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Sky Sox Offense Struggles in 3-1 Loss

August 8, 2016 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox News Release


COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Colorado Springs Sky Sox offense scored first, but could muster little after that as they fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers 3-1 on Monday night at Werner Park.

The game got off to a tough start for the Sky Sox. In the first inning, a pitch from Omaha starter Jake Junis (1-0, 1.29) came up high and hit Sky Sox first baseman Garrett Cooper. After being looked at by the Sky Sox trainer, Cooper walked off the field under his own power. Brandon Macias pinch-ran for Cooper and remained in the game.

Leading off the third inning, Yadiel Rivera crushed the first pitch he saw from Junis over the left field wall for a solo home run, his second of the season, to give the Sky Sox a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom half, the Storm Chasers got even against Sky Sox starter Josh Hader (0-4, 5.40). With runners on second and third with one out, Reymond Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Dusty Coleman to tie the game at one.

Ramon Torres led off the fifth with a double against Hader. After moving to third on a sacrifice bunt, Torres came home to score on a sacrifice fly from White Merrifield to give Omaha a 2-1 lead after five.

With two outs in the sixth, Lewis Brinson singled to center to extend his Sky Sox hitting streak to seven games since joining the club following his trade from the Texas Rangers. Unfortunately for the Sky Sox, Brinson was caught stealing to end the inning one batter later.

Omaha added another run in the sixth off Hader as Hunter Dozier doubled off the left field wall to score Jorge Bonifacio and extend the Storm Chasers lead to 3-1. Later in the inning, Tim Dillard came out of the Sky Sox bullpen with one out and runners on base and retired the only two batters he faced to end the inning.

Hader finished his start with three earned runs against on four hits while walking four and striking out six in five and one third innings pitched. He suffered his fourth loss of the season.

In the seventh, Ben Rowen entered for the Sky Sox and pitched a scoreless inning in his Sky Sox debut to keep his new team within a pair of runs. Austin Ross came out of the bullpen in the eighth and did the same to keep the Omaha lead at 3-1 going to the ninth inning.

For Omaha, Junis pitched seven innings, and relievers Kevin McCarthy and Malcolm Culver came on to pitch the final two innings to finish the victory. Junis earned his first win of the season and Culver earned his fifth save of the year in the win.

In game three of the series on Tuesday night, Hiram Burgos (5-9, 5.16) is scheduled to start for the Sky Sox against Christian Binford (2-9, 5.79) First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. MDT at Werner Park.

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