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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 119 August 23 2015 -- Game #127, Road #61 Altoona Curve (67-59) vs. Bowie Baysox (71-54) RHP Chad Kuhl (9-4, 2.63) vs. RHP Joe Gunkel (9-3, 2.79) 2:05 p.m. | Prince George’s Stadium | Bowie, Md. Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., Aug. 24 Reading 7 p.m. RHP Nick Pivetta (1-3, 6.82) vs. RHP attM Benedict (5-5, 5.57) Tues., Aug. 25 Reading 7 p.m. RHP Zack Eflin (7-6, 3.56) vs. LHP Steven Brault (7-3, 2.51) Wed., Aug. 26 Reading 7 p.m. RHP Jake Thompson (3-1, 2.08) vs. LHP Zack Dodson (7-10, 3.92) Thurs., Aug. 27 Trenton 7 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Jason Creasy (10-7, 4.44) YESTERDAY: The Curve won their third straight with a 12-8 victory over the Bowie Baysox. Jose Osuna hit a two-run 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS homer in the first inning and finished the night with six RBIs.Adam Frazier reached base six times, going 4-for-4 with Team W-L PCT GB Today three runs scored, two RBIs and one walk. Jason Creasy picked up his tenth win, allowing one run over five innings. Bowie 71-54 .568 -- v. ALT With the Curve leading 8-1, Bowie stormed back with help from seven Curve walks issued over the final two innings, Altoona 67-59 .532 4.5 @ BOW helping lead to seven runs. With the win, the Curve grabbed moved alone into second place in the Western Division. Akron 66-60 .524 5.5 v. ERI Richmond 61-63 .492 9.5 @ TRN TONIGHT: The Curve play the finale of a three-game road set against the division-leading Bowie Baysox. The Curve Harrisburg 61-65 .484 10.5 v. POR enter tonight’s game in second, one game ahead of the Akron RubberDucks for the second and final postseason Erie 53-71 .427 17.5 @ AKR spot in the E.L. Western Division. The Baysox hold a 4.5-game lead over Altoona. The Curve swept a three-game set against the Baysox earlier this season and split a four-game series at PNG Field in the Baysox second trip and final to Altoona. After this series, the Curve return to Prince George’s Stadium for a four-game series a week from Monday. 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Chad Kuhl makes his 24th start for the Curve this season. Last time out, Kuhl pitched Reading 72-53 .576 -- v. NBR six scoreless innings, holding Portland to three hits on Tuesday, but did not receive a decision. Two starts ago, Kuhl Binghamton 68-56 .549 3.5 @ NHM picked up his ninth win of the year, allowing one run in five innings against Binghamton at PNG Field on 8/12. He is Trenton 65-60 .516 7.0 v. RIC tied with Jason Creasy and Zack Dodson for the team lead with 12 quality starts through his first 23 outings and has New Hamp. 60-63 .488 11.0 v. BIN only allowed more than three earned runs four times. Kuhl was the second-highest drafted pitcher out of the Univer- New Britain 59-65 .472 12.5 @ REA sity of Delaware in the last 25 years when the Pirates selected him in the ninth round in 2013. Last season, he led all Portland 46-80 .368 26.5 @ HAR Pirates’ minor league arms and tied the top of the Florida State League with 13 wins.For more on Kuhl, see page two. FOR BOWIE: Right-hander Joe Gunkel makes his 15th start of the season for the Baysox. Last time out, he did not re- 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE ceive a decision after allowing two earned runs in seven innings against Trenton on Tuesday. Gunkel is 2-0 with a 1.46 Overall Record ..................................... 67-59 ERA in four starts this month. Originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2013, Gunkel was traded to the Baltimore Home ............................................ 37-28 Orioles on June 3 of this year for LF Alejandro De Aza. He began this season with the A-Adv. Salem Red Sox and was Road ............................................. 30-31 promoted to Double-A Portland in May. He went 2-1 with a 3.93 ERA in four games (three starts) for the Sea Dogs. With Bowie, Gunkel is 7-2 with a 2.54 ERA in 14 starts. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -4.5 PLAYOFF HUNT: Last night’s win moved the Curve back into second place in the Western Division after sitting sitting in third place for 13 days. With a loss to Binghamton on August 11, the Curve fell back to third place in the Western Streak.................................................... Won 3 Division for the first time since April 13, five days into the season. From April 16 through June 26, the Curve spent Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 63-of-64 games in first place in the division. Overall this season, the Curve have spent only 17 games out of a poten- Last 10 ........................................................ 