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Article: Weary Sky Sox fall to River Cats
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- July 5, 2005
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Short rest, leaky defense and a depleted lineup hurt the Colorado
Springs Sky Sox on Monday night as they were drubbed 14-6 by the
Sacramento River Cats before a seasonhigh crowd of 7,533 at Security
Service Field.
The Sky Sox led 5-1 after four innings, but the River Cats scored
13 runs over the next four innings. Sky Sox starter Christian Parker
(0-1) was replaced in the sixth with the Sky Sox ahead 5-4, but
reliever Alex Serrano surrendered Andrew Beattie's three-run homer
that gave Sacramento a 7-5 lead. In the seventh, the River Cats added
four more runs, two of them unearned.
"We were hoping to get a little more out of Parker but it looked
like he just ran out of gas," Sky Sox ...