SKY SOX FALL TO BEES IN SERIES OPENER SATURDAY

POSTGAME NOTES
Saturday, June 16, 2018 vs. Salt Lake Bees
Colorado Springs Sky Sox (35-31) | Salt Lake Bees (40-29)
SKY SOX FALL TO BEES IN SERIES OPENER SATURDAY
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Sky Sox dropped the first game of the four-game series 6-2 to the Salt Lake Bees Saturday night at Security Service Field. Right-hander Brandon Woodruff didn't have his best stuff in his seventh start for the Sky Sox after taking his first loss of the season with three runs allowed on five hits through five frames. As a team, after collecting 16 hits one night prior, the Sky Sox combined for just five hits.
The night's scoring got going in the second inning when Salt Lake broke through in the top of the frame. Ben Revere and Sherman Johnson started the visiting team's momentum with consecutive one-out singles and a wild pitch would place them into scoring position. After Eric Young Jr.'s sacrifice fly ball to plate the first run, Francisco Arcia's two-out triple would make it a 2-0 Bees lead.
The Sky Sox answered back in the bottom half with two runs of their own to quickly tie things up but did not record a single hit in the process. Three consecutive walks delivered by Bees starter Luis Pena, who made his Triple-A debut Saturday night, loaded the bases. During Dylan Moore's at-bat, a wild pitch scored Brett Phillips from third base while a fielder's choice throwing error to the plate on Jett Bandy's batted ground ball would tie the game at 2-2.
In the top of the third, Salt Lake reclaimed the 3-2 lead thanks to MLB rehabber Kole Calhoun's leadoff triple. Calhoun scored during the next at-bat on a wild pitch from Woodruff.
After a scoreless fourth, fifth, and sixth innings on each end, the Bees took advantage of two Sky Sox errors in the field. After Johnson singled to leadoff the inning and Young Jr. walked, a fielder's choice missed catch for the force out at third base would safely advance all runners and load the bases. Jose Rojas' double play plated the Bees fourth run while Calhoun struck again with his second extra-base hit of the game to extend Salt Lake's lead to 5-2.
Salt Lake capped the night off with a final run in the top of the ninth to make it a final 6-2 score thanks to Rojas' sacrifice fly ball to plate Johnson, who led off the inning with a single.
The Sky Sox enter into game two of four-game series against the Salt Lake Bees tomorrow on Father's Day with a 1:30 p.m. scheduled first pitch at Security Service Field. For all information on Sky Sox, follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit the team's website at www.skysox.com.
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Tomorrow's Preview: In the second game of the four-game series against the Salt Lake Bees at Security Service Field in Colorado Springs, the Sky Sox are sending righty Adrian Houser to the mound to face Bees righty Dylan Unsworth. Unsworth looks to pick up his fifth win of the season while Houser is looking for his second victory with the Sky Sox this season.
Salt Lake Happenings: In 2017, the Sky Sox faced Salt Lake four times on the road, sweeping the Bees 4-0. In 2016, the Sky Sox a franchise-high in innings in a home game (18 innings) on May 14, 2016 at Security Service Field against the Bees, in which the Sky Sox won 2-1. On June 11, 2013, the Sky Sox trailed 9-1 after five and a half innings and went ahead to put up a 10-run inning in the bottom of the sixth against Salt Lake to take an 11-9 lead; the Sky Sox ended up winning 15-9.
Comin' In Hot: Angels Major League rehabber Kole Calhoun came in hot in his fourth rehab game in Triple-A since being put on the assignment. Calhoun finished going 2-for-5 with a double, triple, and an RBI.
Pena's Triple-A Debut: Salt Lake starter Luis Pena came out strong for his first career Triple-A start at hitter-friendly Security Service Field. In five innings of work, Pena allowed just one hit while allowing one earned run with three walks and five strikeouts.
No RBI Night: Despite plating two runs on the night, the Sky Sox as a team did not collect one RBI. The squad went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position on Saturday night.
Consecutive Scoring: Colorado Springs plated runs in five consecutive innings on Friday night (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th) and in six of the eight batting halves for the Sky Sox.
Strong Against The Southpaw: The Sky Sox remain resilient against lefty starters and, with Friday night's win, are 11-4 against them.
Wilkerson's First W: Righty Aaron Wilkerson made his sixth start for the Sky Sox Friday night and recorded his first win of 2018. In five shutout innings of work, the righty only allowed two hits, walked four, and struck out five. The four walks surrendered tied a season-high for Wilkerson set on May 21 in Nashville.
Orf's Leadoff Launch: Leadoff man for the Sky Sox Nathan Orf knocked his second home run of the season in the bottom of the first inning to put the home squad on the board Friday night. The leadoff homer by Orf marks the sixth time a Sky Sox player has hit a leadoff homer against a Las Vegas pitcher and the first time against a Las Vegas pitcher in nearly eight years. The last came on June 20th, 2010, by Dexter Fowler in the bottom of first off of Las Vegas' Lance Broadway (at Security Service Field); Sky Sox won 13-4. Orf's first homer of 2018 came on May 14 against Oklahoma City at Security Service Field. In 2017, the infielder totaled nine on the season.
