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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 142 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .259 (7th) July 26, 2017 -- Game #101, Road Game #54 BATTING AVG.: .262 (5rd) TEAM HR: 78 (7th) TEAM HR: 116 (1st) WALKS: 319 (7th) Altoona Curve (52-48) vs. Reading Fightin Phils (54-46) WALKS: 317 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 644 (12th) RHP Tanner Anderson (7-8, 4.08) vs. RHP Jose Taveras (0-0, 5.06) STRIKEOUTS: 767 (5th) TEAM ERA: 3.84 (3rd) TEAM ERA: 3.93 (5th) WALKS: 351 (5th) 12:05 p.m. | FirstEnergy Stadium | Reading, Pa. WALKS: 316 (T-6th) STRIKEOUTS: 728 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 687 (10th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- 1370 WKMC & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Thurs., July 27 Trenton 7 p.m. RHP Yefry Ramirez (10-3, 3.23) vs. LHP Cody Dickson (1-3, 7.32) Fri., July 28 Trenton 7 p.m. LHP Daniel Camarena (1-0, 3.16) vs. RHP J.T. Brubaker (5-4, 4.72) Sat., July 29 Trenton (DH) 4:30 p.m. LHP Josh Rogers (4-2, 4.62) vs. RHP Austin Coley (4-2, 2.90) Sun., July 30 Trenton 6 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Alex McRae (8-4, 3.53) YESTERDAY: The Curve beat the Reading Fightin Phils, 2-1, behind eight strong innings from Alex McRae. After al- 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS lowing a run in the first, McRae held Reading off the board the rest of the way and sat down the final 21 batters he Team W-L PCT GB Today faced, adding eight strikeouts. Yeudy Garcia picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth. Jerrick Suiter tied the score at 1-1 Bowie 54-48 .529 -- @ ERI with a single to plate McRae in the fifth inning. McRae singled in the seventh and scored later in the frame on a wild pitch. Altoona 52-48 .520 1.0 @ REA Erie 52-48 .520 1.0 v. BOW TODAY: The Curve play the finale of three games against the Reading Fightin Phils, Double-A affiliate of the Phila- Akron 50-50 .500 3.0 v. BIN delphia Phillies. This series marks the first meetings between the two teams this season and the Curve's only trip to Harrisburg 42-58 .420 11.0 @ RIC FirstEnergy Stadium. Reading makes one trip to Altoona, a three-game series from August 8-10. Reading has lost 16 Richmond 41-60 .406 12.5 v. HAR of its last 20 games since July 4. The Curve have won three consecutive games after dropping four of five prior to this series. 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Tanner Anderson makes his 19th start of the year and 20th overall appearance for the Team W-L PCT GB Today Curve. In his last start, he worked five innings and allowed three earned runs in a loss at Bowie on Friday night. Ander- Trenton 68-33 .673 -- v. HFD son has the best groundball rate (60.4%) in all of Double-A and currently holds the third-best FIP (3.33) in the Eastern League. He is tied for seventh in the league with seven wins and tied for seventh with eight losses. He opened up Binghamton 55-44 .556 12.0 @ AKR 2017 in the Altoona rotation after primarily working as a reliever through his first two professional seasons. He Reading 54-46 .540 13.5 v. ALT worked three scoreless, one-hit innings in Game 4 of the FSL Championship Series last year and got the final out to Hartford 47-54 .465 21.0 @ TRN clinch the league title. He worked as a starter in the Arizona Fall League, posting a 3.76 ERA in seven outings. Ander- Portland 46-53 .465 21.0 @ NHM son is a native of Tampa and a graduate of Harvard University, where he pitched, played shortstop and third base and New Hamp. 41-60 .406 27.0 v. POR was an All-Ivy League second baseman. For more on Anderson, see page two. FOR READING: Right-hander Jose Taveras makes his second start of the year for the Fightin Phils. In his Double-A debut on Friday, he allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings in a no-decision at Erie. He was promoted to Reading 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE on July 20 after working a 6-4 record and a 2.38 ERA in 16 starts with A-Adv. Clearwater, where he was picked as a Overall Record ..................................... 52-48 Florida State League All-Star. Taveras signed with the Phillies as an international free agent in November 2013 and Home ............................................ 27-20 was picked as the Dominican Summer League Pitcher of the Year in 2014 after he went 8-4 with a 1.05 ERA in 15 Road ............................................. 