COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 - 6:08 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: 12-6 Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos (0-1, 4 .35) VS. Iowa: RHP Aaron Brooks (2-1, 5 .57) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 19 Home Record . 8-3 Road Game Number . 8 Road Record . 4-3 Overall Record . 12-6 vs . RHP: . 11-5 vs . Pacific Northern . 0-0 vs . LHP . 1-1 vs . Pacific Southern . 0-0 Night . 8-3 vs . American Northern . 3-2 Day . 4-4 vs . American Southern . 9-4 Last 10 . 7-3 One-Run Games . .. 3-1 Current Streak . L1 RECORD: 10-11 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT TONIGHT’S STARTER SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u Colorado Springs and Iowa squared off in a bacl-and-forth u RHP Hiram Burgos looks to secure his first win in 2017 offesnive duel Thursday night in Des Moines, with the Cubs scoring in his fourth appearance (third start) of the season RBIs: Cooper T-3rd 19 three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull away with a u Received a no-decision April 22 in a 5-2 loss to Nashville DOUBLES: Cooper T-3rd 7 9-7 win. at Security Service Field, tossing five innings of three-hit, one-run HOME RUNS: Phillips T-5th 5 u Garrett Cooper led the way for the Sox, driving in three ball while striking out three Sounds batters . BATTING AVG: Brinson 10th .370 runs on a three-hit night in the Iowa capital. u Burgos was named the Sky Sox Pitcher of the Year and SLUGGING %: Brinson 8th .611 Pitcher of the Month for August/September after 10-10 with a 4.40 ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ERA. The righty won five of his last six starts, including five in a WINS: Woodruf T-1st 4 u Despite playing at the highest altitude in all of Minor League row from August 9 to August 31. INN. PITCHED: Hader T-4th 24.2 Baseball, the Sky Sox are among the Pacific Coast League leaders u Made his MLB debut on April 20, 2013 against the Chicago STRIKEOUTS Espino 6th 23 in several major categories. Cubs (W, 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 K) ERA: Woodruff 4th 1.61 u u Colorado Springs is currently 3rd in the PCL in team slugging Represented Puerto Rico in the 2013 and 2017 World Base- percentage and is 4th overall in team batting average, while in a tie ball Classic, helping his island home reach the ‘17 championship TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 4th .284 against the United States . for the fifth-most runs in the PCL (104). TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE: 3rd .460 u Went 1-0 with a 0 .69 ERA in three relief appearances for u The Sox also sit near the top of the hitter-friendly PCL in Team PR in the 2013 Classic . earned the win against Italy by throw- TEAM ERA: 3rd 3.35 pitching statistics as well, placing 3rd in the league in ERA and first ing 3 .2 scoreless innings (3 H, 2 BB, 4 K) TEAM HITS ALLOWED: 1st 138 in Hits Allowed, Runs Allowed and Earned Runs Allowed u Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the TEAM RUNS/ER ALLOWED: 1st/1st 66/58 u This potent combination has given the Sox the second-best 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Bethune-Cookman University record in Triple-A baseball, based on winning percentage (tied PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS in Daytona Beach, Fla. with Salt Lake...Buffalo [International League] has a.684 winning TEAM W L PCT GB percentage). ALLOW ME TO RE-INTRODUCE MYSELF... SKY SOX 12 6 .667 -- MISSISSIPPI MAGIC u Outfielder Lewis Brinson currently leads the Sky Sox in OKLAHOMA CITY 11 9 .550 2.0 u With the win on the mound Monday, Brandon Woodruff batting average (.370), on-base percentage (.407), slugging percent- OMAHA 11 9 .550 2.0 made a little Sox history, becoming the fifth Sky Sox pitcher to have age (.611), OPS (1.018) and stolen bases (3). IOWA 10 11 .476 3.5 a 4-0 record through April. The RHP joins Nate Minchey (1997), u In the PCL, Brinson sits in the top-10 in slugging percentage Jason Young (2004), Alan Johnson (2009) and Drew Pomeranz (8th), OPS (10th) and batting average (10th). 