The Sky Sox backed up their thrilling come-from-behind walk-off victory Thursday night by scoring in the first inning and jumping out to an early 1-0 lead over Omaha Friday night. The lead, however, would be short-lived as the Chasers tied the game in the third and took the lead in the sixth. Josh Hader made…
The Sky Sox actually hopped out to an early lead Friday night, but couldn’t hold on and ultimately fell 5-2 to the Omaha Storm Chasers in the series opener Friday night at Security Service Field. The Sox rode the left arm of Josh Hader, who turned in another solid six innings, but the offense was…
It was the same old song and dance for the Sky Sox who saw the Cubs plate six runs over the first four innings last night. Once again the Colorado Springs comeback trail started with a run in the fifth, and two more in the sixth. Leading 6-3, Iowa 3B Jeimer Candelario connected for a…
We’re totally running out of words to describe what the Sky Sox have done this season, but they continue to do whatever it is they’re doing. Simply put, the Sky Sox gave up a lot of runs early, trailed 8-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth, scored five runs to force extras, and won…
By Aaron Cheris Rod Nichols has seen his share of good, bad, and ugly days in Colorado Springs. Now the pitching coach for the Iowa Cubs, Nichols spent parts of four seasons with the Sky Sox from 1988-92 when they were the Triple-A affiliate for the Cleveland Indians. Over those four seasons, Nichols compiled a 25-19 record…
The Sky Sox once again fell behind 2-0 in the first inning of yesterday afternoon’s game and could not rally back, ultimately falling 6-5. John Andreoli began the Cubs’ attack with a triple on the first pitch of the ball game and the league’s hottest hitter, Willson Contreras, plated him with a single to make…
By Aaron Cheris The Colorado Springs Sky Sox have had many roster moves this season. Players have accomplished their dreams and were called up to the Brewers, and others took the next step toward that dream with a promotion to the Sky Sox from Double-A Biloxi. For many players, Colorado Springs became a place to…
The Sky Sox have this terrible habit of giving up runs over the first three innings of a game. Entering play Wednesday, Colorado Springs had been out scored 140-to-84 over the first three innings, including 60-to-32 in the FIRST INNING. Unfortunately, the trend continued with the Cubs scoring four runs in innings 1-3 en route…
The Sky Sox and Cubs split a lengthy doubleheader yesterday at Security Service Field with Colorado Springs taking the first game 6-5 and the Cubs blasting off in the second game 15-5. Iowa jumped out to 5-2 lead in the afternoon tilt, but the Sox used 8 pitchers on the mound, one on the basepaths and…
Home. Sweet. Home. That is most certainly what the Sky Sox are saying as they get set to open up what is now an 11-day, 14-game homestand with a doubleheader this afternoon, following the 2-6 road trip they just completed. The time away from Security Service Field culminated with 5-0 shutout dealt to them by…
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