PCL1 Oklahoma City Comets

RedHawks Game Notes

Published on May 4, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Oklahoma City RedHawks (15-10) vs. Omaha Royals (13-11)

Game 26 | May 4, 2010, 6:35 pm CDT | Rosenblatt Stadium | Omaha, NE

1340 AM Fox Sports, RedHawks Radio Network | Play-by-Play: Jim Byers

LH Derek Holland (3-1, 0.53) vs. RH Gaby Hernandez (2-1, 6.49)

TONIGHT: The Oklahoma City RedHawks will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season, 3 games, in the second of a 4-game series in Omaha. The Royals took the series opener 4-2 last night, limiting OKC to 4 singles to match the RedHawks' season low. OKC remains in first place in the American South, 1 game up on Albuquerque. Omaha is second in the American North, 3.5 back of Nashville. Derek Holland, who sports the lowest ERA above Class A (see table below), will start for OKC tonight in his first career appearance against Omaha. Righthander Gaby Hernandez gets the start for the Royals.

SETTING THE PACE: OKC leads the PCL with 148 runs, 13 more than second place Albuquerque. The RedHawks share the league lead with Las Vegas in home runs (27), while first in triples (13) and second in on-base percentage (.362) and slugging (.463). OKC is third in team batting (.288).

FROM THE MOUND: OKC's 3.27 ERA is second behind Nashville's 3.06. Derek Holland leads the PCL in ERA at 0.53, while Michael Kirkman is eighth at 2.12. Brandon McCarthy, on the DL with a stress reaction in his right shoulder, is 10th at 2.51.

CASE FOR THE DEFENSE: OKC has made 11 errors in its last 6 games (at least 1 in each contest), going 2-4 in that span while allowing 11 unearned runs. For the season, the RedHawks are 7-8 in games with an error and 8-2 when error-free.

HIGHEST/LOWEST PCL UNEARNED RUN TOTALS TO DATE:

Most UER: Fewest UER:

Sacramento 35 Fresno 3

OKC 22 Salt Lake 5

Memphis 21 Iowa 6

SALTY STREAK: Jarrod Saltalamacchia owns a 10-game hitting streak, the best by a RedHawk this year. During the streak, Saltalamacchia is 16-for-39 (.410) with 3 homers and 9 RBIs.

FROSTY HEATING UP: Emerson Frostad extended his hitting streak to 6 games last night. During the streak, Frostad is 7-for-19 (.368) with 3 RBIs...Frostad has played in 5 straight games, twice appearing as a substitute, after appearing in only 5 of the team's first 20.

TRACKING TRACY: Chad Tracy is second in the PCL in total bases (57) and extra-base hits (14), trailing Las Vegas' Brett Wallace in both categories. Tracy is fourth in the league in RBIs (21), tied for fourth hits (30) and homers (6) and tied for seventh in slugging (.620). Tracy had a 16-game on-base streak snapped last night. That matches the PCL's longest of the year.

ODDS AND ENDS: Esteban German is tied for the PCL lead in runs scored with 20...RedHawks hitters went from their second-highest single-game hit total, 17 on Sunday, to equaling their low hit total with 4 last night...OKC pitching has allowed 39 hits in the last 3 games.

HOLLAND'S ERA THIRD: Derek Holland's 0.53 ERA ranks third in all of professional baseball (majors and minors) among those with enough innings to qualify for the ERA race in their particular league.

PITCHER ERA TEAM, LEAGUE IP

Craig Westcott 0.00 San Jose (Class A California) 18.0

Scott Schneider 0.39 Quad Cities (Class A Midwest) 23.0

Derek Holland 0.53 OKC (Class AAA PCL) 33.2

UPCOMING PROBABLES:

Date Opponent Oklahoma City Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Radio

Wed. May 5 @ Omaha LH Michael Kirkman 3-0, 2.12 RH Luis Mendoza 0-0, 3.00 1340 Fox Sports

Thursday May 6 @ Omaha RH Guillermo Moscoso 1-2, 4.30 RH Bryan Bullington 2-0, 1.63 1340 Fox Sports

Friday May 7 @ Iowa LH Michael Ballard 2-0, 4.33 RH Thomas Diamond 1-0, 1.65 KTOK AM 1000

Saturday May 8 @ Iowa RH Tommy Hunter 0-0, 0.00 RH Casey Coleman 2-2, 3.69 KTOK AM 1000

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