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Sky Sox Shut out for Second Time in as Many Nights

May 27, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox News Release


MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Sky Sox dropped their second game in a row to the Redbirds Sunday night 5-0 to fall to 2-1 in this series versus Memphis. After not having been shut out all season prior to last night, the Sky Sox have now been shut out two nights in a row, being held to only 10 hits throughout the last 18 innings.

After two and a half fairly quiet innings to start game three of this five-game series, the home team exploded into action in the bottom of the third. Austin Gomber- the starting pitcher for the Redbirds tonight- kicked off the inning with a leadoff single to help his own cause, but in the next at-bat Oscar Mercado hit into a double play that nearly stifled what would turn out to be a big inning for Memphis. Rangel Ravelo then hit a two-out solo homer for the first score of the game, and for his second home run against the Sky Sox in two nights. Patrick Wisdom, who also hit a homer last night, followed Ravelo's dinger with a line drive single. Alex Mejia then singled to put two on for Andrew Knizner, who promptly hit an RBI double on the first pitch he saw to score Wisdom and make it 2-0. Knizner, who had started this series going 0-for-5, would end up making up for it tonight with a three-for-four game with both a run and an RBI. Wilfredo Tovar then drew a five-pitch walk to load the bases for Ramon Urias, who singled to score Mejia and Knizner to extend Memphis' lead to 4-0.

After three more scoreless innings from both clubs, the Rebirds tacked on another run in the bottom of the seventh. Colorado Springs went three up and three down in the top of the inning, before Ravelo got the Redbirds offense moving in the bottom half of the frame with a one-out triple. Wisdom hit a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat to score Ravelo from third for his first RBI of the evening, furthering the scoring gap to give Memphis a 5-0 lead.

The Sky Sox, who had not been shut out all season prior to the shutout last night at the hands of Memphis starter Dakota Hudson, remained scoreless through all nine innings of Sunday night's game, making 18 scoreless innings in a row for the Sky Sox with only 10 total hits in that span.

The Sky Sox head into the fourth of five games against the Memphis Redbirds tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 12:05 p.m. at AutoZone Park. The Sky Sox head back home for a five-game homestand beginning May 30 against the Iowa Cubs. For all information on Sky Sox, follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit the team's website at www.skysox.com.

NOTES

Tomorrow's Expectation: In the fourth game of the five-game set against the Memphis Redbirds, the Sky Sox are sending right-hander Brandon Woodruff to the mound to face fellow righty Ryan Helsley for the Redbirds.

Blanked: After marking their third team shutout Thursday night in the final game in Nashville, the Sky Sox powerhouse offense was finally put to a stop for the first time Saturday night, coming 48 games in. The shutout loss on Saturday was in game 48, the fourth latest to start a season before getting shutout. The longest to start a season was game number 92 in the 2008 season. Memphis starter Dakota Hudson, who notched the win at Security Service Field in his last start against the Sky Sox, was brilliant Saturday night at AutoZone Park, tossing eight shutout, four-hit innings with nine strikeouts. In comparison, in 2017, the first time the Sky Sox were shutout was on May 19 when Albuquerque beat Colorado Springs 5-0. The Sky Sox were shut out again Sunday night after another excellent outing from the Redbirds pitching staff, who only allowed six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in the combined shutout. The last time the Sky Sox were shut out in back-to-back nine inning games was June 11th and 12th, 2016, both at Memphis. This marked only the fourth time the Sky Sox have been shut out in back-to-back nine inning games. The others: 4/27-28/2006 at Las Vegas (7-0, 5-0), 7/22-23/2007 at Fresno (2-0, 4-0), and 6/11-12/2016 at Memphis (2-0, 5-0).

Espino's Groove: Starter Paolo Espino is keeping rhythm after making his third appearance of the season for the Sky Sox on Saturday night. In each of his outings so far, he has allowed just one earned run. He is currently riding a 1-2 record with a 2.89 ERA over two starts (3 ER in 9.1 IP).

Opposite Day: Opposite to Friday night, after Dylan Moore made the difference in game one with his pair of home runs out of Colorado Springs' six total hits, the Redbirds sought revenge Saturday night, making the difference in game two with home runs by Rangel Ravelo and Patrick Wisdom within Memphis' six hits.

Short Ones: The two-hour and fourteen-minute Saturday night contest in Memphis marked the shortest game the Sky Sox have played in this season. The previous shortest game was ended at two hours and twenty minutes on May 6 at Oklahoma City. Sunday night fell within the same territory at just two hours and 22 minutes in length.

Going Yard Twice: The two homer game by Dylan Moore in Memphis on Friday was only the 4th time a Sky Sox player had a two-homer game at Autozone Park in Memphis. The other three: Greg Vaughn, on April 21st, 2003, Drew Garcia on May 1st, 2014, and Will Middlebrooks on June 10th, 2016.

Halted at Four: The Sky Sox were held to four hits for the third time this season by Memphis pitching on Saturday night at AutoZone Park. The last time Colorado Springs was held to four hits was by Oklahoma City at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on May 5. The first time the Sky Sox marked the four-hit low came on April 7 at Omaha in game one of the doubleheader.

Perrin's First: The home run by Rangel Ravelo in the bottom of the sixth Saturday night marked Perrin's first home run allowed in 2018 in his 10th appearance for the Sky Sox. This season so far, the right-hander is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA and has compiled 12 strikeouts over 16 innings pitched.

Taking On Memphis: In seven games played against the Redbirds so far this season, the Sky Sox are 2-5 after having taken game one at home 10-5 on May 17 but dropping the next three with a run differential of 8-28, then winning game one 3-1 Friday night and dropping Saturday and Sunday night's contest. In Dakota Hudson's last start at Security Service Field, while dueling once again against Colorado Springs starter Paolo Espino, he picked up the win after six, six-hit, one-run innings. Espino, who took the loss in the last outing against Memphis, took a tough loss after allowing just four hits through five innings. On Saturday night, Hudson put together an impressive eight-inning, shutout four-hit performance with nine strikeouts.  On Sunday night Redbirds starter Austin Gomber threw six scoreless innings, allowing just five hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

This Week's Preview: The Sky Sox are in midst of a nine-game stretch on the road. Colorado Springs started the trip going 1-3 in a four-game set against the Nashville Sounds and head to Memphis to play the Redbirds for five more games. The Sky Sox head back home for a five-game homestand beginning May 30 against the Iowa Cubs.

NEXT GAME: Monday, May 28 @ Memphis Redbirds - 12:05 p.m. MDT @ AutoZone Park

RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-0, 1.89) -vs. RHP Ryan Helsley (1-0, 1.93) -| Broadcast on XTRA Sports 1300

Next Sky Sox Home Game: May 30 vs. Iowa Cubs @ Security Service Field

COS TOP PERFORMERS

- Christian Bethancourt (2-for-4)

- Ji-Man Choi (1-for-3, 1 BB)

  MEM TOP PERFORMERS

- Austin Gomber (6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 6 SO)

- Andrew Knizner (3-for-4, 2 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI)

- Rangel Ravelo (2-for-4, 3B, HR, 2 R, 1 RBI)

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