Double-Digit Scoring: The Sky Sox marked the eighth time this season where they scored 10 runs or more in a contest. The highest amount of runs put up by Colorado Springs this season is 17 runs which was on April 30 against Nashville.
2018 Leadoff Homers: Nate Orf's leadoff home run marked the second leadoff dinger of 2018 for the Sky Sox. The first of the season came off the bat of Keon Broxton on May 18 versus Memphis in game two of the doubleheader.
New High: On Friday night, the Sky Sox set a new high in 2018 for most runs in an inning with eight. The last time the Sky Sox had scored eight runs in the 7th inning came on July 4, 2012, against the Reno Aces at Security Service Field. The Sky Sox cruised to a 19-4 win over the Aces in that game. The previous high this season was seven, which was set on April 30 against Nashville. The Sky Sox just missed other feats of most runs in a game (17) and most hits in a game (20), both also set on April 30 against Nashville at home, and tied for most home runs in a game (team) this season with four total.
Series Win: The Sky Sox marked their eighth series win on Friday night. In 2018, they have eight series wins, six losses, and three ties.
Sweet Chasing 30: Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet is just 30 wins away from passing Brad Mills for the most regular season wins as Sky Sox manager. Sweet is in his fourth season with the Sky Sox. Mills managed the Sky Sox from 1993 to 1996 and led the '95 squad to their second Pacific Coast League title as they defeated the Salt Lake Buzz. Mills was elected to the Sky Sox Hall of Fame in 2002 and is just one of two managers to be given such a distinction joining the Philadelphia Phillies former manager Charlie Manuel who managed the Sky Sox from 1990 to 1992.
Pacific Southern Stretch: After one Pac-South series in the books, the Sky Sox are in midst of their second series of the division with Salt Lake. Last season, the Sky Sox went 9-7 against Pacific Southern opponents. Colorado Springs is currently 2-2 overall against Pacific Southern opponents this season.
Taylor Leadin' The Way: Tyrone Taylor's outfield assist in Wednesday night's game against Las Vegas marked his 11th of the season, which puts him in first in the PCL for assists. Taylor also leads the way in league outfielders for most double plays from the deep end of things with three.
Friday Recap: The Sky Sox completed their eighth series win of the season with a 15-2 landslide victory over the Las Vegas 51s on Friday night at Security Service Field. Right-hander Aaron Wilkerson led the charge on the mound with five shutout, two-hit innings while striking out five on the night. As a team, the Sky Sox combined for 16 hits with four home runs on the night.  
Mowing 'em Down: Freddy Peralta put together yet another strong outing on Thursday night against Las Vegas, allowing no runs on two hits with five strikeouts and no walks. In his last 61 batters faced, the 22-year-old has only allowed eight hits, four walks, two runs, and struck out 28.  The 11-strikeout appearance by Peralta last Sunday marked a season-high for Peralta with the Sky Sox, and the second-best strikeout appearance of the season for a Sky Sox pitcher.
Orf Continues to Climb: The first inning triple by Nate Orf Thursday night was his 17th career regular season triple with the Sky Sox, moving him into a tie for eighth place on the all-time triples list with Choo Freeman. Next up at tied for sixth: Edgard Velasquez Clemente and Nelson Liriano with 18 triples each. Several of Orf's current teammates are also in the career top 25 in triples: Kyle Wren tied for third with Wayne Kirby at 20 triples, while Brett Phillips tied for 11th place at 15 triples with Sean Barker, Corey Dickerson, Jayhawk Owens, Neifi Perez, Ben Petrick, and Yadiel Rivera. Keon Broxton needs two more triples to move into the Top 25 list in career triples.
Double Trouble:  With Christian Bethancourt belting the game-tying homer in the ninth inning, this marks the 28th time a Sky Sox player has hit a two-homer game against Las Vegas, and only the second time during the Sky Sox four-year affiliation with the Brewers.  The last instance a Sky Sox player hit a two-homer game against Las Vegas: Shane Peterson, May 28th, 2015 at Cashman Field.  The last instance a Sky Sox player hit a two-homer game against Las Vegas in Colorado Springs: Chris Nelson, July 21st, 2011 against Las Vegas at Security Service Field.
This Week's Preview: The Sky Sox are in the midst of a seven-game homestand at Security Service Field and are currently in a four-game series against the Salt Lake Bees, Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. Following this series, the Sky Sox hit the road for Des Moines to face off against the Iowa Cubs.
NEXT GAME: Sunday, June 17 vs. Salt Lake - 1:30 p.m. MT @ Security Service Field
RHP Adrian Houser (1-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Dylan Unsworth (4-0, 6.61) | Broadcast on XTRA Sports 1300
Father's Day Celebration - Pre-Game Catch on the field, special guest Dwier Brown from "Field of Dreams"
COS TOP PERFORMERS

• Brett Phillips (1-for-3, R, BB)
• Christian Bethancourt (1-for-3, R, BB)
• Andrés Blanco (0-for-2, 2 BB)

   SL TOP PERFORMERS

• Kole Calhoun (2-for-5, 2B, 3B, R, RBI)
• Sherman Johnson (3-for-4, 3 R)
• Luis Pena (W, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 5 K)