COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2017 GAME NOTES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 - 1:30 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 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS RECORD: 80-55 Colorado Springs: RHP Aaron Brooks (8-9, 6 .02) VS. Memphis: RHP Matt Pearce (4-3, 5 .51) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 136 Home Record . 43-23 Home Game Number . 67 Road Record . 37-32 Overall Record . 80-55 vs . RHP: . 68-48 vs . Pacific Northern . 9-7 vs . LHP . 12-7 vs . Pacific Southern . 9-7 Night . 55-41 vs . American Northern . 34-14 Day . 24-14 vs . American Southern . 28-27 Last 10 . 6-4 One-Run Games . .. 15-11 Current Streak . W3 RECORD: 89-50 TODAY’S STARTER IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Colorado Springs Sky Sox battled back from u RHP Aaron Brooks makes his home debut with the another early 3-0 deficit, clawing back with a five-run sixth Colorado Springs Sky Sox in his first appearance of 2017 RUNS: Orf 2nd 102 inning to win a wild shootout, 14-11, Saturday night. against the Memphis Redbirds. Wren T-11th 80 STOLEN BASES: Wren T-1st 26 u Mauricio Dubon and Chris Colabello combined u Brooks was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee for seven hits and seven RBI to lead a 21-hit outburst. Brewers on August 23 after spending the rest of 2017 with TRIPLES: Orf T-4th 11 the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Wren 6th 10 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND! u Has made three stints in the Major Leagues with BATTING AVG: De Jesus 2nd .346 u Despite Sunday’s cancellation, the Colorado Springs Kansas City and Oakland, making his debut May 3, 2014, Orf 10th .321 Sky Sox clinched the PCL American Northern Division title at Kauffman Stadium against the Detroit Tigers. ON-BASE % De Jesus 3rd .409 with Oklahoma City’s doubleheader split against Omaha . u Earned his first MLB win as a member of the Athlet- Orf T-6th .397 u This means that the Sox have reached the playoffs for ics, allowing one earned run and striking out five batters the first time since 1997, breaking a 20-year playoff drought . over 7.1 innings in a 5-1 win over the Cleveland Indians TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 1st .291 u This four-game series with the Redbirds serves as on August 1, 2015. a playoff preview, as Memphis won the PCL American TEAM ON-BASE PERCENTAGE: 2nd .362 u Has spent time in the Pacific Coast League with the Southern Division . Omaha Storm Chasers, Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS REACHING THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN over the past four seasons. TEAM W L PCT GB u The Sky Sox are among the Pacific Coast League u Selected in the ninth round of the 2011 draft by the SKY SOX 80 55 .593 -- Kansas City Royals out of Cal. State-San Bernadino. leaders in several major offensive categories. OKLAHOMA CITY 72 67 .518 10.0 u Colorado Springs is first in the league in team batting #PITCHERSWHORAKE IOWA 67 70 .489 14.0 average (.291), second in team on-base percentage (.362) u Michael Blazek and Tyler Cravy combined to drive OMAHA 67 72 .482 15.0 and tied for fourth in team slugging percentage (.457) with in four of the 14 runs Saturday night. the Albuquerque Isotopes. u u Blazek’s two-run double in the 2nd inning was his 2017 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE The Sox are also third in the league in runs scored seventh hit of the season (leads Sox pitchers)...Brandon (807) and fourth in runs batted in (750) behind Reno, Fresno TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD Hynick had 11 in 2009, the most by a pitcher in a season. ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 2-2 0-0 2-2 and El Paso (RBI). u Meanwhile, Cravy’s 2-run home run in the 4th inning u The Sox have the second-best record in the PCL in EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-2 0-0 2-2 was his third career long ball (2 w/ CoS, 1 w/ Milwaukee). FRESNO GRIZZLIES 4-0 4-0 0-0 terms of winning percentage behind Memphis. IOWA CUBS 9-6 5-1 4-5 LAS VEGAS 51s 1-3 0-0 1-3 2017 Season vs. MEMPHIS (8-6) • ALL-TIME (82-91) • HOME (49-37) MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 8-6 5-1 3-5 NASHVILLE SOUNDS 9-5 5-2 4-3 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES 7-8 3-5 4-3 4/11 @MEM L 5-1 Poncedeleon (1-0) Hader (1-1) Lucas (1) OKC DODGERS 12-4 6-2 6-2 OMAHA STORM CHASERS 13-4 8-1 5-3 4/12 @MEM L 2-1 Reyes (2-0) Scahill (0-1) RENO ACES 1-3 1-3 0-0 4/13 @MEM W 8-2 Espino (1-0) Ellis (0-1) ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 4-8 2-4 2-4 4/14 @MEM W 3-1 Woodruff (2-0) Mayers (1-1) Scahill (2) SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS 1-3 1-3 0-0 SALT LAKE BEES 4-0 0-0 4-0 4/18 v. MEM W 14-4 Espino (2-0) Ellis (0-2) TACOMA RAINIERS 3-1 3-1 0-0 4/19 v. MEM W 13-4 Woodruff (3-0) Mayers (1-2) 4/20 v. MEM POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN (Rescheduled to 