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RedHawks Game Notes: June 16, 2014

June 16, 2014 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City RedHawks (38-33) vs. Las Vegas 51s (40-30)

Houston Astros vs. New York Mets

Game #72 of 144/Home #36 of 72 (17-18)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Nick Tropeano (4-4, 2.31) vs. LAS-RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-3, 4.47)

Monday, June 16, 2014 | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7:05 p.m. CT

Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, iHeartRadio - Alex Freedman

Today's Game: The RedHawks reach the halfway mark of their season tonight, playing their 72nd game of 2014 at 7:05 p.m. against the Las Vegas 51s at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Tonight's game concludes the four-game series and eight-game homestand.

Last Game: A six-run fifth inning by the RedHawks broke open Sunday's game, but they had to hold off a late charge by Las Vegas in an eventual 13-9 win at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Las Vegas scored first when Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered for a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. The RedHawks tied the game in the bottom of the frame. In the third, Kiké Hernandez hit a two-run homer as part of a four-run inning for OKC. The RedHawks added six more runs in the fifth inning, including a three-run homer by Gregorio Petit for an 11-1 lead. Las Vegas outscored the RedHawks, 8-2, in the final four innings. Leading 12-9 in the eighth, pinch-hitter Matt Duffy hit a RBI single for the 13th run of the night for OKC, setting a new season high. RedHawks starting pitcher Jake Buchanan (6-4) pitched seven innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits to earn his team-leading sixth win of the season. He walked one and struck out four. Recently promoted Andrew Robinson entered the game in the eighth with two outs and the tying run at the plate before retiring all four batters he faced to earn the save.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Nick Tropeano (4-4) looks for a third straight win in as many starts when he takes the mound tonight...He opened the current homestand with a win against Salt Lake last Monday. He allowed a two-run homer in the first inning, then answered by throwing six scoreless frames and facing the minimum over the remainder of his outing. He scattered four hits, walked one and struck out seven over seven innings...Tropeano ranks third in the PCL with both a 2.31 ERA and .194 opponent average, in addition to ranking fourth with a 0.96 WHIP...Tropeano has allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of his last eight outings, as well as in 11 of his last 12...Over his last six starts, Tropeano has posted a 1.83 ERA, a .174 opponent average, and has racked up 41 strikeouts with just seven walks in 39.1 innings. He had struck out just 18 batters (with 11 walks) over his first 27 innings...He's been outstanding at home, compiling a 1.82 ERA with a 34/7 strikeout-to-walk ratio in seven appearances (six starts)...Despite consistently pitching well, the RedHawks are just 4-6 in his starts and 5-8 in games he's appeared in...Tonight marks his first career meeting against Las Vegas.

Against the 51s: 2014: 2-1 2013: 1-3 All-time: 38-44 In OKC: 19-19

With a win tonight, the RedHawks will win the season series with Las Vegas for the first time since 2006. Over the past seven seasons, the 51s have won four series and the teams have split three times...The 51s won the 2013 series between the teams, 3-1, Aug. 8-11 in Las Vegas. The 51s outscored the RedHawks in the series 24-13...Las Vegas is making its first appearance in Bricktown since May 8-11, 2012. The 51s won two of three in a rain-shortened series. It was an extremely low-scoring series, with the teams combining for nine runs. The RedHawks scored just one run in each game...Over the past two seasons combined, the RedHawks batted .161 (35x217) against the 51s...Oklahoma City has won just two season series between the teams since joining the PCL in 1998.

Sunday Shootout: The RedHawks set a new season high with 13 runs yesterday, marking the most runs by the team since a 24-5 win Aug. 3, 2013 against Colorado Springs in Bricktown. It also set a new season high for the 51s pitching staff...The nine runs scored by Las Vegas were the most allowed by the RedHawks since a 12-10 win May 23 in Memphis.

Hit Parade: The RedHawks recorded 16 hits in Sunday's win, as eleven RedHawks batters collected at least one hit, led by L.J. Hoes who had a game-high three hits. It's the third time this season each member of the starting lineup hit safely (April 3 at Round Rock; June 8 at Omaha). The offense continued its recent surge, batting .320 (103x322) over the past eight games combined. After hitting .204 (10x49) with runners in scoring position through the first seven games of the homestand, the RedHawks went 9-for-15 yesterday.

Petit's Recent Push: Gregorio Petit extended his hitting streak to eight games Sunday with a three-run homer in the fifth inning. He is batting .419 (13x31) during the streak. Since May 29, he has hit safely in 12 of 13 games at a .412 (21x51) clip, ranking third-best in the PCL. The shortstop is batting .400 in June after a tough May in which he batted .202...Three of his last four home runs have been three-run homers. The only one that wasn't was his walk-off blast to win Friday's game.

Kiké to Success: Kiké Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a season-high three RBI yesterday. He's now hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games, batting .340 (19x56) with seven multi-hit games. He's been even hotter during a current five-game hitting streak, going 9-for-24 with five RBI. Since joining the RedHawks April 17, he is tied with Domingo Santana for the team lead with 62 hits.

Hoes Heating Up: L.J. Hoes is on a streak of four straight multi-hit games, going 10-for-16 (.625). During the first seven games of the current homestand, Hoes is 13-for-25 with five multi-hit games. He went just 6-for-37 through his first 10 games with OKC.

Born to Run: Austin Wates collected his 16th stolen base of the season last night. He ranks sixth in the PCL in the despite playing in just 36 games. Wates is 16-for-16 in his attempts, and over the past two seasons he is 31-for-32, including 20-for-20 with OKC.

Dinger Details: The RedHawks have homered in five straight games and totaled 12 dingers over the first seven games of the homestand...On the other hand, the RedHawks have allowed eight homers this homestand. They allowed just 10 over their first 28 home games. Their 48 home runs allowed this season is second-fewest in the PCL (Nashville - 47).

The Other Guys: The RedHawks are in the midst of a stretch of 16 straight games against Pacific Conference opponents, going 4-3 so far. Last season they went 19-13 against Pacific Conference teams, including 13-3 at home. All three losses were to Salt Lake.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)

DATE TIME OPPONENT OKC PITCHER(S) OPP. PITCHER

Tuesday, June 17 9:05 p.m. @ Reno LHP Rudy Owens (2-4, 5.20) TBA

Wednesday, June 18 9:05 p.m. @ Reno RHP David Martinez (5-4, 4.70) LHP Andrew Chafin (1-1, 5.81)

Thursday, June 19 9:05 p.m. @ Reno LHP Brett Oberholtzer (1-2, 4.88) RHP Bo Schultz (4-4, 5.33)

Friday, June 20 9:05 p.m. @ Reno RHP Mike Foltynewicz (5-4, 3.90) RHP Zeke Spruill (3-3, 5.86)

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