Altoona Curve Vs. Trenton Thunder
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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 143 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .265 (3rd) August 12, 2017 -- Games #117/118, Home Games #60/61 BATTING AVG.: .255 (8th) TEAM HR: 89 (T-7th) TEAM HR: 88 (9th) WALKS: 415 (2nd) Trenton Thunder (77-39) vs. Altoona Curve (60-56) WALKS: 375 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 756 (12th) RHP Dillon Tate (AA Debut) vs. RHP Mitch Keller (0-0, 3.00) STRIKEOUTS: 760 (10th) TEAM ERA: 2.85 (1st) TEAM ERA: 3.75 (3rd) WALKS: 361 (8th) RHP Jose Mesa (1-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Austin Coley (4-3, 2.96 WALKS: 402 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 972 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 846 (6th) () -- EL Rank 4:30 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sun., Aug. 14 Trenton 6 p.m. LHP Daniel Camarena (1-1, 3.81) vs. RHP Casey Sadler (1-2, 3.95) Mon., Aug. 15 OFF DAY Tues., Aug. 16 at Portland 7 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (4-4, 5.07) Wed., Aug. 17 at Portland 6 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Dedgar Jimenez (3-0, 3.47) YESTERDAY: The Curve lost the series opener to the Trenton Thunder, 6-5. The Thunder scored a pair of runs in the 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS second inning. Altoona closed the gap to one run with an RBI single by Jin-De Jhang in the fourth inning, but Trenton Team W-L PCT GB Today responded with four runs in he top of the fifth with four runs. Anderson Feliz hit a bases-clearing, three-run triple to Bowie 61-56 .521 -- v. POR pull within 6-4 in the bottom of the fifth and Wyatt Mathisen added a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to close within one run. Alex McRae allowed six runs over 4.2 innings. Sean Keselica, Tanner Anderson and Tate Scioneaux Altoona 59-55 .518 0.5 v. TRN combined for 4.1 scoreless relief innings. Akron 59-58 .504 2.0 v. BIN Erie 57-60 .487 4.0 v. NHM TODAY: The Curve continue a four-game, three-day series against the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New Richmond 50-66 .431 10.5 v. REA York Yankees, with a double-header. The Curve are in a stretch of playing 11 of 18 games against Trenton. The two Harrisburg 48-68 .414 12.5 @ HFD teams split a two-game series in Altoona from June 20-21, with the finale being postponed due to rain. Trenton won three of four games at PNG Field from July 27-30 and won two of three in Trenton from August 4-6. In seven total losses to the Thunder, the Curve have lost by one run five times and two runs twice. 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Mitch Keller makes his second Double-A start in game one of the double-header. He Trenton 77-39 .664 -- @ ALT went 6-3 with a 3.14 ERA over 15 starts with the A-Adv. Bradenton Marauders this year. He allowed two runs over Binghamton 68-47 .591 8.5 @ AKR five innings in his Curve debut at Trenton on Sunday. Keller is currently ranked as the Pirates' No. 2 prospect, the No. Reading 60-56 .517 17.0 @ RIC 22 prosect in baseball and the No. 6 RHP prospect by MLB.com. He went 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA over his last three Portland 56-59 .487 20.5 @ BOW starts with Bradenton. Last season, Keller went 9-5 with a 2.35 ERA over 24 total starts and was named as MiLB. com's fans' choice Top Breakout Prospect of the Year and the South Atlantic League's Most Outstanding Pitcher.For Hartford 54-62 .466 23.0 v. HAR more on Keller, see page two. New Hamp. 47-70 .402 30.5 @ ERI Right-hander Austin Coley makes his 20th start of the year for the Curve and his 25th overall outing in game two. 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE Coley has faced Trenton in each of his last two starts, going 0-1 with a 3.46 ERA (5 ER/13 IP). Over his last nine Overall Record ..................................... 60-56 starts, Coley has gone 3-1 with a 2.58 ERA (17 ER/59.1 IP) since June 16. He is currently ranked third among Eastern Home ............................................ 33-26 League starters with a 2.96 ERA. Coley pitched with the A-Adv. Bradenton Marauders last season and went 12-10 with a 4.65 ERA last year. In 2015, Coley led the South Atlantic League and the Pirates organization with 16 wins Road ............................................. 27-30 while pitching for Single-A West Virginia. Coley was drafted by the Pirates in the eighth round of the 2014 draft out of Belmont. For more on Coley, see page three. