COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2016 GAME NOTES SUNDAY AUGUST 28, 2016 - 5:05 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: 64-66 Colorado Springs: LHP Wei-Chung Wang (1-1, 5 .02) VS. Oklahoma City: RHP Jose De Leon (6-1, 2 .86) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 131 Home Record . 38-27 Road Game Number . 66 Road Record . 26-39 Overall Record . 64-66 vs . RHP: . 49-53 vs . American Northern . 23-19 vs . LHP . 15-13 vs . American Southern . 32-28 Night . 49-50 vs . Pacific Northern . 3-12 Day . 15-16 vs . Pacific Southern . 6-7 Last 10 . 5-5 One-Run Games . .. 20-19 Current Streak . L2 RECORD: 74-59 LAST TIME OUT BRINSANITY HITS COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Sky Sox were swept in their double header against the u OF Lewis Brinson has burst onto the scene since being WALKS Reed 4th 70 Oklahoma City Dodgers dropping game one by a score of 1-0 on a traded from Texas to Milwaukee on August 1st in exchange for C ERA Suter 7th 3.50 walk-off RBI single by Austin Barnes in the 9th inning and falling Jonathan Lucroy. In 17 games with the Sky Sox, Brinson is hitting SAVES Magnifico 3rd 18 in game two by a score of 5-1. .375 (26-for-64) with four home runs, six double, eight runs, 17 GMS FINISHED Magnifico T-1st 42 u OF Ramon Flores led the Sky Sox with three hits in the RBI and four steals. twin bill going 3-for-7 in his first appearance with the team. u He had at least one hit in each of his first eight games after u OF Lewis Brinson continued to be a thorn in the side of the trade from August 2-9 hitting .455 (15-for-33) and has eight TEAM RUNS SCORED: 6th 651 OKC pitching going 2-for-6 with a double in the twin bill. In five multi-hit games in his first 15 games with the team. TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 6th .275 games against the Dodgers this season, Brinson is hitting .611 (11- u He went 4-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI in TEAM ERA: 14th 5.05 for-18) with two home runs, three doubles, five runs and six RBI. his Sky Sox debut on August 2 against Oklahoma City. u Rated as the No. 2 Prospect in the Brewers organization STRIKEOUTS*: Hader 2nd 156 TONIGHT’S STARTER according to MLB.com. Wilkerson T-6th 150 u LHP Wei-Chung Wang will make his fourth 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 Oklahoma City. 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 74 59 .556 - 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 64 66 .492 8.5 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 62 72 .463 12.5 game. u McKenry becomes the 6th player to play for the Sky Sox OMAHA 56 76 .424 17.5 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 nine games back with the Sky Sox, he is hitting .364 ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 1-3 1-3 0-0 (8-for-22) with a home run, six runs, six RBI, and 13 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 6-5 5-3 1-2 lineup this season. Over his last 60 games he’s hitting .359 (83-for- u The Sky Sox have made the comeback an art form tallying LAS VEGAS 51s 1-3 1-3 0-0 231) with 50 runs, 29 RBI, 17 steals and 27 multi-hit games. 20 last at-bat wins through the season’s first 130 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 7-5 3-1 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 7-8 5-3 2-5 u In 60 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 34-26. the season, they have 33 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 2016 Season vs. OKLAHOMA CITY (7-8) • ALL-TIME (70-93) • ROAD (27-55) SALT LAKE BEES 2-0 2-0 0-0 TACOMA RAINIERS 0-4 0-0 0-4 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV 5/6 vs OKC W 3-1 Dillard (1-0) Kehrt (2-2) Magnifico (7) 5/7 vs OKC L 3-4 Cotton (3-2) Barnes (2-1) Tsa (3) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/8 vs OKC L 2-8 LeCure (1-1) Jungmann (0-2) 5/9 vs OKC W 7-3 Ross (2-1) Avilan (0-2) AUGUST 27 7/4 @ OKC L 2-7 Bolsinger (2-0) Lopez (1-6) 7/5 @ OKC L 5-6 Rhame (1-4) Ross (4-2) RHP Junior Guerra assigned to Colorado Springs (MLB Rehab) 7/6 @ OKC L 2-3 LeCure (3-2) Goforth (2-2) Dayton (2) 7/30 vs OKC L 4-8 De Leon (4-1) Burgos (5-8) 7/31 vs OKC W (10) 9-8 Magnifico (6-6) Rhame (1-7) AUGUST 26 8/1 vs OKC W 9-4 Wilkerson (1-3) Rogers (0-1) OF Ramon Flores outrighted from Milwaukee 8/2 vs OKC W 7-3 Suter (5-5) Bonilla (2-3) 8/24 @ OKC W 5-1 Ross (6-2) LeCure (5-5) INF Brandon Macias placed on the disabled list (retro 8/24) 8/25 @ OKC W 5-0 Burgos (9-9) Bawcom (5-5) 8/27 (1) @ OKC L (9) 0-1 Cash (3-0) Goforth (3-4) 8/27 (2) @ OKC L (7) 1-5 Bonilla (3-5) Hader (1-6) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Monday 8/29 NEW 6:35 PM RHP Aaron Wilkerson (1-5, 6 .15) RHP Dylan Axelrod (9-6, 3 .60) Tuesday 8/30 NEW 6:35 PM RHP Hiram Burgos (9-9, 4 .35) RHP Jake Esch (2-1, 5 .70) Wednesday 8/31 NEW 6:35 PM RHP Drew Gagnon (1-1, 6 .20) RHP Kendry Flores (3-5, 4 .00) Thursday 9/1 NEW 6:35 PM LHP Josh Hader (1-6, 5 .18) LHP Justin Nicolino (7-6, 4 .13) 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.