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2021 GAME NOTES 1000 PARK AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA 16602 814.283.3180 ALTOONACURVEBASEBALL ALTOONACURVE @ALTOONACURVE ALTOONA_CURVE EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 173 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 August 24, 2021 -- Game #95, Home Game #48 Richmond Flying Squirrels (48-47) vs. Altoona Curve (50-44) LHP Michael Plassmeyer (2-6, 4.23) vs. RHP Jeff Passantino (1-6, 4.65) 6:00 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, PA Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Matt Fraizer knocked his second Double-A home run of the season and 22nd of the campaign in the sixth inning for SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS Altoona, but it was not enough as the Curve fell to Somerset, 6-2, on Sunday night in front of 6,940 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Fraizer finished 2-3 on the night, his eighth multi-hit game in 16 appearances for Altoona this season. Since joining the Curve on August 6th, Fraizer Team W-L GB Today has a .379 batting average with six doubles, three triples, two home runs and a .422 on-base percentage. Akron 59-36 -- @ SOM Bowie 57-37 1.5 vs ERI TODAY'S GAME: The Curve continue their 12-game homestand tonight against Richmond. Altoona 50-44 8.5 vs RIC MULTIPLE JACKS: Jack Suwinski recorded his third career multi-homer game on Friday night against Somerset with two solo homers in his Erie 50-46 9.5 @ BOW first two at-bats. The Curve have hit six multi-homer games this season, led by Mason Martin who has done it three times. Richmond 49-47 10.5 @ ALT Harrisburg 36-59 24.5 vs HFD LOOK WHO'S BACK: After missing 43 games with a right forearm strain, the Curve welcomed INF Oneil Cruz back to the lineup on Friday, he went 3-for-5 with 2 2B and 3 RBI in his return as the DH. Cruz, ranked as the #57 prospect in all of baseball according to MLB.com began the NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS season batting .289/.349/.538 with 10 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 29 RBI and 10-12 SB in 43 games before landing on the injured list on July 5. He hit a Team W-L GB Today 3-run homer as part of a three-homer inning for Altoona on July 1 at Hartford in his final at-bat before hitting the IL. Portland 55-38 -- vs REA Somerset 56-39 -- vs AKR OH, HE'S BACK TOO?: In the aftermath of the trade of INF Adam Frazier, INF Roldolfo Castro was promoted from Altoona to the major league roster. In three separate stints this season, Castro batted .198/.258/.395 with 2 2B, 5 HR, and 8 RBI in 31 games with Pittsburgh. Optioned New Hamp. 44-47 10.0 vs BNG back to Altoona prior to Monday's game against Arizona, Castro is expected to return to the Curve lineup on Tuesday. Binghamton 43-50 12.0 @ NH Reading 36-60 20.5 @ POR WALK IT OFF: Altoona outfielderDaniel Amaral recorded the third walk-off victory of the season for Altoona on Wednesday night, smashing a Hartford 31-63 24.5 @ HBG two-run homer to dead center field.Rodolfo Castro on May 7 and Mason Martin on June 25 accounted for the first walk-off hits of the season. 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE HE STRUCK HIM OUT!!: Altoona pitching struck out 16 or more batters in a game for the fourth time this season on Tuesday night against Overall Record ........................................50-44 Somerset. 28 times this season Curve pitching has struck out 10 or more batters including 19-of-38 games to start the season. Since July Home ...............................................23-24 1, the Curve have struck out 10+ batters only 10 times in 46 games. Travis MacGregor became the first Curve pitcher sinceOsvaldo Bido on Road ................................................ 27-20 July 9 to strike out at least seven batters in a start when he struck out seven on Tuesday night against Somerset. Place (S'East Div) .......................................3rd MULTI-MATT: Altoona outfielder Matt Fraizer is in the midst of a breakout season at the plate. Following a promotion from Greensboro where Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -8.5 he had been leading the High-A East in several categories, Fraizer is batting .379/.422/.690 in 16 games since joining the Curve including 6 Streak .............................................................L2 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, and 10 RBI. He is second the Double-A Northeast League with 22 hits since his debut on August 6, and ranks second with 11 Last 5............................................................ 3-2 extra-base hits. Fraizer leads all Pirates minor leaguers with 22 home runs this season and recorded his 33rd multi-hit game of the season on Last 10 ......................................................... 4-6 Sunday night against Somerset. All-Time Record ............................1,553-1,503 THREE IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT: Altoona lost four straight games for the first time this season in the middle part of their series at Erie. .................................... 