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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 168 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 June 2, 2019 -- Game #53, Home Game #25 New Hampshire Fisher Cats (24-29) vs. Altoona Curve (24-28) RHP Patrick Murphy (3-5, 3.99) vs. LHP Domingo Robles (0-0, 3.60) 2 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio -- WKMC 96.1 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., June 3 at Erie 7:05 p.m. RHP James Marvel (4-5, 3.81) vs. RHP Anthony Castro (1-1, 6.35) Tues., June 4 at Erie 10:35 a.m. RHP Pedro Vasquez (3-1, 3.32) vs. RHP Logan Shore (2-4, 4.70) Wed., June 5 at Erie 10:35 a.m. TBD vs. RHP Alex Faedo (3-3, 3.81) Thurs., June 6 OFF DAY THE LAST TIME OUT: Hunter Owen capped off a three-hit night with a walk-off, two-run homer with the Curve down, 2019 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS 3-2, in the bottom of the ninth to lift the club to a 4-3 win. After two perfect innings of relief for New Hampshire's Vinny Nattoli, Logan Hill led off the home half of the ninth with a single, his third hit of the game, before the game- Team W-L PCT GB Today winning blast. Owen and Hill accounted for all six Curve hits. Sean Brady departed with a 2-0 lead with one out in Harrisburg 34-21 .618 -- @ TRN the seventh before New Hampshire scored all three of their runs on a two-out, two-run single by Santiago Espinal Erie 25-24 .510 6.0 vs. AKR followed by a throwing error on the play. Angel German struck out the side in the top of the ninth to pick up the win. Akron 27-26 .509 6.0 @ ERI Owen's walk-off homer is the first of the season for the Curve and the first with the club trailing at the time of the Altoona 24-28 .462 8.5 vs. NHM home run since Bryan Reynolds hit a three-run shot to give Altoona an 8-7 win on July 26, 2018 vs. Binghamton. Bowie 19-35 .352 14.5 vs. HFD TODAY'S GAME: The 21st season of Altoona Curve Baseball continues as the Curve complete their three-game Richmond 18-34 .346 14.5 @ REA series and homestand with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Over a span of 13 days, the two clubs have played the entire six-game season series. The Fisher Cats swept the Curve in three 2019 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS games at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on May 21-23 before splitting the last two games as New Hampshire has Team W-L PCT GB Today outscored the Curve, 22-11. Trenton 32-19 .627 -- vs. HBG Binghamton 30-20 .600 1.5 vs. POR NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Curve will finish a stretch of playing 16 of 23 on the road after they play three games in Hartford 32-22 .593 1.5 @ BOW Erie after Sunday's contest in Altoona. The three-game series this weekend started a period 12 home games over 18 total from May 31-June 19. Altoona is also using the designated hitter in 23 straight games, spanning seven series, Reading 30-31 .588 2.0 vs. RIC against American League affiliates until June 13. The team is also playing their fourth consecutive series against an New Hamp. 24-29 .453 9.0 @ ALT Eastern Division club, which inlcudes seven of their last 10 series until the end of the first half against the Eastern Portland 18-34 .346 14.5 @ BNG Division. 2019 CURVE AT A GLANCE THE CURVE: After winning three of four over first place Harrisburg, Altoona has lost eight of 10 and have been out- Overall Record ........................................24-28 scored 43-29. Each of the team's last three games have been decided by one run. The Curve have not been greater First Half ........................................24-28 than five games below .500 since the end of the 2014 season when the club was 21 games under on the second- Second Half ...................Begins June 19 to-last day of the season. Altoona's offense ranks fifth in the Eastern League in hitting at .239, last with 31 homers, ...............................................11-13 sixth with a .252 average with runners in scoring position and eighth with 3.9 runs per game. Altoona's pitching Home staff entered play May 16 with a 4.22 ERA, which ranked last in the league, before a 3.53 ERA (47 ER/119.2 IP) over Road ................................................13-15 the last 13 games shaved it down to 4.05. Place (E.L. Western) .................................. 4th Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -8.5 THE FISHER CATS: New Hampshire's club has hung around .500 most of the season before losing seven-of-nine Streak ........................................................... W1 after they swept the Curve in Manchester. In their current six-game road trip, they have been swept in three games Last 5............................................................ 