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RedHawks Game Notes - August 9, 2011

Published on August 9, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City RedHawks (52-65) vs. Tucson Padres (53-63)

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres

Game #118 of 144/Road #63 of 72 (27-35)

Pitching Probables: OKC-LH Dallas Keuchel vs. TUC-LH Rob Musgrave

Tuesday August 9, 2011 | Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium | Tucson, Ariz. | 9:00 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio - J.P. Shadrick-play-by-play, Darren Headrick- Pre-game, Post-game

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

Wednesday, August 10 at Tucson Padres (SD): OKC-LH J.A. Happ vs. TUC-RH Samuel Deduno - 9:00 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Thursday, August 11 OFF - Travel to Oklahoma City

Friday, August 12 vs. Colorado Springs (COL): OKC-RH Henry Sosa vs. CSP-RH Edgar Gonzalez - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Saturday, August 13 vs. Colorado Springs (COL): OKC-RH Lucas Harrell vs. CSP-RH Billy Buckner - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Saturday, August 14 vs. Colorado Springs (COL): OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken vs. CSP-RH Greg Reynolds - 4:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

RedHawks Continue Trip in Tucson-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks continue an eight-game roadtrip with game three 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 27-35 in road games during 2011...Oklahoma City enter Tuesday fourth place in the American Southern division, 16.0 games behind first place Round Rock, and 5.0 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-- LH Dallas Keuchel (1GS, 0-1, 29.70) will make the start tonight for OKC, his second in Triple-A...Keuchel's Triple-A debut came on August 4, giving up 11 earned runs and 12 hits over 3.1 innings...Keuchel made 20 starts in Double-A Corpus Christi, posting a 9-7 record and 3.17 ERA with 27 BB and 76 strikeouts...Tucson starter Rob Musgrave (3GS, 0-0, 5.52) makes his fourth start tonight for Tucson...With Double-A San Antonio, Musgrave made 23 appearances (12 starts) with a 7-2 record and 3.30 ERA...Tonight is Musgrave's fourth consecutive start, as he has moved in and out of the starting rotation for Tucson...

Last Game: August 8- OKC RedHawks 10, Tucson Padres 2-- Drew Locke hit two home runs with six RBI leading the Oklahoma City RedHawks to a 10-2 win over the Tucson Padres before 1,691 Monday night at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium...Andy Van Hekken (7-4) allowed two earned runs and seven hits over seven innings for the winning decision, while the RedHawks sent Padres starter Jeremy Hefner (8-6) to the loss with nine runs and 11 hits over 6.0 innings...Drew Locke hit a first inning three-run home run, a third inning two-run home run and a sixth inning RBI double...Anderson Hernandez and Brett Wallace each added a pair of hits...

Hernandez Continues Run-- Anderson Hernandez went 2x6 last night, increasing his current hitting streak to seven games...Five of the seven games have been multi-hit games...Hernandez is currently batting .296 with 5 HR and 42 RBI...Hernandez was locked in during the month of July, posting a .353 (30x85) average, and has improved in August with a .472 (17x36) mark...

Delome Streaking Also-- Collin Delome went 1x5 last night, improving a hitting streak to eight consecutive games...Delome has been the primary top of the order hitter since the promotion of J.B. Shuck to Houston...

Van Hekken Still Second in ERA-- Andy Van Hekken allowed two runs over seven innings last night lowering his second-best ERA from 3.27 to 3.22...Omaha's Luis Mendoza still paces the league with a 2.26 ERA...

Drew Locke 6 RBI-- Drew Locke collected a RedHawks season-high six RBI last night, the second RedHawks hitter with five or more RBI in 2011...Brian Dopirak collected five RBI on May 1 at New Orleans...

Double Play Defense-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks turned three double plays last night, extending the Pacific Coast League lead with 141 double plays...The next-closest teams are Salt Lake and Memphis with 134 double plays...Iowa is last in the PCL with 86 twin-killings...

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