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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 118 August 6, 2015 -- Game #112, Road #56 Altoona Curve (58-53) vs. New Britain Rock Cats (53-56) RHP Matt Benedict (4-5, 6.15) vs. RHP Matt Flemer (6-7, 3.16) 12:05 p.m. | New Britain Stadium | New Britain, Conn. Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., Aug. 7 Richmond 7 p.m. RHP Tyler Beede (2-5, 5.51) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (8-4, 2.80) Sat., Aug. 8 Richmond 6 p.m. RHP Joan Gregorio (1-1, 3.20) vs. LHP Steven Brault (5-3, 3.21) Sun., Aug. 9 Richmond 6 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Zack Dodson (5-9, 3.98) Mon., Aug. 10 OFF DAY YESTERDAY: After falling behind early, the Curve tied the game with an RBI double bySebastian Valle in the fourth. 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS The Rock Cats answered with a run on a squeeze play by Joey Wong in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead Team W-L PCT GB Today and cruised to a 4-1 win over the Curve. Altoona was held to three hits, with two beloning to Eric Wood. Jason Bowie 61-48 .560 -- @ BIN Creasy (8-6) allowed two runs over six innings. Shane Carle (12-6) allowed one run on three hits. Noel Cuevas hit a Altoona 58-53 .523 4.0 @ NBR two-run homer for New Britain. Richmond 57-52 .523 4.0 @ NH Akron 57-54 .514 5.0 @ HAR CURVE/ROCK CATS SERIES: For this set, Altoona and New Britain square off for the first time since a three-game Harrisburg 54-57 .486 80 v. AKR home sweep by the Curve from June 2-4. New Britain took two-of-three in the only other series this year at New Erie 43-66 .394 18.0 v. POR Britain Stadium, back in late May. This series marks the final set of meetings between the two teams in 2015, and today’s game is the final visit to New Britain Stadium for the Curve before the team becomes the Hartford Yard Goats in 2016. 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today TONIGHT: The Curve and Rock Cats play the finale of a three-game set at New Britain Stadium. Altoona enters the Binghamton 61-48 .560 -- v. BOW night four games behind first-place Bowie in the Western Division but locked in a tie with Richmond for second in the Reading 60-50 .545 1.5 @ TRN division. Trenton 58-52 .527 3.5 v. REA New Hamp. 55-52 .514 6.0 @ RIC FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Matt Benedict makes his 12th start and 18th overall appearance for the Curve this New Britain 53-56 .486 8.0 v. AKR season. Last time out, he allowed 12 earned runs on 13 hits over 4.2 innings against Akron. As a starter for the Curve, Portland 41-70 .369 21.0 @ ERI Benedict is 4-4 with a 5.52 ERA. When working out of the bullpen, he is 0-1 with a 10.38 ERA. Benedict was drafted in the 30th round in 2011 by the Pirates out of Western Carolina University. He has also pitched at Triple-A with Indianapolis and with A-Adv. Bradenton this season. 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE Overall Record ..................................... 58-53 FOR NEW BRITAIN: Right-hander Matt FLemer makes his 21st start for the Rock Cats this season, going along Home ............................................ 33-23 with one relief outing. Last time out, he picked up his second straight win after holding Erie to three earned runs Road ............................................. 25-30 over seven innings. He enters having logged 131.0 innings this year, the second-most in the Eastern League. He has pitched 8.2 innings in two separate starts this year. 2015 is the first season at Double-A for Flemer, who was drafted Place (E.L. Western) ............................T-2nd by the Rockies in the 27th round in 2012 out of Cal. He was named the E.L. Pitcher of the Week on June 22. Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -4.0 MAKIN’ MOVIES: Last week, the Curve saw players promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis over 48 hours, beginning with Streak......................................................Lost 2 Dan Gamache on Friday. Saturday, Josh Bell, Tyler Glasnow and Jeremy Bleich were all officially sent to the Indianap- Last 5 .......................................................... 1-4 olis roster. Shortstop JaCoby Jones was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Joakim Soria on Thursday, and is now playing Last 10 ........................................................ 4-6 for the Erie SeaWolves. 2015 vs. New Britain .............................. 4-4 SETTING THE TABLE: Adam Frazier was on fire in June, batting .424 (28/66) with a home run and eight RBI, raising at Altoona ........................................ 3-0 his overall average from .293 on June 1 to .363 at the end of the month. Frazier has assumed the everyday leadoff du- at New Britain ................................. 