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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 123 BATTING AVG.: .254 (3rd) May 26, 2016 -- Game #45, Home Game #24 BATTING AVG.: .252 (5th) TEAM HR: 52 (1st) TEAM HR: 23 (T-7th) WALKS: 188 (1st) Akron RubberDucks (33-12) vs. Altoona Curve (24-20) WALKS: 157 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 394 (1st) LHP Shawn Morimando (8-0, 1.87) vs. RHP David Whitehead (2-4, 6.29) STRIKEOUTS: 319 (7th) TEAM ERA: 3.63 (5th) TEAM ERA: 4.00 (8th) WALKS: 162 (5th) 10:30 a.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field, Curve, Pa. WALKS: 184 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 329 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 292 (11th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., May 27 at Bowie 7:05 p.m. LHP Cody Dickson (2-2, 4.97) vs. LHP Jayson Aquino (1-4, 4.91) Sat., May 28 at Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Clay Holmes (3-4, 5.24) vs. TBD Sun., May 29 at Bowie 2:05 p.m. LHP Brandon Waddell (3-0, 2.78) vs. TBD Mon., May 30 at Bowie 2:05 p.m. RHP Tyler Eppler (2-3, 4.13) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: The Curve were routed in the third game of the four-game set against the division-leading Rubber- 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Ducks, 13-4. Harold Ramirez had three hits and clubbed his first Double-A homer. Erich Weiss also had three hits and Team W-L PCT GB Today drove in two runs. Tyler Eppler allowed a career-worst nine runs over just three innings. Akron 33-12 .733 -- @ ALT Altoona 24-20 .545 8.5 v. AKR TODAY: The Curve wrap up their clash with the division-leading Akron RubberDucks, Double-A affiliate of the Cleve- Harrisburg 23-21 .523 9.5 v. POR land Indians. The Curve were swept by Akron at Canal Park in the last series between the two teams, and lost four of Bowie 18-27 .400 15.0 @ HRT the first five games against the Ducks overall. Entering play, the Curve have won 13 of their last 17 games overall. The Erie 18-27 .400 15.0 @ REA RubberDucks are 19-5 in May and have the best record out of all MLB and MiLB teams. Richmond 14-31 .311 19.0 @ BIN FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander David Whitehead takes the mound for his eighth start of the season. Last time out, he posted his third five-inning scoreless performance of the year and picked up a win over Portland on Friday. Whit- 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS head has walked 36 batters this year, the third-most in all of Minor League Baseball. Four starts ago on May 3 at Team W-L PCT GB Today Erie, Whitehead allowed a franchise-record-tying 14 hits and a career-worst 10 runs (six earned) as the Curve were Reading 31-15 .674 - v. ERI handed their worst shutout loss in franchise history, 14-0. The former Elon pitcher was acquired by the Pirates this Hartford 28-17 .622 2.5 v. BOW past offseason from Philadelphia for Charlie Morton. For more on Whitehead, see page two. Trenton 25-19 .568 5.0 v. NH New Hamp. 20-24 .455 10.0 @ TRN FOR AKRON: Lefty Shawn Morimando makes his tenth start of the season for Akron. The Virginia Beach product Binghamton 18-26 .409 12.0 v. RIC leads all of Minor League Baseball with eight wins, and has held opposing hitters to a .195 average. He has now alloed Portland 16-29 .356 14.5 @ HAR more than two earned runs in a start this year, Last time out, he allowed two earned runs over five innings against Binghamton. Morimando has earned a win in all but one of his starts this season, a four-inning no-decision against Altoona on April 29 at Canal Park in Akron. He was the Indians’ 19th-round pick in the 2011 MLB Draft out of Ocean 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE Lakes High School in Virginia Beach. Overall Record ..................................... 24-20 Home ............................................ 13-10 #WINNING: The Curve have won 13 of their last 17 games, dating back to May 5, when they were 11-16 and fourth Road ............................................. 11-10 in the E.L. West. The stretch began with a three-game sweep of Richmond, but was interrupted by a loss to Trenton on May 9. The Curve responded with an eight-game winning streak, including a four-game road sweep of Richmond. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd Altoona has moved from fourth to second in the division, but has actually lost a game in the standings on the division- Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -8.5 leading RubberDucks. Streak............................................................ L2 A HAROLD-ED PROSPECT: Curve outfielderHarold Ramirez was held hitless on Tuesday to end his 11-game hitting Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 streak, the longest for any Curve player this year. Over the stretch, Ramirez hit .426 (20-for-47) with seven multi-hit Last 10 ........................................................ 