Oklahoma City RedHawks Game Notes
August 7, 2011 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Baseball Club News Release
RedHawks Continue Trip in Vegas-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks continue an eight-game roadtrip with the opener of a four-game series against the Tucson Padres tonight at 9:00 p.m. CT...The RedHawks are coming off a 2-2 series split at Las Vegas...OKC is 25-35 in road games during 2011...Oklahoma City enter Sunday fourth place in the American Southern division, 18.0 games behind first place Round Rock, and 6.0 games behind third place New Orleans...The Tucson Padres are third place in the Pacific Southern division, 16.5 games behind first place Sacramento...
Tonight's Probable Pitchers-- RedHawks starter Sergio Perez (21G, 20GS, 5-9, 4.29) makes his return to the rotation tonight, coming off a stint on the temporary inactive list...Perez last made an appearance on July 30 against Omaha, giving up four runs, two earned, and six hits over four and two-thirds innings without a decision...Perez snapped a string of six losing decisions in eight outings with a winning decision on July 25 against Memphis...Tucson starter John Van Benschoten (4GS, 1-3, 6.85) makes his fifth appearance with the Padres tonight...Van Benschoten has collected losing decisions in his last two outings, giving up five runs and 12 hits on July 28 vs. Colorado Springs and eight runs on nine hits on August 2 at Salt Lake...
Last Game: August 6- OKC RedHawks 6, Las Vegas 51s 5-- Anderson Hernandez was 3-for-4 with three RBI leading the Oklahoma City RedHawks to a 6-5 win over the Las Vegas 51s before 4,758 Saturday night at Cashman Field...Douglas Arguello (5-6) collected a relief win after 1.1 scoreless innings...Sean Henn (3-2) allowed the game-winning run in the eighth inning for the losing decision...Juan Abreu (1) saved the game with a scoreless ninth inning...The RedHawks built an early 3-0 lead with single runs in the first, second and fourth innings...Las Vegas took the lead with a four-run fourth inning...The RedHawks rallied for teh lead in a two-run sixth inning....The 51s tied the game in the seventh inning...Hernandez knocked in the game-winning run with an eighth inning single for a 6-5 final...
Perez, Rowland-Smith Active-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks have added Sergio Perez from the temporary inactive list for tonight's start in Tucson...In addition, Ryan Rowland-Smith has been activated from the disabled list, after spending three weeks in rehab in the Gulf Coast League following a smashed left index finger during a bunt attempt June 22 at Albuquerque...
Hernandez Rolling-- Anderson Hernandez collected a three-hit game last night in the win at Las Vegas, increasing a hitting streak to five games...Three of the five games have been multi-hit games...In addition, five of his last six hits have been extra-base hits...Hernandez is currently batting .288 with 5 HR and 41 RBI...Hernandez was locked in during the month of July, posting a .353 (30x85) average, and has improved in August with a .435 (10x23) mark...
Double Play Defense-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks lead the Pacific Coast League with 137 double plays...The next-closest teams are Salt Lake and Memphis with 130 double plays...Iowa is last in the PCL with 85 twin-killings...
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