1-4 ties, and when batting at the top of the order this season he is hitting .357 (74/207) in 51 games and .354 (17/48) in All-time vs. New Britain .................... 64-53 the first inning. He went on a career-best 15-game hitting streak in July, and followed with a nine-game hitting streak at Altoona ................................... 34-22 that ended on last Monday night against Richmond. He had two hits in each of the last seven games of the streak. at New Britain ............................ 30-31 Frazier missed the beginning of the season after breaking a finger in Spring Training and has not played enough games to qualify for the league leaderboard. ‘15 Home Attendance .................... 227,255 Home Openings .........................................54 MAX ATTACKS: Infielder Max Moroff has continued his hot hitting through the entire season. His 127 hits are the Average Attendance ............................4,208 most in the league and he sits third with his .311 average. His .383 on-base percentage is the fourth-best, he is fourth with 50 walks and first with 62 runs scored. After compiling a 30-game on-base streak and an 11-game hitting streak BROADCAST INFORMATION earlier this season, he went on a 12-game hitting streak in June. Moroff is on pace for 164 hits this season, which would break the record for most by a Curve switch hitter set by Shawn Garrett at 142 in 2002. The overall franchise record for the most hits in a season is 178, set by Starling Marte in 2011. HATS FOR BATS, KEEP BATS WARM: The Curve are leading the 12-team Eastern League in batting average with a Trey Wilson will call all the action of the .274 clip entering play tonight. After batting .248 in April, the Curve have batted .280 (839/2994) as a team since May 2015 season on the flagship of the Curve, 1. The Curve have two active players hitting .300 or better --Adam Frazier (.348) and Max Moroff (.311). However, ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. of those batters, only Moroff has enough at-bats to qualify for the league leaderboard. Four players were batting over Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before .300 when earning a promotion to Triple-A, including Dan Gamache (.335), Willy Garcia (.314), Josh Bell (.307) and Keon Broxton (.302). JaCoby Jones hit .385 in his three games before being traded to the Detroit Tigers’ organization. all games. The Curve can also be heard on the following THE BRAULT VAULT: Curve leftySteven Brault won the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for July 27-Au- affiliate stations for selected games: gust 2. In two starts, he went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, totaling 15 strikeouts in 12 innings. He also went 2-for-2 at the - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone plate against Richmond last Wednesday, driving in two runs on each of his - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE ROAD TRIP first two professional hits. The La Mesa, Calif. native has picked up a win in provided by TuneIn Radio Games ....................................................................1 each of his last four starts since July 18, posting a 1.57 ERA during that span. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ............................................................... 0-2 First Pitch App REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS: The Curve have set a handful of new Average .......................................... .182 (12/66) franchise records in 2015. On July 21, the offense totaled 24 hits, the most Runs/Runs Per Game ..............................2/1.0 in a single game in team history, in a seven-inning win over Erie. In the same Home Runs...........................................................0 game, which Altoona won, 18-7, the team reocrd for most runs in a game was tied.Jose Osuna also set a new individual single-game franchise record by RISP ................................................... .200 (3/15) scoring five runs. On May 25,Dan Gamache went 5-for-5, tying the Curve Errors ......................................................................6 franchise record for most hits in a game by a single player. On May 17, the Altoona pitchers combined for 13 walks, setting a new record. THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................4.50 In 2008, the Curve beat the Akron Aeros, Starter W-L ...................................................... 0-2 ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve relief pitcher Diego Moreno made 4-3. Jared Hughes picked up his first his MLB debut on June 22, becoming the 118th Altoona Curve alumnus to Starter ERA .................... 3.97 (5 ER / 11.1 IP) win of the year, striking out six over six reach the big leagues.