Omaha Storm Chasers July 6th Game Notes
Published on July 6, 2014 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Omaha Storm Chasers News Release
LAST NIGHT'S LOSS: Omaha suffered their seventh loss in the last eight games, and clinched their fourth series loss in their last five series, after they racked up five series wins in the previous six series. Omaha and New Orleans are the PCL only teams without multiple July wins.
A GOOD START: Clay Mortensen will make his first home start of 2014 today (one relief appearance of Bruce Chen on June 8), and he has posted the second lowest ERA (1.39) in the PCL since he joined the Chasers on May 28 (Jimmy Nelson of Nashville has a 1.37 ERA in that stretch).
BRINGIN THE PENA: Francisco Pena continues to add to his career high home run total as he hit his team-leading 15th long ball of the season. Pena's previous career high for round- trippers was nine (set last year). His 15 homers this year nearly match his total from the last two seasons combined (16). In his 122 games in the PCL with Omaha/Las Vegas in the last two years, Pena has totaled 24 homers, with just 31 homers in 526 games at any other professional level.
SKY SOCKED: Colorado Springs has now taken eight of the last ten games against the Storm Chasers dating back to the 2012 season. The Sky Sox are the only PCL team Omaha does not have more than two wins against in the last two and a half seasons. Omaha has already lost their first home series as new divisional rivals with Colorado Springs, matching their total in 14 home series when Omaha and Colorado Springs were in the same division in the 1998-2004 seasons.
BASE CHASERS: Omaha leads all of Triple-A with 98 steals, and with two more stolen bases they will total 100 or more steals for the fourth consecutive season. Omaha did not reach 100 stolen bases from 2003-2010 after they stole 173 in 2002 (their PCL high). Only four teams in the PCL (Omaha, Oklahoma City, Reno, Salt Lake) have 100+ steals in each of the last four years.
WORST SINCE BEST: Back on June 17, Omaha was tied for the best record in the league at 41-31, but since then they have the worst record to start the 2nd half in the PCL at 4-13.
NO HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: Omaha has lost a season high four straight home games, and with a loss today they will match the longest home losing streak at Werner Park (five games twice, one July 15-19, 2012 and the other on May 8 and May 19-22, 2011).
STRIKEOUT STORM: Omaha has three straight games with 10+ strikeouts, their season high for consecutive games. The Chasers had streaks of four games four different times in 2013.
RUN THE NUMBERS: Omaha has been held to less than five runs in six straight games, which matches a season high (May 19-23 was their first six-game streak of less than five).
Pacific Coast League Stories from July 6, 2014
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- Isotopes Split Series with Division-Leading 51s After 12-1 Loss - Albuquerque Isotopes
- Homers Fuel Iowa in 5-4 Win - Oklahoma City Comets
- Series Sweep Leads Redbirds to Season-High Four Straight Wins - Memphis Redbirds
- Redbirds Sweep Zephyrs out of Town - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Sky Sox Fall to Storm Chasers 7-2, But Still Win Series - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- Former Isotopes INF Dee Gordon Named to National League All-Star Team - Albuquerque Isotopes
- Chihuahuas Rally to Steal One from Salt Lake - Salt Lake Bees
- Chihuahuas Roar Back, Top Salt Lake 12-10 - El Paso Chihuahuas
- Fields Smashes Omaha Past Sky Sox in Series Finale - Omaha Storm Chasers
- Blake Parker Recalled by Chicago - Iowa Cubs
- INF Grider Joins Isotopes, INF Triunfel Recalled to Los Angeles - Albuquerque Isotopes
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- Capuano Strong in Debut, Sky Sox Win Fifth Straight, 5-2 - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- River Cats Fall to Aces, 12-4 - Sacramento River Cats
- De Paula, Berken And Hembree Combine To Quiet Tacoma - Fresno Grizzlies
- Omaha Squanders Scoring Chances in Loss - Omaha Storm Chasers
- Isotopes Split Doubleheader with Las Vegas, Drop Game Two 6-3 - Albuquerque Isotopes
- Cubs Have Hard Time in Bricktown - Iowa Cubs
- Grube Leads Bees to Victory over the Chihuahuas - Salt Lake Bees
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