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RedHawks Game Notes: June 20, 2014

June 20, 2014 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City RedHawks (41-34) vs. Reno Aces (41-33)

Houston Astros vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Game #76 of 144/Road #40 of 72 (23-16)

Pitching Probables: OKC-RHP Mike Foltynewicz (5-4, 3.90) vs. REN-RHP Zeke Spruill (3-3, 5.86)

Friday, June 20, 2014 | Aces Ballpark | Reno, Nev. | 9:05 p.m. CT

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

Today's Game: The RedHawks face the Reno Aces for the final time in 2014 at 9:05 p.m. Central time at Aces Ballpark. The RedHawks have won two of the first three games in the series.

Last Game: The RedHawks rebounded from Wednesday's late-inning loss with a 9-4 win Thursday over the Aces. Leading 1-0 in the second, the RedHawks had none on and two out before stringing three straight hits together, including a RBI single by Austin Wates to push the OKC lead to two runs. The RedHawks scored four runs on four hits in the fourth to take a 6-0 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Nick Ahmed plated a pair of runs with a double, pulling Reno within 6-2. Both teams scored in the sixth. Marc Krauss blooped a hit into shallow center field to score Kiké Hernandez, but Reno answered on a sac fly by Aaron Cunningham. OKC scored twice more with two outs in the seventh. Gregorio Petit smashed a RBI triple to right-center field, and Wates followed with a RBI single to match the team's largest lead of the night. Alfredo Marte cut the lead to 9-4 with a homer in the bottom of the frame. Jason Stoffel and Kevin Chapman held the Aces scoreless over the final two innings. Bobby Doran (2-4) limited the Aces to two runs over five innings to earn the win.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Mike Foltynewicz (5-4) looks to bounce back after picking up a loss in his previous outing...His streak of six consecutive quality starts came to an end Saturday against Las Vegas. He allowed six runs and a season-high seven hits over 4.2 innings. He walked three and struck out five. It was the first time since April 11 he allowed more than two runs (10 appearances/nine starts)...In the six starts prior to Saturday's outing, Foltynewicz went 3-2 with a 2.35 ERA and held opponents to a .172 average. He also struck out 44 batters over 38.1 innings...He leads the team with both 68 strikeouts and 30 walks, and his 9.13 strikeouts per nine innings ranks fifth in the PCL...He's recorded games of 12 and 10 strikeouts to become just the fourth pitcher in team history with multiple double-digit strikeout games in the same season...Foltynewicz has held opponents to two runs or fewer in 10 of his last 11 appearances, and over his last 10 starts, he is 5-3 with a 2.84 ERA with opponents batting .198...The RedHawks are 8-3 in his 11 starts and 10-4 in games he's pitched in...Tonight marks his first career meeting with Reno.

Against the Aces: 2014: 2-1 2013: 4-0 All-time: 15-8 In Reno: 5-6

The RedHawks have won seven of the last eight meetings...Last night ended a streak of seven straight games between the squads decided by one or two runs. Eight of the last 10 have been decided by one or two runs, with five by one run...The RedHawks swept the 2013 series, 4-0, in Bricktown July 30-Aug. 2, as part of the team's club-record 17-game home winning streak. Three of the four games were decided by one run...Reno won the very first series between the teams in 2009, but the RedHawks have won three of the last four season series with one split since...The RedHawks last visited Aces Ballpark May 17-20, 2012. The teams split the series while combining for 72 runs.

Road Warriors: The RedHawks won their league-leading 23rd road game of the season Thursday and have won four of their last five road contests. OKC has ensured at least a series split against Reno and has yet to lose any of the first 10 road series...A win tonight would give the RedHawks a road series win against a Pacific Conference opponent for the first time since taking three of four from Colorado Springs May 21-24, 2012. They have lost or split each of their last six road series out west (0-4-2).

Hit Parade: The RedHawks racked up 15 hits last night and have totaled 29 hits the past two games. Oklahoma City is batting .327 (153x468) over the past 13 games combined, tallying at least 11 hits 10 times. After hitting .204 (10x49) with runners in scoring position through the first six games of their recent homestand, OKC has hit .391 (27x69) with runners in scoring position over the last four games, including 15-for-32 the past two nights.

Petit's Recent Push: Gregorio Petit went 3-for-4 Thursday to match the longest hitting streak by a RedHawk this season at 12 games, previously done by Max Stassi and Kiké Hernandez. His career best is 13, April 26-May 18, 2009 while he was with Sacramento. Petit is batting .447 (21x47) during his current streak with three homers, 12 RBI and seven runs scored. Since May 29, he has hit safely in 17 of 18 games at a .433 (29x67) clip. The shortstop is batting .426 in June after a tough May in which he batted .202.

Hoes Heating Up: L.J. Hoes has hit safely in eight straight games, going 17-for-32 (.531) with seven multi-hit games. The 17 hits are the most in the Majors or Minors during that time (see side box). Over his last 11 games Hoes is batting .488 (20x41) after going 6-for-37 through his first 10 games with OKC.

Most Hits (Majors or Minors) Since 6/12

17 L.J. Hoes, OKC

16 Gregorio Petit, OKC

15 Kiké Hernandez, OKC

15 Gregory Polanco, Pittsburgh Pirates

Kiké to Success: Kiké Hernandez went 2-for-4 last night and set a season high with three runs scored. He has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, batting .370 (27x73) with 10 multi-hit games. He's also hit safely in eight of his last nine games, going 17-for-41 (.415) with seven multi-hit games and six RBI. Since joining the RedHawks April 17, Hernandez leads the team with 70 hits.

Heavy Wates: Austin Wates set a new season high with three RBI while tying a season high with three hits. Wates had recorded just six RBI for the season entering last night, and it marked his first game with three RBI since Aug. 18, 2012 with Double-A Corpus Christi at Springfield...He was also caught stealing for the first time this season. Wates was 18-for-18 in his attempts this season and 22-for-22 in his RedHawks career. He ranks tied for fourth in the league with 18 swipes despite playing in just 39 games.

No-K Corral: The RedHawks offense tied a season low with just one strikeout--and it occurred in the first inning. They also struck out just once May 12 vs. Colorado Springs...On other hand, the RedHawks pitching staff also tied a season low with two K's.

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