4-2 Previously, the Curve had lost three straight five different times this year, however, this streak saw seen the Curve fall by six runs or more in 2021 vs. Richmond each game. The Curve have been ourscored 44-4 over the last four games. at Altoona .......................................... 0-0 at Richmond ...................................... 4-2 NOT A GREAT START: For the first time in franchise history, Altoona allowed back-to-back-to-back solo home runs to start a game when Riley All-time vs. Richmond .........................115-91 Greene, Ryan Kreidler and Spencer Torkelson each homered to centerfield offJeff Passantino to start G2 of the DH on 8/12 at Erie. at Altoona ....................................... 67-40 at Richmond ...................................48-51 10-RUN INNINGS: Akron scored 10 runs in the 8th inning on August 6 to take a 12-3 win and Erie scored 10 runs in the 3rd inning in the first ‘21 Home Attendance ........................ 174,231 game of the doubleheader on August 12. It was the first time an opponent scored 10 or more runs in an inning against the Curve since the ............................................43 Harrisburg Senators scored 11 times in the seventh inning on August 31, 2019. Home Openings Average Attendance ............................... 4,052 NOTHING FREE: Altoona starters lead the Double-A Northeast League with a 2.64 BB/9. In total, Altoona starters have walked just 125 bat- ters, the fewest in the league, aiding them to a 1.25 WHIP which is tied for 3rd best in the circuit. Only one Double-A team, the Montgomery Biscuits (Tampa Bay Rays) has walked fewer than 100 batters this season. CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS Runs Scored ......................................8th (437) THE SQUIRRELS: Managed by Jose Alguacil, the Flying Squirrels have managed to hang around the .500 mark for much of the season. Since Average .............................................6th (.248) the promotion of Heliot Ramos and Sean Hjelle as well as the trades of RHP Jose Marte and RHP Caleb Kilian, the Squirrels have just one . ..................................................6th (.255) player on their roster, INF Will Wilson (#15) who ranks among the top-30 prospects in the Giants organization according to MLB.com. RISP Home Runs ........................................6th (106) FOR ALTOONA: RHP Travis MacGregor takes the ball for Altoona tonight...For more on MacGregor, see page two. Stolen Bases ....................................... 4th (73) FOR RICHMOND: LHP Michael Plassmeyer takes the ball to open the series. Plassmeyer began the season at Double-A Montgomery in the ERA... .................................................8th (4.66) Rays system where he went 2-1 with a 3.64 ERA in 7 starts before being traded to the Giants for RHP Matt Wisler and cash. A 4th round pick Starter ERA ......................................5th (4.50) by the Mariners in 2018 out of the University of Missouri, he was traded by the Mariners to the Rays along with C Mike Zunino and CF Guill- Reliever ERA ..................................11th (4.88) ermo Heredia for CF Mallex Smith and Jake Fraley. In college he shared a pitching staff with LHP TJ Sikkema (NYY, 2nd Round - 2018) and ..............................12th (8.82) RHP Tanner Houck (BOS, 1st Round - 2017) and former Curve INF Robbie Glendinning (PIT, 21st Round - 2017) Strikeouts/9 IP Walks/9 IP .......................................8th (3.53) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed ........................... 4th (92) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE HOMESTAND 2001 - Altoona's Steve Sparks and Akron's Nerio Rodriguez pitch duel Record .......................................................... 3-3 complete games with Akron winning 1-0 with a third inning solo homer Average ...................................... .246 (47-191) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call by Billy Munoz. Sparks struck out nine and Rodriguez fanned 13 hitters Runs/Runs Per Game .......................... 26/4.3 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship while both gave up four hits. Home Runs ......................................................7 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM RISP. ............................................. .244 (11-45) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 2010 - Jordy Mercer capps off a four-hit, 4-RBI day with a walk-off single Errors ...............................................................5 15 min. before all games. to lift the Curve to a 6-5 win vs. Erie The Curve can also be heard on the following ERA... ...............................4.50 (27 ER/54.0 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: Starter W-L ................................................. 2-3 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County Starter ERA ....................5.40 (18 ER/30.0 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and Reliever W-L ............................................... 1-0 the MiLB First Pitch App Reliever ERA ....................3.38 (9 ER/24.0 IP) Saves/Opps .................................................0/1 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Wed.