COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 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: 47-30 Colorado Springs: RHP Forrest Snow (2-1, 5 .06) VS. Omaha: LHP Danny Duffty (0-1, 6 .75) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 78 Home Record . 26-12 Home Game Number . 39 Road Record . 21-18 Overall Record . 47-30 vs . RHP: . 41-26 vs . Pacific Northern . 5-3 vs . LHP . 6-4 vs . Pacific Southern . 4-4 Night . 31-20 vs . American Northern . 21-6 Day . 16-10 vs . American Southern . 17-17 Last 10 . 8-2 One-Run Games . .. 8-4 Current Streak . W4 RECORD: 37-40 TONIGHT’S STARTER IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Colorado Springs Sky Sox earned its fourth u RHP Forrest Snow makes his fourth appearance in straight win Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Omaha a Sky Sox uniform and his third Triple-A start in 2017. RUNS: Cooper 6th 52 Cordell T-9th 49 Storm Chasers by a 4-1 score. u The native of Seattle bounced back from the his u Michael Blazek allowed zero earned runs in 7 first loss with the Sox June 24 in Louisiana, throwing five RBIs: Cooper 3rd 67 2/3 innings to tie his season-long outing set June 18 against scoreless innings and combined with three relievers to earn Phillips T-8th 53 Oklahoma City. Nick Noonan drove in two runs on an a 1-0 shutout over the New Orleans Baby Cakes . DOUBLES: Cooper T-6th 20 eighth-inning double to give the Sox some insurance and u Went 4-2 with the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers this BATTING AVG: De Jesus 1st .364 their first seven-game home winning streak since July 2012. season, posting a 3.55 ERA (15 earned runs in 38 innings Cooper 2nd .357 HEY NOW! YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR! pitched) while striking out 52 Southern League batters. Brinson 10th .323 SLUGGING %: Cooper 2nd .614 u The Pacific Coast League announced their 2017 All- u 2017 marks his eighth professional season (and Phillips 5th .573 Star selections Wednesday and the Sky Sox will be sending first in the Brewers system), having been selected by his ON-BASE % De Jesus 2nd .422 one of their own to Tacoma, Wash., for the Triple-A All-Star hometown Mariners in the 36th round of the 2010 draft. Cooper 3rd .412 game. u Posted a season-high 96 strikeouts in 2015 as a Brinson 7th .405 u member of the Tacoma Rainiers...Snow was also named a Garrett Cooper earned the selection and is slated Pacific Coast League All-Star that season. to be the starting first baseman when the PCL and the International League square off July 12 at 7 p.m. MT. u Has spent parts of six seasons in the Pacific Coast League with Tacoma before joining Colorado Springs in PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS u Cooper has been a stalwart in the middle of the Sox lineup in his first full Triple-A season, hitting 357 with 14 2017. TEAM W L PCT GB home runs, 20 doubles, 52 runs and 67 RBI in 64 games STARTING OFF STRONG SKY SOX 47 30 .610 -- through June 28. u After the win in the second game of the June 27 OKLAHOMA CITY 44 33 .571 3.0 REACHING THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN doubleheader, the Sky Sox starting pitching staff won its OMAHA 37 40 .481 10.0 27th game of the season. u IOWA 34 44 .436 13.5 The Sky Sox are among the Pacific Coast League u The 27 wins by the starters surpasses the entire 2016 leaders in several major offensive categories. total (26 of the 67 wins came from starting pitching). 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE u Colorado Springs is currently fourth in the PCL in u Michael Blazek earned win No. 28 for the starting team on-base percentage (.353), and fifth in both team bat- rotation and the veteran right-hander is currently the only TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD ting average (.286) and team slugging percentage (.447). starter remaining from the Opening Day roster. ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 2-2 0-0 2-2 u The Sox are also third in the league in runs scored u After taking no-decisions in his first five starts, EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-2 0-0 2-2 (452) and fifth in runs batted in (421). FRESNO GRIZZLIES 4-0 4-0 0-0 Blazek has taken decisions in four of his last five outings, IOWA CUBS 5-2 3-0 2-2 u On the other side of the ball, the Sky Sox pitching including a pair of wins at Security Service Field (June 18 LAS VEGAS 51s 0-0 0-0 0-0 staff owns the fourth-best earned run average in the league v. OKC, June 28 v. OMA). MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 6-6 3-1 3-5 (4.31). u In both of his wins in 2017, Blazek has set and then NASHVILLE SOUNDS 6-4 2-1 4-3 u This combination has given the Sox the best record tied a season-high in innings pitched (7 2/3), tying for the NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 4-4 2-2 2-2 in the PCL in terms of winning percentage, just ahead of second-longest outing in Blazek’s career (9/3/2010, 8 IP OKC DODGERS 9-3 3-1 6-2 the Reno Aces and the Memphis Redbirds. for Quad Cities at Wisconsin). OMAHA STORM CHASERS 7-1 7-1 0-0 RENO ACES 0-0 0-0 0-0 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 1-3 1-3 0-0 2017 Season vs. OMAHA (7-1) • ALL-TIME (87-116) • HOME (53-54) SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 1-3 0-0 SALT LAKE BEES 0-0 0-0 0-0 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV TACOMA RAINIERS 0-0 0-0 0-0 4/6 v . OMA W 2-1 Hader (1-0) Dziedzic (0-1) Scahill (1) 4/7 v . OMA W 8-7 (10) Cravy (1-0) Edwards (0-1) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/8 v . OMA W 11-2 Woodruff (1-0) Staumont (0-1) 4/9 v . OMA L 3-8 Farrell (1-0) Burgos (0-1) JUNE 27 6/26 v . OMA W 14-3 Wang (5-0) Skoglund (2-4) C Jett Bandy optioned from Milwaukee. 6/27 v . OMA W 14-6 Archer (4-2) Dziedzic (3-3) RHP Bubba Derby transferred from Double-A Biloxi. 6/27 v . OMA W 10-2 Derby (2-0) Binford (3-6) 6/28 v . OMA W 4-1 Blazek (2-2) Staumont (3-8) C Tyler Heineman transferred to Rookie Helena. LHP Andrew Barbosa placed on temporary inactive list. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Friday 6/30 @OMA 6:05 PM RHP Taylor Jungmann (4-1, 1 .67) RHP Luke Farrell (7-3, 3 .83) Saturday 7/1 @OMA 6:05 PM LHP Andrew Barbosa (2-1, 5 .70) TBA Sunday 7/2 @OMA 6:05 PM RHP Angel Ventura (2-1, 4 .91) TBA Monday 7/3 @OMA 6:05 PM RHP Michael Blazek (2-2, 3 .13) TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Forrest Snow #50 @feSNOW BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6-6 WEIGHT: 220 OPENING DAY AGE: 28 BORN: December 30, 1988 in Seattle, WA RESIDENCE: Seattle, WA YEARS PRO: 8 ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on December 12, 2016 THE SNOW FILE: 2016: Signed as a free agent with the Brewers after spending his career in the Seattle Mariners organization...Played in 28 games (24 with Double- A Jackson and four with Triple-A Tacoma...Posted a 2.37 ERA with the Generals (10 earned runs in 38 innings pitched), going 2-3 in 24 relief appearances...Made three starts in his four games with the Rainiers, allowing seven earned runs in 16 innings in his short time in the Pacific Coast League. 2015: Spent the entire year with Tacoma, going 10-9 with a 4.17 ERA (56 ER in 121 innings)...struck out 96 batters, the most he’s recorded in a single season...Named a Pacific Coast League All- Star. 2014: Appeared in 20 games between Tacoma and Jackson...made 10 starts in the Southern League, allowing 27 earned runs in 60 innings (4.05 ERA) and strik- ing out 61 Triple-A batters. 2013: Split the season with Jackson and Tacoma, where he went a perfect 4-0 with the Rainiers...Allowed 13 earned runs in 40 innings (2.93 ERA) in 19 appearances (1 start), and also struck out 43 batters. 2012: Marked his first season splitting time between Tacoma and Jackson...Started nine games for the Generals and came out of the bullpen 10 times, posting a 4.43 ERA in his first stint in Double-A....Allowed 30 earned runs in 61 innings pitched, striking out 43 Southern League batters. 2011: Pitched for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League and led the league with a 1.10 ERA (16.1 innings pitched, 2 earned runs)...split time between Class-A Clinton, Class-A Advanced High Desert and Triple-A Tacoma...Struck out 71 batters for the LumberKings, posting a 3.62 ERA.