COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2016 GAME NOTES SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 - 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: 67-68 Colorado Springs: LHP Wei-Chung Wang (1-2, 3 .80) VS. Iowa: RHP Josh Collmenter (0-0, 1 .96) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 136 Home Record . 41-27 Road Game Number . 68 Road Record . 26-41 Overall Record . 67-68 vs . RHP: . 51-54 vs . American Northern . 23-21 vs . LHP . 16-14 vs . American Southern . 35-28 Night . 52-52 vs . Pacific Northern . 3-12 Day . 15-16 vs . Pacific Southern . 6-7 Last 10 . 5-5 One-Run Games . .. 20-20 Current Streak . L1 RECORD: 64-76 LAST TIME OUT BRINSANITY HITS COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Sky Sox dropped game one of their four-game series u OF Lewis Brinson has burst onto the scene since being WALKS Reed 4th 73 against the Iowa Cubs by a score of 3-2. traded from Texas to Milwaukee on August 1st in exchange for C ERA Suter 7th 3.50 u INF Garrett Cooper led the Sky Sox offense with two hits Jonathan Lucroy. In 21 games with the Sky Sox, he’s hitting .395 SAVES Magnifico 4th 18 going 2-for-4. He’s hitting .379 (11-for-29) with two home runs, (32-for-81) with four HR, eight doubles, 13 runs, 20 RBI. GMS FINISHED Magnifico 2nd 42 four runs and five RBI over his last 10 games. u He had at least one hit in each of his first eight games after u RBI singles by Garin Checchini and Andrew Susac in the trade from August 2-9 hitting .455 (15-for-33) and has nine the 9th inning ended the shutout bid by the Cubs. multi-hit games in his first 21 games with the team. TEAM RUNS SCORED: 5th 682 u With their 8 strikeouts last night, Sky Sox pitchers have now u He went 4-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI in TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: T-4th .276 set a new franchise record of 1,089, topping their high of 1,083 in his Sky Sox debut on August 2 against Oklahoma City. TEAM ERA: T-13th 4.99 2012. u Entered the season as the No. 2 prospect in the Rangers organization according to Baseball America. Rated as the No. 2 STRIKEOUTS*: Hader 3rd 161 TONIGHT’S STARTER Prospect in the Brewers organization according to MLB.com. Wilkerson T-11th 154 u LHP Wei-Chung Wang will make his fifth start for the * - Among all MiLB pitchers, not PCL leaders Sky Sox since being promoted from Double-A Biloxi on August 9 McKENRY RETURNS TO COLORADO SPRINGS and his first career start against Iowa Cubs. u C Michael McKenry was aquired by the Brewers from the PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS u Wang went 6-5 with a 3.52 ERA in 19 starts for Double-A Atlanta Braves on August 15 in exchange for cash consideration. TEAM W L PCT GB Biloxi this season. u McKenry was orginally drafted by the Colorado Rockies OKLAHOMA CITY 78 60 .565 - u Became the first Taiwanese player to play for the Brewers in the 7th round of the June 2006 First-Year Player Draft. SKY SOX 67 68 .496 9.5 when he made his Major League debut in 2014. At age 21, he was u In 122 games with the Sky Sox in 2010 and 2014 he hit the youngest Taiwanese player ever to appear in a Major League .274 (118-for-430) with 13 home runs, 59 runs and 61 RBI. IOWA 64 76 .457 15.0 game. u McKenry becomes the 6th player to play for the Sky Sox OMAHA 58 79 .423 19.5 u Earned the win in his first career appearance with the Sky with both the Rockies and Brewers’ organizations (Chris Nelson, 2016 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sox by pitching six scoreless innings while striking out five on Josh Roenicke, Eric Young Jr., Jim Miller and Rob Scahill). TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD September 6, 2015 against New Orleans at Security Service Field. u In 11 games back with the Sky Sox, he is hitting .294 (8- ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 1-3 1-3 0-0 for-30) with a home run, six runs, six RBI, and 14 walks. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-1 2-1 0-0 WREN’S A TABLE SETTER FRESNO GRIZZLIES 2-1 0-0 2-1 u OF Kyle Wren has been a force at the top of the Sky Sox SKY SOX ARE BASEBALL’S COMEBACK KINGS IOWA CUBS 6-6 5-3 1-3 lineup this season. Over his last 63 games he’s hitting .359 (88-for- u The Sky Sox have made the comeback an art form tallying LAS VEGAS 51s 1-3 1-3 0-0 245 with 53 runs, 29 RBI, 19 steals and 28 multi-hit games. 20 last at-bat wins through the season’s first 135 games. MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 8-8 5-3 3-5 NASHVILLE SOUNDS 7-9 3-5 4-4 u u Wren had a 15-game hitting streak from June 16-July 1 The Sky Sox lead all full season baseball teams (MLB NEW ORLEANS ZEPHYRS 10-5 6-1 4-4 where he hit .520 (26-for-50) with 18 runs and seven RBI. through Class-A) with 16 wins when trailing after six innings so OKC DODGERS 7-9 5-3 2-6 u In 63 games with Wren batting in the leadoff spot, the Sky far this season and 11 wins when trailing after seven innings. On OMAHA STORM CHASERS 10-6 6-2 4-4 Sox are 36-27. the season, they have 34 wins when the opponent scores first. RENO ACES 0-4 0-0 0-4 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 10-6 5-3 5-3 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 0-0 1-3 SALT LAKE BEES 2-0 2-0 0-0 2016 Season vs. IOWA (6-6) • ALL-TIME (87-104) • ROAD (36-56) TACOMA RAINIERS 0-4 0-0 0-4 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV 4/28 @ IA L 5-10 Williams (2-1) Lopez (0-1) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/29 @ IA L 0-1 Machi (1-0) Magnifico (0-2) Patton (3) 5/1 @ IA W (7) 4-3 Ross (1-1) Rucinski (0-3) Magnifico (5) 6/14 (1) vs IA W (7) 6-5 Gagnon (1-0) Pena (1-1) Magnifico (6) 6/14 (2) vs IA L (7) 5-15 Johnson (1-2) Cravy (1-2) SEPTEMBER 2 6/15 vs IA L 5-6 Zastryzny (2-1) Burgos (2-5) Patton (7) RHP Junior Guerra transferred to Milwaukee (End MLB rehab) 6/16 vs IA W (10) 9-8 Magnifico (2-5) Black (0-1) RHP Ben Rowen recalled to Milwaukee 7/7 vs IA W 11-7 Dillard (5-1) Buchanan (7-5) C Andrew Susac activated from the disabled list 7/8 vs IA W 15-5 Chapman (5-1) Johnson (1-4) 7/9 vs IA L 5-8 Pena (2-2) Magnifico (4-6) Rosario (1) 7/10 vs IA W 7-4 Dillard (6-1) Rucinski (5-8) Knebel (2) 9/2 @ IA L 2-3 Johnson (4-6) Hader (1-7) Rosario (5) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Sunday 9/4 @IA 12:08 PM RHP Aaron Wilkerson (2-5, 6 .08) RHP Drew Rucinski (6-15, 6 .17) Monday 9/5 @IA 11:08 AM RHP Hiram Burgos (10-9, 4 .23) RHP Jordan Pries (6-3, 4 .68) END OF REGULAR SEASON TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 228 of the 2016 Milwaukee Wei-Chung Wang #23 Brewers Media Guide (way-CHUNG wong) @LeftyWang51 BATS: LEFT THROWS: LEFT HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 194 CURRENT AGE: 24 BORN: April 25, 1992 in Taitung City, Taiwan RESIDENCE: Taitung City, Taiwan YEARS PRO: 4 ACQUIRED: Selected from Pittsburgh in the MLB phase of the Rule 5 Draft (12/12/13) THE WANG FILE: 2015: Entered the season ranked as the No. 7 prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America...Spent the majority of the season with Class-A Brevard County going 10-6 with a 3.54 ERA (55 ER/139.2 IP)...Ranked 10th in the Florida State League in ERA and was among the league leaders in wins (T-2nd) and complete games (T-2nd, 3)...Made one start with the Sky Sox on September 6 and tossed 6.0 shutout IP allowing four hits and striking out five. 2014: Went 0-0 with a 10.90 ERA in 14 relief appearances during his first Major League season...became the 11th Taiwanese player (8th pitcher, 1st Brewer) to play in the Major Leagues...at the age of 21, became the youngest player from Taiwan to play in MLB. 2013: In his first professional season went 1-3 with a 3.23 ERA in 12 games (11 gs) with the Rookie Gulf Coast League Pirates...held opponents to a .209 batting average. 2012: Missed the entire season due to Tommy John surgery.