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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 141 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .260 (5th) May 20, 2017 -- Game #39, Home Game #17 BATTING AVG.: .273 (2nd) TEAM HR: 38 (2nd) TEAM HR: 24 (9th) WALKS: 132 (T-5th) Erie SeaWolves (18-20) vs. Altoona Curve (23-15) WALKS: 128 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 305 (6th) RHP Artie Lewicki (2-1, 4.76) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (0-1, 6.75) STRIKEOUTS: 248 (12th) TEAM ERA: 4.28 (10th) TEAM ERA: 3.64 (3rd) WALKS: 101 (12th) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 124 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 283 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 271 (10th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240, WRTA | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sun., May 21 Erie 6 p.m. LHP Matt Crouse (3-1, 6.29) vs. RHP Tanner Anderson (2-3, 4.00) Mon., May 22 Akron 6 p.m. RHP Nick Pasquale (3-2, 2.95) vs. RHP Austin Coley (1-1, 3.06) Tues., May 23 Akron 6 p.m. LHP Luis Lugo (3-1, 2.97) vs. RHP Yeudy Garcia (2-2, 4.88) Wed., May 24 Akron 10:30 a.m. RHP Julian Merryweather (3-2, 3.59) vs. RHP Alex McRae (3-0, 3.48) YESTERDAY: After falling behind 7-0 in the first inning, the Curve fought back and defeated the Erie SeaWolves, 11- 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS 10. Altoona immediately answered with five runs in the bottom of the first, a Kevin Kramer solo homer in the second, Team W-L PCT GB Today and a Jackson Williams RBI groundout in the third to tie the score. Kevin Newman hit a go-ahead double in the sixth Altoona 23-15 .605 -- v. ERI and Connor Joe followed with a bases-clearing, three-run double to give the Curve an 11-7 lead. Erie rallied to score Bowie 21-20 .512 3.5 v. BIN three runs in the seventh and pull back within a run, but Montana DuRapau closed out the final six outs to pick up his Erie 18-20 .474 5.0 @ ALT 30th career save, breaking the franchise record. Jared Lakind worked 3.2 innings and struck out six. Akron 17-19 .472 5.0 @ HFD Richmond 17-22 .436 6.5 v. HAR TODAY: The Curve continue a three-game series against the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of Detroit Tigers. The Harrisburg 16-23 .410 7.5 @ RIC Curve took two-of-three games against the SeaWolves at home from April 17-19 and also won two-of-three on the road against the them from April 24-26. This is the third of five series between the two teams. The Curve play in Erie 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS May 26-29 and again June 30-July 3. The SeaWolves comes back to PNG Field July 31-August 3. Altoona is coming Team W-L PCT GB Today off of dropping two-of-three on the road at Binghamton. The SeaWolves are coming off being swept at home in three Trenton 25-14 .641 -- v. POR games against Reading. The went 13-7 against the SeaWolves last year and hold a 33-14 record against them since Reading 23-13 .639 0.5 v. NHM the start of the 2015 season. Binghamton 21-14 .600 2.0 @ BOW Portland 18-18 .500 5.5 @ TRN FOR ALTOONA: Left-handerBrandon Waddell takes the mound for his fifth start of the season. Last time out, he al- Hartford 17-22 .436 8.0 v. AKR lowed one run over 3.2 innings and threw 60 pitches on Sunday against New Hampshire. He was placed on the 7-day New Hamp. 12-28 .300 13.5 @ REA disabled list on April 18 (retro to April 14) with left forearm discomfort. He began last season with A-Adv. Bradenton and went 4-0 with a 0.93 ERA in five starts. He was 7-9 with a 4.12 ERA in 22 outings (20 starts) for the Curve after being promoted in May. He went 3-0 with a 2.78 ERA in his first four Eastern League starts. Waddell was a 2016 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE MiLB.com Pittsburgh Organization All-Star. He was drafted in the fifth round in 2015 out of the University of Virginia, Overall Record ..................................... 23-15 where he picked up a win in the clinching game of the 2015 College World Series against Vanderbilt. For more on Home ...............................................13-3 Waddell, see page two. Road ............................................. 10-12 FOR ERIE: Waddell's former UVA teammate Artie Lewicki makes his eighth start of the season for the SeaWolves. Place (E.L. Western) .................................1st Last time out, Lewicki worked five scoreless, two-hit innings in a win at Hartford on Sunday. He last faced the Curve Games Ahead/Behind ...........................