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Pre-Game Notes: Sugar Land vs. York

July 8, 2016 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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Sugar Land Skeeters (3-1, 35-35, 38-36) vs. York Revolution (1-3, 40-30, 41-33)

RHP Brett Marshall (0-2, 10.38 ERA) vs. RHP James Simmons (5-3, 4.32 ERA)

Friday, July 8, 2016 ‚¬Â¢ Constellation Field ‚¬Â¢ 7:05 p.m. CT ‚¬Â¢ ESPN 3

LAST TIME OUT: The Skeeters offensive outburst led to a 12-4 rout of the Revolution on Thursday night. Aaron Thompson had a solid outing with six strong innings of work. Thompson only allowed two runs on eight hits with nine strikeouts and a walk.

SECOND HALF: Sugar Land is 3-1 in the second half and still holds a half game lead over Lancaster for 1st place in the Freedom Division.

ALL- TIME AGAINST YORK: Sugar Land is 56-35 against York all-time (26-16 at Constellation Field, 30-19 at PeoplesBank Park).

2016 AGAINST YORK: The Skeeters are 6-5 against York this season (3-1 at Constellation Field, 3-4 at PeoplesBank Park)

HAGUE HOMERS: With Ricky Hague's solo blast against York Thursday night, he tied his minor league career high in homers (8) which was set in 2013 w/ AA Harrisburg (WAS). Hague is also on a tear at the plate, including his 4-5 outing last night against York. Over the last 10 G, Hague is batting .303 (13-43), HR, 5 RBI. Hague is also hitting .370 (10-27) in the month of July.

RODRIGUEZ KEEPS ROLLING: Wilfredo extended his hitting-streak to 6 consecutive games on Thursday night and is batting .393 (9-23), HR, 6 RBI over that stretch.

THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Johan Limonta has been productive for the Skeeters since coming off the DL, hitting .363 (4-11), RBI in his three games back. He's also seen some major production at home this season, batting .362 (17-47), 4 RBI in 16 home games.

BARFIELD AND THE REVOLUTION: Besides being one of the Skeeters best hitters in 2016, Barfield has found a lot of success particularly against York pitching. In 10 G against the Revolution, Barfield is batting .384 (15-39), 1 HR, 9 RBI. Barfield is also having a solid July, batting .304 (7-24), HR, 3 RBI in 7 G.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: On Friday afternoon, the Skeeters announced the retirement of OF Ben Guez who appeared in 10 G for the Skeeters in 2016. The Skeeters also activated starting pitcher, Brett Marshall.

TEXAS CONNECTS: The Skeeters have seven players on the roster who hail from the great state of Texas including Jeremy Barfield (Born in Houston, TX, attended local San Jacinto College), Roy Merritt (Born in Houston, TX, attended Nimitz HS in Irving, TX), Ricky Hague (Born in Houston, TX, attended Rice University), Beamer Weems (Attended Baylor University), Patrick Palmeiro (Born in Colleyville, TX, attended Colleyville Heritage High School), Aaron Thompson (Attended Second Baptist HS, Houston, TX) and Brett Marshall (Born in Highlands, TX, attended Ross S. Sterling HS in Baytown, TX).

TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL: The Skeeters currently have nine players on the 2016 roster with Major League experience, which includes: Sean Gallagher (CHC, OAK, SD, PIT) Andy Laroche (LAD, PIT, OAK, TOR), Chris Rearick (SD), Robbie Weinhardt (DET), Delwyn Young (PIT, LAD), and Josh Prince (Milwaukee) and Aaron Thompson (MIN), Ryan Mattheus (LAA, WAS, CIN) and Dan Runzler (SFG).

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