Sox Scribbles: Thoughts on a 14-inning Marathon

The Sky Sox defeated the Tucson Padres 5-4 in 14-innings last night, with Jordan Pacheco providing the decisive hit with an RBI double in the top of the 14th. The game marked the sixth time in history that the two teams have gone 13 innings or more and the fourth time a game has gone 14 innings…

Sox Scribbles: Fowler Joins Sox

Outfielder Dexter Fowler, who had been playing with the Sox on a rehab assignment for the past week, has officially been optioned to the Sky Sox, the team reported Monday. Fowler has struggled since joining the Sox, hitting .093 (3-for-33), while Charlie Blackmon, who was promoted to the Rockies after Fowler suffered an abdominal injury,…

Sox Scribbles: Not Miller’s Time

For the second time in as many days, the Sox lost a heartbreaker to the Tucson Padres. Jim Miller, who was responsible for the loss and blown save in Saturday’s 10-9 loss, picked up his second-straight blown save and loss, allowing three runs in the ninth and turning a 2-0 lead into a 4-2 deficit.…

Sox Scribbles: Taveras Leads Triumph Over Tucson

The Sox took game one against Tucson 7-6 Friday night behind a 3-for-5 performance by Willy Taveras which included a home run and the game-winning single in the eighth. Ian Stewart added a solo home run, his 11th of the year, and Jordan Pacheco smacked a bases-clearing, three-run double. Taveras extended his hitting streak to…

Sox Scribbles: Taveras Stays Hot But Sox Lose

The Sox lost their third game in a row to the Las Vegas 51s Wednesday by a score of 12-6. Willy Taveras continued his torrid play, going 2-for-5 with a home run, double and three RBI. Over the past 11 games, Taveras is hitting .392 (20-for-51) with four home runs, eight runs scored and nine RBI and…

Sox Scribbles: Searching for Offense

The Sky Sox dropped their second consecutive game to the Las Vegas 51s 7-2 Tuesday night. The Sox have scored a total of two runs in the two games and could be starting to miss the production of current Rockies Charlie Blackmon, Eric Young Jr., Chris Nelson, and injured outfielder Cole Garner. Willy Taveras has…

Sox Scribbles: Blanked in Vegas

The Sox dropped game one of their series with the Las Vegas 51s 3-0 Monday night behind a complete game shutout by Brett Cecil. The Sox were only able to muster four hits against Cecil, including two single by Mike Jacobs. The loss was the first for the Sox this season against Las Vegas, having…

Sox Scribbles: Three Aces

The Sky Sox won the final game of their four-game set with the Reno Aces Sunday afternoon 7-6 thanks to a five-run eighth inning. With the Aces leading 6-2 entering the bottom of the eighth, they removed starter Tom Layne in favor of reliever Kam Mickolio. The Sky Sox had enjoyed little success against Layne as he allowed just…

Garner back on DL

Outfielder Cole Garner is headed back to the disabled list for the second time this season the Sky Sox announced today. Garner re-aggravated an injury to his left hand during yesterday’s 14-4 loss to Reno while swinging the bat in the first inning. The hand has been an issue for Garner for much of the…