Omaha Chases Sox Pitching in Blowout

Published on June 8, 2015 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox News Release


COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox were denied their fourth straight win on Monday night, suffering a 14-2 blowout defeat at the hands of the defending PCL champion Storm Chasers before a crowd of 4,654 at Werner Park in Omaha.

Omaha scored early and much too often for Sox starter Tyler Thornburg (1-3, 5.19), tagging him for eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits and three walks over just 2.2 innings of work. The greatest single blow to the right-hander's outing was Cheslor Cuthbert's one out, three-run home run in the home second that gave Omaha a then 7-0 lead to cap the frame's scoring.

Nick Additon took over Thornburgh to finish out the third, tossing four total innings in relief. The lefty allowed five runs of his own on seven hits and a home run in an outing just slightly better than that of the team's starter. The long ball came courtesy of nine-hole hitter Dusty Coleman, a solo shot that began an ugly seventh inning for Additon. He would allow four hits, three for extra bases, while recording two outs with runners on second and third before being replaced by Jed Bradley. The 2011 first rounder could not completely limit the damage, allowing consecutive base hits that permitted his inherited runners to score. Omaha would finish the innings with four runs crossing the plate, giving them a 13-0 after seven.

The Sky Sox got their only shot of offense in the very next frame, scoring two on the strength of Matt Clark's 10th home run of the season. The two-run shot came on Buddy Baumann's first pitch immediately following Elian Herrera's one out single.

Now trailing 13-2, Bradley came on for Omaha's final turn at the plate in the bottom of the eighth. The Storm Chasers capped their 19-hit outburst with an Orland Calixte solo home run to leadoff the frame. Bradley settled down to retire the next three batters in order, sending the Sox to the top of ninth trailing 14-2.

Right-hander Michael Mariot finished the Sky Sox night in a 1-2-3 inning against the bottom of the Colorado Springs lineup, securing the 14-2 win for Omaha in game three of the series.

Herrera and Clark led the way offensively for the Sox with Herrera adding three base hits and a run scored to Clark's two-run shot. Eight Storm Chasers hitters collected multi-hit games with seven notching multiple RBIs in the offensive onslaught .

With the loss, the Sky Sox fall to 23-33 as Omaha improves to 30-29.

Coming off an excellent start, Josh Roenicke (3-2 4.35) will look to lead the Sox to a series victory against 2014 first rounder Brandon Finnegan (0-1, 6.48) and the Storm Chasers. First pitch is set for 6:05 PM MDT on Tuesday night from Werner Park.

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