6-4 tial playoff spot. 2015 vs. Bowie ......................................... 7-2 CONNECTION PROBLEMS: After batting .282 as a team from May 1-July 31, the Curve offense is hitting just .249 at Altoona ....................................... 5-2 (153/614) so far in the month of August. Altoona still holds the top overall offense in the Eastern League for the 2015 at Bowie .......................................... 2-0 season with a .272 average, slightly ahead of Reading (.269). All-time vs. Bowie ..........................141-137 at Altoona ................................... 72-73 BLANK CHECK: The Curve pitching staff is tied for the Eastern League lead with 13 shutouts pitched this season. On at Bowie ...................................... 69-64 the other side, the Curve offense has only been shut out four times this season, the fewest of any team in the E.L. ‘15 Home Attendance .................... 268,798 FANTASTIC FRAZIER: Adam Frazier was on fire in June, batting .424 with a home run and eight RBIs, raising his Home Openings .........................................63 overall average from .293 on June 1 to .363 at the end of the month. He went on a career-best 15-game hitting streak Average Attendance ............................4,267 in July. Frazier missed the beginning of the season after breaking a finger in Spring Training and had not recorded enough at-bats to qualify for the league leaderboard until Thursday, but now sits at the top of the Eastern League BROADCAST INFORMATION with a .330 average. Brock Holt was the last Curve hitter to win the E.L. batting title when he hit .322 in 2012. -Star ling Marte recorded the same feat in 2011 with a .332 average. MAX ATTACKS: Infielder Max Moroff has 137 hits this season, the second-most in the league, and he sits seventh with his .295 average. His .375 on-base percentage is seventh-best in the league, he is third with 61 walks and first Trey Wilson and Nate Bowen will call all with 72 runs scored. He has played in 121 games, the second-most of any player in the league. After compiling a 30- the action of the 2015 season on the game on-base streak and an 11-game hitting streak earlier this season, he went on a 12-game hitting streak in June. flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, Moroff is on pace for 154 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 WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame cover- in 2011. age begins 15 min. before all games. The Curve can also be heard on the following REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS: The Curve have set a handful of new franchise records in 2015. On July 21, the affiliate stations for selected games: offense totaled 24 hits, the most in a single game in team history, in a seven-inning win over Erie. In the same game, - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone which Altoona won, 18-7, the team record for most runs in a game was tied. - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE ROAD TRIP Jose Osuna also set a new individual single-game franchise record by scoring provided by TuneIn Radio Games ....................................................................2 five runs. On May 25,Dan Gamache went 5-for-5, tying the Curve franchise - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB record for most hits in a game by a single player. On May 17, the Altoona Record ............................................................... 2-0 First Pitch App pitchers combined for 13 walks, setting a new record. Average .......................................... .328 (22/67) Runs/Runs Per Game .........................18/9.00 PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve currently feature three of MLB.com’s Home Runs...........................................................2 midseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Barrett Barnes (16), Chad Kuhl (18) and Steven Brault (25). Three other prospects ranked by MLB.com have been pro- RISP ................................................... .350 (7/20) moted to Triple-A, including Tyler Glasnow (1), Josh Bell (3) and Willy Garcia Errors ......................................................................1 (12). This year’s team has also featured seven of Baseball America’s preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Glasnow (1), Bell (4), Garcia (12), JaCoby Jones (13, THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................3.00 traded to Tigers), Stetson Allie (21), Barnes (23) and Kuhl (28).