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Article: Mistakes doom Sky Sox in loss
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- April 20, 2006
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Lots of discussion and planning and coaching took place after the
Colorado Springs Sky Sox lost again Wednesday.
The 6-4 loss to Portland was hardly an exercise in fundamental
baseball and at least two of the 3,133 fans at Security Service Field
-- Colorado Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd and assistant general
manager Bill Geivett -- took note.
"It's obvious we didn't play good baseball," said Sky Sox manager
Tom Runnells. "We made way too many mistakes. I guess you could say
we played just good enough to lose."
The Sky Sox (5-9) have lost three straight while Portland (7-6)
has won three straight.
The winning runs in the seventh broke a 4-4 tie. Beavers pitcher
Erick Burke (1-0) led ...