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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.: .264 (3rd) July 27, 2017 -- Game #102, Home Game #48 BATTING AVG.: .259 (7th) TEAM HR: 77 (8th) TEAM HR: 79 (7th) WALKS: 380 (1st) Trenton Thunder (69-33) vs. Altoona Curve (53-48) WALKS: 324 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 658 (10th) RHP Yefry Ramirez (10-3, 3.23) vs. RHP Casey Sadler (1-1, 3.18) STRIKEOUTS: 655 (12th) TEAM ERA: 2.78 (1st) TEAM ERA: 3.82 (3rd) WALKS: 317 (8th) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 355 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 857 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 738 (6th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES 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 4:30 p.m. RHP Zack Littell (5-0, 2.05) vs. RHP Austin Coley (4-2, 2.90) Sat., July 29 Trenton Game Two TBD vs. LHP Cody Dickson (1-3, 7.32) Sun., July 30 Trenton 6 p.m. RHP Brody Koerner (3-2, 3.56) vs. RHP Alex McRae (8-4, 3.53) YESTERDAY: The Curve finished a three-game road sweep of the Reading Fightin Phils with a 6-2 win. Tanner Ander- 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS son set a new career high with nine strikeouts and pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing just five hits and a walk. Team W-L PCT GB Today The Curve took the lead on a solo homer in the third by Pablo Reyes. Edwin Espinal added to the lead with a double Altoona 53-48 .525 -- v. TRN in the sixth. Altoona opened the lead to 6-0 with four runs in the eighth. Espinal brought in a run with a sacrifice fly, Jin-De Jhang hit an RBI double and Michael Suchy doubled in two runs. Reading rallied for two runs against Miguel Erie 53-48 .525 -- @ RIC Rosario in the bottom of the ninth, but Sean Keselica stranded the bases loaded, getting a pop out on the first pitch Bowie 54-49 .524 -- v. AKR he threw to close out his third save. Akron 50-51 .495 3.0 @ BOW Richmond 42-59 .416 11.0 v. ERI TODAY: The Curve play the first of five games in four days against the Eastern Division-leading Trenton Thunder, Harrisburg 42-60 .412 11.5 v. POR Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Starting with this series, the Curve face the Thunder for 11 of 18 games. The two teams have played one series this year, splitting two games at PNG Field from June 20-21. The June 22 series finale was postponed due to rain. The Curve enter the series riding a four-game winning streak, matching a sea- 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS son high, including a three-game sweep at Reading. The Thunder swept their four-game set at home against Hartford Team W-L PCT GB Today prior to this series. Trenton has the third-best record in full-season affiliated professional baseball, behind only the Los Trenton 69-33 .676 -- @ ALT Angeles Dodgers at 71-31 and the West Michigan Whitecaps (Single-A - Detroit Tigers) at 66-31. Binghamton 56-44 .560 12.0 v. NHM FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Casey Sadler makes his first start for the Curve since August 24, 2013 and his first Reading 54-47 .535 14.5 @ HFD overall start since June 21, 2015 with Triple-A Indianapolis. He has appeared in four games for the Curve this year, Portland 47-54 .465 21.5 @ HAR most recently throwing four innings and allowing two runs at Bowie on Saturday. Sadler underwent Tommy John Hartford 47-55 .461 22.0 v. REA surgery on November 10, 2015 and missed the entire 2016 season. He went 11-7 with a 3.31 ERA for the Curve in New Hamp. 42-61 .408 27.5 @ BIN 2013 over 23 starts and was selected as an Eastern League All-Star, earning late-season promotion to Indianapolis. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 2014 and made six relief outings for the Pirates that year. He made one MLB start, a win over the Brewers on April 12, 2015, his most recent Major League appearance. Sadler made his return to the mound in May with A-Adv. Bradenton, pitching in six relief outings with a 0.75 ERA before being sent to Triple- 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE A in early-June, where he posted a 5.23 ERA in eight outings. He was assigned to the Curve on July 5. Pittsburgh Overall Record ..................................... 53-48 drafted Sadler in the 25th round in 2010. Home ............................................ 27-20 Road ............................................. 26-28 FOR TRENTON: Right-hander Yefry Ramirez makes his 18th start of the year for the Thunder. Last time out, he worked six scoreless innings and held New Hampshire to three hits in a win on Saturday. He pitched against the ............................. T-1st Curve on June 20 and had his worst outing of the season to date, allowing seven earned runs over 2.1 innings in a Place (E.L. Western) loss. A 2017 Eastern League All-Star selection, Ramirez has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 13 of his starts this Games Ahead/Behind ................................-- year, including six scoreless starts. He was acquired by the Yankees off waivers in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 Draft in 2015 from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ramirez leads the Thunder pitching staff with eight quality starts. Streak..........................................................W4 Last 5 .......................................................... 4-1 STARTING IMPROVEMENT: Over the last 22 games since July 3, Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 9-3 ........................................................ 6-4 with a 2.75 ERA (39 ER/127.2 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 2.65 ERA (10 ER/34 IP) in four starts and Austin Coley is 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA (9 ER/31.0) in five starts. 2017 vs. Trenton ...................................... 1-1 Over the last four games, Curve starters have combined to go 4-0 with a 0.62 ERA (2 ER/29 IP). at Altoona ........................................ 1-1 at Trenton ......................................... 0-0 RETURN OF THE JIN-DE: After missing the first six weeks of the season, catcherJin-De Jhang was batting .184 in ............................ 80-81 31 games prior to July 8, Since then, he has hit .386 (17/44) in 11 games with four doubles, a home run and nine All-time vs. Trenton RBIs. Behind the plate, he has thrown out 53.1 percent (17/32) of base stealing attempts this season, the best in the at Altoona ................................... 49-32 Eastern League this season, well above the league-average of 35.6 percent. at Trenton .................................... 31-49 SUIT UP!: Since June 2, Jerrick Suiter is batting .333 (50/150), leading the Pirates' system during that stretch, while ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 193,803 also adding seven homers, ten doubles, a triple, 31 RBIs and 26 walks over 46 games. Suiter reached base in 10 .........................................47 straight plate appearances from July 5-7, going 9-for-9 with a homer, two doubles, a walk and five RBIs. He hit safely Home Openings in nine straight at-bats and eight straight plate appearances. In his last 20 games since July 5, Suiter is hitting .361 Average Attendance ............................4,213 (26/72, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 10 BB, 18 RBIs). EDWINNING: Two-time E.L. All-StarEdwin Espinal leads the team with 69 RBIs, second-most in the league, and he is BROADCAST INFORMATION first on the team and second in the league with 25 doubles. He went on a 23-game on-base streak from June 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 Sean Keselica has held opposing batters to a .203 average when pitching out of the bullpen, third-best in the league among relievers, and Tate Scioneaux is ranked fourth (.203). Out of relievers with at least 44 innings pitched this season, Miguel Rosario is first in ERA (1.70) and Scioneaux is second (1.94). Scioneaux is Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun tied for first in the league in appearances (34), fourth in BB/9 IP (1.80) and third in fewest baserunners/9 IP (8.72). 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, converting all the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, four save attempts. Over 10 games from July 9-July 21, the bullpen combined for a 7.46 ERA (27 ER/33.0 IP) with a WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage 2-6 record, six blown saves and 29 walks, losing a lead in the eighth inning or later six times (five losses) and allowed begins 15 min. before all games. another go-ahead run to break a 3-3 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.