EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 118 July 6, 2015 -- Game #83, Home Game #41 Harrisburg Senators (40-43) vs. Altoona Curve (44-38) RHP Dakota Bacus (4-1, 3.42) vs. LHP Steven Brault (1-1, 2.08) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, July 7 at Erie 7:05 p.m. RHP Matt Benedict (3-3, 5.12) vs. RHP Austin Kubitza (5-6, 5.05) Wednesday, July 8 at Erie 7:05 p.m. LHP Zack Dodson (3-5, 3.74) vs. LHP Josh Turley (8-5, 2.75) Thursday, July 9 at Erie 12:05 p.m. RHP Jason Creasy (8-2, 3.55) vs. RHP Chad Green (2-11, 5.00) Friday, July 10 vs. Bowie 7:00 p.m TBD vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (2-2, 2.84) YESTERDAY: Three Curve pitchers combined to toss a shutout in a 3-0 win over the Senators. Chad Kuhl worked 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS six innings and finished with five strikeouts.Brett McKinney and Jeremy Bleich worked over the final three frames. Team W-L PCT GB Today Stetson Allie opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI double. Adam Frazier singled in a run in the fourth, part Bowie 47-34 .580 -- v. ERI of his three-hit night to raise his average to .386. Altoona 44-38 .537 3.5 v.HAR Richmond 42-38 .525 4.5 v.AKR CURVE/SENATORS SERIES: This series marks the finals set of meetings between the Curve and Senators in 2015. Akron 43-40 .518 5.0 @ RIC Last week at Metro Bank Park, the Senators swept the Curve in a three-game series. Last time Harrisburg played at Harrisburg 40-43 .482 8.0 @ALT PNG Fied, Altoona won 3-of-5 games in late-June. Erie 32-49 .395 15.0 @BOW FOR ALTOONA: Lefty Steven Brault makes his fourth start with the Curve this season, coming off of seven scoreless innings worked against Trenton in a 2-0 shutout win last week. Overall, Brault is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA since joining 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS the Curve in late-June. He began the season with Adv.-A Bradenton, going 4-1 with a 3.02 ERA in 13 starts with the Team W-L PCT GB Today Marauders. In his only other start against Harrisburg, Brault allowed four earned runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings in his Trenton 46-37 .554 -- @REA Double-A debut. He has not allowed a run over his last 13.2 innings entering tonight’s game. Reading 44-39 .530 2.0 v.TRN New Britain 42-40 .512 3.5 @NHM FOR HARRISBURG: RHP Dakota Bacus makes his ninth start for the Senators this season and his 10th appearance Binghamton 41-40 .506 4.0 v.POR overall. At Double-A, Bacus is 4-1 with a 3.42 ERA. In eight games (five starts) with A-Adv. Potomac, Bacus was 2-0 New Hamp. 40-40 .500 4.5 @NBR wiht a 2.33 ERA before a promotion in mid-May. Bacus was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the ninth Portland 30-53 .361 16.0 @BRI round of the 2012 draft. The Athletics traded Bacus to the Nationals to get back their former catcher, Kurt Suzuki. CLOSING TIME: From June 23-July 5, the Curve have lost 10 of 12 games. However, they held a lead in eight of those 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE 10 losses, and had the go-ahead run score in the next-to-last inning or later in seven of them. After holding the E.L.’s Overall Record ..................................... 44-38 best record at the halfway point of the season, the Curve have now fallen 3.5 games behind the first-place Bowie Home ............................................ 24-16 Baysox in the Western Division. Road ............................................. 20-22 TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE: With the losses in last Sunday’s double-header at Harrisburg, the Curve fell out of first Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd place in the Western Division for the first time since May 7, a span that covered 48 straight games. Prior to May 7, Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -3.5 the Curve had led the division for the previous 15 consecutive days. Overall, Altoona sat atop of the Western Division for 63-of-64 games from April 19-June 28. Streak.................................................... Won 1 Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 SHINING STARS: The Eastern League’s 2015 All-Star rosters were announced on Wednesday, and five Curve players Last 10 ........................................................ 2-8 were selected to represent the Western Division during the game on July 15 at Portland’s Hadlock Field: Josh Bell, Max Moroff, Jason Creasy, Dan Gamache and Adam Frazier. 2015 vs. Harrisburg ...............................9-10 at Altoona ....................................... 5-4 FANTASTIC FRAZIER: Adam Frazier was on fire in June, batting .424 (28/66) with a home run and eight RBI, raising at Harrisburg .................................. 