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| Lorenzo Cain on the basepaths (Photo: Lee Warren) |
Suppan, gave up a two-run home run in the first inning on Sunday, but the runs were not earned due to an error by Irving Falu. Then he went on a roll, shutting down the Sounds over the next five innings, retiring the last 11 batters he faced.
Omaha has outscored their opponents 40-12 during their winning streak and their pitching staff has tossed three shutouts during that stretch.
At 11-7, they are in first place in the PCL American North – 1.5 games ahead of Iowa. The last time they lead their division by 1.5 games was May 10, 2008.
A few player player notes:
- Gregor Blanco drew three walks on Sunday, stealing a base, scoring twice and ripping an RBI double in his only official at-bat. He has reached base safely in 13 of his past 18 plate appearances (.722 OBP). Before that he mired in an 0-for-12 skid with no walks. He has stolen bases in each of his past five games.
- Clint Robinson leads or is tied for the team lead in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.397), home runs (six), RBIs (15), runs scored (15) on-base percentage (.486) and slugging percentage (.778).
- Lorenzo Cain is starting to heat up. He is 5-for-9 with a homer and a triple in the series – the home run was his first in Triple-A.
- Mike Moustakas has a 12-game hitting streak, but has just 12 total hits during the streak. He has hit safely in 15 of the 17 games in which he has played with a total of one multi-hit game. His numbers still don’t look all that impressive. He is hitting .239 (16-for-67) with 2 HR, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored on the season.
