Wang, Sox Breeze By Zephyrs In 9-2 Win

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox won their second straight contest with a convincing 9-2 defeat of the New Orleans Zephyrs before a crowd of 8,152 at Security Service Field on Sunday afternoon.

Making his Sky Sox debut, starter Wei-Chung Wang (1-0, 0.00) turned in six extremely impressive innings of shutout ball. The Taiwanese southpaw surrendered just four hits while striking out five and walking none in his first Triple-A appearance. Wang made the jump from High-A Brevard County to Milwaukee in 2014 before beginning the 2015 season back in Brevard.

The Sky Sox offense would score early and often against Zephyrs starter Jake Esch (1-3, 5.40) to support Wang's exceptional outing. Matt Clark drove in the first run of the contest in the home first, plating Pete Orr with an RBI double to give the Sox an early 1-0 lead. The lineup would tack on four more runs in the bottom of the third on the strength of six consecutive two-out singles. Clark added his second RBI of the afternoon to extend the Sox lead to 2-0 before Michael Reed and Matt Long combined to drive in three over the following two at-bats.

The Sox took their 5-0 lead into the fifth where they continued to punish Esch with timely base hits. Clark plated Nevin Ashley with yet another double for his third RBI of the night before Matt Long picked up his third with a run-scoring sac fly to center. Clark and Long were responsible for six of the Sox runs as the home side took a 7-0 lead after five innings of play. Esch's day would be done after the two-run frame having allowed seven runs on 11 hits and a walk while striking out two over five laborious innings.

Colorado Springs added individual runs in the sixth against reliever Chris Reed and the eighth against right-hander Scott McGough. Orr scored Kyle Wren with an RBI knock in the sixth before Wren joined the hit parade himself with a run-scoring double in the eighth.

The Sky Sox took their commanding 9-0 lead into the New Orleans ninth after right-hander Jim Henderson and Austin Ross teamed up for two scoreless innings of relief to maintain the shutout. Left-hander Michael Strong took over for what would be the game's final frame as he looked to secure the comprehensive win. The reliever allowed three hits and two walks in the shaky appearance but would ultimately secure the 9-2 Sky Sox win. Juan Diaz drove in the visiting side's first run with an RBI groundout before Jhonatan Solano capped the scoring with an RBI single. Colorado Springs improves to 62-80 with the win as the Zephyrs fall to 57-86 with just one more game left in the PCL season.

The Sky Sox will look to wrap up their 2015 campaign with a series-clinching victory against these same Zephyrs on Monday afternoon. Josh Roenicke (7-11, 5.72) gets the honor of starting the last game of the season against Australian southpaw Travis Blackley (4-7, 5.25) with first pitch slated for 1:35 PM MDT from Security Service Field.