4/21) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/21 (1) v. MEM L 1-5 Zeid (1-1) Hader (2-2) SEPTEMBER 3 4/21 (2) v. MEM W 5-1 Cravy (2-0) Brebbia (0-1) LHP Nick Ramirez transferred from Double-A Biloxi 6/13 @ MEM L 4-7 Montgomery (3-0) Archer (3-2) Sherriff (4) RHP Angel Ventura activated from the disabled list 6/14 @ MEM L 4-10 Flaherty (1-0) Barbosa (1-1) 6/15 @ MEM W 6-2 Jungmann (3-0) Mayers (4-6) RHP Michael Blazek placed on the temporary inactive list 6/16 @ MEM L 0-1 Gant (1-1) Ventura (1-1) Lucas (3) RHP Hiram Burgos placed on the disabled list 9/2 v. MEM W 4-3 Barbosa (7-2) Zeid (9-4) Peralta (1) 9/3 v. MEM W 14-11 Goforth (3-4) Reyes (5-5) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Monday 9/4 MEM 12:30 PM RHP Tim Dillard (3-2, 5 .43) RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 3 .45) Wednesday 9/6 @MEM 6:05 PM TBA TBA Thursday 9/7 @MEM 6:05 PM TBA TBA Friday 9/8 MEM 6:00 PM TBA TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Aaron Brooks #46 BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 235 OPENING DAY AGE: 27 BORN: April 27, 1990 in Montclair, Calif. RESIDENCE: Montclair, Calif. YEARS PRO: 7 ACQUIRED: Claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on August 23, 2017 THE BROOKS FILE: 2016: Joined Iowa as a part of a major league rehab assignment on June 9 in recovery from a hip contusion...made his season debut on June 11 with a start against Round Rock (3.0IP, 4H, 4ER, 3BB, 4K)...pitched his first scoreless outing on June 23 against Nashville, spinning 3.0 shutout frames (2H, 1BB)... allowed a pair of homers twice: June 17 at Memphis and July 4 against Omaha...held leadoff batters to a .071 clip (1-for-14), but allowed opponents to hit .433 (13-for-33) with runners on and .455 with runners on and two outs (5-for-11). 2015: With Triple-A Omaha, tossed a 7.0-inning complete game on July 11 in a 3-2 loss to Iowa…recalled to Kansas City four times…traded to the A’s on July 28…in two starts for Triple-A Nashville, issued no walks and struck out 11 batters over 12 innings…appeared in 11 games with nine starts for Oakland…won first start with the A’s against Cleveland on Aug. 1 (7.1IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 5K) LAST TIME OUT SEASON BESTS (w/ SKY SOX) • Tossed four scoreless innings in his Colorado Springs debut August 29 at Round Rock IP: 4 .0 (8/29 @ RR) H: 4 (8/29 @ RR) R: 0 (8/29 @ RR) ER: 0 (8/29 @ RR) AGAINST THE REDBIRDS HR: 0 (8/29 @ RR) BB: 0 (8/29 @ RR) • Sunday marks Brooks’ first appearance against the Memphis Redbirds this season K: 1 (8/29 @ RR) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE SPLITS 2017 HIGHLIGHTS HOME: N/A • Struck out a season-high nine batters July 8 against the Omaha Storm Chasers ROAD: 0-0, 0 .00 • Has recorded five or more strikeouts in 12 starts this season • Selected in the ninth round of the 2011 draft by the Kansas City Royals out of CSU-San Bernadino. VS. RIGHT: .000, 0 HR VS. LEFT: .444, 0 HR 2017 GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS WITH TRIPLE-A COLORADO SPRINGS (1 STARTS - 0-0, 0.00 ERA) Date vs GS DEC IP H R ER BB K HR HB WP BK REC ERA RESULTS NOTES 8/28 @ RR 1 4.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 L, 4-1 Sky Sox Debut 9/3 MEM TOTALS 1 4.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 CAREER STATS (158 GAMES, 147 STARTS - 55-47, 4.83 ERA) Year Team W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2011 Idaho Falls 6-2 .750 3.84 15 13 0 0 0 79.2 89 42 34 7 3 8-0 73 5 0 2012 Kane County 9-12 .429 4.98 27 27 1 0 0 153.2 161 99 85 18 4 26-0 120 9 0 2013 Wilmington 2-3 .400 4.47 10 10 0 0 0 56.1 60 28 28 4 0 11-0 43 3 0 NW Arkansas 7-7 .500 4.17 16 16 1 1 0 103.2 113 51 48 13 3 11-0 67 2 0 2014 KANSAS CITY 0-1 .000 43.87 2 1 0 0 0 2.2 12 13 13 1 2 3-0 2 0 0 Omaha 12-3 .800 3.71 25 23 1 0 1 139.0 151 67 60 14 1 25-1 97 5 0 2015 KANSAS CITY 0-0 .000 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 3 3 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 Omaha 6-5 .545 3.71 18 17 1 0 0 106.2 118 46 44 9 1 21-1 92 1 0 Nashville 1-0 1.000 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 9 3 3 1 0 0-0 11 0 0 OAKLAND 3-4 .429 6.71 11 8 0 0 0 51.0 67 38 38 9 4 14-0 35 0 0 2016 Iowa 1-1 .500 7.71 5 4 0 0 0 16.1 23 15 14 5 0 4-0 12 0 0 2017 Iowa 8-9 .471 6.20 24 24 0 0 0 138.0 181 102 95 27 2 28-1 105 4 0 SKY SOX 0-0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 MINOR TOTALS 52-42 .553 4.57 143 137 4 1 1 809.1 939 453 411 98 14 134-4 621 29 2 MLB TOTALS 3-5 .375 8.38 15 10 0 0 0 58.0 85 54 54 10 6 17-0 40 0 0 SKY SOX HITTERS NOTES QUINTIN BERRY OF L/L 6’1’’/195 32 Years Old Born: 11/21/84 in San Diego, CA Residence: San Diego, CA Acquired: Signed with Milwaukee on August 19 Experience: 12th season Current Series: 3-8, 4R Last Series: 3-13 Last 10 Games: 7-32, 6R Season Highs - Hits: 3 Runs: 3 RBI: 2 2017: Began the season with the Rochester Red Wings (Triple-A, MIN) before playing in with the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks .