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RedHawks Game Notes

Published on August 11, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City RedHawks (57-58) at Fresno Grizzlies (64-53)

Game 116 | Aug. 11, 2009, 9:05 pm CDT | Chukchansi Park | Fresno, CA

News Radio 1000 KTOK, RedHawks Radio Network | Play-by-Play: Jim Byers

Tonight's scheduled starting pitchers:

RH Bryan Corey (5-5, 5.51) vs. RH Matt Kinney (7-10, 5.36)

TONIGHT: The RedHawks take on the Fresno Grizzlies in the third of a 4-game series at Chukchansi Park in the only series of the year between these clubs. Fresno leads the series 2-1 after a 6-3 win last night. OKC is 2-4 on the current 8-game trip to the league's two California cities. Righthander Bryan Corey, a winner after tossing 7 shutout innings in Sacramento on Thursday, gets the start for the RedHawks. Righty Matt Kinney goes for the Grizzlies, who are second, 8.5 games back of Sacramento, in the Pacific South. Fresno is still tied with Albuquerque for the second-best record in the PCL behind Sacramento's 72-44 mark. OKC is second, 6 games behind Albuquerque in the American South Division.

Road Trip Stats

AVG. G AB H R HR BB SO SB CS

OKC Hitting .251 6 211 53 22 3 27 60 2 2

ERA W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR

OKC Pitching 4.89 2-4 53.1 54 30 29 16 28 5

FIRST AND LONG: For the second straight game, the RedHawks scored all their runs in the first inning in last night's 6-3 loss at Chukchansi Park. A 3-run homer by Chris Davis provided all the offense, in the same manner a 2-run shot by Dustin Majewski was OKC's lone production in the opening inning of Sunday's 2-1 win. OKC has scored all its runs in one inning in 3 straight games, dating to a 4-run second in Saturday's 11-4 loss at Sacramento. The last time the RedHawks scored after the second inning was on Friday, when a 2-run ninth tied the game 3-3 and forced extra innings in an eventual 4-3 defeat in 12.

DAVIS DISPLAYS POP: Chris Davis' home run last night was his fifth as a RedHawk since being optioned July 6, but his first since July 23. Davis, who hit 15 with Texas this year, had gone 13 games without a home run (62 ABs) and snapped a string of 13 games without an RBI.

HOME RUN HAPPENINGS: The RedHawks have hit the fewest home runs in the PCL (60) and allowed the fewest (74). Chris Davis' 3-run shot last night was the RedHawks' sixth 3-run homer of the year, each by a different player. The RedHawks have 4 grand slams, two by Kevin Richardson and one each by Joaquin Arias and Nate Gold. Fresno has 3 home runs from its 13 hits in this series, including a pair of 2-run shots last night by Buster Posey and John Bowker.

ONLY A NUMBER: In the first two games of this series, the losing team has out-hit the winner. Fresno out-hit OKC 8-7 on Sunday and the RedHawks had 10 hits to Fresno's 5 last night. For the season, OKC is 42-5 when out-hitting the opposition, 11-49 when out-hit and 4-4 when the hit total is even.

OUCH: OKC pitching has plunked 6 batters during this trip and has at least one hit batsman in 3 straight. The RedHawks are second in the league with 54 hit batters, 3 fewer than Iowa.

LOADED QUESTION: OKC failed to score with the bases loaded and nobody out last night, the third time that's happened in the past 3 games. On Saturday at Sacramento it happened in the third and sixth innings. Since Kevin Richardson's grand slam on Thursday in Sacramento, OKC has gone 1-for-10 with 4 strikeouts, a double play and a triple play with the bases jammed.OKC is hitless in its last 6 at bats with the bases loaded since a 2-run double by Joaquin Arias on Saturday.

STREAKING: Royce Huffman owns the RedHawks' best current hitting streak (9 games), during which he's 13-for-36 (.361) with 1 homer and 2 RBIs. Huffman has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games dating to July 23, going 26-for-70 (.371) in that span. He has more doubles (25) than any other RedHawk has extra-base hits. Joaquin Arias has an 8-game hitting streak, going 15-for-34 (.441) with 2 homers and 6 RBIs. Chris Davis has a 7-game hitting streak, including 3 straight 2-hit games, going 10-for-25 (.400) with 1 homer and 3 RBIs.

UPCOMING PROBABLES:

Date Opponent Oklahoma City Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Radio

Wed. Aug. 12 @ Fresno RH Kris Benson 2-2, 5.06 LH Steve Hammond 8-9, 5.58 KTOK AM 1000

Thursday Aug. 13 Off day

Friday Aug. 14 Salt Lake RH Luis Mendoza 5-4, 4.50 RH Dan Denham 9-7, 5.20 KTOK AM 1000

Saturday Aug. 15 Salt Lake RH Guillermo Moscoso 4-3, 1.89 RH Brad Knox 6-7, 5.63 KTOK AM 1000

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