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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 (T-3rd) June 17, 2017 -- Games #65/66, Road Games #33/34 BATTING AVG.: .232 (12th) TEAM HR: 49 (5th) TEAM HR: 47 (5th) WALKS: 203 (7th) Altoona Curve (35-29) vs. Hartford Yard Goats (29-35) WALKS: 186 (10th) STRIKEOUTS: 412 (11th) RHP Tanner Anderson (4-6, 4.23) vs. RHP Yency Almonte (2-2, 1.78) STRIKEOUTS: 529 (2nd) TEAM ERA: 3.56 (3rd) TEAM ERA: 4.33 (9th) WALKS: 196 (7th) 6:35 p.m. | Dunkin' Donuts Park | Hartford, Conn. WALKS: 197 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 468 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 439 (9th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sun., June 18 at Hartford 5:05 p.m. RHP J.T. Brubaker (4-2, 3.49) vs. RHP Ryan Castellani (5-6, 5.57) Mon., June 19 OFF DAY Tues., June 20 Trenton 7 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Wed., June 21 Trenton 7 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Alex McRae (5-2, 3.63) YESTERDAY: The Curve and Yard Goats played into the bottom of the fourth inning before rain suspended play with 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS one out and Hartford runner on second. Altoona held a 2-0 lead on RBI singles hit by Jordan Luplow and Elvis Escobar Team W-L PCT GB Today in the second inning. Austin Coley allowed just two hits over 3.1 innings. Altoona 35-29 .547 -- @ HFD Erie 32-32 .500 3.0 @ TRN TODAY: The Curve and Hartford Yard Goats, Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, continue yesterday's rain- Akron 31-31 .500 3.0 v. POR suspended game. That game will be played through all nine innings. Following the completion, the two teams will Bowie 31-36 .446 5.5 v. NHM play the night's regularly-scheduled game, which will be seven innings. This series is the Curve's first trip to Dunkin' Harrisburg 27-38 .415 8.5 v. RIC Donuts Park. The Curve went 2-4 against Hartford last year. The two teams square off for a total of nine games this Richmond 27-39 .409 9.0 @ HAR season. The Yard Goats come to PNG Field next weekend for a three-game set, and the Curve return to Hartford for three games from August 21-23. The Curve are coming off of taking two of three games at home against Portland. The Yard Goats dropped two of three at home against Trenton in their last series and have lost six of seven overall. 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Tanner Anderson makes his 12th start of the year and his 13th overall appearance. He Trenton 43-22 .662 -- v. ERI has picked up a win in each of his last two starts after losing five straight outings before that. He started the season Reading 37-26 .587 4.0 @ HAR 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA in five starts, and he went 0-5 with a 7.48 ERA (18 ER/21.2 IP) in his next four outings (three Binghamton 35-26 .574 6.0 v. REA starts). Anderson has evened back out, posting a 2-0 record and 3.55 ERA (5 ER/12.2 IP) over his last two starts. He Portland 29-33 .468 12.5 @ AKR opened up 2017 in the Altoona rotation after primarily working as a reliever through his first two professional sea- Hartford 29-35 .453 13.5 v. ALT sons. He worked three scoreless, one-hit innings in Game 4 of the FSL Championship Series last year and got the final New Hamp. 28-37 .431 15.0 @ BOW out to clinch the league title. He worked as a starter in the Arizona Fall League, posting a 3.76 ERA in seven outings. Anderson is a native of Tampa and a graduate of Harvard University, where he pitched, played shortstop and third base and was an All-Ivy League second baseman. For more on Anderson, see page two. 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE Overall Record ..................................... 35-29 FOR HARTFORD: Right-hander Yency Almonte makes his eighth start of the season for the Yard Goats. Tonight is Home ............................................ 19-13 his first start since June 1. He was placed on the disabled list on June 5 and was activated today. In his last start, he Road ............................................. 16-16 picked up a loss on June 1 against Richmond after allowing two runs over five innings. He has not allowed more than two runs in a single start this year. Place (E.L. Western) .................................1st Games Ahead/Behind ...........................+3.0 NO STEALING: The Curve are the third-best team in the league at throwing out potential base stealers, catching 24 of 52 attempts (.462). Jin-De Jhang has thrown out 72.7 percent (8/11) of attempts this year, the best in the E.L. Streak..........................................................W1 among catchers with at least five attempts. J.T. Brubaker has the sixth-best rate of catching stolen base attempts Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 among E.L. pitchers this year at 62.5 percent (5/8). Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: OutfielderElvis Escobar clubbed his first homer of the season on Tuesday night. .................................... 2-4 Over his last 15 games since May 28, Escobar is hitting .404 (19/47). 2016 vs. Hartford at Altoona ........................................ 2-1 WY NOT: In his last 30 games since May 9, Wyatt Mathisen hit .333 (32/96), tops in the Pirates system over that at Hartford* ..................................... 0-3 stretch, with three homers and nine RBIs. His .310 average for the year is ninth-best in the league, and his .402 on- All-time vs. Hartford .......................... 67-57 base percentage is ranked third in the league. at Altoona ................................... 36-24 at Hartford* ..................................... 0-3 AIR JORDAN: Left fielderJordan Luplow sits tied for third in the E.L. with 14 home runs on the season. He sits third with 37 runs scored and tied for seventh with 27 extra-base hits. On May 6, Jordan Luplow became the fastest player ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 122,605 in Curve history to reach 14 homers to open a season, doing it in 52 games. When Adam Hyzdu set the Curve's Home Openings .........................................31 single-season home run record with 31 in 2000, he hit his 14th homer on June 22. Brad Eldred was the fastest to hit Average Attendance ............................3,955 14 homers overall, doing it in 32 games after joining the Curve in July 2004. Luplow's 14 homers are tied for the most by a Curve player before the All-Star Break since 2005, when Josh Bonifay had 17 at the break, evening Stetson Allie (2014), Jarek Cunningham (2013) and Andrew Lambo (2013). BROADCAST INFORMATION EDWINNING: 2016 E.L. All-Star Edwin Espinal leads the team with 40 RBIs, tied for eighth in the league, and he is first on the team and third in the league with 19 doubles. He has the second-best strikeout rate in the league (10.04 TPA/SO) and had multiple strikeouts in a game just three times. VIEW FROM THE TOP: The Curve have held first place for 58 of their 64 games this season and 52 straight games since April 18. Dating back to July 24, 2016, they have been in first place in the Western Division for 91 of 99 games, Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun including 36 straight games until the last two games of the year. will call the action of the 2017 season on the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, WHAT A RELIEF: The Curve have three of the toughest relievers to hit in the league. LeftySean Keselica has held WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage opposing hitters to a .158 average when pitching out of the 'pen, second-best in the league. Buddy Borden has held begins 15 min. before all games. batters to a .173 average, fourth-best in the E.L., and Tate Scioneaux has held hitters to a .175 average, fifth-best in The Curve can also be heard on the following the league. Scioneaux has the second-lowest BB/9 IP ratio (1.03). Miguel Rosario has the best ERA of all relievers in the Eastern League (min. 20 IP) at 0.88, which is fifth-best in all of MiLB affiliate stations for selected games: ON THE LAST HOMESTAND among relievers with at least 30 innings pitched. Scioneaux (1.44) is fifth in - WKMC-AM 1370 AM in Roaring Spring the league (min. 20 IP) and Montana DuRapau is seventh (1.53). - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................7 - WTRN-FM 100.7 in Tyrone Record ............................................................... 3-4 DU-RAP IT UP: Altoona closer Montana DuRapau finished second in the - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Eastern League with 22 saves last year, tied for fourth-most in Curve history. Average ....................................... .269 (57/216) It was tied for the second-most for a Curve pitcher in a season since 2007, - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 31/4.4 behind only 24 by Noah Krol in 2011. He finished last season first in the E.L. provided by TuneIn Radio Home Runs...........................................................2 with 43 games finished and fourth with 50 appearances. With his six-out - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB save on May 19, DuRapau moved ahead of Matt Peterson (2003-06) with his First Pitch App RISP ................................................