25-28 games (13 starts). Place (E.L. Western) ............................T-2nd A SERIES WIN AT READING IN THE BOOKS: With wins in the first two games of the series, the Curve sealed their first series win in Reading since July 23-25, 2012, when Altoona won two of three games at FirstEnergy Stadium Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -1.0 against the Phillies. Altoona went 4-2 in Reading in 2012, but posted a 3-14 record at FirstEnergy Stadium from 2013-2016. The Curve have never swept a road series in Reading in 42 all-time trips. Streak..........................................................W3 Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 STARTING IMPROVEMENT: Over the last 21 games since July 3, Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 8-3 ........................................................ 5-5 with a 2.93 ERA (39 ER/119.2 IP), an improvement over the previous 79 starts, when the starters combined to go Last 10 18-26 with a 4.63 ERA. In that span, Alex McRae is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27 IP) in four starts, Tanner Anderson is 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA (10 ER/26 IP) in three starts and Austin Coley is 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA (9 ER/31.0) in five starts. 2017 vs. Reading ...................................... 2-0 at Altoona ........................................ 0-0 RETURN OF THE JIN-DE: After missing the first six weeks of the season, catcherJin-De Jhang was batting .184 in 31 at Reading ........................................ 2-0 games prior to July 8, Since then, he has hit .356 (16/45) in 11 games with three doubles, a home run and nine RBIs. .......................134-148 Behind the plate, he has thrown out 54.8 percent (17/31) of base stealing attempts, the best in the Eastern League All-time vs. Reading this season, well above the league-average of 35.6 percent. at Altoona ................................... 75-68 at Reading ................................... 59-80 SUIT UP!: Since June 2, Jerrick Suiter is batting .336 (50/149), leading the Pirates' system during that stretch, while also adding seven homers, ten doubles, a triple, 31 RBIs and 26 walks over 45 games. Suiter reached base in 10 ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 193,803 straight plate appearances from July 5-7, going 9-for-9 with a homer, two doubles, a walk and five RBIs. He hit safely .........................................47 in nine straight at-bats and eight straight plate appearances. In his last 19 games since July 5, Suiter is hitting .366 Home Openings (26/71, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 10 BB, 18 RBIs). Average Attendance ............................4,213 EDWINNING: Two-time E.L. All-StarEdwin Espinal leads the team with 67 RBIs, tied for second in the league, and he is first on the team and second in the league with 24 doubles. He went on a 23-game on-base streak from June BROADCAST INFORMATION 26-July 20, the second-longest for a Curve player this year and the longest active streak in the league when it was broken. His 14 homers on the year are a new career high. THE 'PEN IS MIGHTY: Reliever Tate Scioneaux has held opposing batters to a .203 average, fourth-best in the league among relievers. LeftySean Keselica is third (.201). Out of relievers with at least 40 innings pitched this season, Miguel Rosario is first in ERA (1.42) and Scioneaux is second (1.94). Scioneaux is tied for first in the league in appear- ances (34), fourth in BB/9 IP (1.80) and third in fewest baserunners/9 IP (8.72). Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun will call the action of the 2017 season on WHAT A RELIEF: After a slide, the Curve bullpen has rebounded back to form over the last four games. In that stretch, Curve relievers have posted a 3.60 ERA (4 ER/10 IP) and have converted all three save attempts. The bullpen the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, combined for a 7.46 ERA (27 ER/33.0 IP) over 10 games from July 9-July 21 with a 2-6 record, six blown saves and 29 WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage walks, losing a lead in the eighth inning or later six times (five losses) and allowed another go-ahead run to break a 3-3 begins 15 min. before all games. tie against the Baysox on July 13. The Curve can also be heard on the following COLE TRAIN: With the promotion of Kevin Newman to Triple-A, the Curve affiliate stations for selected games: added 2014 first-round pick Cole Tucker on Thursday. Tucker posted a .285 - WKMC-AM 1370 in Roaring Spring ON THE ROAD TRIP average in 68 games with A-Adv.