2-3 by Harrisburg and split the first two games of the series in Altoona. Offensively, the club ranks fourth in hitting Last 10 ......................................................... 2-8 (.245), eighth in homers (34), 11th with runners in scoring position (.222) and are second in the league with 48 steals while plating 4.0 runs per game, fifth-most in the league. From a pitching perspective, New Hampshire ranks 2019 vs. New Hampshire ......................... 1-4 eighth with a 3.56 ERA. New Hampshire is the defending Eastern League champions, sweeping Trenton and Akron in at Altoona .......................................... 1-1 three games each. at Manchester .................................. 0-3 All-time vs. New Hampshire ................52-47 FOR ALTOONA: Left-hander Domingo Robles makes his first home start at PNG Field and his second Double-A start. During his debut, threw five innings in Trenton and allowed three runs, two earned, with six strikeouts on Tuesday. at Altoona ....................................... 27-23 Robles ranked fifth in the Florida State League with a 2.64 ERA, third with a .203 batting average against, fourth at Manchester ...............................25-24 with a 1.00 WHIP and tied for first with 10 starts after he served as the Opening Day starter for the Marauders. Robles, a 21-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, was signed by Pittsburgh as an international free agent on ‘19 Home Attendance .......................... 91,080 July 2, 2014...For more on Robles, see page two. Home Openings ............................................23 Average Attendance ............................... 3,960 FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE: Patrick Murphy, a 23-year-old righty, makes his 11th start for New Hampshire. Murphy won three straight starts, including six one-run innings against the Curve on May 23, before he allowed seven runs ON THE HOMESTAND in 4.2 innings in his last start on Tuesday at Harrisburg. He currently ranks seventh in the Eastern League with 60 Games...............................................................2 strikeouts, eighth with a .201 batting average against and 10th with a 1.05 WHIP and 56.1 innings pitched. Murphy Record .......................................................... 1-1 made one start for the Fisher Cats in 2018 on May 27 versus Hartford while he went 10-5 with a 2.64 ERA with A- Adv. Dunedin. He was drafted by the Blue Jays in the third round in 2013 out Hamilton High School, where he was Average ....................................... .203 (12/59) high school teammates with Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger, and is currently ranked as the No. 17 prospect in ............................ 8/4.0 Toronto's minor league system, according to MLB.com. Runs/Runs Per Game Home Runs ......................................................2 ROTATION STATION: The Curve starting staff owned a 2.98 ERA (47 ER/142 IP) through play on May 2 but has RISP. .............................................. .308 (4/13) swelled to a league-high 4.33 over their last 26 games due to a 5.93 ERA (81 ER/123.0 IP). Altoona's pitching staff Errors ...............................................................3 had the highest ERA in the league in May at 5.00, (128 ER/230.1 IP) after pitching to a 3.13 ERA (72 ER/207 IP) in April. ERA... .................................4.00 (8 ER/18.0 IP) Starter W-L ................................................. 0-0 MAKING THE PLAYS: The Curve defense shares the highest fielding percentage (.985) in Minor League Baseball Starter ERA ........................3.24 (3 ER/8.1 IP) with their Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians. They have done so as Altoona pitchers put a high rate of balls Reliever W-L ............................................... 1-1 in play with the fewest strikeouts (354) in the Minors and the fifth-fewest walks (150) in Double-A. The Curve have Reliever ERA ......................4.66 (5 ER/9.2 IP) set the franchise record for highest team fielding percentage in each of the last three seasons, which was .980 in Saves/Opps .................................................0/0 2016 and 2017 before the 2018 club held a .985 mark. BOUNTY HUNTER: Third baseman Hunter Owen has homered in back-to-back games, including a walk-off, two run shot on Saturday night, to own the title of most homers (43) hit by a Pirates minor league since the start of the 2017 season. He ranks just ahead of 2019 organizational leaders Will Craig (15 in 2019) and Mason Martin (16 in 2019), who have each homerd 41 times over the same period. During his first season at Double-A, Owen leads the league with 37 RBIs and .587 slugging percentage while he ranks second with 12 home runs and 25 extra-base hits.