Nate Orf (pitcured with Yadiel Rivera in the Arizona Fall League) was called up to the Sky Sox today. When he enters a game it will be his first Triple-A appearance. (Photo: Jason Wise/MiLB.com)

Colorado Springs was doubled up to the tune of 10-5 in the series opener against the Iowa Cubs yesterday, dropping their record to 1-4 on this road trip. Jorge Lopez completed three innings and took home the first loss of his season. Garin Cecchini and Adam Weisenburger went deep in the loss. We turn the page and look ahead to tonight’s tilt which features RHP Hiram Burgos for the Sky Sox and RHP Jake Buchanan for the Cubs.

Keeping tabs on the offense over the last seven games…The Sky Sox have banged out 85 hits and plated 50 runs, but the pitching has lacked giving up 69 runs in the last eight tilts.

Before we dive into today’s game the Brewers and Sky Sox have announced a few roster moves:

SUMMARY:
ADD: INF Nate Orf promoted from Double-A Biloxi

Orf advances to Triple-A for the first time in his four-year professional career. The infielder was hitting .268/440/.306 with 15 hits, 12 walks, and 12 runs scored in 19 games with Double-A Biloxi.

DEL: RHP David Goforth recalled to Milwaukee

Goforth returns to the majors for his second-straight season. In 20 appearances in 2015 the righty went 1-0 with a 4.01 ERA in 20 appearances. He was 1-1 with a 4.35 ERA in 8 appearances with the Sky Sox this season.

Today’s Game Notes / Listen Live at 5:30 MDT / Lineups

Colorado Springs Sky Sox (8-11) at Iowa Cubs (8-11) – 6:08 p.m. – Principal Park, Des Moines, Iowa

Pitching Matchup: RHP Hiram Burgos (1-2, 10.64) vs. RHP Jake Buchanan (0-1, 14.54 )

Sky Sox Pitcher: RHP Hiram Burgos is set to make his fourth appearance (third start) of the season for Colorado Springs. He’s 1-2 with a 10.64 ERA and has allowed 14 runs (13 earned) in 11 innings on 18 hits, 4 walks and 10 strikeouts. The veteran righty is in his eighth professional season and has made 134-career appearances, all within the Brewers organization. Burgos was selected in the 6th round of the 2009 draft out of Bethune-Cookman University.

Last Time Out: 4/23/16 – Due to travel issues, Burgos came out of the bullpen to face the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park on Saturday and things did not go so well for the righty. He logged three innings in relief and allowed 9 runs (8 earned) on 8 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. Burgos threw 77 pitches in the outing. His best outing came prior to that when he picked up a win against Memphis at home on April 18.

2016 Game Log:

I-Cubs Pitcher: RHP Jake Buchanan gets his second turn in the rotation for the I-Cubs. Buchanan’s season started sourly as he was released by the Astros coming out of Spring Training. The Cubs signed the righty to a minor-league deal on April 3. He was originally slected by the Astros in the 8th round of the 2010 draft out of NC State.

Buchanan is 38-43 with a 4.13 ERA in his MiLB career, appearing in 147 games since 2010. He made his big-league debut in June of 2014 and is 1-3 with a 4.06 ERA in 22 appearances in MLB, his last coming in 2015 with the ‘Stros. He, like yesterday’s starter Williams, is a sinker ball pitcher that relies heavily on ground ball outs.

Last Time Out: 4/24/16 vs. OKC – Buchanan took the loss in his lone appearance of 2016 on April 24 against the OKC Dodgers. The righty pitched into the 5th, but gave up 8 runs (7 earned) on 9 hits, 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.

2016 Game Log:

Dan Karcher (@SkySoxKarch) continues his 27^th season behind the mic for Sky Sox games, he’ll have the call of the first pitch from Principle Park at 6:08 p.m. I’ll be firing up Sky Sox Warmup at at 5:30 MDT on XTRA Sports 1300.

Brewers Family Roundup

The Brewers dropped the series finale to the Cubs yesterday…A couple of former Sky Sox made their name heard as Alex Presley had the 2 runs driven in and Hernan Perez tallies a hit in his first big-league game of the season…Tonight the Brewers are back at Miller Park where the Marlins come to town fresh off their sweep of the Dodgers and the news of Dee Gordon’s suspension, should make for an interesting night in Milwaukee…The Shuckers earned the 6-5 win over the Smokies in the Double-A version of Brewers/Cubs last night…Adrian Houser earned the win with six-strong innings…Jaye Chapman earned his ninth save…Brett Phillips went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI in the win…Brevard County ended a nine-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Flying Tigers…Kender Villegas earned the win in relief with four-perfect frames in which he struck out 8…Wisconsin won its fifth straight game 1-0 over the Loons…David Denson picked up two hits and the lone RBI…Jake Drossner earned the win with five innings of one-hit ball.

Thanks for reading! See you on the radio,

Dan

@Dan_Acheson