PCL1 Oklahoma City Comets

RedHawks Game Notes

Published on July 29, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Nashville Sounds (52-54) vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks (47-59)

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros

Game #107 of 144/Home #51 of 72 (24-26)

Pitching Probables: NASH-LH Chase Wright vs. OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken

Friday July 29, 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)

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

Tuesday, August 2 vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (KC): OKC-RH Nelson Figueroa vs. OMA-RH Luis Mendoza - 7:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

Wednesday, August 3 at Las Vegas 51s (TOR): OKC-LH Andy Van Hekken vs. LV-TBA - 9:05 p.m., KGHM-AM 1340, 1340thegame.com, IHeartRadio

RedHawks Continue Series vs. Nashville-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks continue a 12-game homestand with the final game of a four-game series against the Nashville Sounds...Oklahoma City lead the season series over Nashville 8-7...Nashville lead the current series 2-1...The RedHawks are 5-2 in the current homestand, including a four-game sweep of the Memphis Redbirds...In the second half of the season, the RedHawks have posted a 17-17 record...The RedHawks have defended their home turf with a 24-26 home record...Every game of the current homestand is against American Northern division opponents, the tightest division in the PCL...Oklahoma City enters Friday in fourth place in the American Southern division, 15.0 games behind first place Round Rock...Nashville enters Fri day third place in the American Northern division, 4.5 games behind first place Omaha...

Tonight's Probable Pitchers-- LH Andy Van Hekken (27G, 11GS, 5-4, 2.98) makes his 12th consecutive start for OKC tonight...Van Hekken enters second in the PCL in ERA (2.98), trailing only Omaha's Luis Mendoza (2.37)...Van Hekken has three winning decsions over his lsast four appearances, including a seven scoreless inning performance on July 24 in his last outing against Memphis...Van Hekken makes his fourth appearance against Nashville tonight (3G, 1GS, 0-0, 0.00)...LH Chase Wright (19G, 11GS, 5-6, 6.01) makes his sixth consecutive start for Nashville...Wright suffered a losing decision on July 24, giving up three runs, two earned, with four hits over 4.1 innings against Iowa...Tonight is Wright's fourth start against OKC in 2011 (1-2, 7.30)...

Last Game: July 28 - Nashville Sounds 13, OKC RedHawks 2-- The Nashville Sounds scored in each of the first eight innings in a 13-2 runaway win over the Oklahoma City RedHawks before 6,906 Thursday night at RedHawks Field at Bricktown...OKC starter Nelson Figueroa gave up 10 runs, 9 earned, with 12 hits over 5.0 innings in a losing decision...Frankie De La Cruz (5-6) gave up one unearned run and six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in a win...Nashville second baseman Taylor Green was four-for-four with two home runs, six RBI and five runs scored to pace the Sounds attack...Six different Nashville hitters recorded multi-hit efforts...Anderson Hernandez was four-for-five to lead the OKC offense...The lone RBI came on a pinch-hit single from Drew Locke in the seventh inning...

Hawks Hitting in Homestand-- The RedHawks have collected at least nine hits in each game of the current homestand, posting a .309 (74x239) average in six games...The RedHawks are .275 (25x91) with runners in scoring position in the six games, but have left 61 runners on base in the homestand...

Double Play Defense-- The Oklahoma City RedHawks turned two double plays last night, and still lead the Pacific Coast League with 128 double plays...The next-closest team is Salt Lake with 123 double plays...Iowa is last in the PCL with 80 twin-killings...

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