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May 10, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Oklahoma City RedHawks (10-17) at Round Rock Express (14-16)

Game 28 | May 10, 2009, 2:05 pm | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX

Fox Sports Radio AM 1340, RedHawks Radio Network | Play-by-Play: Jim Byers

Today's scheduled starting pitchers:

RH Elizardo Ramirez (0-3, 3.38) vs. RH Yorman Bazardo (2-2, 5.73)

TODAY: The RedHawks' lineup is expected to include 2008 American League MVP candidate Josh Hamilton as the 27-year-old outfielder begins a brief medical rehab assignment in game 3 of a series with the Round Rock Express. The RedHawks are toiling through a season-high 4-game losing streak and have dropped 7 of their last 8. OKC has fallen to a season-high 3 1/2 games back of the lead in the American South Division and occupies the fourth and final spot in the division. OKC is tied with Las Vegas for the league's fewest wins with 10. Round Rock is second in the division, 1 game back of Albuquerque. Righthander Elizardo Ramirez will start for the RedHawks. Ramirez is the last OKC starter to see the seventh inning or start a game OKC won, as he went 6.1 innings in a no decision on Monday. In 4 games since, the longest RedHawk start has been 5 innings. Righthander Yorman Bazardo gets the call for the Express. It will be his first career start against the RedHawks.

Road Trip Stats

AVG. G AB H R HR BB SO SB CS

OKC Hitting .288 2 73 21 11 2 8 11 2 0

ERA W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR

OKC Pitching 7.88 0-2 16.0 28 18 14 2 14 1

LAST NIGHT: Round Rock extended the RedHawks' losing streak to 4 games with a 6-1 win on Saturday before 12,223 fans at Dell Diamond. Bud Norris (1-2) allowed 1 unearned run in 6.1 innings for the win. Luis Mendoza (2-1) was charged with 4 runs (3 earned) in 4.1 innings for the loss as Round Rock out-hit OKC 10-5. The Express took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth inning and added 3 in the fifth. Max Ramirez's sacrifice fly in the sixth put OKC on the board, but the Express countered with a run in the seventh to complete the scoring and go up 2-0 in the series.

Josh Hamilton L-L 6-4, 235 Born: May 21, 1981, Raleigh, NC

Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is expected to begin a Major League rehab assignment today. Hamilton is on the Rangers' 15-day DL with a strained intercostal muscle in his left rib cage area. He was placed on the DL May 1, retroactive to April 27, and is eligible to return on Tuesday when Texas begins a series at home against Seattle. Hamilton sustained the injury running into the outfield wall at Toronto's Rogers Centre on April 21. He attempted to play for several days before finally going on the DL after a pinch-hit at bat April 26. Hamilton's Texas Rangers Media Guide bio will be available in the press box.

Here are some 2008 highlights from the Rangers' guide:

n Last season was his first with Texas and first as an everyday major leaguer after playing 90 games for Cincinnati in 2007 in his major league debut.

n Acquired from Cincinnati for pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Ray Herrera on Dec. 21, 2007.

n Batted .304 with 32 home runs, 130 RBIs and 35 doubles. Led the A.L. in RBIs and tied for the lead in total bases (331) while being named a starter for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

n Named A.L. Player of the Month for April and May, the first American Leaguer honored in each of the first two months of a season since the award's inception in 1974.

n Voted Rangers Player of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the BBWAA, named the Player's Choice Award winner as the A.L.'s outstanding player and chosen as a Silver Slugger. n Finished seventh in A.L. MVP voting.

n Led all three Triple Crown categories through games of June 2, the first time an American Leaguer had led that deep into the season since Boston's Manny Ramirez topped all three through games of June 3, 2001.

n Hit 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby, the most ever in the event's opening round. Eventually lost in the final round to Minnesota's Justin Morneau.

n Had 2 grand slams (April 30, K.C.'s Brian Bannister; May 27, T.B.'s J.P. Howell) and one walk-off homer (July 9, Los Angeles-AL's Francisco Rodriguez).

UPCOMING PROBABLES:

Date Opponent Oklahoma City Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Radio

Monday May 11 @ Round Rock LH Michael Ballard 1-2, 5.40 RH Jose Capellan 1-5, 10.16 FOX AM 1340

Tuesday May 12 Portland RH Tommy Hunter 0-1, 5.40 LH Cesar Ramos 1-2, 3.82 KTOK AM 1000

Wed. May 13 Portland RH Doug Mathis 1-2, 4.37 RH Matt Buschmann 1-3, 9.11 FOX AM 1340

Thursday May 14 Portland RH Luis Mendoza 2-1, 1.84 LH Wade LeBlanc 0-2, 5.34 KTOK AM 1000

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