SKY SOX WIN 60TH GAME OF SEASON WITH 8-4 VICTORY OVER TACOMA

POSTGAME NOTES
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 vs. Tacoma Rainiers (SEA)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox (60-52) | Tacoma Rainiers (56-58)
SKY SOX WIN 60TH GAME OF SEASON WITH 8-4 VICTORY OVER TACOMA
TACOMA, Wash. - The Sky Sox marked their 60th win of the season with an 8-4 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney Stadium in the final game of the series and road trip. Five and the eight Colorado Springs runs batted in were scored on three home runs. Righty Alec Asher collected his sixth win of the season after his six-inning performance.
After a scoreless first frame, Colorado Springs were first to cross the plate in the top of the second to take an early 1-0 lead. Jett Bandy led off and was hit by a pitch while Domingo Santana slugged a double behind him to put two runners in scoring position. A hard hit line drive by Keon Broxton would find the glove of left fielder Cameron Perkins, unable to bring in a run, however, Rymer Liriano followed with a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield to score Bandy.
In the fourth, the Sky Sox put the pedal to the metal, sending 10 batters to the plate and extending their early lead to 7-0. Christian Bethancourt started the rhythm with a base hit and Bandy homered in the next at-bat. Santana restarted the frame, getting on after a fielding error, and once again, a home run cleared the bases, this time off the bat of Broxton, totaling four runs in four at bats. The final two runs were collected on Tyler Saladino's two-out line drive single to left field to plate Tyrone Taylor and Dylan Moore, who singled and walked respectively.
Sky Sox started Alec Asher, who was hitless and one over the minimum entering the bottom of the fourth, allowed his first hit to leadoff and rehabbing Robinson Canó. Then, with two outs and two runners in scoring position, Andrew Aplin sent a double to left field to give Tacoma their first two runs of the day, making it a 7-2 contest.
The Rainiers closed in on the Sky Sox with two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it a three-run ballgame at 7-4, courtesy of Aplin. With two outs, Deth Mejias-Brean doubled and Perkins followed with a single. After a wild pitch to push Perkins to second base, Aplin delivered another two-out, two-RBI double.
Santana continued his offensive rhythm on the day in his fourth at-bat in the seventh inning with a solo home run, his fourth with the Sky Sox, to gain a run back and extend the advantage to 8-4, and that is where the scoring would end.
Five Sky Sox relievers - Bubba Derby, Quintin Torres-Costa, Paolo Espino, Mike Zagurski, Tristan Archer - combined for the remaining three innings while allowing just one hit total.
The Sky Sox return home to Security Service Field for a four-game series beginning on Thursday, August 9 with a 6:40 p.m. MST first pitch. 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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Thursday's Preview: The Sky Sox head into game one of the four-game set against the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. MST. Colorado Springs righty Brandon Woodruff (3-1) is set to face Sounds' righty Frankie Montas (3-5).
Dead Even: The Sky Sox and Rainiers complete their all-time series together dead even at a 174-174 record, with the Sky Sox going 103-67 at home and 71-107.
Six Spot: The Sky Sox marked their seventh six-run frame and second in five games, coming in the fourth inning on Tuesday afternoon in Tacoma. The last time the Sky Sox totaled six in a frame was in the second Inning on August 3 in Reno.
Power Trio: The Sky Sox powered three home runs in the final game of the series in Tacoma courtesy of Jett Bandy, Keon Broxton and Domingo Santana, who were also the five-six-seven batters in the matinee contest. The home run for Broxton marked his first since being back with the Sky Sox (last was on June 25 vs. MEM). For Bandy, it marked his eighth of the season with the Sky Sox and Santana's fourth.
Asher's 12th: Right-handed starter Alec Asher, who went one over the minimum through his first three frames of work, notched his sixth win and completed his 12th start with the Sky Sox after a solid six innings of work while allowing four runs on six hits with a walk and, for the first time in an outing, no strikeouts.
Us versus Aplin: Tacoma centerfielder Andrew Aplin combined for two, two-out doubles to plate the Rainiers' first and only four runs of the contest.
Pacific Conference History: The Sky Sox finish 457-617-1 all-time in games played in the Pacific Time Zone, which included road games in Tacoma, Sacramento, Fresno, Las Vegas, Reno, plus former PCL cities Vancouver and Portland along with Arizona teams Tucson and Phoenix, along with the first seven home games in 1988 in Yuma, AZ, and one Portland series played in Spokane.
Sweet Tally: With the Sky Sox win Tuesday afternoon, manager Rick Sweet marks his 269th regular season win with the Sky Sox. Sweet now trails Brad Mills by only two wins to tie Mills' club record 271 wins as Sky Sox manager. If you include postseason wins, Sweet is at 271 overall wins, trailing Mills by only five overall wins.
The Hunt For First: The Sky Sox continue the hunt for their second-consecutive playoff run, battling it out with other top contender of the American North - the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Last season, the Sky Sox broke one of the longest postseason droughts in professional sports - taking the American North division for the first time and breaking their 20-year absence. Currently, with the Sky Sox trail the Dodgers in the standings.