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -0.5 FOR TRENTON: Right-hander Dillon Tate makes his Double-A debut for the Thunder in game one. He went 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA over nine starts with A-Adv. Trenton. Tate was drafted in the first round of the 2015 draft by the Texas Streak............................................................ L1 Rangers. The Yankees acquired him along with RHP Nick Green and RHP Erik Swanson in a trade for Carlos Beltran at the deadline in 2016. Tate is currently ranked as the Yankees' No. 15 prospect by MLB.com and was the first pitcher Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 drafted in 2015. Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 Right-hander Jose Mesa Jr. makes his second start and fourth overall appearance for the Thunder in game two. He 2017 vs. Trenton ...................................... 3-7 posted a 1-1 record with a 2.72 ERA over 21 outings (three starts) with A-Adv. Tampa. He worked five innings in a win at Altoona ........................................ 2-5 at Binghamton last Thursday in his most recent outing, allowing one earned run with seven strikeouts. at Trenton ......................................... 1-2 GOOD IN A PINCH: Jonathan Schwind clubbed the Curve's third pinch-hit homer of the season in last night's win, All-time vs. Trenton ............................ 82-87 a three-run shot in the sixth to put the Curve ahead, 6-3. All three of the Altoona's pinch-hit homers have ultimately at Altoona ................................... 50-36 been game winners. Jordan Luplow hit a two-run homer as a pinch hitter on May 17 at Binghamton to break a 6-6 tie at Trenton .................................... 32-51 in an 8-6 win. Chase Simpson hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning on June 7 at Harrisburg in a 5-3 Curve win. Overall this season, Curve pinch hitters are batting .349 (15/42). ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 241,769 CLOSE CALLS: The Curve have gone 11-11 in their last 22 games, and seven of those losses have been by one run. Home Openings .........................................57 Their last 11 losses since July 18 have been by an average of 1.5 runs (16 runs/11 games). The Curve have played 44 Average Attendance ............................4,242 one-run games this year, the most in the Eastern League, and have posted a 20-24 record in those games. THE SUMMER OF GEORGE: The Curve added OF/INF Jordan George from A-Adv. Bradenton on July 28, and he had BROADCAST INFORMATION a memorable Double-A debut the double-header on July 29. In the first game, he clubbed a two-run homer to pick up his first hit with the Curve and added a two-run double, finishing the game with four RBIs. He added a hit, an RBI and a run scored in the second game of the double-header. He is hitting .333 (15/45) with seven RBIs in his first 12 games. George hit .302 with nine homers and 43 RBIs over 69 games with Bradenton. RETURN OF THE JIN-DE: After missing the first six weeks of the season, catcherJin-De Jhang was batting .184 in 31 games prior to July 8, Since then, he has hit .278 (25/90) in 23 games with three home runs, four doubles and 17 Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun RBIs. He picked up five RBIs last Thursday, the most for a Curve player in a game this year. Behind the plate, he has thrown out 50 percent (18/36) of base stealing attempts this season, the best in the Eastern League this season of will call the action of the 2017 season on catchers with at least 45 attempts against him. the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage C-N-O: Reliever Tate Scioneaux has held opposing batters to a .201 average, third-best in the league among reliev- ers. Scioneaux is tied for first in the league with 39 appearances, has the second-lowest BB/9 IP ratio (1.58) and has begins 15 min. before all games. allowed the third-fewest baserunners (8.39/9 IP). Scioneaux has the second-best ERA (1.95) out of all relievers in the The Curve can also be heard on the following league with at least 50 innings pitched. affiliate stations for selected games: - WKMC-AM 1370 in Roaring Spring ON THE HOMESTAND SAVE IT: The Curve lead the Eastern League with 39 saves this season, their - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................4 third-highest total in a year since 2008 (They 47 in 2010 and 44 in 2015).