Pitching Leads Sox To 4-3 Win
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox pitching staff stranded nine Oklahoma City batters and held on late to secure a series win with a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers in front of 7,314 at Security Service Field Tuesday night.
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox pitching staff stranded nine Oklahoma City batters and held on late to secure a series win with a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers in front of 7,314 at Security Service Field Tuesday night.
The visitors from Oklahoma City loaded the bases three times in the series finale, but the combination of
Jungmann earned his second win of 2017 against Oklahoma City and tallied a victory in his fourth straight appearance, while Scahill recorded his first save since returning to Colorado Springs on June 19.
The Sky Sox (41-28) struck first for the first time in the series with a run in the first inning.
The hosts broke through with a pair of insurance runs in a two-run sixth inning. Cordell lined a triple to the left-centerfield gap for his second hit of the game, scoring Orf to extend the lead to 2-0. One batter later, Cooper recorded his 60th RBI of the season on a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Cordell.
Oklahoma City (37-32) scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning to cut the Sox lead to a run, but Cooper added an insurance run to re-extend the lead. His second sacrifice fly scored Orf and marked the second time a Sox batter has achieved such a feat in 2017 after
Colorado Springs heads back on the road for a quick four-game road trip to the Gulf Coast, when