Swipin' Bags: The 137 Sky Sox stolen bases this season is currently the fourth most in a single season. The team record is 169 stolen bases which was set in 2009. The next feat to reach is third-most 149 set in 2000 while the second-most of 151 is held by 2016 squad.
Davies Rehab: Right-handed pitcher and Brewers rehabber Zach Davies made his fourth rehab stint for the Sky Sox Monday night, tossing 4.2 innings, allowing just the one run on five hits with a pair of walks alongside a pair of strikeouts. In his last rehab start, on Wednesday, August 1st, Davies threw two and two-thirds innings and allowing five runs on just four hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Overall, after four rehab starts with Colorado Springs, he has totaled 13.1 IP, 15 H, 8 ER, 7 BB, 11 K and is 0-2.
Hits Kept Coming: On Sunday night, the Sky Sox put up 12 hits including a hit and base runner in every single inning except for the ninth inning when they went down in order.
Brooks Earns Number Eight: Aaron Brooks dominated in his 12th start with the Sky Sox Sunday afternoon against Tacoma. In six and two-thirds innings, he delivered a four-hit outing while allowing just a solo run on a home run given up in the first. He surrendered one walk and struck out five.
Orf Alert: With his three hits on Sunday, Orf moved up to 326 regular season hits with the Sky Sox, moving him in a tie for 13th place all time with Ben Petrick at 326 hits. His four singles the last two days has given him 221 total singles with the Sky Sox, moving him into a tie for 10th place all-time on the singles list with Luis Medina.
Take One For The Team: The 52 Sky Sox hit by pitches (on offense) ties the sixth most HBP in a season, tying the 1993 and 2006 seasons. The single season mark is 71 HBP, set in 2007.
Leadoff Bomb:  Dylan Moore hit a leadoff homer in the first at-bat of Friday night's contest, marking Colorado Springs' third leadoff home run of the season. The first came on 5/19 off the bat off Keon Broxton in game two of a doubleheader versus the Memphis Redbirds in Colorado Springs. The last came via Nate Orf on 6/15 at home against the Las Vegas 51s. Moore's leadoff homer is the first to come on the road for the Sky Sox this season.
A Good Night for Homers:  The lead-off homer by Dylan Moore Friday marked the fifth time that a Sky Sox player has hit a lead-off homer against Reno. The other four times:  - June 9th, 2011 in Colorado Springs: Willy Taveras solo homer off Reno's Matt Torra, Sky Sox won 13-6, - April 8th, 2012 in Reno: D.J. Lemahieu off Reno's Zach Kroenke, Sky Sox won 5-2, - June 22nd, 2014 in Reno: Rafael Ynoa, off Reno's Trevor Cahill, Sky Sox won 9-5, - July 18th, 2016 in Reno: Kyle Wren, off Reno's Braden Shipley, Reno won 10-1. The two homers by Dylan Moore marked the fifth time that a Sky Sox player has hit a two-homer game against Reno. The other four: - Brad Eldred, June 24th, 2010 in Reno. - Josh Fields, June 11th, 2011 in Colorado Springs. - Andrew Brown, July 4th, 2012 in Colorado Springs. - Rafael Ynoa, June 22nd, 2014 in Reno. Dylan Moore also had a two-homer game in Memphis on May 25th, 2018. The last time a Sky Sox player had two, two-homer games on the road in the same season was Eliezer Alfonzo, who had a two-homer game on June 22nd, 2011 in Tacoma and on June 26th, 2011 in Salt Lake. Jamie Westbrook's two-homer game for Reno on Friday marks only the third time a Reno player has had a two-homer game against the Sky Sox. The other instances: Rusty Ryal, June 12th, 2012 in Colorado Springs, and Wes Jensen, June 18th, 2016 in Reno.
Grand Salami: The eighth inning grand slam Wednesday by Jett Bandy marks the third of the season for the Sky Sox and first on the road for the team in 2018. It also marks the second grand slam in four games, since Andrés Blanco hit one Sunday against Albuquerque at Security Service Field. Kyle Wren marked the first one for the Sky Sox on June 2 against Iowa.
This Week's Preview: The Sky Sox return home to host the Nashville Sounds for four games plus one suspended game for five in total at Security Service Field.
NEXT GAME: Thursday, August 9 at 6:40 p.m. MT vs. Nashville Sounds @ Security Service Field
RHP Brandon Woodruff (3-1, 3.18) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (3-5, 3.46) - Broadcast on XTRA Sports 1300
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COS TOP PERFORMERS
 Jett Bandy (1-for-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI)
 Keon Broxton (1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI)
 Domingo Santana (2-for-5, HR, RBI, 2 R)
TAC TOP PERFORMERS
 Andrew Aplin (2-for-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI)
 Seth Mejias-Brean (2-for-4, 2 R, 2B)
 Robinson Cano (1-for-4, R)