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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 145 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 BATTING AVG.: .234 (5th) April 17, 2018 -- Game #10, Away Game #4 BATTING AVG.: .165 (12th) TEAM HR: 4 (T-9th) TEAM HR: 3 (T-11th) WALKS: 29 (8th) Altoona Curve (6-3) at Akron RubberDucks (5-5) WALKS: 34 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 74 (10th) LHP Taylor Hearn (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (1-0, 0.00) STRIKEOUTS: 101 (T-3rd) TEAM ERA: 2.30 (2nd) TEAM ERA: 2.28 (1st) WALKS: 34 (6th) 6:35 p.m. | Canal Park | Akron, Ohio WALKS: 29 (T-9th) STRIKEOUTS: 81 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 85 (6th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- 98.5 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Wed., April 18 at Akron 6:35 p.m. RHP J.T. Brubaker (0-1, 2.70) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (0-0, 2.45) Thurs., April 19 at Akron 6:35 p.m. RHP Dario Agrazal (1-0, 1.64) vs. RHP Michael Peoples (0-1, 2.45) Fri., April 20 Richmond 6 p.m. LHP Garrett Williams (1-0, 4.00) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (0-0, 0.77) Sat., April 21 Richmond 4 p.m. RHP Cory Taylor (2-0, 3.07) vs. RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 0.77) YESTERDAY: Three runs in the eighth inning handed the Curve a 4-1 loss in the series opener at Akron. The RubberDucks worked five walks from Jake Brentz in the inning and did not pick up a hit in the frame. The Curve opened the scoring in the 2018 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS fourth inning on a sac fly by Ke'Bryan Hayes, who finished the game 3-for-3 with three singles. Akron tied the game in the sixth inning with a two-out triple by Sicnarf Loopstok. Curve starter Mitch Keller allowed one run over 5.2 innings on three hits Team W-L PCT GB Today and two walks with five strikeouts. Yeudy Garcia entered in the sixth and stranded a runner at third, working 1.1 total scoreless Richmond 8-3 .727 -- vs. BOW innings. Jesus Liranzo worked the final two outs of the eighth without allowing a run of his own. Altoona 6-3 .667 1.0 @ AKR Bowie 6-4 .600 1.5 @ RIC TONIGHT: The 20th Season of Altoona Curve Baseball, presented by Stuckey Subaru, continues at Canal Park in Akron, Akron 5-5 .500 2.5 vs. ALT Ohio against the Akron RubberDucks, Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians in the second of a four-game series. Harrisburg 4-5 .444 3.0 vs. REA Erie 4-6 .400 3.5 PPD THE CURVE: After taking three-of-four against Akron to open the season, the Curve split a shortened two-game series with Harrisburg at home. They followed with an abbreviated, two-game sweep at Erie. The Curve currently hold a 2.30 team ERA, 2018 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS second-best in the Eastern League. Team W-L PCT GB Today THE RUBBERDUCKS: After losing three-of-four at Altoona to begin the year, Akron responded with a three-game road New Hamp. 8-3 .727 -- vs. BIN sweep at Bowie last week. In their first home series of 2018, Akron was swept in two games by Trenton, with the final sched- Trenton 5-5 .500 2.0 PPD uled game postponed due to rain on Sunday. The RubberDucks are hitting .165 as a team, last in the Eastern League, but have Binghamton 3-5 .375 3.5 @ NH the league's best team ERA at 2.28. Portland 3-5 .364 4.0 vs. HFD Reading 4-7 .364 4.0 @ HAR FOR ALTOONA: Left-hander Taylor Hearn takes the mound for his second Double-A start. In his Curve debut last Tuesday, Hartford 2-7 .222 5.0 @ POR Hearn worked five innings and allowed one unearned run on one hit with three walks and four strikeouts against Harrisburg in a no-decision. He spent last season with A-Adv. Bradenton, where he averaged 11 strikeouts per nine innings and held opponents to a .207 batting average over 17 starts and one relief outing. He was placed on the disabled list in July with a left 2018 CURVE AT A GLANCE oblique strain and missed the remainder of the Florida State League schedule. He did return to make one scoreless, two-inning Overall Record ........................................... 6-3 outing in the Gulf Coast League on September 2. After the season, he pitched for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Home ................................................... 4-2 Fall League, where he went 2-0 with a 3.06 ERA and struck out 14 in eight outings (four starts). Hearn was picked up by the Road .................................................... 