2017 Curve at a Glance Broadcast Information
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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.: .235 (T-9th) May 11, 2017 -- Game #31, Home Game #12 BATTING AVG.: .263 (4th) TEAM HR: 22 (T-5th) TEAM HR: 18 (T-7th) WALKS: 117 (3rd) New Hampshire Fisher Cats (11-21) vs. Altoona Curve (18-12) WALKS: 97 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 252 (5th) RHP Conner Greene (1-2, 3.57) vs. RHP Austin Coley (1-1, 3.47) STRIKEOUTS: 204 (11th) TEAM ERA: 4.64 (11th) TEAM ERA: 3.14 (2nd) WALKS: 115 (4th) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 90 (T-9th) STRIKEOUTS: 240 (4th) STRIKEOUTS: 221 (T-10th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240, WRTA | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., May 12 vs. New Hampshire 6 p.m. RHP Francisco Rios (3-3, 3.86) vs. RHP Yeudy Garcia (1-2, 4.74) Sat., May 13 vs. New Hampshire 6 p.m. RHP Jon Harris (1-3, 5.94) vs. RHP Alex McRae (3-0, 1.96) Sun., May 14 vs. New Hampshire 1 p.m. LHP Shane Dawson (1-4, 5.14) vs. RHP Tanner Anderson (2-2, 2.90) Mon., May 15 OFF DAY YESTERDAY: The Curve cruised to a 10-3 win in the road trip finale to avoid a sweep in Richmond. Kevin Kramer and 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Edwin Espinal each hit RBI doubles in the first inning, and Jordan Luplow hit a two-run homer to give the Curve a 4-0 Team W-L PCT GB Today lead before the defense had taken the field. Richmond answered with three runs in the bottom of the first, chas- Altoona 18-12 .600 -- v. NHM ing Brandon Waddell before he could record an out, but Tate Scioneaux came in for him and worked four scoreless Bowie 17-16 .515 2.5 v. RIC innings. The Curve added six more runs in the fifth inning. Espinal, Jordan Luplow, Chase Simpson, Elvis Escobar and Erie 15-15 .500 3.0 @ HFD Pablo Reyes brought in runs during the frame with 12 Curve batters coming to the plate. Yeudy Garcia worked three Akron 13-17 .433 5.0 @ BIN scoreless inning and picked up his first Double-A win. Montana DuRapau struck out three in two scoreless innings. Harrisburg 13-18 .419 5.5 @ TRN Richmond 13-18 .419 5.5 @ BOW TODAY: The Curve open a four-game series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. It is the only series between the two teams at PNG Field this year. The Curve went 3-3 against them last 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS season and 2-1 in Altoona. Team W-L PCT GB Today Binghamton 18-11 .621 -- v. AKR FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Austin Coley makes his fifth start of the season for the Curve and eighth overall ap- Trenton 19-12 .613 -- v. HAR pearance. Last time out, he worked two scoreless innings at Akron and picked up his first Double-A win on Sunday. Reading 17-12 .586 1.0 v. POR He pitched with the A-Adv. Bradenton Marauders last season and went 12-10 with a 4.65 ERA last year. In 2015, Col- Portland 16-12 .571 1.5 @ REA ey led the South Atlantic League and the Pirates organization with 16 wins while pitching for Single-A West Virginia. Hartford 12-18 .400 6.5 v. ERI Coley was drafted by the Pirates in the eighth round of the 2014 draft out of Belmont.For more on Coley, see page two. New Hamp. 11-21 .344 8.5 @ ALT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE: Right-hander Conner Greene makes his seventh start of the year for the Fisher Cats. Last time out, he worked 6.2 innings, allowing one run, and picked up his first win of the year against Binghamton on Sat- 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE urday. Greene was drafted in the seventh round in 2013 by the Blue Jays out of Santa Monica High School. He made Overall Record ..................................... 18-12 12 starts for New Hampshire last season, going 6-5 with a 4.19 ERA. He also appeared with the Fisher Cats briefly at Home ................................................. 9-2 the end of the 2015 season. Road ................................................9-10 HOME SWEET HOME: The Curve are 9-2 at PNG Field this season, which is good for an .818 winning percentage. Place (E.L. Western) .................................1st The Curve have the best home winning percentage in all of affiliated professional baseball this season. Games Ahead/Behind ...........................+2.5 KRAMERICA INDUSTRIES: Curve second baseman Kevin Kramer is off to a hot start in his first Double-A debut cam- Streak..........................................................W1 paign, hitting .376 (38/101) through his first 27 games, first in the league, including three home runs. A 2013 College Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 World Series champion at UCLA and a second-round draft pick of the Pirates in 2015, Kramer is currently first in the Last 10 ........................................................ 