Observations from last night’s game: 2-0 Shutout of Tacoma The Sky Sox held the Rainiers to three total hits, the first time since Colorado Springs have held an opponent to three hits or less since August 22, 2010 against the Fresno Grizzlies. The blanking of Tacoma also matched the Sky Sox total for shutouts all…
Sky Sox Notes: 4/10 @ Tacoma
Observations from last night’s game: 4-2 loss in series opener to Tacoma The Sky Sox were held to one hit through the first seven innings by Tacoma left-hander Anthony Vasquez Infielder Brandon Wood was a lone bright spot offensively for the Sky Sox last night, notching his second consecutive two-hit game. The former first-round pick…
Sky Sox Notes: 4/9 @ Tacoma
Observations from last night’s game: 5-2 win in series finale at Reno Utility player Matt McBride notched his second straight 3-for-4 game, with a run scored and one RBI. McBride has started two games so far this season in the cleanup spot for the Sky Sox, and in those two games he has batted .750…
Sky Sox Notes: 4/7 @ Reno
Observations from last night’s game: 9-5 loss to Reno Aces The Rockies top outfield prospect and seventh overall prospect Tim Wheeler notched his first Triple-A hit with a double in the first inning. Utility player Hernan Iribarren missed last season due to a torn ACL, but showed no signs of rust entering last night’s game as a…
Sox Scribbles – Pre-Game Info For 4/6 Matchup with Reno Aces
Observations from last night’s game: 5-2 Loss to Reno Aces Christian Friedrich, Stephen Dodson and Jared Wells combined for 12 strikeouts, the most team strikeouts on a Sky Sox Opening Day as far back as 1990 (Box Score records for 1989 and 1988 season Opening Days unavailable). The 12 strikeouts also matched the season high…
Sox Scribbles: What’s in a name?
The Sky Sox have been ranked 12th in a list of the 25 Coolest Minor League Team Names. Check out the link below to see the whole list. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/824791-power-ranking-the-25-coolest-minor-league-team-names#/articles/824791-power-ranking-the-25-coolest-minor-league-team-names/page/15
Sox Scribbles: Johnson and Miller climb all-time lists
In picking up the win in last night’s 2-1 victory over Salt Lake, starter Alan Johnson continues to ascend some of the Sox all-time pitching lists. Last night was Johnson’s 71st start in a Sky Sox uniform, moving him into a tie for second place all-time with Bryan Rekar. The win was the 25th of…
Sox Scribbles: Attendence Milestone
With last night’s paid attendance of 5,734, the Sox surpassed 300,000 in attendance for the 2011 season. It is the fourth-straight year that the team has reached that milestone and tied for with the 2010 season for the fewest amount of games to reach 300,000 fans (63).
Sox Scribbles: More Johnson Milestones
Despite picking up the loss last night against Tacoma, starter Alan Johnson continues to ascend some of the Sox all-time pitching lists. With the loss, Johnson is now tied for sixth in losses (24) with Mike Saipe. He also walked four batters to became the second player with 250 strikeouts and 150 walks in a Sky…
Sox Scribbles: Street and Lindstrom conclude rehab tonight
Rehabbing Rockies relievers Huston Street and Matt Lindstrom are scheduled to pitch in tonight’s opening game against the Tacoma Rainiers before rejoining the big league club on Thursday. They previously pitched in Monday’s game against the Salt Lake Bees, with Street pitching a scoreless inning while striking out one while Lindstrom allowed two runs on three hits…
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