2-1 Pirates along with current major league closer Felipe Vasquez on July 30, 2016 in the trade that sent RHP Mark Melancon to the Nationals. Place (E.L. Western) ..................................2nd Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -1.0 FOR AKRON: Right-hander Shane Bieber makes third start of the season. He faced the Curve on Opening Day and worked six scoreless innings eight nine strikeouts in a no-decision. He followed with his first win of the year, tossing seven score- less frames with eight strikeouts at Binghamton last Tuesday. Those performances earned him Eastern League Pitcher of the Streak ...............................................................L1 Week honors to open the season. A fourth-round pick by the Indians out of UC Santa Barbara in 2016, Bieber is ranked as Last 5 ............................................................. 3-2 Cleveland's eighth-best prospect by MLB.com entering the 2018 season. Last year, he worked through three levels and led the Last 10 ........................................................... 6-3 organization in innings pitched (173.1) and ranked second in ERA (2.85). He reached Double-A with Akron in late-July and made nine starts. 2018 vs. Akron ........................................... 3-2 at Altoona ......................................... 3-1 AND THEY'RE OFF: The Curve are 6-3 to open the 2018 season, tied for the third-best start in franchise history (1999, at Akron............................................. 0-1 2000, 2003 and 2017), falling behind only 7-2 starts in 2006 and 2010. If the Curve win today, they will match the second- All-time vs. Akron ............................ 182-222 best start through ten games (2010 and 2017), trailing only the 8-2 start in 2006. at Altoona ................................. 107-101 THE STARTING LINE: Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 2-1 with a 1.25 ERA (7 ER/50.1 IP) over the first nine at Akron .........................................75-116 games of the 2018 season, the best start for Altoona starters since 2015, when they were 3-0 with a 0.38 ERA (2 ER/48.0 IP) through the first nine games. That year, starting pitchers Jason Creasy, Zack Dodson, Tyler Glasnow, Chad Kuhl and Angel ‘18 Home Attendance ........................18,846 Sanchez began the year 6-0 with a 0.71 ERA (6 ER/75.2 IP) over their first 14 games. Over the last 24 games dating back Home Openings ............................................6 to August 20, 2017, Curve starters have combined to go 9-4 with a 1.98 ERA (32 ER/145.2 IP). Including the Curve's six Average Attendance ............................. 3,141 postseason games in 2017, Curve starters are 15-4 with a 1.90 ERA (40 ER/189.0 IP) over the last 29 games. KE' PLAYS FROM HAYES: After posting a .050 (1/20) average through his first five games,Ke'Bryan Hayes has hit .600 (9/15) over his last four games, including two three-hit games and one two-hit game, while collecting an RBI in each of the BROADCAST INFORMATION last three contests. WILL POWER: Curve first basemanWill Craig homered in three consecutive games for the Curve between 4/7-4/10. He is tied for second in the league with three homers and tied for fourth with nine RBIs. A first-round pick by the Pirates in 2016, Craig hit 37 home runs over his three-year career at Wake Forest. So far as a professional, he has combined to hit 11 homers. His three homers are tied for second in the league and he ranks tied for third with nine RBIs. Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Garett Mansfield COLE TRAIN: Dating back to August 19, 2017, Cole Tucker currently holds a 25-game on-base streak, which is the longest will call the action of the 2018 season on active streak in the Eastern League. In that span, the switch-hitter is batting .365 (35/96) with seven doubles, three triples, the flagship of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 two homers, 17 RBIs and 18 runs scored. He leads the Curve and ranks eighth in the league with a .364 batting average and FM/1240 AM WRTA in Altoona. Pregame fifth with a .462 on-base percentage. coverage begins 15 min. before all games. PUT IT IN PLAY: The Curve have two of the five toughest batters to strike out in the Eastern League.Pablo Reyes is ranked The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate second with a 18.50 TPA/SO ratio, and Cole Tucker is fifth with a 13.33 TPA/SO ration. stations for selected games: - WKMC 1370 AM in Roaring Spring ON THE ROAD TRIP BATTING THE COLD: The average starting temperature for Curve games so far - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County Games ........................................................................ 3 this year has been 42 degrees. Four of the nine games played have started with temperatures in the 30s.