7-3 Eastern League with a .475 on-base percentage, second with a .614 slugging percentage, second with 11 doubles and second with 38 hits. He has reached base in all 27 games he has played to begin the season, the longest active streak 2016 vs. New Hampshire....................... 3-3 in the Eastern League this season, and has at least one hit in 25 of his 27 games. at Altoona ....................................... 2-1 at Manchester ................................ 1-2 HELLO, NEWMAN: Shortstop Kevin Newman is the top-ranked prospect on this year's Curve roster, rated at No. 4 All-time vs. New Hampshire ............ 42-39 in the Pirates organization by both MLB.com and Baseball America. He made his Double-A debut with the Curve last at Altoona ................................... 21-20 season and led the Pirates' organization with a .320 overall batting average in his first full professional season, includ- at Manchester ............................ 21-19 ing a .288 mark with the Curve in 61 games. Newman was selected in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of the University of Arizona. ‘17 Home Attendance .......................43,174 Home Openings .........................................11 EDWINNING: 2016 E.L. All-Star Edwin Espinal leads the team with 14 RBIs. He has the best strikeout rate in the Average Attendance ............................3,925 league (10.60 TPA/SO) and had multiple strikeouts in a game just once. Espinal is third in the E.L. in batting average at .351 (33/94). BROADCAST INFORMATION DU-RAP IT UP: Altoona closer Montana DuRapau finished second in the Eastern League with 22 saves last year, tied for fourth-most in Curve history. It was tied for the second-most for a Curve pitcher in a season since 2007, behind only 24 by Noah Krol in 2011. He finished last season first in the EL with 43 games finished and fourth with 50 appearances. DuRapau picked up a save Tuesday and is now tied with Brandon Knight (2006) for second place on the Curve's all-time saves list with 27, trailing only Matt Peterson (29, 2003-06). DuRapau is third in the E.L. with six saves and tied for third with nine games finished. Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun will call the action of the 2017 season on PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features four of MLB.com's Top 30 Pirates Prospects: Kevin Nemwan the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, (4), Yeudy Garcia (13), Brandon Waddell (17) and Kevin Kramer (21). The same four players are also ranked in Baseball WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage America's Top 30 Pittsburgh prospects list: Newman (4), Garcia (16), Waddell (17) and Kramer (21). B.A. also named begins 15 min. before all games. Newman as the organization's "Best Hitter for Average" and Waddell as having the "Best Changeup." The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate stations for selected games: ON THE LAST ROAD TRIP - WKMC-AM 1370 AM in Roaring Spring - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................6 - WTRN-FM 100.7 in Tyrone Record ............................................................... 3-3 - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Average ....................................... .266 (50/188) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 29/4.8 provided by TuneIn Radio Home Runs...........................................................2 - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB First Pitch App RISP ................................................. .300 (18/60) Errors ......................................................................2 ERA ...................................4.56 (24 ER/47.1 IP) Starter W-L ...................................................... 1-1 Starter ERA .......................3.74 (9 ER/21.2 IP) Reliever W-L ................................................... 2-2 Reliever ERA .................5.61 (16 ER/25.2 IP) Saves/Opps .....................................................2/2 2017 Altoona Curve Game Information Page 1 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS RHP AUSTIN COLEY @AustinColey #17 IP: 6.0, 4/22 @ AKR IP: 8.0, 6/26/16 (BRD @ FTM) HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 203 B/T: R/R EXP: 4 YR K’s: 6, 4/8 (1) @ HAR K’s: 8, 3x, last - 7/22/16 (BRD vs. DBT) BB’s: 3, 4/13 v. AKR BB: 6, 8/5/16 (BRD @ STL) BORN: JULY 14, 1992 (24) IN NASHVILLE, TENN. Hits: 5, 4/8 (1) @ HAR Hits: 10, 2x, last - 814/15 (WV @ HIC) RESIDES: MURFREESBORO, TENN. Runs: 2, 2x, last - 4/22 @ AKR Runs: 7, 7/22/16 (BRD vs. DBT) ACQUIRED: 8TH ROUND - 2014 (BELMONT) RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS) GAME-BY-GAME 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 1 0 0 3 -- -- -- -- DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GM RESULT 4/8 (2) at Harrisburg -- 4.0 5 1 1 1 6 After 4th, Curve leading 3-1 W, 5-1 4/13 Akron -- 5.1 2 2 2 3 5 In 6th, Curve leading 2-0 W.