RedHawks Game Notes for August 16
Published on August 16, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release
Salt Lake Bees (59-62) at Oklahoma City RedHawks (61-58)
Game 120 | Aug. 16, 2009, 4:05 pm CDT | AT&T Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, OK
Fox Sports Radio AM 1340, RedHawks Radio Network | Play-by-Play: Jim Byers & Adam Marco
Today's scheduled starting pitchers:
RH Elizardo Ramirez (7-10, 4.83) vs. RH Brad Salmon (4-4, 5.74)
TODAY: The Oklahoma City RedHawks continue their series with the Salt Lake Bees at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. OKC has won the first 2 games of the 4-game series. The RedHawks have won 4 straight for the first time since talking 5 in a row from July 20-24. OKC is second, 5 games back of Albuquerque in the American South. Salt Lake is tied for second in the American North, 4.5 back of Colorado Springs. OKC will start righthander Elizardo Ramirez, who has lost his last 3 starts while allowing 17 earned runs in 15 innings. Brad Salmon gets the start for the Bees.
RUNS IN BUNCHES: Each team scored its runs in single innings last night in OKC's 4-3 win. The RedHawks collected 4 runs on 2-RBI hits by Royce Huffman (double) and Casey Benjamin (single) in the fourth against Brad Knox. Salt Lake received its first hit of the series after 14.1 hitless frames when Chris Pettit singled in the sixth off Guillermo Moscoso (5-3) and scored on a 2-out double by Matt Brown. Brandon Wood and Freddy Sandoval added RBIs in the Bees' 3-run sixth. Moscoso went 5.2 innings for the win. Knox (6-8) pitched 5 innings in the loss. Warner Madrigal picked up his 16th save by working the ninth after setup work by Brian Gordon and Willie Eyre.
GETTING A JUMP: The RedHawks have scored the first run in 6 straight games dating to the start of the previous series at Fresno. OKC has won 5 of those 6 games and is 45-18 when scoring first. The RedHawks not trailed at any point in their last 4 games.
STREAKS START OVER: Royce Huffman's 11-game hitting streak ended on Friday and Joaquin Arias' 11-game streak was snapped last night. Huffman has still hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games dating to July 23, going 30-for-84 (.357) in that span. He maintains a 22-game home on-base streak and still has more doubles (26) than any other RedHawk has extra-base hits.
TRANSACTION RECAP: Texas purchased the contact of catcher Kevin Richardson prior to last night's game, his first trip to the major leagues. Also yesterday, Texas assigned RHP Jailen Peguero to the RedHawks after signing the former Arizona Diamondbacks reliever as a free agent. Max Ramirez was activated yesterday from OKC's DL. Ramirez hasn't played since June 30 because of left wrist soreness.
QUICKSAND: The RedHawks enter play today 5 games back of Albuquerque in the division race despite winning 5 of their last 6 and leveling their August record at 7-7. It's the 13th straight day OKC has been either 5 or 6 games back. The RedHawks have 25 games remaining and the Isotopes have 23 games left. Albuquerque's magic number to clinch the division is 20.
LOOKING AHEAD: Wednesday's game at The Brick during the Colorado Springs series is slated to feature two starting pitchers with 2009 no-hitters to their credit. The RedHawks are due to start Luis Mendoza, who no-hit Salt Lake on Friday, while the Sky Sox are due to start righthander Brandon Hynick, who tossed a 7-inning perfect game against Portland June 20.
NEW NAME FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: The Bricktown Showdown, which the PCL champion has won all three years its been played, is now the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game. The annual meeting of the playoff champions from the International and Pacific Coast Leagues takes place at Oklahoma City's AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Sept. 22 at 6 pm CDT and will be broadcast live again this season on ESPN2 and Westwood One radio.
Pacific Coast League Stories from August 16, 2009
- Buckner Shines In 5-2 Aces Win - Reno Aces
- Z's Fall Again, 5-3 - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Bowker's Big Night Lifts Fresno Past Sounds - Nashville Sounds
- Hughes, Two Relievers Shine In Royals' Two-Hit Shutout Of Beavers - Portland Beavers
- River Cats thump Redbirds - Memphis Redbirds
- Jeff Suppan To Make Rehab Start For Sounds Thursday - Nashville Sounds
- Angels option Willits to Salt Lake, Statia reassigned to Arkansas - Salt Lake Bees
- RedHawks Game Notes for August 16 - Oklahoma City Comets
- Aces edged by Express - Reno Aces
- Royals left-hander fans eight to hand Portland seventh straight defeat - Portland Beavers
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