2021 Game Notes

2021 GAME NOTES 1000 PARK AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA 16602 814.283.3180 ALTOONACURVEBASEBALL ALTOONACURVE @ALTOONACURVE ALTOONA_CURVE EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 172 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 May 8, 2021 -- Game #5, Home Game #5 Bowie Baysox (3-1) vs. Altoona Curve (1-3) RHP Cody Sedlock (2021 Debut) vs. RHP Osvaldo Bido (2021 Debut) 4 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Rodolfo Castro smashed a line drive back through the middle to lead off the bottom of the tenth inning SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS to give the Curve a 5-4 win over the Bowie Baysox on Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona (1-3) picked up Team W-L GB Today their first win of the season. AfterOneil Cruz tied the game with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning off Baysox reliever Akron 4-0 -- vs Bing. Nick Vespi, Yerry De Los Santos stranded the placed runner at second in the top half of the tenth inning with a strikeout and a pair of groundouts. Working against Diogenes Almengo in the tenth, Castro smoked an 0-1 pitch to center field to score Bowie 3-1 1 @ Alt. Mason Martin and send the Curve into a celebration for the first time this season. Altoona took an early 2-0 lead with single Erie 3-1 1 @ Rea. runs in the second and fourth inning. In the second, Ethan Paul singled in Cal Mitchell in his first at-bat at Double-A to take Richmond 2-1 1.5 vs Hart. the lead. In the fourth inning, Rodolfo Castro smashed the first home run of the season for the Curve with a solo shot off Altoona 1-3 3 vs Bow. the Skyliner rollercoaster beyond the right field wall. Right-handerMax Kranick made his Double-A debut on Friday night Harrisburg 1-3 3 @ Som. and cruised through the first five innings of his outing. Mixing in a cutter, change-up and curveball with a mid to high-90’s fastball, Kranick went 5.2 innings allowing two runs on six hits, no walks, and struck out four on 85 pitches, 64 strikes. NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS Team W-L GB Today TODAY'S GAME: The Curve look look for their first win of the campaign and send RHPOsvaldo Bido to the mound. RHP Portland 3-1 -- vs NH. Brennan Hanifee makes his season debut on Saturday afternoon. Somerset 3-1 -- vs Har. WE'RE BACK! The Curve took the field for the first time in 610 days on Tuesday night after the COVID-19 Pandemic led to the New Hamp. 1-2 1.5 @ Por. cancellation of the 2020 campaign. It had been 614 days since Peoples Natural Gas Field last hosted Curve baseball. Hartford 1-3 2 @ Rich. Binghampton 1-3 2 @ Akr. WE'RE FIRST!: Altoona-Bowie and Portland-New Hampshire were the first Minor League Baseball games to get underway Reading 0-4 2 vs Erie. this season when both games threw their first pitch at 6:03pm. There were 55 total games slated to get underway across 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE the country on Tuesday night as all levels of MiLB began on the same day for the first time in modern history. Overall Record ............................................ 1-3 Home ................................................... 1-3 THE LIMIT DOES EXIST: In compliance with local health guidelines and Major League Baseball COVID-19 protocols, Peoples Natural Gas Field can host up to 2,300 fans to begin the season. Fans can purchase tickets in seating pods of 2, 4, 6, or 8 and Road .................................................... 0-0 each pod is spaced at least six feet apart from any other in their respective section. Place (S'East Div) .....................................T5th Games Ahead/Behind .................................. -3 40-MAN CURVE: The Curve roster features four members of the Pirates 40-man roster in INF Oneil Cruz, INF Rodolfo Cas- Streak ........................................................... W1 tro, RHP Roansy Contreras and RHP Max Kranick. Last 5............................................................ 1-3 Last 10 ......................................................... 1-3 HE STRUCK HIM OUT!!: The Curve struck out 17 batters on Opening Day, the most in a 9-inning game in franchise history. All-Time Record ............................1,504-1,462 It surpassed the previous record of 16 which stood since May 9, 2010 vs. Erie. Roansy Contreras struck out a career-high 11 batters in the loss, Jeff Passantino struck out four and Yerry De Los Santos struck out two. The Curve followed up that 2021 vs. Bowie ........................................... 1-3 performance with another 16 strikeout game on Wednesday night as Travis MacGregor (6), Cam Alldred (3), Hunter Stratton at Altoona ........................................... 1-3 (4) and Will Gardner (3) missed bats with reckless abandon. at Bowie .............................................. 