Altoona Curve Vs. Binghamton Mets
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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 125 BATTING AVG.: .252 (5th) June 5, 2016 -- Game #55, Home Game #27 BATTING AVG.: .257 (3rd) TEAM HR: 23 (9th) TEAM HR: 29 (T-6th) WALKS: 175 (9th) Binghamton Mets (22-32) vs. Altoona Curve (31-23) WALKS: 180 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 403 (5th) RHP Robert Gsellman (2-4, 2.78) vs. RHP Frank Duncan (3-1, 1.31) STRIKEOUTS: 387 (7th) TEAM ERA: 4.22 (9th) TEAM ERA: 4.01 (8th) WALKS: 192 (3rd) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field, Curve, Pa. WALKS: 229 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 417 (2nd) STRIKEOUTS: 358 (11th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., June 6 at Erie 7:05 p.m. TBD (4-2, 3.96) vs. RHP Cory Riordan (3-4, 5.01) Tues., June 7 at Erie 7:05 p.m. LHP Cody Dickson (4-2, 3.96) vs. RHP Myles Jaye (2-4, 4.48) Wed., June 8 at Erie 7:05 p.m. LHP Brandon Waddell (4-1, 4.99) vs. RHP Tommy Collier (4-4, 4.01) Thurs., June 8 at Erie 7:05 p.m. RHP Tyler Eppler (3-4, 4.20) vs. (0-2, 3.27) LHP Anthony Fernandez YESTERDAY: The Curve were blanked by the B-Mets, 3-0, behind strong pitching by Rainy Lara, Tim Peterson and 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Akeel Morris, who combined to hold the Curve to just three hits. Austin Meadows tripled in the first inning to extend Team W-L PCT GB Today his hitting streak to 13 games. Binghamton took the lead with an RBI double by Jared King and a run-scoring triple Akron 38-17 .691 -- @ BOW by L.J. Mazzilli in the fifth. Xorge Carrillo added a run in the ninth with a single. Lara pitched seven shutout innings. Altoona 31-23 .574 6.5 v. BIN Morris closed out his fourth save. Altoona starter Tyler Eppler picked up his eighth quality start in 11 outings this year Harrisburg 29-25 .537 8.5 @ RIC with two runs allowed in seven innings. Erie 22-34 .393 16.5 @ TRN Bowie 21-34 .382 17.0 v. AKR TONIGHT: The Curve play the rubber game of a three-game series against the Binghamton Mets, Double-A affilliate Richmond 19-37 .339 19.5 v. HAR of the New York Mets. This weekend marks the second of five series between the two clubs. The Curve won two of the three games at NYSEG Stadium last month. Entering play tonight, Altoona has won 20-of-27 games. The Curve are in a stretch of playing 14-of-17 games on the road, with this weekend's series being the only time at PNG Field. 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Frank Duncan makes the second Double-A start of his career and his seventh appear- Reading 38-18 .679 -- v. NHM ance for the Curve this season. It is his first start back with Altoona after making four starts in Triple-A with Indianapo- Hartford 32-21 .604 4.5 v. POR lis. Last time out, Duncan had his toughest outing, allowing three runs ni 4.1 innings. He breezed through his Triple-A Trenton 33-22 .600 4.5 v. ERI debut at Scranton-Wilkes/Barre on May 13, allowing one hit over six scoreless innings. With Indianapolis, Duncan New Hamp. 25-29 .463 12.0 @ REA went 1-2 with a 3.38 ERA in his four starts. His last start for the Curve came on May 8 at Richmond, and he allowed Binghamton 22-32 .407 15.0 @ ALT one run over 5.1 innings. Out of the bullpen, Duncan went 2-1 with a 1.20 ERA, including working five scoreless Portland 18-36 .333 19.0 @ HFD innings in an appearance against Erie on April 26. Last year in Bradenton, Duncan made 25 starts and totaled 27 ap- pearances, going 9-10 with a 4.32 ERA. For more on Duncan, see page two. 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE FOR BINGHAMTON: Right-hander Robert Gsellman makes his eleventh start of the season for the B-Mets and his Overall Record ..................................... 31-23 first against the Curve this year. Last time out, he picked up his second win after holding Erie to two runs in six innings Home ............................................ 15-11 on Tuesday at Jerry Uht Park. Throught his first six starts this season, Gsellman went 1-0 with a 1.77 ERA. He made Road ............................................. 16-12 his Double-A debut last year at PNG Field against the Curve and gave up six runs over four innings in a loss. In his three starts against Altoona last season, Gsellman went 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA. In 16 starts for the B-Mets in 2015, the Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd Santa Monica, Calif. native went 7-7 with a 3.51 ERA. Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -6.5 #WINNING: The Curve have won 21 of their last 27 games, dating back to May 5, when they were 11-16 and fourth Streak............................................................ L1 in the E.L. West. The stretch includes an eight-game winning streak from May 10-18, tied for the third-longest in Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 team history. Altoona has won seven of the last eight series, with the lone exception being a four-game series split Last 10 ........................................................ 7-3 with Akron at PNG Field. Altoona has moved from fourth to second in the Western Division in that stretch, but has only gained one game in the standings on the division-leading RubberDucks. 2016 vs. Binghamton .............................. 3-2 at Altoona ........................................ 1-1 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: After hitting just .192 through his first 21 games, outfielder Austin Meadows has compiled a at Binghamton ................................ 2-1 13-game hitting streak since May 23 to raise his average to .298 The Pirates' second-ranked prospect has eight mutli- All-time vs. Binghamton ................... 77-76 hit games during the streak, including five straight from 5/27-5/31. He's batting .458 (22/48) during the streak with at Altoona ................................... 39-33 six triples, four doubles, a home run, nine RBIs, five stolen bases, five walks, 13 runs scored and just five strikeouts. at Binghamton ........................... 37-43 His .467 average is the second-highest in Double-A and the third-best in MiLB since May 23. The 13-game streak is the longest active streak by an active Eastern League player, the longest by a Curve player this season and tied for ‘16 Home Attendance .......................86,166 third-best in the E.L. this season. He's also currently on a 18-game on-base streak since May 15, the longest for a Home Openings .........................................25 Curve player this year. Average Attendance ............................3,447 BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie moved up on the Curve’s all-time home run leaders list with his 42nd career homer on Friday night at Bowie, moving ahead of Ray Sadler for third all-time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu BROADCAST INFORMATION both share the franchise home run record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona jersey. He added the 43rd home run of his career on Saturday night. WHAT A RELIEF: Reliever Dovydas Neverauskas had his scoreless streak snapped at 18.1 innings after allowing a run on Thursday night at Akron. It is the longest streak posted by any Curve pitcher so far this season. Opponents are Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher hitting .143 against Neverauskas this year, fourth-best in amongst relievers in the E.L., and .127 against Jhondaniel Keel will call all the action of the 2016 Medina, second-best in the league. Jared Lakind tossed 1.2 scoreless innings on Thursday at Akron and has not al- season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN lowed a run in his last 17.1 innings while posting 12 consecutive scoreless appearances. Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona season roster has an average age of 23.6, the youngest of any team in the Eastern all games. League. Hartford (24.0) and Akron (24.6) are the next closest. Erie and New Hampshire (26.0) have fielded the oldest The Curve can also be heard on the following rosters. The three youngest players on the Curve roster are all 21 and are also the three highest-ranked prospects: affiliate stations for selected games: Austin Meadows, Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. Aside from reliever - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE HOMESTAND Jhondaniel Medina (three games at Triple-A this year), no players on the - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Games ....................................................................2 current roster have played above Double-A at any point in their professional - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 1-1 careers. provided by TuneIn Radio Average .......................................... .238 (15/63) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ..............................7/3.5 preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Meadows (2), Reese McGuire First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................0 (5), Harold Ramirez (6), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Ep- pler (28). Six players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates RISP ................................................... .211 (4/19) prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), Holmes (19), Barnes (24) Errors ......................................................................0 and Jose Osuna (30).