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COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2016 GAME NOTES FRIDAY JUNE 24, 2016 - 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: 34-37 Colorado Springs: RHP Tyler Cravy (1-2, 6 .84) VS. Memphis: RHP Mike Mayers (2-1, 1 .93) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 72 Home Record . 20-17 Home Game Number . 38 Road Record . 14-20 Overall Record . 34-37 vs . RHP: . 24-29 vs . Pacific Northern . 3-4 vs . LHP . 10-8 vs . Pacific Southern . 3-3 Night . 22-25 vs . American Northern . 12-11 Day . 12-12 vs . American Southern . 16-19 Last 10 . 6-4 One-Run Games . .. 14-12 Current Streak . W2 RECORD: 34-39 LAST TIME OUT THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GLOVE SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Sky Sox swept their double header against Memphis u Shortstop Orlando Arcia entered the 2016 season as the top WALKS Reed 4th 42 winning game one 9-8 and taking the nightcap by a score of 7-5. prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America STOLEN BASES Broxton T-5th 16 u The Sky Sox fell behind in game one 5-0 heading into the and is rated the No. 6 overall minor league prospect on MLB.com. SAVES Magnifico 4th 11 bottom of the third inning. But they would tie the score at 5-5 on a u Arcia was the Brewers Minor League Player of the Year GMS FINISHED Magnifico 2nd 24 Grand Slam home run by INF Will Middlebrooks. The Slam was in 2015 after hitting .307 with eight home runs, 37 doubles, seven Middlebrooks’ third of the season, making him the first Sky Sox triples, 74 runs, 69 RBI and 25 SB in 129 gms with Double-A Biloxi. player in history to accomplish that feat. The previous high for u Participated in the 2015 All-Star Futures Game in Cincinnati. TEAM RUNS SCORED: 7th 361 Grand Slams in a season was 2 accomplished 16 times. u Was named a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove Award TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 5th .279 u OF Eric Young Jr. continues to climb the Sky Sox record Winner following the 2015 season. TEAM ERA: 16th 5.58 books. His 6th inning run scored in game 2 of the DH moved him u Through his first 69 games of the season, Arcia is hitting into 5th place on the team’s career list with 223 career runs scored. .276 (77-for-279) with six home runs, 43 runs and 32 RBI. He has reached base safely in 56-of-69 games and has 20 multi-hit games. TONIGHT’S STARTER u With the call-up of Rangers prospect Nomar Mazara, Arcia u RHP Tyler Cravy will make his seventh start and eighth is now the youngest position player in the PCL (21 years, 320 days). appearance with the Sky Sox tonight against the Memphis Redbirds. u In four career starts against Memphis, Cravy is 2-0 with WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS a 1.96 ERA (5 ER/23.0 IP). On May 3, 2015, Cravy went 1-for-3 u INF Will Middlebrooks has been on a tear of late, hitting TEAM W L PCT GB with a solo home run at Memphis for his only career homer. .379 (39-for-103) with eight home runs, 11 doubles, 24 runs and 31 OKLAHOMA CITY 39 33 .549 - u He was optioned to the Sky Sox on 4/21 after going 0-0 RBI over his last 28 games since May 27. In that span, he’s collected SKY SOX 34 37 .479 4.5 with a 3.18 ERA in five appearances with the Brewers. 12 multi-hit games and has raised his average from .174 to .271. IOWA 34 37 .479 4.5 u Cravy entered the 2015 season rated as the No. 24 Prospect OMAHA 30 42 .417 9.0 in the Brewers organization by Baseball America. COMEBACK KIDS ARE COMEBACK KINGS u The Sky Sox have made the comeback an art form so far 2016 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE PROSPECTING this season, tallying 13 last at-bat wins through the seasons first 71 TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD u Eight of the Brewers’ Top-30 prospects according to Base- games. Most recently, they overcame a 5-0 deficit against Memphis ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 0-0 0-0 0-0 ball America are currently on the Sky Sox roster. Those players are to win 9-8 on June 23. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 0-0 0-0 0-0 FRESNO GRIZZLIES 2-1 0-0 2-1 SS Orlando Arcia (1), RHP Jorge Lopez (2), LHP Josh Hader u The Sky Sox lead all full season baseball leagues (MLB IOWA CUBS 3-4 2-2 1-2 (11), OF Michael Reed (17), INF Yadiel Rivera (21), RHP Ariel through Class-A) with 12 wins when trailing after six innings so LAS VEGAS 51s 1-3 1-3 0-0 Pena (27), OF Kyle Wren (28) and RHP Damien Magnifico(30). far this season. They also lead baseball in wins when trailing after MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 7-8 4-3 3-5 Arcia (1), Lopez (3), Hader (4) and Reed (18) are also ranked among seven innings with 10. On the season, they also have 19 wins when NASHVILLE SOUNDS 4-4 2-2 2-2 the organization’s Top-20 prospects according to MLB.com’s list. the opponent scores first. NEW ORLEANS ZEPHYRS 4-4 0-0 4-4 OKC DODGERS 2-2 2-2 0-0 OMAHA STORM CHASERS 7-5 6-2 1-3 2016 Season vs. MEMPHIS (7-8) • ALL-TIME (73-85) • HOME (43-36) RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 1-3 1-3 0-0 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 0-0 1-3 4/7 @MEM W 4-3 Goforth (1-0) Tuivailala (0-1) SALT LAKE BEES 2-0 2-0 0-0 4/8 @MEM L 1-2 Sulbaran (1-0) Guerra (0-1) Gonzalez (1) TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 4/9 @MEM L 0-4 Hefner (1-0) Suter (0-1) 4/10 @MEM W 6-4 Barnes (1-0) Lee (0-1) Goforth (1) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/15 vsMEM L 9-10 Gonzalez (1-0) Goforth (1-1) 4/18 (1) vsMEM W (7) 3-1 Burgos (1-1) McGuire (0-1) Magnifico (3) 6/9 @MEM L 5-8 Tuivailala (2-1) Magnifico (1-5) JUNE 24 6/10 @MEM W (10) 7-6 Ross (4-1) Littrell (0-2) Dillard (1) INF Yadiel Rivera optioned from Milwaukee 6/11 @MEM L 0-2 Williams (1-1) Lopez (1-5) 6/12 @MEM L 0-5 McGuire (5-6) Hader (0-1) 6/21 vsMEM L 5-11 Williams (3-1) Peralta (0-1) JUNE 23 6/22 (1) vsMEM W (9) 10-9 Magnifico (4-5) Brebbia (0-1) RHP Jorge Lopez reinstated from the temporary inactive list 6/22 (2) vsMEM L (7) 4-16 Gonzalez (3-0) Dillard (4-1) RHP Tim Dillard transferred to temporary inactive list 6/23 (1) vsMEM W (7) 9-8 Kirkman (1-0) Socolovich (2-5) Knebel (1) 6/23 (2) vsMEM W (7) 7-5 Suter (2-4) Brebbia (0-2) Magnific o (11) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Saturday 6/25 @RR 6:05 PM RHP Hiram Burgos (3-5, 4 .45) RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (3-6, 5 .04) Sunday 6/26 @RR 6:05 PM RHP Wily Peralta (0-1, 12 .15) LHP Michael Roth (6-3, 2 .99) Monday 6/27 @RR 6:05 PM LHP Josh Hader (0-2, 6 .00) RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-1, 6 .48) Tuesday 6/28 @RR 6:05 PM RHP Jorge Lopez (1-5, 6 .05) RHP Kyle Lohse (3-4, 5 .52) TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 76 of the 2016 Milwaukee Brewers Tyler Cravy #34 Media Guide @TylerJayCravy BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 221 OPENING DAY AGE: 26 BORN: July 13, 1989 in Martinez, California RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, Arizona YEARS PRO: 8 ACQUIRED: Selected in the 17th round, June 2009 First-Year Player Draft THE CRAVY FILE: 2015: Entered the 2015 season rated as the No. 24 Prospect in the Brewers organization by Baseball America...Went 7-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 17 starts with the Sky Sox...Made his Major League debut on June 2 against St. Louis...Had four stints with the Brewers (6/1-6/2, 7/3-7/20, 8/5-8/18, and 9/6-end). 2014: Began the season with Double-AA Huntsville going 8-1 with a 1.72 ERA (14 ER/73.1 IP) while holding batters to a .184 average over 14 appearances including 12 starts...Was the starting pitcher for the North Division All-Stars dring the Southern League All-Star Game...promoted to Class AAA Nashville on June 22...In his first game with the Sounds he strained his left oblique muscle and missed the remiander of the 2014 regular season. 2013: Made his first 14 appearances as a reliever and started nine of his last 11 games, including seven consecutive starts to end the season with Class A Brevard County...went 2-1 with a 3.26 ERA (11 ER/30.1 IP) in 16 relief appearances and went 2-1 with a 1.29 ERA (7 ER/49.0 IP) in nine starts.