EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 148 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 BATTING AVG.: .247 (7th) June 14, 2018 -- Game #60, Road Game #28 BATTING AVG.: .249 (6th) TEAM HR: 40 (11th) TEAM HR: 63 (1st) WALKS: 159 (11th) Altoona Curve (31-28) vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (34-30) WALKS: 217 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 434 (11th) LHP Taylor Hearn (1-4, 3.63) vs. RHP Marcos Molina (1-6, 5.53) STRIKEOUTS: 496 (7th) TEAM ERA: 3.82 (5th) TEAM ERA: 4.29 (9th) WALKS: 197 (10th) 10:35 a.m. | NYSEG Stadium | Binghamton, N.Y. WALKS: 204 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 459 (11th) STRIKEOUTS: 523 (3rd) () -- EL Rank Radio -- WKMC 96.1 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, June 15 New Hamp. 7 p.m. RHP Josh DeGraaf (1-3, 5.30) vs. LHP Cam Vieaux (1-0, 1.29) Sat., June 16 New Hamp. 6 p.m. RHP Justin Dillon (1-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Pedro Vasquez (0-4, 5.73) Sun., June 17 New Hamp. 6 p.m. RHP Jon Harris (4-3, 5.43) vs. RHP Eduardo Vera (1-0, 2.57) Mon., June 18 OFF DAY YESTERDAY: The Curve jumped ahead with a grand slam by Bryan Reynolds in the first inning and cruised to a 7-2 win. Starter Mitch Keller worked six innings and allowed two runs to pick up his seventh win of the year. Cole Tucker hit a solo 2018 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS homer in the second, the first homer of his season. Will Craig clubbed a solo homer in the fifth, his second is as many games and his eighth of the year. Tucker opened the lead to 7-2 in the eighth with an RBI single. Yeudy Garcia, Sean Keselica and Team W-L PCT GB Today Geoff Hartlieb each pitched a scoreless inning out of the bullpen. Akron 37-28 .569 -- vs. NH Richmond 33-29 .532 2.5 vs. POR TONIGHT: The 20th Season of Altoona Curve Baseball, presented by Stuckey Subaru, continues as the Curve face the Bing- Altoona 31-28 .525 3.0 @ BIN hamton Rumble Ponies, Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets, in the finale of three games at NYSEG Stadium. The series Harrisburg 33-30 .524 3.0 @ REA is the first of two trips to Binghamton for the Curve this season, along with a brief, two-game set on August 20-21. The Rumble Ponies will visit PNG Field in Altoona for four games between July 26-29. Bowie 29-33 .468 6.5 vs. TRN Erie 27-36 .429 9.0 @ HFD THE CURVE: The Curve have won five of their last six games in addition to eight wins over their last 12 contests since May 30. Starting with back-to-back shutouts on June 6 and 7 vs. Reading, Altoona pitchers have teamed up for a 2.57 ERA (18 2018 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS ER/63.0 IP) over the last seven games. Offensively, the Curve are hitting .272 (260/957) with 29 homers over the last 28 Team W-L PCT GB Today games since May 11, averaging 4.6 runs per game (129 runs) in that stretch. New Hamp. 38-26 .594 -- @ AKR Trenton 38-26 .594 -- @ BOW THE RUMBLE PONIES: Binghamton has lost four of five after dropping the first two games of this series against Altoona. Binghamton 34-30 .531 4.0 vs. BIN In their previous series, the Rumble Ponies lost two of three in Trenton and were out-scored by the Thunder, 19-9. Over their last five games, the Rumble Ponies have been outscored, 38-14. In that stretch, the offense is hitting .206 (34/165) while the Hartford 30-34 .469 8.0 vs. ERI pitching staff has combined for a 7.53 ERA (36 ER/43.0 IP). Reading 26-37 .413 11.5 vs. HBG Portland 22-41 .349 15.5 @ RIC FOR ALTOONA: Left-hander Taylor Hearn takes the mound for his 12th start of the season. In his most recent outing, Hearn did not allow a run over a season-high seven innings pitched while matching a season high with nine strikeouts in a no- 2018 CURVE AT A GLANCE decision against Reading last Thursday. After going 0-3 with a 9.39 ERA (16 ER/15.1 IP) over three starts from April 22-May Overall Record .......................................31-28 4, Hearn has gone 1-1 with a 1.76 ERA (6 ER/30.2) in six starts, with the best ERA in the Pirates' system and the second-best Home ............................................... 17-15 in the Eastern League in that span. Hearn is rated as the Pirates' No. 10 prospect according to MLB.com and is ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the Pirates' system according to Baseball America. He spent last season with A-Adv. Bradenton, where he Road ................................................ 