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (2013). u When Brinson first arrived in Colorado Springs, he finished TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD u Woodruff's next start is April 30 at Iowa. If he can record ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 0-0 0-0 0-0 his fifth win, he would become the first pitcher in Sky Sox history 2016 by hitting .382 with four home runs, 20 RBIs and four stolen bases in 23 games for the Sox. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 0-0 0-0 0-0 to post a 5-0 start through the season's first calendar month. FRESNO GRIZZLIES 0-0 0-0 0-0 u The RHP has cracked the top PCL pitcher lists in ERA, in u Brinson went 17-for-43 with three home runs, four doubles IOWA CUBS 0-1 0-0 0-1 which he sits 4th with a 1.61 mark. and seven runs batted in during his season-opening 10-game hitting LAS VEGAS 51s 0-0 0-0 0-0 streak. MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 5-3 3-1 2-2 COOPER RAKING EARLY NASHVILLE SOUNDS 4-1 2-1 2-0 NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 0-0 0-0 0-0 u With his performance Thursday, Cooper recorded his first IVAN HEATING UP OKC DODGERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 three-hit night of the season, falling a triple short of the cycle. u After starting the season 1-for-17, Ivan De Jesus has strung OMAHA STORM CHASERS 3-1 3-1 0-0 u Through the first 18 games, the first baseman has recorded together a mini three-game hitting streak and is now batting .313 RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 five multi-hit games, including three two-hit outings an a four-hit through his 15 appearacnes. ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 0-0 0-0 0-0 night April 13 at Memphis u Since his four-hit outing April 14 at Memphis, De Jesus SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 0-0 0-0 0-0 u Cooper also has five multi-RBI games this season...Thursday has gone 14-for-31 with six runs scored, three doubles and four SALT LAKE BEES 0-0 0-0 0-0 marked the second 3-RBI night following April 23rd’s performance EBIs to add another offensive threat to the already potent Sky Sox TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 against Nashville...Cooper has a pair of 4-RBI nights under his belt lineup. (4/8 v. OMA, 4/13 @ MEM) RECENT TRANSACTIONS APRIL 27 2017 Season vs. IOWA (0-1) • ALL-TIME (83-103) • ROAD (36-56) LHP Brent Suter optioned from Milwaukee DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis outrighted to Triple-A Colorado Springs RHP Stephen Kohlscheen and IF Gabriel Noriega placed on 4/28 @ IOWA L 5-10 Williams (2-1) Lopez (0-1) the disabled list (Retro 4/24) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Saturday 4/29 @IOWA 6:08 PM RHP Paolo Espino (3-0, 3 .42) RHP Seth Frankoff (0-1, 4 .05) Sunday 4/30 @IOWA 12:08 PM RHP Brandon Woodruff (4-0, 1 .61) RHP Williams Perez (0-3, 10 .93) Monday 5/1 @IOWA 11:08 PM TBA TBA Tuesday 5/2 @OK CITY 6:05 PM LHP Josh Hader (2-2, 4 .38) TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 26 of the 2017 Sky Sox Hiram Burgos #13 Media Guide (Hi-rohm BURR-gos) @Burgos196 BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 208 OPENING DAY AGE: 29 BORN: August 4, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico RESIDENCE: Cayey, Puerto Rico YEARS PRO: 9 ACQUIRED: Selected in the 6th round, June 2009 First-Year Player Draft THE BURGOS FILE: 2016: Tossed a rain-shortened 5 IP complete game against Omaha on June 20, allowing two runs on three hits...Struck out a season-high 11 batters over 6 shutout innings, allowing two hits to earn the win at Round Rock on August 20...Allowed one hit over 7 shutout IP against Oklahoma City on August 25 in picking up his 9th win. 2015: Went 8-8 with a 3.62 ERA in 27 starts between Class A Brevard County (7gs), Double-A Biloxi (5gs) and Colorado Springs (15gs) after missing most of the 2014 season due to a right shoulder strain...Named PCL Pitcher of the Week for the period from July 13-19. 2014: Missed the majority of the season with a right shoulder strain...was placed on the disabled list on 4/29 and missed the remainder of the season. 2013: Began the season at Triple-A Nashville before he was recalled by the Brewers on 4/19...earned a 5-1 win in his Major League debut on 4/20 vs.