7-3 games, raising his average from .242 on May 8 to .298 (now .290). During the streak, Ramirez hit six doubles, scored 11 runs, drove in seven runs, walked seven times and struck out seven times. He recorded three hits on Wednesday 2016 vs. Akron ......................................... 2-7 against Akron, including his first Double-A homer. His .387 batting average in the month of May is the second-best in at Altoona ....................................... 2-4 Double-A, behind only Richmond’s Austin Slater (.415). at Akron ........................................... 0-3 All-time vs. Akron ...........................162-204 WHAT A RELIEF: Reliever Dovydas Neverauskas has not allowed a run over his last ten outings, a total of 14.2 at Altoona ................................... 96-99 innings pitched. Neverauskas tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts on Tuesday night against Akron. His score- at Akron .....................................67-106 less streak is the longest of any Curve pitcher this year, surpassing the mark originally set by Jhondaniel Medina at 14.0 innings. ‘16 Home Attendance .......................70,217 Home Openings .........................................22 BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie moved up on the Curve’s all-time home run leaders list with his 41st Average Attendance ............................3,423 career homer on May 8 against Richmond, tying Ray Sadler for third all-time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both share the home run record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona jersey. BROADCAST INFORMATION YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona this roster has an average age of 23.6, the youngest of any team in the Eastern League. Hartford (24.0), Trenton (24.3) and Akron (24.5) are the next closest. Erie (26.1) has fielded the oldest roster. The three youngest players on the Curve roster are all 21 and are also the three biggest prospects: Austin Meadows, Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. Only one player on the current roster, Jhondaniel Medina, has any experience above the Double-A level (Medina pitched two games in Triple-A this season). No one else has played above Double- Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher A at any point in their professional careers. Keel will call all the action of the 2016 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Meadows (2), Reese McGuire (5), Harold Ramirez (6), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Eppler (28). Six Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), all games. Holmes (19), Barnes (24) and Jose Osuna (30). The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate stations for selected games: ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve infieldAlen Hanson made his Major - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE HOMESTAND League debut on last week at PNC Park in the Pirates’ 8-5 victory over the - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Games ....................................................................4 Atlanta Braves with a pinch-hit appearance in the bottom of the sixth inning. - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 1-3 Hanson became the 124th Curve alum to make the Majors, and is the first alum to see his debut in 2016. He picked up his first MLB hit the next night. provided by TuneIn Radio Average ....................................... .269 (36/131) - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 24/6.0 GLOBAL AFFAIR: Seven different countries are represented on Altoona’s First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................1 current roster, including the United States (16), the Dominican Republic (3), Canada (1), Venezuela (1), Colombia (1), Taiwan (1) and Lithuania (1). Relief RISP ................................................. .317 (13/41) pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas became the first player born and raised in Errors ......................................................................1 Lithuania to sign with a Major League team when he signed as an interna- tional free agent with the Pirates. Canadian third basemenEric Wood was THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................6.50 the first Canuck to be drafted when he went in the 6th round of the 2012 In 2010, the Curve defeated the Akron Starter W-L ...................................................... 1-1 MLB Draft. InfieldersEdwin Espinal and Anderson Feliz both are natives of Aeros, 5-2. Hector Gimenez had two hits, the Dominican Republic, and first baseman Jose Osuna both call Venezuela Starter ERA ..................7.41 (14 ER / 17.0 IP) including his sixth homer of the season. home. OutfielderHarold Ramirez represented his home country of Colom- Chase d’Arnaud, Gorkys Hernandez and Reliever W-L ..................................................