RedHawks Game Notes
Published on July 14, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release
Oklahoma City RedHawks (39-52) vs. Iowa Cubs (41-50)
Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs
Game #92 of 144/Road #49 of 72 (20-28)
Pitching Probables: OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken vs. IOWA-RH Nick Struck
Thursday July 14, 2011 | Principal Park | Des Moines, Iowa | 7:05 p.m. CT
Radio: KGHM AM-1340 The Game, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio - J.P. Shadrick-play-by-play, Darren Headrick- Pre-game, Post-game
UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
Friday, July 15 at Iowa Cubs (CHC): OKC-RH Brad Hennessey vs. IOWA-RH Jay Jackson - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio
Saturday, July 16 at Iowa Cubs (CHC): OKC-TBA vs. IOWA-RH Casey Coleman - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio
Sunday, July 17 at Iowa Cubs (CHC): OKC-TBA vs. IOWA-TBA - 1:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio
Monday, July 18 at Albuquerque Isotopes (LAD): OKC-TBA vs. ALB-RH John Ely - 8:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio
Tuesday, July 19 at Albuquerque Isotopes (LAD): OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken vs. ALB-RH Tim Sexton - 8:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio
RedHawks Open Road Stretch at Iowa-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks open an eight-game road trip with a four-game series at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa, against the Iowa Cubs...The RedHawks were 5-2 in the homestand prior to the All-Star Break, including a three-game sweep of the Iowa Cubs in the first series between the teams in 2011...The RedHawks play road game number 49 tonight, posting a 20-28 record in road games...Oklahoma City enters Thursday in fourth place in the American Southern division, 13.5 games behind first place Round Rock and 5.0 games behind third place New Orleans...Iowa enters Thursday in fourth place in the American Northern division, 9.0 games back of first place Omaha and 0.5 game back of third place Nashville...
Tonight's Probable Pitchers-- RedHawks starter Andy Van Hekken (24G, 8GS, 3-4, 3.15) makes the start tonight...The last start for Van Hekken was July 6 against Iowa, giving up six hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six shutout innings...Van Hekken started the season as a reliever, posting 16 relief appearances before moving into the starting rotation...Tonight, Van Hekken makes his 9th start of 2011...Iowa starter Nick Struck (1GS, 0-1, 3.38) makes his second Triple-A appearance tonight, after making his debut on July 6 against Oklahoma City...The RedHawks scored two runs on six hits in 5.1 innings in the losing decision...Struck saw time with Class A-Advanced Daytona (10GS, 6-2, 3.42) and Double-A Tennessee (6GS, 1-1, 2.31) before the recent promotion to Triple-A Iowa...
Last Game: July 10- Omaha Storm Chasers 4, Oklahoma City 1-- Vin Mazzaro allowed one run and three hits over seven strong innings leading the Omaha Storm Chasers to a 4-1 win over the Oklahoma City RedHawks before 3,430 Sunday afternoon at RedHawks Field at Bricktown...Nelson Figueroa (5-5) was tagged with the loss, after giving up three runs and eight hits over 6.0 innings...Koby Clemens knocked in the lone RedHawks run with a fourth inning, two-out double, opening a 1-0 lead. Omaha scored three runs in the fift hinning and another in the seventh inning for a 4-1 final...Omaha earned a 2-2 series split with Oklahoma City after the Sunday win over OKC...
Shuck in Triple-A All-Star Game-- Outfielder J.B. Shuck represented the Oklahoma City RedHawks as a Pacific Coast League All-Star in last night's Triple-A All-Star Game in Salt Lake City...Shuck made one plate appearance, and drew a base on balls...The International League shutout the PCL with a 3-0 win...Former Cubs farmhand Russ Canzler belted a three-run home run in the second inning for the only scoring in the game...Nine International League pitchers held the PCL to a total of three hits...
All-Star Break Transactions-- The RedHawks have made the following transactions during the All-Star Break: P Gustavo Chacin was released by the Houston Astros...P Danny Meszaros was reassigned to Double-A Corpus Christi...P Lucas Harrell was claimed off waivers from the White Sox and assigned to Oklahoma City...P Jeff Fulchino has been activated from the disabled list...The RedHawks have 24 active players, with three players on the disabled list...
Cancel Clutch Hitting-- Robinson Cancel knocked in the game-tying run in the eighth inning on Friday, moving OKC back to a 3-3 deadlock en route to a 4-3 win...Cancel hit the game-winning home run in the eighth inning on Thursday and recorded a walk-off RBI single on Tuesday against Iowa...Overall in 2011 Cancel has a .300 (9x30) average in the sixth inning, .368 (7x19) in the seventh and .435 (10x23) in the eighth inning...Cancel is also the best the RedHawks have to offer with runners in scoring position, posting a .375 (24x64) average...
Durango On-Base-- Outfielder Luis Durango was recently claimed off waivers by the Astros from the San Diego Padres and optioned to OKC... In ten games with OKC, Durango is batting .267 (8x30) with nine walks and seven runs...Durango's on-base percentage is .436 with OKC...In addition, Durango has eight stolen bases in 10 attempts with the RedHawks, and 18 thefts in 25 attempts overall (including Tucson)...
Pacific Coast League Stories from July 14, 2011
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- Round Rock Express Take Opener at Memphis 6-2 - Round Rock Express
- Zephyrs Win Fifth Consecutive - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Van Hekken Solid as RedHawks Win Opener at Iowa, 8-4 - Oklahoma City Comets
- RedHawks Spoil Second-Half Opener, Top Iowa 8-4 - Iowa Cubs
- RedHawks Shuffle Arms - Oklahoma City Comets
- Perez Assigned to Round Rock - Round Rock Express
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