as part of a six-player trade on TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE: 2nd .460 behind Tacoma and Omaha, fifth in earned runs allowed and total July 30, 2015 that sent Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers to Houston TEAM ERA: 6th 4.20 runs allowed, and sixth in earned run average. in exchange for Adrian Houser, Brett Phillips, Domingo Santana TEAM HITS ALLOWED: 4th 318 u This combination has given the Sox the second-best record and Hader. TEAM RUNS/ER ALLOWED: 5th/5th 167/149 in the PCL in terms of winning percentage, .02 behind Tacoma. RYAN CONTINUES TO RAKE PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS GUARDIANS OF THE STOLEN BASE u The No. 18 prospect in Milwaukee’s system has batted in the TEAM W L PCT GB u The catching trio of Andrew Susac, Tyler Heineman and No. 3 slot in all but seven of the Sky Sox games in 2017, posting SKY SOX 23 13 .639 -- Rene Garcia currently leads the PCL in caught stealing percentage, a .315 average to start his first year in Triple-A. throwing out 16 of 27 runners (.593) OKLAHOMA CITY 21 17 .553 3.0 u Cordell has heated up in his last ten games, leading the team u OMAHA 20 19 .513 4.5 Heineman sits atop the PCL leaderboard, throwing out 10 with a .355 average with 11 hits, one home run, seven runs scored of 18 runners (.556). and six RBIs. IOWA 18 21 .462 6.5 u PRODUCING IN BUNCHES The Liberty University product leads the Sky Sox in Total Runs Scored (29), while sitting second in Hits (41) and On-Base 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE u After Thursday’s game, the Sky Sox boast five players with Percentage (.385), and third in Slugging Percentage (.569), OPS TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD 74+ at-bats and at least a .300 batting average (Ivan De Jesus, (.954), Home Runs (6) and RBIs (26). ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 0-0 0-0 0-0 Garrett Cooper, Lewis Brinson, Kyle Wren, Ryan Cordell). u With this hot streak, Cordell sits in a tie for sixth in the Pa- EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-2 0-0 2-2 u cific Coast League in runs scored, a tie for ninth place in slugging FRESNO GRIZZLIES 4-0 4-0 0-0 The same six guys (plus Yadiel Rivera and Brett Phillips) IOWA CUBS 1-2 0-0 1-2 have at least 25 hits each this season, with the team combining for percentage and tenth in OPS. LAS VEGAS 51s 0-0 0-0 0-0 94 multi-hit games in 2017. u A member of the Milwaukee 40-man roster, Cordell batted MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 5-3 3-1 2-2 u The Sox also have nine guys who have driven in at least 10 .264 last season with Double-A Frisco (TEX), clubbing 19 home NASHVILLE SOUNDS 4-1 2-1 2-0 RBIs through the first 36 games of the season (Cooper - 38, Phil- runs and driving in 74 RBIs in 107 games for the RoughRiders. NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 0-0 0-0 0-0 lips - 31, Cordell - 26, Brinson/De Jesus - 15, Wren - 14, Rivera/ u Was the Player To Be Named Later in the blockbuster deal OKC DODGERS 3-1 0-0 3-1 Susac - 12, Orf - 10) . The team has combined for 52 multi-RBI that sent teammate Lewis Brinson and Luis Ortiz to Milwaukee in OMAHA STORM CHASERS 3-1 3-1 0-0 games in 2017. exchange for Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 0-0 0-0 0-0 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 1-3 0-0 SALT LAKE BEES 0-0 0-0 0-0 TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 2016 Season vs. ALBUQUERQUE (1-3) • ALL-TIME (149-155) • ROAD (70-80) RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV 8/12 ABQ L 4-7 Musgrave (7-6) Wilkerson (1-5) Castro (6) MAY 19 8/13 ABQ L 7-13 Bergman (2-3) Suter (6-6) RHP Paolo Espino selected by Milwaukee (MLB) 8/14 ABQ L 1-3 Hoffman (6-9) Hader (0-5) Schlitter (4) LHP Brent Suter optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs 8/15 ABQ W 8-2 Burgos (7-9) Moll (2-4) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTE 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) Tuesday 5/23 NEW 6:40 PM RHP Brandon Woodruff (5-2, 3 .02) TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 38 of the 2017 Sky Sox Josh Media Guide Hader #17@jhader17 BATS: LEFT THROWS: LEFT HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 185 OPENING DAY AGE: 23 BORN: April 7, 1994 in Millersville, MD RESIDENCE: Millersville, MD YEARS PRO: 6 ACQUIRED: Obtained from Houston in a six-player deal on July 30, 2015 THE HADER FILE: 2016: Went 3-8 with a 3.29 ERA in 25 starts between Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A Colorado Springs...Held opponents to a .223 batting average with 161 strikeouts in 126 IP...Was na Southern League All-Star for Biloxi..Pitched in the All-Star Futures Fame at Petco Park in San Diego (0.1 IP, 1 K)...Was promoted to Colorado Springs on 6/11 and went 1-7 with a 5.22 ERA in 14 starts while opponents batted .245 with 88 strikeouts in 69 IP...Added to the 40-man roster on 11/18. 2015: Entered 2015 as the 10-th best prospect in the Astros organization according to Baseball America...Went 4-7 with a 3.03 ERA and 1 save in 24 games (17 starts) between Double-A Corpus Christi (Astros) and Double-A Biloxi (Brewers)...Was traded to Milwaukee on 7/30 as part of a six-player deal...Held opponents to a .224 batting average with 119 strikeouts in 104 IP... Pitched for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, where he was named to the league’s Top Prospects Team as he went 2-0 with an AFL-best 0.56 ERA in 7 games (2 starts). 2014: Entered 2014 as the top pitching prospect in the California League according to Baseball America...Was named Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Year and Cali- fornia League Pitcher of the Year...Was a California League midseason and postseason All-Star...Went 10-3 with a 3.28 ERA and 2 saves in 27 games (19 starts) between Class-A Advanced Lancaster and Double-A Corpus Christi (promoted to CC on August 1)...Held opponents to a .208 batting average with 136 strikeouts in 123.1 innings.