Altoona Curve Vs. Trenton Thunder
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 150 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 BATTING AVG.: .248 (9th) July 6, 2018 -- Game #82, Home Game #43 BATTING AVG.: .251 (T-7th) TEAM HR: 71 (8th) TEAM HR: 57 (11th) WALKS: 292 (4th) Trenton Thunder (49-36) Altoona Curve (42-39) WALKS: 248 (11th) STRIKEOUTS: 733 (3rd) RHP Michael King (2-1, 1.91) vs. LHP Taylor Hearn (3-5, 3.50) STRIKEOUTS: 604 (11th) TEAM ERA: 3.31 (2nd) TEAM ERA: 3.87 (5th) WALKS: 299 (5th) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 264 (10th) STRIKEOUTS: 765 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 625 (10th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sat., July 7 Trenton 6 p.m. RHP Trevor Stephan (2-4, 4.78) vs. LHP Cam Vieaux (4-1, 1.41) Sun., July 8 Trenton 2 p.m. RHP Domingo Acevedo (2-1, 2.84) vs. RHP Pedro Vasquez (2-5, 4.98) Mon., July 9 EASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR BREAK Tues., July 10 EASTERN LEAGUE HOME RUN DERBY YESTERDAY: The Curve fell for the third straight day with an 8-2 loss to the Thunder. Trenton opened a 5-0 lead over the first two innings before the Curve broke onto the board with a sac fly by Cole Tucker in the bottom of the second inning. The Thunder scored three more runs in the fourth inning to open an 8-1 lead. Christian Kelley worked a bases-loaded walk in the 2018 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS seventh inning to plate the Curve's second run. Scooter Hightower struck out six over 3.2 innings in his Double-A debut. Sean Team W-L PCT GB Today Keselica and Yeudy Garcia each pitched two scoreless innings. Akron 50-36 .581 -- @ RIC TONIGHT: The 20th Season of Altoona Curve Baseball, presented by Stuckey Subaru, continues as the Curve play the third Harrisburg 45-41 .523 5.0 @ BOW of a five-game series against the Trenton Thunder. This series marks the first meetings of 2018 between the Curve and Thunder, Altoona 42-39 .519 5.5 vs. TRN a rematch of the 2017 Eastern League Championship Series, a three-game sweep by Altoona. The two teams will meet at Richmond 41-43 .488 8.0 vs. AKR Trenton's ARM & HAMMER Park on August 7-9 and the Thunder return to Altoona for a four-game series from August 27-30 in the final regular-season series at PNG Field this year. Erie 40-44 .476 9.0 @ BIN Bowie 37-48 .435 12.5 vs. HAR THE CURVE: Over their current three-game slide, the Curve offense has combined for five runs (1.7 runs per game) while hit- ting .196 (19/97). The Curve are hitting .074 (2/27) with runners in scoring position over the last three games. Curve pitchers 2018 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS have combined for a 6.23 ERA (18 ER/26.0 IP) over the three-game losing streak. In the last three games, opposing teams have combined for 17 runs in the first four innings. Team W-L PCT GB Today Trenton 49-36 .576 -- @ ALT THE THUNDER: Trenton returns to PNG Field for the first time since September 14, 2017, when it was defeated 4-2 as New Hamp. 48-36 .571 0.5 vs. REA Altoona completed a three-game sweep to clinch the 2017 Eastern League title. In their most recent series, the Thunder won Hartford 41-43 .488 7.5 vs. POR three of five at home against the Eastern Division-leading New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The Trenton offense, which is tied for the second-lowest overall batting average in the league this season, hit .238 (39/164) over the previous five games with six Binghamton 41-43 .488 7.5 vs. ERI home runs and scored 4.4 runs per game (22 total runs) before breaking out with 16 runs on 27 hits in the last two games in Reading 39-46 .459 10.0 vs. NH Altoona. The Trenton pitching staff has posted a 3.52 ERA (25 ER/64 IP) over the last seven games. Portland 33-51 .393 15.5 @ HFD FOR ALTOONA: Left-hander Taylor Hearn takes the mound for his 16th start of the season and first against the Thunder. IN his most recent start, he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a grand slam in the sixth in a no-decision at 2018 CURVE AT A GLANCE Akron on Sunday. Since May 10, Hearn has gone 3-2 with a 2.36 ERA (14 ER/53.1 IP) in ten starts, striking out 58 batters Overall Record .......................................42-39 and issuing 20 walks. For the season, Hearn is ranked tenth in the league with a 3.50 ERA, fifth with 87 strikeouts, fourth with Home ...............................................23-19 a 1.10 WHIP, second with a .200 opponents' batting average and second with a 9.83 K/9 IP ratio. Hearn is rated as the Pirates' No. 9 prospect according to MLB.com. He spent last season with A-Adv. Bradenton, where he averaged 11 strikeouts Road ................................................19-20 per nine innings and held opponents to a .207 batting average over 17 starts and one relief outing. Hearn was picked up by the Pirates along with current major league closer Felipe Vazquez on July 30, 2016 in the trade that sent RHP Mark Melancon Place (E.L. Western) ...................................3rd to the Nationals. For more on Hearn, see page two. Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -5.5 FOR TRENTON: Right-hander Michael King makes his seventh start for the Thunder and eighth overall appearance. Last time out, he picked up a win after throwing a complete-game, three-hit shutout against New Hampshire with 11 strikeouts Streak ...............................................................L3 and no walks on Saturday. Over five June starts and one relief outing, King went 2-1 with a 1.25 ERA. He began the season Last 5 ............................................................. 1-4 with A-Adv. Tampa, where he went 1-3 with a 1.79 ERA in seven starts, and he was selected as a Florida State League Mid- Season All-Star. King was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 12th round in 2016 out of Boston College and was traded to Last 10 ........................................................... 4-6 the Yankees last November for LHP Caleb Smith and OF Garrett Cooper. 2018 vs. Trenton ......................................... 0-2 HOME COOKIN': Over their last 20 home games since May 19, the Curve have gone 13-7 and have allowed more than three runs in a game just six times. The pitching staff has combined to post a 3.00 ERA (59 ER/177.0 IP) over the last 20 at Altoona .......................................... 0-2 games at PNG Field. The Altoona offense has combined to hit .270 (171/635) over the last 20 games at home. However, the at Trenton ........................................... 0-0 Curve have lost each of their last three games at home. All-time vs. Trenton .............................. 84-90 THAT'S AMORE: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli is scheduled to play his second game of his current rehab as- at Altoona ......................................52-39 signment with the Curve tonight. In his first game on Thursday, he went 0-for-3 with two walks and two strikeouts. Cervelli was at Trenton .......................................32-51 placed on the 7-day disabled list with a concussion on June 22 and transferred to the 10-day disabled list on July 1. Over 55 games with the Pirates this season, Cervelli is hitting .257 with three homers and nine RBIs. Over his career, Cervelli played 42 ‘18 Home Attendance ..................... 165,089 games with the Trenton Thunder in 2008, 2009 and 2014. Home Openings ..........................................40 TWO-A-DAY HAYES: Third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes has collected multiple hits in eight of his last nine games, combining Average Attendance .............................4 ,127 for a .405 average (17/42) and six runs scored. That stretch has raised his batting average from .270 to .290, the highest he has held this season. Over his last 23 games since May 31, Hayes is batting .358 (34/95) with eight doubles, four triples, a homer and five RBIs. BROADCAST INFORMATION REYNOLDS ON A RUN: OutfielderBryan Reynolds has at least one hit in 18 of his last 22 games since June 8, batting .309 (25/81) with seven doubles, one homer (a grand slam) and 14 RBIs in that stretch. He has picked up at least one RBI in eight of his last 15 games since June 20. Reynolds missed seven weeks with a left wrist injury and was activated from the disabled list on May 29. THE SUMMER OF GEORGE: Over his last 18 games since June 13, Jordan George is batting .321 (17/53) with one homer, 10 RBIs and nine walks, raising his season batting average from .277 to .291. He has at least one hit in 13 of his last 18 games. Prior to that span, George went hitless over his previous seven games (0-for-5, 2 BB) and did not make a start. Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Garett Mansfield will call the action of the 2018 season on WILL POWER: 2016 first-round draft pickWill Craig continues to pace the Pirates organization in RBIs, totaling 58 on the season. He is on pace to drive in 101 runs this season, which would rank second in franchise history behind Adam Hyzdu's the flagship of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 106 RBIs in 2000.