+3.5 April 26 and allowed two runs over 5.1 innings in a no-decision. Lewicki made 12 starts for Erie last season, going 1-7 with a 3.48 ERA. He was drafted in the eighth round in 2014 by the Tigers out of the University of Virginia. Streak..........................................................W1 Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 PUTTING IT IN PLAY: The Curve offense has the fewest strikeouts in the Eastern League with 248 and have four of Last 10 ........................................................ 6-4 the nine toughest hitters to strike out in the league. Pablo Reyes has the lowest K rate (9.2%) in the E.L. He's followed by Edwin Espinal (2nd/9.9%), Connor Joe (5th/11.0%) and Jordan Luplow (9th/12.9%). Kevin Newman is ranked 11th 2017 vs. Erie ............................................. 5-2 in the league at 13.7%. at Altoona ........................................ 3-1 at Erie ............................................... 2-1 KRAMERICA INDUSTRIES: Curve second baseman Kevin Kramer is off to a hot start in his Double-A debut cam- All-time vs. Erie ...............................189-179 paign, hitting .359 (47/131) through his first 34 games, first in the league, including four home runs. A 2013 College at Altoona ................................... 89-90 World Series champion at UCLA and a second-round draft pick of the Pirates in 2015, Kramer is currently first in the at Erie .........................................102-89 Eastern League with a .448 on-base percentage, third with a .603 slugging percentage, third with 25 runs scored, fourth with 79 total bases and tied for first with 14 doubles. Kramer has also been hit by a pitch a league-high eight ‘17 Home Attendance .......................61,156 times. He has reached base in 33 of 34 games he has played to begin the season and has at least one hit in 30 of his Home Openings .........................................16 34 games. Average Attendance ............................3,820 STREAK SNAPPED: Kramer's on-base streak came to an end with his 0-for-5 game on Thursday. He finished at 32 games, third-longest in team history one shy of the franchise record of 33 (Ronny Paulino and Steve Pearce). Kramer's BROADCAST INFORMATION streak was the longest in baseball this season (MLB and MiLB). EDWINNING: 2016 E.L. All-Star Edwin Espinal leads the team with 25 RBIs. He has the second-best strikeout rate in the league (10.92 TPA/SO) and had multiple strikeouts in a game just once. Espinal is seventh in the E.L. in batting average at .336 (40/119). Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun VIEW FROM THE TOP: The Curve have held first place for 32 of their 38 games this season and 25 straight games will call the action of the 2017 season on since April 18. Dating back to July 24, 2016, they have been in first place in the Western Division for 66 of 74 games, the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, including 36 straight games until the last two games of the year. WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before all games. The Curve are 13-3 at PNG Field this season, which is good for an .813 winning percentage, HOME SWEET HOME: The Curve can also be heard on the following the best in the minors. Triple-A Tacoma (16-4, .800) has the next closest mark. affiliate stations for selected games: ON THE HOMESTAND AIR JORDAN: With homers on Wednesday and Thursday, Jordan Luplow is - WKMC-AM 1370 AM in Roaring Spring - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................1 now ranked fifth in the E.L. with eight on the season. His 1/15.38 HR/AB ratio is fourth-best in the league. - WTRN-FM 100.7 in Tyrone Record ............................................................... 1-0 - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Average .......................................... .359 (14/39) DU-RAP IT UP: Altoona closer Montana DuRapau finished second in the - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Runs/Runs Per Game .........................11/11.0 Eastern League with 22 saves last year, tied for fourth-most in Curve history. provided by TuneIn Radio It was tied for the second-most for a Curve pitcher in a season since 2007, Home Runs...........................................................1 - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB behind only 24 by Noah Krol in 2011. He finished last season first in the EL First Pitch App RISP ................................................... .353 (6/17) with 43 games finished and fourth with 50 appearances. With his six-out Errors ......................................................................1 save on Friday, DuRapau now sits alone with 30 career saves, passing Matt Peterson (2003-06) for the most in Curve franchise history. DuRapau is sec- ERA ........................................ 9.00 (9 ER/9.0 IP) ond in the E.L. with eight saves and tied for first with 13 games finished.