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RedHawks vs. Isotopes - Game Notes - June 3, 2013

June 3, 2013 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


Today's Game: The RedHawks continue their series at Albuquerque tonight at 8:05 p.m. The teams enter the game tied, 1-1, in the current four-game series. Staff leader Jarred Cosart is slated to start tonight's game.

Last Game: Albuquerque Isotopes starting pitcher Matt Palmer threw a season-high seven innings to lead Albuquerque to a 4-2 win Sunday at Isotopes Park, snapping OKC's four-game win streak. Palmer (2-3) held the RedHawks to two runs, with none coming after the first inning, struck out a season-high eight and allowed five hits and one walk in the win. Oklahoma City's offense started fast as Brandon Laird hit a two-run home run in the first inning for his third homer in the last four games. Albuquerque evened the game, 2-2, in the third inning and took the lead on a two-run homer from Jeremy Moore in the sixth. Oklahoma City starting pitcher Ross Seaton threw 5.2 innings and allowed four runs and seven hits, including five for extra bases. Seaton (2-5) walked three and struck out one.

Today's Probable Pitcher: Jarred Cosart looks to add to his team-leading win total tonight...Cosart currently ranks fourth in the PCL in both ERA (2.65) and opponent batting average (.201). He leads the RedHawks in wins (5), strikeouts (57), innings pitched (54.1), walks (29) and is tied with Brett Oberholtzer for a team-high 10 starts...In his last outing, Cosart allowed two runs and three hits in five-plus innings against Omaha Tuesday night to earn the win. He struck out four and walked a career-high seven batters in the win, but Omaha went just 2-for-12 with runners on base...He won his previous start against Albuquerque April 20 at Isotopes Park. In that game, he held the Isotopes to one run, three hits, struck out six and walked none in five innings. In his career against the Isotopes, he's surrendered two runs and eight hits with 11 strikeouts over 10 innings.

Against the Isotopes: 2013: 3-3 2012: 7-9 All-time: 85-80 In ALB: 38-48

The RedHawks have already exceeded their win total at Isotopes Park from last season (two)...In six games against the Isotopes, the RedHawks have gone deep nine times...Although the Isotopes have been held to three home runs, they are hitting .333 against the RedHawks...The teams split their first series of the season, April 20-23. After the RedHawks won the first two games, they were outscored 20-3 over the final two contests...Last season the Isotopes won nine of the first 12 meetings before the RedHawks ended the season series with a four-game sweep in OKC.

Hello, Neighbor: With yesterday's loss and a win by Round Rock, the RedHawks and Express are tied atop the American Southern Division. It's the first time since April 27 the RedHawks do not have sole possession of first place.

Launching Pad: The RedHawks have hit nine home runs in six games at Isotopes Park (1.5 per game). They have hit 31 home runs in their other 49 games (0.6 per game). They have hit four home runs over the first two games of this series. The RedHawks had not gone deep in five consecutive games prior to Saturday.

Laird Playing Longball: Brandon Laird has hit a home run in three of his last four games after hitting just two in his previous 28 games with the RedHawks this season. He now ranks third on the team in home runs with five total.

Highway 40: Laird's homer was the 40th by the club this season. Last year their 40th homer came on May 17, in game number 40.

Valiant Villar: Jonathan Villar recorded his 16th stolen base of the season yesterday and is now tied for the league lead with Reno's Tony Campana. He also went 2-for-4 to notch his team-leading 20th multi-hit game of the season.

Wally World: Brett Wallace is currently riding a five-game hitting streak, during which he has hit .421 (8x19). Despite not joining the team until April 21, he is tied for the team lead in home runs (8) and doubles (11) and is just one RBI shy of the team lead (30).

The Albuquerque Effect: In the five games prior to Saturday's series opener, the RedHawks had held their opponents to a .154 batting average. In the first two games of this series the Isotopes are hitting .353 (24x68). Overall this season, the Isotopes are hitting .333 against the RedHawks--with all six games played in Albuquerque--but the rest of the PCL is batting just .240 against the OKC pitching staff.

Stoffel the Stopper: Jason Stoffel has not been scored upon in eight of his last nine outings. During that time he has posted a 0.75 ERA (ER/12.0 IP) and allowed a mere three hits for a .068 batting average (44 AB). None of the last 20 batters he has faced has reached base safely (two reached on errors).

RISPy Business: During their four-game win streak, the RedHawks went 13-for-36 with runners in scoring position. Yesterday they were just 1-for-8 and 0 for their last 6. One day after Albuquerque went 5-for-15 with runners in scoring position, the RedHawks held them to an 0-for-6 mark last night. Opponents are hitting just .152 with runners in scoring position over the last seven games (7x46).

Walk This Way: The RedHawks walked just twice last night, their lowest total since they walked only once May 20 in Fresno (12 games). They have drawn at least five walks in eight of their last 12 games. They've recorded a total of 62 walks during the 12-game stretch and currently rank fourth in the league with 227 walks this season. Marc Krauss leads the team with 35 walks, which is tied for fourth in the PCL. Che-Hsuan Lin (29 BB/24 K) has walked more than he's struck out this season, while Krauss (35 BB/36 K) and Jake Elmore (23 BB/24 K) have struck out just one more time than they've walked.

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