COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX 2016 GAME NOTES TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 2016 - 6:35 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: 64-67 Colorado Springs: RHP Aaron Wilkerson (1-5, 6 .15) VS. New Orleans: RHP Dylan Axelrod (9-6, 3 .60) SKY SOX SEASON AT A GLANCE Game Number . 132 Home Record . 38-27 Home Game Number . 66 Road Record . 26-40 Overall Record . 64-67 vs . RHP: . 49-54 vs . American Northern . 23-20 vs . LHP . 15-13 vs . American Southern . 32-28 Night . 49-51 vs . Pacific Northern . 3-12 Day . 15-16 vs . Pacific Southern . 6-7 Last 10 . 5-5 One-Run Games . .. 20-19 Current Streak . L3 RECORD: 67-67 LAST SERIES BRINSANITY HITS COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS u The Sky Sox dropped 3-of-5 games against the Dodgers in u OF Lewis Brinson has burst onto the scene since being WALKS Reed 4th 70 Oklahoma City. traded from Texas to Milwaukee on August 1st in exchange for C ERA Suter 7th 3.50 u OF Lewis Brinson continued to be a thorn in the side of Jonathan Lucroy. In 18 games with the Sky Sox, he’s hitting .397 SAVES Magnifico 3rd 18 OKC pitching hitting .444 (8-for-18) with two home runs, two (27-for-68) with four homeruns, six doubles, nine runs, 17 RBI. GMS FINISHED Magnifico 2nd 42 doubles, three runs and five RBI in the series. u He had at least one hit in each of his first eight games after u After Sunday’s 6-1 loss, the Sky Sox were officially elimi- the trade from August 2-9 hitting .455 (15-for-33) and has nine nated from the playoff race. multi-hit games in his first 18 games with the team. TEAM RUNS SCORED: 8th 652 u He went 4-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI in TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 6th .274 TONIGHT’S STARTER his Sky Sox debut on August 2 against Oklahoma City. TEAM ERA: 14th 5.06 u RHP Aaron Wilkerson will make his 10th start for the Sky u Entered the season as the No. 2 prospect in the Rangers Sox and first career start against the New Orleans Zephyrs. organization according to Baseball America. Rated as the No. 2 STRIKEOUTS*: Hader 2nd 156 u Wilkerson was traded from the Boston Red Sox organization Prospect in the Brewers organization according to MLB.com. Wilkerson T-7th 150 to Milwaukee on July 7 in exchange for INF Aaron Hill. * - Among all MiLB pitchers, not PCL leaders u He attended Cumberland University where he led the Bull- McKENRY RETURNS TO COLORADO SPRINGS dogs to an NAIA World Series Championship in 2010 as a Junior u C Michael McKenry was aquired by the Brewers from the PCL AMERICAN NORTH STANDINGS Atlanta Braves on August 15 in exchange for cash consideration. after posting a 14-1 record with 14 consecutive wins, 11 complete TEAM W L PCT GB u McKenry was orginally drafted by the Colorado Rockies games and team-best 2.13 ERA in 101.1 IP. He also led the nation OKLAHOMA CITY 75 60 .556 - with 125 strikeouts and was named a second team All-American. in the 7th round of the June 2006 First-Year Player Draft. SKY SOX 64 67 .489 9.0 u As a senior in 2011 he set a NAIA record by tossing 54.0 u In 122 games with the Sky Sox in 2010 and 2014 he hit consecutive scoreless innings from 2/9-4/8, while going 12-0 with .274 (118-for-430) with 13 home runs, 59 runs and 61 RBI. IOWA 62 74 .456 13.5 a 1.49 ERA. He was named a First Team All-American. u McKenry becomes the 6th player to play for the Sky Sox OMAHA 57 76 .429 17.5 u It was revealed after the season that he had been pitching with both the Rockies and Brewers’ organizations (Chris Nelson, 2016 VS. THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE with a frayed ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, resulting Josh Roenicke, Eric Young Jr., Jim Miller and Rob Scahill). TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD u In 10 games back with the Sky Sox, he is hitting .308 (8- in Tommy John surgery. He went undrafted and stocked frozen food ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES 1-3 1-3 0-0 shelves for two years before breaking into independant ball in 2013. for-26) with a home run, six runs, six RBI, and 13 walks. