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COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 - 6:40 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: 7-3 Colorado Springs: RHP Paolo Espino (1-0, 3 .86) VS. Memphis: RHP Chris Ellis (0-1, 5 .00) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 11 Home Record . 3-1 Home Game Number . 5 Road Record . 4-2 Overall Record . 7-3 vs . RHP: . 6-2 vs . Pacific Northern . 0-0 vs . LHP . 1-1 vs . Pacific Southern . 0-0 Night . 5-2 vs . American Northern . 3-1 Day . 2-1 vs . American Southern . 4-2 Last 10 . 7-3 One-Run Games . .. 2-1 Current Streak . W4 RECORD: 7-5 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT TONIGHT’S STARTER SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u Colorado Springs had the series finale with the Nashville u RHP Paolo Espino makes his third start of the season, Sounds postponed due to rain in Middle Tennessee. The game will coming off his first win in the Pacific Coast League on April 13. HITS: Cooper T-13th 15 be made up as part of a doubleheader in Music City on May 28, u The native of Panama and graduate of The Pendleton School DOUBLES: Cooper 4th 5 starting at 3:05 p.m. MT. in Bradenton, Fla ., defeated Memphis by allowing two runs and HOME RUNS: Cordell T-6th 3 u Monday night marked the first game of 2017 postponed striking out six Redbirds over six innings . RBI: Cooper T-7th 11 u due to inclement weather conditions. The Sky Sox had 13 games 2017 marks his 11th professional season, having been scrapped or rescheduled due to bad weather during the 2016 season. drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 10th round of the 2006 Draft. WINS: Woodruff/Hader T-1st 2 u Spent 2016 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs (Washington), INN. PITCHED: Hader T-13th 14.0 INSIDE THE SERIES where he went 8-11 with a 3 .30 ERA in 26 appearances (24 starts) . WHIP: Woodruff 2nd 0.79 u Signed as a minor league free agent with the Brewers on u The Sky Sox earned their first series sweep of the 2017 ERA: Woodruff 1st 0.00 November 10, 2016, with an invitation to Spring Training . season, defeating the Nashville Sounds Saturday night and Sunday u Represented his home country of Panama in the 2006 and afternoon before being rained out Monday night in the Tennessee 2009 World Baseball Classic, as well as in the 2013 and 2017 WBC TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 10th .254 capital. qualifiers . TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE: 9th .397 u The Sox outscored the Sounds, 11-2, over the two games, TEAM ERA: 2nd 2.63 holding Nashville to a single run in each game. COOPER WATCH TEAM HITS ALLOWED: 1st 68 u Colorado Springs received standout pitching from LHP u After hitting a single in the fifth inning Sunday, Cooper now TEAM RUNS ALLOWED: 2nd 30 Brent Suter and Josh Hader, who went 5 IP and 6 IP, respectively. owns a 10-game hitting streak, recording at least one hit in each TEAM ER ALLOWED: 2nd 26 Suter threw five scoreless frame, while Hader allowed 1 ER and 2017 game for the Sox. PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS threw his second one-hit outing of the young season. u The 6’6” first baseman out of Auburn University recorded TEAM W L PCT GB u Garrett Cooper extended his season-opening hitting a 12-game hitting streak from June 19 to July 4 as a member of the streak to 10 games with a pair of singles in each of the two games. Sox in 2016, when he went 18-for-47 with 8 runs, 5 doubles, 2 HR, SKY SOX 7 3 .700 -- On Saturday, Cooper led off the eighth inning with a single and 10 RBI and a .453 on-base percentage. OKLAHOMA CITY 7 5 .583 1.0 eventually scored the first of two insurance runs. On Sunday, the u Out of the Sox players that have started more than one game, OMAHA 6 5 .545 1.5 first baseman grounded a RBI single up the middle to plate the first Cooper leads the team with a .349 batting average, .391 OBP and IOWA 6 6 .500 2.0 Sox run of the game, which was subsequently followed by a Brett a .535 Slugging Percentage. Phillips RBI single to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. u The Southern California native also is the team leader in 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE u Speaking of the outfielder, Phillips finished with a 3-for-5 doubles (5), RBI (11), hits (15), and total bases (23). TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 0-0 0-0 0-0 day from the plate Sunday with three singles and a run scored during u In 2015, Cooper led all Brewers minor leaguers in batting EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 0-0 0-0 0-0 the middle three at-bats . The three hits are a new season-high for the average (.310) in 128 games being Class-A Advanced Brevard outfielder, who has five hits in his last two games in Nashville . FRESNO GRIZZLIES 0-0 0-0 0-0 County and Double-A Biloxi. IOWA CUBS 0-0 0-0 0-0 LAS VEGAS 51s 0-0 0-0 0-0 OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS! LONG TIME, NO SEE MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 2-2 0-0 2-2 u Entering its 11th game of the season, the Sky Sox are 2nd in NASHVILLE SOUNDS 2-0 0-0 2-0 u A week before starting the first home series with Memphis, NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 0-0 0-0 0-0 the Pacific Coast League in ERA (2.63), Runs/ER allowed (30/26) the two teams split a four-game set in West Tennessee, with the Sox and 1st in the league in hits allowed (68). OKC DODGERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 winning the final two games. OMAHA STORM CHASERS 3-1 3-1 0-0 u Through five road games, the Sox bullpen has allowed just u After being held to two runs in the first two losses, the Sox RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 four runs through 22 innings of work (that’s a 1.64 ERA). exploded for eight runs in an 8-2 game three win Thursday, and ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 0-0 0-0 0-0 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 0-0 0-0 0-0 then turned the tables with a combined one-hitter (3-1 W) Friday. SALT LAKE BEES 0-0 0-0 0-0 TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 2017 Season vs. MEMPHIS (2-2) • ALL-TIME (76-87) • HOME (44-36) RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV APRIL 17 4/11 @MEM L 5-1 Poncedeleon (1-0) Hader (1-1) Lucas (1) RHP Matt Garza transferred to Class-A Wisconsin on MLB 4/12 @MEM L 2-1 Reyes (2-0) Scahill (0-1) Rehab Assignment 4/13 @MEM W 8-2 Espino (1-0) Ellis (1-1) 4/14 @MEM W 3-1 Woodruff (2-0) Mayers (1-1) Scahill (2) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Wednesday 4/19 MEM 11:00 AM RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-0, 0 .00) RHP Mike Mayers (1-1, 5 .59) Thursday 4/20 MEM 6:40 PM LHP Brent Suter (1-0, 0 .00) RHP Josh Zeid (0-1, 8 .31) Friday 4/21 MEM 7:00 PM LHP Josh Hader (2-1, 2 .57) RHP Daniel Poncedeleon (1-0, 1 .80) Saturday 4/22 NSH 4:00 PM RHP Paolo Espino (1-0, 3 .86) TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 35 of the 2017 Sky Sox Paolo Media Guide Espino #21@PaoloEspino10 BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 215 OPENING DAY AGE: 30 BORN: January 10, 1987 in Panama City, Panama RESIDENCE: Panama City, Panama YEARS PRO: 11 ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on Novemeber 11, 2016 THE ESPINO FILE: 2016: Spent the entirety of last season in the Washington Nationals system in Triple-A Syracuse, where Espino went 8-11 with a 3.30 ERA in 26 appearances (24 starts)...Gave up 56 earned runs and struck out 133 batters in 152.2 innings in the International League. 2015: Split the season between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse...In Central Pennsylvania, Espino went 0-3 with a 4.26 ERA in 7 starts for the Senators, but improved when he made the jump to Syracuse...Went 8-6 with a 3.21 ERA in 19 starts for the Chiefs, allowing42 earned runs and striking out 88 batters in 117.2 innings. Miscellaneous/Personal: Graduated from Pendleton (FL) High School, where he was a teammate of current Milwaukee Brewers Spanish translator Carlos Brizuela... Played for Team Panama in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic, and also played for his country during the WBC qualifiers in 2012 and 2016...Was named an Eastern League All-Star in 2010 with Double-A Akron (CLE) and finished the year with a 9-4 record and a 4.00 ERA...Led the Carolina League in earned run average (2.59) and WHIP (1.04) while playing for Class-A Advanced Kinston (CLE)...Is married to wife Leslie and the two have a daughter named Alana.