PCL1 Oklahoma City Comets

RedHawks Game Notes

Published on July 27, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Nashville Sounds (51-53) vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks (46-58)

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros

Game #105 of 144/Home #49 of 72 (23-25)

Pitching Probables: NASH-RH Amaury Rivas vs. OKC-RH Lucas Harrell

Wednesday July 27, 2011 | RedHawks Field at Bricktown | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 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)

Thursday, July 28 vs. Nashville Sounds (MIL): OKC-RH Nelson Figueroa (6-5, 5.55) vs. NASH-RH Frankie De La Cruz (4-6, 4.17) - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Friday, July 29 vs. Nashville Sounds (MIL): OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken (5-4, 2.98) vs. NASH-LH Chase Wright (5-6, 6.01) - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Saturday, July 30 vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (KC): OKC-RH Sergio Perez (5-9, 4.31) vs. OMA-RH Vin Mazzaro (5-1, 4.74) - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Sunday, July 31 vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (KC): OKC-RH Brad Hennessey (0-2, 7.88) vs. OMA-LH Mike Montgomery (3-6, 5.47) - 4:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Monday, August 1 vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (KC): OKC-RH Lucas Harrell (1-0, 1.50) vs. OMA-RH Jeff Suppan (9-5, 4.60) - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

RedHawks Continue Series vs. Nashville-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks continue a 12-game homestand with the second game of a four-game series against the Nashville Sounds...Oklahoma City lead the season series over Nashville 7-6...The current series is the final series between the teams in 2011...In the second half of the season, the RedHawks have posted a 16-16 record...The RedHawks have defended their home turf to the tune of a 23-25 home record...Every game of the current homestand is against American Northern division opponents, the tightest division in the PCL...Oklahoma City enters Wednesday in fourth place in the American Southern division, 14.0 games behind first place Round Rock...Nashville enters Wednesday third place in the American Northern division, 4.5 games behind first place Omaha...

Tonight's Probable Pitchers-- Lucas Harrell (2GS, 1-0, 1.50) makes his third start in the Astros organization tonight, coming off a winning decision July 22 vs. Memphis...Harrell spent the majority of the 2011 season in Charlotte (3A-White Sox), posting a 7-3 record and 3.27 ERA in 13 G, 12GS...Harrell was claimed off waivers by the Astros from the White Sox prior to the All-Star break...Nashville starter Amaury Rivas (20G, 7-9, 4.66 ERA) is coming off a winning decision on July 22 vs. Iowa, giving up two runs and two hits over five innings...Against OKC, Rivas has made two starts with a 1-0 record and 2.79 ERA...

Last Game: July 26 Nashville Sounds 11, OKC RedHawks 9-- The Nashville Sounds scored six unanswered runs over eighth, ninth and tenth innings for an 11-9 win over the Oklahoma City RedHawks before 3,569 Tuesday night at RedHawks Field at Bricktown...The Redhawks scored six runs in the second inning and three in the fifth inning while building a 9-5 advantage, carrying that lead through seven innings...Erick Almonte doubled home the game-winning runs for Nashville in the tenth inning, ending the scoring at 11-9...The pitching staffs combined for a 18 walks, including a season-high 12 from the Nashville staff...Anderson Hernandez, Robinson Cancel and Koby Clemens each knocked in a pair of runs for OKC, while Brian Bogusevic and Wladimir Sutil each recorded three hits...Eric Farris led the Nashville attack with a home run and four RBI...The RedHawks struggled to a 3x15 mark with runners in scoring position, leaving 12 runners on base in the game, 9 of them in scoring position...

Walk This Way-- The Nashville pitching staff walked 12 RedHawks hitters last night, the highest walk total for the RedHawks offense in 2011...Six of the walks later came around to score, while three walks came with the bases loaded for RBI...

Wright Continues Scoreless Stretch-- Wesley Wright collected 1.2 scoreless relief innings last night, increasing his consecutive relief scoreless appearance streak to nine outings...In that span, Wright has alowed seven hits in 14.1 innings...Wright has also started three games, giving up three runs in 12.0 innings of starting time...In the month of July total, Wright is 0-1 with a 1.20 ERA in 7G, 1GS...The southpaw was recalled to Houston when Matt Downs was placed on paternity leave, but did not pitch...

Bogusevic Since Latest Option-- Brian Bogusevic was 3x5 last night, improving to 6x15 with five RBI in four games since his latest option from Houston, posting at least one RBI in each game...In addition, Bogusevic has drawn four walks in that time...In addition, Bogusevic picked up another stolen base last night, increasing his season total with OKC to 17 (3CS), second on the club behind J.B. Shuck (18) despite playing in 40 fewer games (Bogusevic 53G, Shuck 93G)...

Shuck Hot Since Break, Now Toughest Strikeout-- Outfielder J.B. Shuck was 0x3 with one RBI yesterday, and has hit safely in nine of the 11 games he has played since the All-Star break...Shuck is now .415 (17x41) with a .490 OBP since the All-Star Break....Shuck now has the highest TPA/SO ratio in the PCL, at 13.69 plate apperances per strikeout...Shuck has posted only three strikeouts in 69 at-bats in the month of July, while recording only six strikeouts in 81 at-bats in June....

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