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Sky Sox Lineup 5/22 vs Oklahoma City Redhawks
1 – #6 Brandon Roberts – CF
2 – #32 DJ LeMahieu – 2B
3 – #9 Chris Nelson – 3B
4 – #12 Andrew Brown – LF
5 – #2 Hernan Iribarren – RF
6 – #29 Brendan Harris – SS
7 – #28 Chad Tracy – 1B
8 – #33 Wil Nieves – C
9 – #26 Edgar Gonzalez – RHP (2-1, 4.99 ERA)
Current Streaks: DJ LeMahieu’s Pacific Coast League leading 22-Game On-Base streak (the third longest in the PCL this season) as well as his team-high 11-game hitting streak, the longest by any Sky Sox player this season.
Starting Pitcher Notes: Sky Sox right-hander Edgar Gonzalez has made four starts this season after beginning the year in the Colorado Springs bullpen, and the Sky Sox are 4-0 in his four starts with Gonzalez striking out 17 and walking three as a starter this season. Gonzalez gave up only three earned runs in his first three starts of the season in a combined 14 innings. He is the only Sky Sox pitcher to make both relief appearances and starts this season.
Sky Sox Notes 5/11 @ Nashville
- LeMAHIEU’S HOT START TO MAY: Sky Sox infielder DJ LeMahieu was the only player in last night’s game to record multiple hits, and has totaled 13 hits in his eight May games while also knocking in 8 RBI so far this month. LeMahieu ranks seventh in all of Triple-A with 42 hits, and is one of two Sky Sox players that has totaled 20 RBI this season and one of three current Sky Sox players with an average above .300 (.318).
- SOX AND LAST AT-BATS: With the Sounds scoring the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning last night, it now makes four straight games for the Sky Sox where the game-winning run (or runs) have been scored in the winning team’s last at-bat, and five of the last six games for Colorado Springs. The Sox are 2-4 in their last six games.
Tonight’s Sky Sox Starter: RHP Edgar Gonzalez
- The only pitcher who has made both a start and a relief appearances this season for the Sox
- Gonzalez has made two starts this season, one tossing four scoreless innings, but has received a no decision in both starts (Sky Sox are 2-0 in games he has started). Has allowed three earned runs in his nine innings as a starter.
- Only pitcher on 2012 roster who has previous starts for Sky Sox, has pitched five seasons in the PCL
- Has played in the Majors with Arizona and Oakland and owns a career Major League record of 14-25 with a 5.90 ERA in 109 appearances (41 starts)
Sox Notes for 4/17 vs Tucson
Observations from last night’s games: Sox Sweep Doubleheader
- Yesterday’s 2-1 win in the first game of the doubleheader featured two pitchers who notched complete games, Las Vegas right-hander Jesse Chavez and Sox left-hander Christian Friedrich, the first complete games by any PCL pitchers so far this season. The complete game was the first complete game by a Sky Sox pitcher since August 8, 2010 (Alan Johnson) and the first complete game win since June 5, 2010 (Chaz Roe).
- Sky Sox outfielder Andrew Brown ended the first game in dramatic fashion with a walk-off home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh inning. Not only the first walk-off hit for a Sky Sox player, but it was also the first RBI for a Sky Sox DH this season
- After allowing 14 runs and 18 hits in the series opener against Las Vegas, the Sky Sox pitching staff held the 51s to five runs and 16 hits in the last three games of the series combined.
- Sky Sox infielder DJ LeMahieu had his team-high nine game hitting streak snapped in the second game of the doubleheader. LeMahieu hit .405 during the streak with a HR and 5 RBI.
Tonight’s Sky Sox Starter: Guillermo Moscoso (0-2, 11.05 ERA)
- Moscoso has only faced the Tucson Padres once in his three years in the PCL, in 2011 as a member of the Sacramento River Cats. Moscoso suffered the loss by giving up five earned runs, including a two-run home run in the first inning, in a 7-5 loss on April 25, 2011.
- Second start of 2012 lasted only 2.1 innings, with Moscoso giving up 12 hits, seven earned runs in the Sky Sox 5-15 loss at Tacoma April 11th.
- Lost first start of 2012, but struck out six Reno Aces and retired 10 of the last 12 batters he faced after giving up two runs in the first inning.
- While with the Oakland A’s last season, Moscoso ranked second among AL rookies in ERA and third in opponents batting average (.212), based on a minimum of 81.0 innings pitched, while also ranking fifth among AL rookies in wins, sixth in games started and innings pitched (128.0) and tied for eighth in strikeouts (74).
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 of last season (1)
- Last night’s starting pitcher Christian Friedrich and catcher Wil Nieves were two of the main factors in last night’s win, and did so with performances that were a bit unordinary based on their career statistics. In his first Triple-A win of his career Friedrich pitched 7.1 innings, only the second time he had pitched more than seven innings in a game in 78 career starts, and allowed no earned or unearned runs, a feat he had pulled off only twice in his last 52 MiLB starts dating back to the 2009 season. Nieves, who provided a clutch insurance run with his solo homer in the ninth inning, has only 53 home runs in 3,642 career minor league at-bats (one every 68 at-bats) and had only two home runs in 208 at-bats last season.
- DJ LeMahieu leads the PCL with five steals in the first six games of the season. The infielder had nine all of last season in 145 games across three levels with the Chicago Cubs (4 with Double-A Tennessee in 50 games, 5 with Triple-A Iowa in 58 games and none with the Cubs in 37 games).
Tonight’s Sky Sox starter: Guillermo Moscoso
- Lost first start of 2012, but struck out six Reno Aces and retired 10 of the last 12 batters he faced after giving up two runs in the first inning.
- Moscoso has faced the Rainiers once in his professional career, last year in the second game of the 2011 season for the Sacramento River Cats. In that start, the right-hander gave up an early run, the only run he allowed, in the first inning on an RBI triple by Matt Tuiasosopo. Moscoso allowed only three more baserunners the rest of his five-inning start after the first, getting the no decision in the Rainiers 3-1 win.
- Has a career Minor League record of 44-29 with a 3.19 ERA (676.2 IP, 240 ER) in 142 appearances and 103 starts.
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