0-0 All-time vs. Bowie ..............................167-177 THE BAYSOX: Bowie begins the 2021 season with two of the top four prospects in the Orioles minor league system in C at Altoona .......................................83-89 Adley Rutschman and LHP D.L. Hall. The Baysox roster also features Terrin Vavra (No. 13, MLB.com), who was acquired at Bowie ..........................................84-88 from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for former Baysox righty Mychal Givens. Other top prospects for Bowie include RHP Kyle Bradish (No. 14, MLB.com), who was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels in 2019 for RHP Dylan Bundy, and RHP ............................ 8,261 Cody Sedlock (No. 28, MLB.com). The Baysox roster includes eight players that have previously suited up for Bowie: RHP ‘21 Home Attendance Diogenes Almengo, LHP Tyler Erwin, RHP Steven Klimek, RHP Tim Naughton, Sedlock, INF Alex Torres, INF Willy Yanh, and Home Openings ..............................................4 OF Zach Jarrett. Average Attendance ............................... 2,066 FOR ALTOONA: RHP Osvaldo Bido makes his Double-A debut after spending the 2019 campaign with Single-A Greensboro CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS and High-A Bradenton where he went 12-8 with a 3.32 ERA in 25 starts...For more on Bido, see page two. Runs Per Game ................................... N/A (--) Average .............................................7th (.255) FOR BOWIE: RHP Cody Sedlock makes his 2021 debut after the COVID-19 Pandemic kept him from regular season action. RISP. ..................................................... N/A (--) Home Runs .......................................... 10th (2) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve active roster features eight of the top-30 prospects in the Pirates organization according to Stolen Bases ...................................... T 1st (7) Baseball America. INF Oneil Cruz (No. 2 Pirates, No. 50 overall), RHP Cody Bolton (No. 6), INF Ji-Hwan Bae (No. 9), INF Ma- son Martin (No. 16), OF Cal Mitchell (No. 19), Rodolfo Castro (No. 22), RHP Max Kranick (No. 23), and RHP Travis MacGregor ERA... .................................................9th (5.11) (No. 28) are all ranked in Baseball America’s Top-30 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects list. Starter ERA ......................................5th (3.78) Reliever ERA ....................................8th (6.20) Strikeouts/9 IP................................... N/A (--) Walks/9 IP .......................................... N/A (--) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed ........................T 10th (5) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE HOMESTAND Record .......................................................... 1-3 2012 - The Curve host Manny Machado and the Bowie Average ...................................... .255 (35-137) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call Baysox. Bowie wins 7-4 and Machado goes 2-3 with a pair Runs/Runs Per Game .......................... 14/3.5 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship Home Runs ......................................................2 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM of doubles and two walks in first game at Altoona. RISP. ............................................... .186 (8-43) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins Errors ...............................................................4 15 min. before all games. 2015 - Charlie Morton makes last outing with Altoona at The Curve can also be heard on the following Harrisburg with a dazzling seven scoreless innings with ERA... ...............................5.25 (21 ER/36.0 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: two hits allowed, five strikeouts and two walks while Curve Starter W-L ................................................. 0-2 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County beat Senators 10-4. Morton was traded to Philadelphia Starter ERA ......................3.78 (7 ER/16.2 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and after the season and eventually found stardom with the Reliever W-L ............................................... 1-1 the MiLB First Pitch App Astros. Reliever ERA ...................6.20(14 ER/20.1 IP) Saves/Opps ................................................. 0-1 UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sunday May 9 Bowie 2 p.m. RHP Jeff Passantino (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Brenan Hanifee (2021 Debut) Tuesday May 11 @ Binghamton 6:35 p.m. RHP Roansy Contreras (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBA Wednesday May 12 @ Binghamton 6:35 p.m. RHP Travis MacGregor (0-1, 11.57) vs. TBA Thursday May 13 @ Binghamton 6:35 p.m. RHP Noe Toribio (0-1, 4.91) vs. TBA TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2021 HIGHS RHP OSVALDO BIDO #44 CAREER HIGHS IP: -- IP: 7.1, 8/5/19 (BRD @ CHA) HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 197 B/T: R/R EXP: 4 YR K: -- K: 10, 6/5/19 (GBO vs.

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