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS 2-1 2-1 0-0 FRESNO GRIZZLIES 2-1 0-0 2-1 WREN’S A TABLE SETTER SKY SOX ARE BASEBALL’S COMEBACK KINGS IOWA CUBS 6-5 5-3 1-2 u OF Kyle Wren has been a force at the top of the Sky Sox u The Sky Sox have made the comeback an art form tallying LAS VEGAS 51s 1-3 1-3 0-0 20 last at-bat wins through the season’s first 131 games. MEMPHIS REDBIRDS 8-8 5-3 3-5 lineup this season. Over his last 60 games he’s hitting .359 (83-for- NASHVILLE SOUNDS 7-9 3-5 4-4 u 231) with 50 runs, 29 RBI, 17 steals and 27 multi-hit games. The Sky Sox lead all full season baseball teams (MLB NEW ORLEANS ZEPHYRS 7-5 3-1 4-4 u Wren had a 15-game hitting streak from June 16-July 1 through Class-A) with 16 wins when trailing after six innings so OKC DODGERS 7-9 5-3 2-6 where he hit .520 (26-for-50) with 18 runs and seven RBI. far this season and 11 wins when trailing after seven innings. On OMAHA STORM CHASERS 10-6 6-2 4-4 the season, they have 33 wins when the opponent scores first. RENO ACES 0-4 0-0 0-4 u In 60 games with Wren batting leadoff, the Sox are 34-26. 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. NEW ORLEANS (7-5) • ALL-TIME (89-70) • HOME (42-34) TACOMA RAINIERS 0-4 0-0 0-4 DATE W/L SCORE WP LP SV 5/10 @ NEW L 0-1 Axelrod (1-1) Burgos (1-3) Rienzo (4) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/11 @ NEW W 9-5 Dillard (2-0) Adkins (0-1) 5/12 @ NEW W 4-2 (12) Chapman (2-0) Tomshaw (0-1) Magnifico (8) AUGUST 27 5/13 @ NEW W 10-3 Jungmann (1-2) Cosart (1-2) RHP Junior Guerra assigned to Colorado Springs (MLB Rehab) 5/14 @ NEW L 0-3 Clemens (5-4) Jungmann (1-3) 5/15 @ NEW L 0-3 Axelrod (3-2) Lopez (1-4) Ege (2) 5/16 @ NEW W 2-1 Magnifico (1-4) Breslow (0-2) Freeman (1) AUGUST 26 5/17 @ NEW L 2-11 Nappo (3-3) Suter (1-3) OF Ramon Flores outrighted from Milwaukee 6/30 vs NEW W 7-3 Suter (3-4) Nappo (3-5) INF Brandon Macias placed on the disabled list (retro 8/24) 7/1 vs NEW W 13-7 Burgos (5-5) Flores (1-2) 7/2 vs NEW W 8-6 Goforth (2-1) Kinley (0-2) 7/3 vs NEW L 8-12 Guthrie (5-5) Gagnon (1-1) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING PROBABLES DAY DATE OPP. TIME (MDT) SKY SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Wednesday 8/31 NEW 6:35 PM RHP Hiram Burgos (9-9, 4 .35) RHP Jake Esch (2-1, 5 .70) Thursday 9/1 NEW 6:35 PM RHP Drew Gagnon (1-1, 6 .20) RHP Kendry Flores (3-5, 4 .00) Friday 9/2 @IA 6:08 PM LHP Josh Hader (1-6, 5 .18) TBA Saturday 9/3 @IA 6:08 PM LHP Wei-Chung Wang (1-2, 3 .80) TBA TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS // PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1992 & 1995 SKY SOX STARTING PITCHER Complete bio information available on Page 534 of the 2016 Boston Red Sox Aaron Wilkerson #20 Media Guide BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 215 CURRENT AGE: 27 BORN: May 24, 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas RESIDENCE: Hewitt, Texas YEARS PRO: 4 ACQUIRED: Traded with Wendell Rijo from Boston for INF Aaron Hill on July 7, 2016 THE WILKERSON FILE: 2015: Combined at 3 levels of the Red Sox organization to go 11-3 with a 3.10 ERA (47 ER/136.2 IP), .217 opponent average and a 1.07 WHIP in 29 appear- ances (20 starts)...Led the Red Sox organization in ERA, strikeouts (137) and tied for the organizational lead in wins. 2014: Purchased from Grand Prairie of the independant American Association on 7/18 after going 3-1 with a 3.35 ERA in 13 starts for the AirHogs...Made his minor league debut with Short-A Lowell on 7/20 and went on to lead the Spinners in wins (5), ERA (1.62), strikeouts (54) and WHIP (0.86). 2013: Made 19 independent league starts. combining with Fort Worth (United League Baseball), Florence (Frontier league) and Grand Prairie (American Association) to go 10-2 with a 2.96 ERA (34 ER/103.1 IP).