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Sky Sox Rebound with 13-7 Dismantling of Iowa

May 11, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox News Release


COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox exacted their revenge on Monday afternoon in their 13-7 defeat of the I-Cubs in front of 4,152 fans at Principal Park in Iowa.

After falling 14-2 to these same I-Cubs on Sunday, the Sky Sox scored early and often, tallying at least one run in four separate innings off of three different pitchers.

Pete Orr got the Sox offense on the board almost immediately, drilling Iowa starter Dallas Beeler's third pitch of the game over the right field fence to leadoff the game with a home run and give his team a quick 1-0 lead. The long ball was Orr's first of the young season.

The Colorado Springs offense notched two more runs off of Beeler in the third inning after walks to Ben Guez and Pete Orr would both come around to score on a two-out, Shane Peterson RBI double to centerfield.

Holding a 3-0 lead going into the home fourth, Sox starter Taylor Jungmann would run into his first trouble of the ballgame. With one out in the frame, Jungmann hit speedster John Andreoli with a pitch before walking former phenom Javy Baez to give the I-Cubs runners on first and second with one out and catcher Rafael Lopez coming to the plate. Lopez lined a triple down the right field line to plate both Andreoli and Baez, cutting the Iowa deficit to one. Lopez would score the game's tying run on a Junior Lake groundout, giving the game new life.

Jungmann and the Sky Sox offense would answer with no hesitation, scoring three runs in the Colorado Springs fifth thanks to four hits and an I-Cubs error. Jungmann's leadoff single would ultimately help his own cause as he came around to score the go-ahead run on Luis Sardinas' RBI single to left. Pete Orr, who doubled earlier in the frame to move Jungmann to third, came home on Lopez's throwing error when trying to nab Sardinas in what would be a stolen base. Matt Long brought home the inning's final run with an RBI single to score Sardinas and give the Sox their three-run lead right back at 6-3.

Jungmann could not hold the Sox lead however, allowing three more runs on three hits and a walk in the bottom of the frame to once again tie the ballgame. After a leadoff double by Chris Valaika opened the inning, Mike Baxter walked before John Andreoli plated both runners on an RBI triple to right field. Baez followed with an RBI single to score Andreoli and re-tie the ballgame at six. After getting Junior Lake looking to end the tough frame, Jungmann would wind up striking out the side despite surrendering the lead. The big right-hander finished his day after five innings of work, allowing six runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five.

Both bullpens would trade scoreless frames after the 10-run fifth. The I-Cubs would crack first however, allowing seven runs to the potent Sky Sox lineup in the eighth inning on four hits, a walk and two throwing errors. Right-hander Blake Cooper (2-1, 1.65) would get stuck with the loss after allowing four unearned runs in his 1.2 innings of relief. Having already scored four in the inning, the big blow came on Matt Long's two-out, three-run home run to right-center off of Iowa lefty Joe Ortiz. Orr, Shane Peterson and Nevin Ashley each added RBI base-hits in eighth prior to the inning-capping homer.

Fresh off rejoining the Sky Sox after a stint in Milwaukee, Rob Wooten (1-0, 5.40) would earn the win in a scoreless two-inning performance as he combined with David Goforth to maintain the Colorado Springs lead. Goforth would allow one run on two hits and a walk over his two innings of work, striking out three batters along the way to secure the wild 13-7 win over Iowa.

With the victory, the Sky Sox earn a series-split and move to 11-20 on the season as the I-Cubs fall to 15-16 in the series-finale.

Colorado Springs will look to make it two games in a row on Tuesday evening as they head back home to take on the Memphis Redbirds in game one of a four-game set. Tyler Thornburg (0-0, 2.31) gets the call against Redbirds lefty John Gast (1-2, 5.79) with first pitch set for 6:35 PM MDT at Security Service Field.



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