14-13 averaged 11 strikeouts per nine innings and held opponents to a .207 batting average over 17 starts and one relief outing. He was placed on the disabled list in July with a left oblique strain and missed the remainder of the Florida State League Place (E.L. Western) ............................... T-3rd schedule. He did return to make one scoreless, two-inning outing in the Gulf Coast League on September 2. After the season, Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -3.0 he pitched for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, where he went 2-0 with a 3.06 ERA and struck out 14 in eight outings (four starts). Hearn was picked up by the Pirates along with current major league closer Felipe Vazquez on July Streak ............................................................W2 30, 2016 in the trade that sent RHP Mark Melancon to the Nationals. For more on Hearn, see page two. Last 5 ............................................................. 4-1 FOR BINGHAMTON: Right-hander Marcos Molina makes his 11th start of the season for the Rumble Ponies and his 13th Last 10 ........................................................... 6-4 overall start. Last time out, he struck out eight, his second-highest total this year, over six innings and allowed three runs in a loss at Trenton on Friday, hitting 100 pitches for the first time this season. He began the year with Binghamton before joining 2018 vs. Binghamton ............................... 2-0 Triple-A Las Vegas for two starts in April and returned to Double-A at the beginning of May. Signed as an international free at Altoona .......................................... 0-0 agent by the Mets in 2012, Molina made 12 starts and one relief outing for the Rumble Ponies last season, combining to go at Binghamton .................................. 2-0 3-7 with a 3.92 ERA. All-time vs. Binghamton ..................... 89-84 EAST FEAST: Today the Curve play the 11th of 14 straight games against Eastern Division opponents to open the month of at Altoona ..................................... 46-39 June. The Curve are 6-4 in games against the Eastern Division during this stretch. Overall, the Curve are 10-7 against the East at Binghamton ............................. 43-45 with a 5-3 record in Eastern Division parks. ‘18 Home Attendance ...................... 116,457 HOME COOKIN': Over their last 10 home games since May 19, the Curve have gone 7-3 and have allowed more than Home Openings .......................................... 31 three runs in a game just twice. The pitching staff has combined to post a 2.60 ERA (26 ER/90.0 IP) over the last ten games Average Attendance ............................ 3,757 at PNG Field. The Altoona offense has combined to hit .281 (91/324) over the last ten games at home. The Curve picked up walk-off wins in three of five home games from June 30-May 7. ALEMAIS-ING: After going 0-for-26 from May 4-18, Stephen Alemais has picked up 25 hits over his last 20 games, hit- BROADCAST INFORMATION ting .373 (25/67) since May 19. He opened the season with a .310 batting average over his first 15 games through April 23, but batted just .102 (6/59) over his next 18 games from April 25-May 18. COLE TRAIN: Since May 20, Cole Tucker has hit .306 (26/85) in 20 games with three doubles, a triple, one homer, six RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Over his previous 20 games from April 25-May 19, Tucker hit .104 (8/77), the lowest average in the Pirates organization among qualifying hitters. Prior to that slide, Tucker had posted a .321 (18/56) batting average over his first 15 games of the season. After starting the year 0-for-5 in stolen base attempts, Tucker has successfully stolen in 10 of Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Garett Mansfield his last 11 tries. will call the action of the 2018 season on the flagship of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 KE' PLAYS: Ke'Bryan Hayes has posted a .415 (22/53) average, the best in the Eastern League, over his last 14 games since May 26 with one homer, a league-best eight doubles and 6 RBIs. On June 1 at Hartford, he matched a career high with FM/1240 AM WRTA in Altoona. Pregame four hits, the first Curve player with a four-hit game this season, and had a team-best three doubles. Last year's MiLB Rawlings coverage begins 15 min. before all games. Gold Glove Award winner as the top defensive third baseman in the minors, Hayes currently leads all MiLB third basemen The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate with a .977 fielding percentage on the 2018 season, while playing more games (56) at the position than anyone else in the stations for selected games: circuit.