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RedHawks Game Notes - September 5, 2011

Published on September 5, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


New Orleans Zephyrs (69-73) vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks (67-75)

Florida Marlins vs. Houston Astros

Game #143 of 143/Home #72 of 72 (35-36)

Pitching Probables: NOLA-RH Elih Villanueva vs. OKC-LH Dallas Keuchel

Monday September 5, 2011 | RedHawks Field at Bricktown | Oklahoma City, Okla.| 11:05 a.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)

---END OF REGULAR SEASON--- Opening Day 2012--Thursday April 5, 2012 vs. Memphis Redbirds (STL), 7:05 p.m.

RedHawks Finish 2011 Season-- The RedHawks finish the 2011 regular season with an 11:05 a.m. matinee against the New Orleans Zephyrs...The Zephyrs lead the current series 2-1...The RedHawks must win today to secure a .500 home record in 2011...

Tonight's Probable Pitchers-- RedHawks starter Dallas Keuchel (6GS, 0-1, 9.00) makes the regular season finale start...Keuchel faced New Orleans on August 30, giving up five earned runs and seven hits in five and two-thirds innings without a decision...Keuchel started the season with Double-A Corpus Christi, making 20 starts with a 9-7 record and 3.17 ERA...Zephyrs starter Elih Villanueva (27GS, 7-10, 5.38) makes another start against OKC, his fourth against the RedHawks in 2011 (3GS, 0-2, 4.74)...Villanueva last started on August 30 against OKC, giving up four runs and five hits in six innings without a decision...

Last Game: Sept. 4 - NOLA Zephyrs 3, OKC RedHawks 2-- Joe Thurston hit a two-run home run in the third inning, his third home run of the series, leading the Zephyrs to a 3-2 win over the RedHawks before 5,436 Sunday afternoon in Bricktown...Chris Sampson (9-2) took the win, giving up one earned run and six hits in seven innings...Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-10) gave up three earned runs and seven hits in six and two-thirds innings...Dan Jennings (2) saved the game wiht a scoreless 1.1 innings...Drew Locke hit a first inning solo home run and a third inning sacrifice fly, pacing the RedHawks offensive attack...

Hernandez Streak Snapped at 30-- Anderson Hernandez snapped his hitting streak at 30 games with an 0x5 game Saturday...Hernandez flied to left in the first inning, popped to centerfield in the third, grounded out to short in the fifth inning, hit a comebacker to the mound in the seventh and struckout in the eighth inning... Hernandez posted a .385 (50x130) average during the streak, raising his season pace from .277 to .305...He recorded multi-hit efforts in 13 of the 30 games...The streak is the longest by an OKC player since the franchise joined the Pacific Coast League in 1998....The PCL record for consecutive games batted safely in a single season is 61 by Joe DiMaggio of San Francisco May 28-July 25, 1933...

Longest Streaks in PCL History (Courtesy Pacific Coast League)

1. Joe DiMaggio 61 May 28-July 25, 1933 - San Francisco Seals

2. Jack Ness 49 May 31-July 21, 1915 - Oakland Oaks

3. Jim Oglesby 44 1933 - Los Angeles Angels

4. Joey Cora 37 1989 - Las Vegas Stars

5. Frank Baumholtz 33 1950 - Los Angeles Angels

John Dickshot 33 1943 - Hollywood Stars

6. David Doster 32 2004 - Fresno Grizzlies

7. Kevin Hooper 31 2002 - Calgary Cannons

Pedro Guerrero 31 1979 - Albuquerque Dukes

8. Jose Tolentino 30 1990 - Tucson Toros

Anderson Hernandez 30 2011 - Oklahoma City RedHawks

RedHawks Roster-- The 2011 Oklahoma City RedHawks had 67 different players over the course of the season, including Major League rehab assignments...The RedHawks had 31 different position players and 36 different pitchers...

Howling at the Moon-- Ross Wolf has allowed only five runs - all unearned - over his last 12 outings...Wolf also ranks fourth in the Pacific Coast League with 56 appearances (Jim Miller, CSP, 65)...

Too Close for Comfort-- The RedHawks have played in 55 one-run games in 2011, posting a 28-27 (.509) record in one run finals, the seventh best percentage in the PCL...The RedHawks have the second most one-run victories behind Sacramento (30), but they own the fourth most one-run losses in the league...New Orleans ranks sixth, just ahead OKC with a 25-22 (.532) record in one-run games...

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