4-6 his overall average from .293 on June 1 to .363 at the end of the month. Frazier has assumed the everyday leadoff All-time vs. Harrisburg ..................166-140 duties, and when batting at the top of the order this season he is hitting .421 (40/95) in 24 games and .545 (12/22) in at Altoona ................................... 90-53 the first inning. at Harrisburg .............................. 76-87 MAD MAX 2: Max Moroff has continued his hot hitting into July. His 97 hits are the most in the league and he sits ‘15 Home Attendance .................... 162,201 second with his .319 average. His .394 on-base percentage is the third-best, he is second with 40 walks and he leads Home Openings .........................................39 the E.L. with 51 runs scored. After compiling a 30-game on-base streak and an 11-game hitting streak earlier this sea- Average Attendance ............................4,159 son, he went on a 12-game hitting streak earlier this month, which is tied for the longest among active Curve players with Dan Gamache. BROADCAST INFORMATION HATS FOR BATS, KEEP BATS WARM: The Curve are leading the 12-team Eastern League in batting average with a .274 clip entering play tonight. After batting .248 in April, the Curve have batted .284 (611/2154) as a team since May 1. The Curve have five active players hitting .300 or betterJosh -- Bell (.311), Adam Frazier (.386), Dan Gamache (.312), Jose Osuna (.301) and Max Moroff (.319). However, of those batters, only Bell and Moroff have enough at-bats Trey Wilson will call all the action of the to qualify for the league leader board. 2015 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. JUST JOSHIN’ YA: First baseman Josh Bell enters today’s game owning a .311 average that is third in the Eastern League. The former second-round pick also ranks among the league leaders in hits (92, 2nd), RBI (46, T-4th), on-base Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before percentage (.381, 6th) and triples (6, T-1st). all games. The Curve can also be heard on the following ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve relief pitcher Diego Moreno made his MLB debut last week, becoming the affiliate stations for selected games: 118th Altoona Curve alumnus to reach the big leagues. Appearing in relief for the New York Yankees, Moreno pitched - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone one scoreless inning with two strikeouts to work around a pair of hits. He - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE HOME TRIP was a member of the Curve in 2010 and 2011, appearing in fourteen com- provided by TuneIn Radio Games ....................................................................2 bined games. He is the first Curve alum to make his MLB debut in 2015. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ............................................................... 1-1 First Pitch App BACK TO THE FUTURES GAME: First baseman Josh Bell is heading back to Average ........................................... .324(22/68) the SiriusXM Futures Game for the second straight year, MLB announced on Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 11/5.5 Thursday. Last season, Bell played for the U.S. in Minneapolis at Target Field. Home Runs...........................................................1 This season he will join the U.S. squad on July 12 at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. He will be opposed by former Curve catcherElias Diaz, cur- RISP .................................................... .389(7/18) rently a member of the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, who will be playing for Errors ......................................................................2 the World team. Curve manager Tom Prince will join Ken Griffey, Sr. on the U.S. coaching staff. THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................5.00 In 2009, the Curve defeated the Bowie Starter W-L ...................................................... 1-0 Baysox, 12-3. MIles Durham, Brian Friday Starter ERA .................... 2.45 (3 ER / 11.0 IP) and Jim Negrych all went deep for the Reliever W-L ................................................... 0-1 Curve. Friday finished the game 3-for-3 Reliever ERA ...................9.00 (7 ER / 7.0 IP) with two runs, three RBI and two walks. Curve starter Daniel Moskos picked up Saves/Opps .....................................................0/1 his fifth win of the season. 2015 Altoona Curve Game Information Page 1 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2015 HIGHSS CAREERCAREER HIGH HIGHS S LHP STEVEN BRAULT #49 IP: 7.0, 7/1 @ TRN IP: 7.0, 2x, last - 7/1 @ TRN HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 175 B/T: L/L EXP: 3YR K’s: 6, 2x, last - 6/15 v. TAM K: 9, 2x, last - 7/28/14 @ HIC BB’s: 3, 3x, last - 6/15 v.