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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 118 July 28, 2015 -- Game #104, Home #51 Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-48) vs. Altoona Curve (55-48) LHP Kelvin Marte (8-2, 2.14) vs. LHP Steven Brault (3-3, 3.79) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Wed. July 29 Richmond 12 p.m. LHP Matt Gage (2-0, 1.64) vs. LHP Zack Dodson (4-8, 4.17) Thurs., July 30 Akron 7 p.m. RHP Adam Plutko (5-4, 2.88) vs. RHP Jason Creasy (8-4, 4.43) Fri., July 31 Akron 7 p.m. LHP Shawn Morimando (7-10, 2.99) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (5-3, 2.43) Sat., Aug 1 Akron 6 p.m. RHP Mike Clevenger (6-6, 3.01) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (8-4, 2.61) YESTERDAY: The Curve opened the series against the Flying Squirrels with a 3-2, comeback win. Richmond jumped 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS ahead with two runs in the top of the seventh, but Mel Rojas Jr. tied the game in the bottom of the inning and Jacob Team W-L PCT GB Today Stallings knocked a go-ahead single in the eighth. In his Double-A debut, JaCoby Jones went 3-for-4 with an RBI, a Bowie 56-45 .554 -- @ AKR run scored and a stolen base. Chad Kuhl pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and striking out six. Altoona 55-48 .534 2.0 v. RIC Richmond 53-48 .525 3.0 @ ALT CURVE/FLYING SQUIRRELS SERIES: Richmond had a 15-game losing streak coming into the last series between the Akron 53-50 .515 4.0 v. BOW two teams at PNG Field, and they snapped it with a four-game sweep of the Curve. They have since climbed back into Harrisburg 50-53 .485 7.0 @ NH playoff contention. They have given the Curve more trouble than any other team in the league this year, incluing tak- Erie 40-61 .396 16.0 @ REA ing three-of-five at The Diamond two weeks ago. FOR ALTOONA: Lefty Steven Brault makes his eighth Double-A start for the Curve. Last time out, he allowed one 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS earned run over five innings in a win at Akron on national television last Thursday. In the last start before that one, Team W-L PCT GB Today Brault beat Richmond with six one-run innings at The Diamond. In a loss against Harrisburg on July 6, Brault became Binghamton 55-46 .545 -- v. NBR the first Curve pitcher this season to strike out ten batters in a game. The La, Mesa, Calif. native was the 11th-round Trenton 55-47 .539 0.5 v. POR draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles in 2013 out of NCAA DII Regis University. He was traded to the Pirates this offsea- Reading 54-48 .529 1.5 v. ERI son along with pitcher Stephen Tarpley for Travis Snider. For more on Brault, see page two. New Hamp. 51-48 .515 3.0 v. HAR New Britain 49-52 .488 6.0 @ BIN FOR RICHMOND: Lefty Kelvin Marte makes his 13th start and pitches for the 20th time overall this season for Rich- Portland 39-64 .379 17.0 @ TRN mond. As a start, he is 7-2 with a 2.25 ERA. As a reliever, he went 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in seven outings. Two starts ago, he pitched a seven-inning, complete-game shutout against the Curve at The Diamond. Last time out, he pitched six scoreless innings against Akron and gave up just three hits but did earn a decision. 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE Overall Record ..................................... 55-48 SETTING THE TABLE: Adam Frazier was on fire in June, batting .424 (28/66) with a home run and eight RBI, raising Home ............................................ 30-20 his overall average from .293 on June 1 to .363 at the end of the month. Frazier has assumed the everyday leadoff Road ............................................. 25-28 duties, and when batting at the top of the order this season he is hitting .371 (65/175) in 43 games and .400 (16/40) in the first inning. He went on a career-best 15-game hitting streak earlier this month, and followed with a nine-game Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd hitting streak that ended on Monday night against Richmond. He had two hits in each of the last seven games of the Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -2.0 streak. Streak.................................................... Won 1 MAX ATTACKS: Infielder Max Moroff has continued his hot hitting into July. His 120 hits are the most in the league Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 and he sits sixth with his .310 average. His .382 on-base percentage is the fifth-best, he is tied for sixth with 44 walks Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 and first with 60 runs scored. After compiling a 30-game on-base streak and an 11-game hitting streak earlier this season, he went on a 12-game hitting streak in June. Moroff is on pace for 165 hits this season, which would break 2015 vs. Richmond .................................. 4-8 the record for most by a Curve switch hitter, set by Shawn Garrett at 142 in 2002. The overall franchise record for the at Altoona ....................................... 1-4 most hits in a season is 178, set by Starling Marte in 2011. at Richmond ................................... 3-4 All-time vs. Richmond ....................... 57-57 HATS FOR BATS, KEEP BATS WARM: The Curve are leading the 12-team Eastern League in batting average with at Altoona ................................... 37-25 a .279 clip entering play tonight. After batting .248 in April, the Curve have batted .286 (784/2743) as a team since at Richmond ............................... 20-32 May , including a .293 (241/826) team average in July. The Curve have five active players hitting .300 or better --Josh Bell (.313), Adam Frazier (.364), Dan Gamache (.338), Jose Osuna (.302) and Max Moroff (.314). However, of those ‘15 Home Attendance .................... 194,154 batters, only Bell and Moroff have enough at-bats to qualify for the league leaderboard. Home Openings .........................................47 Average Attendance ............................4,131 JUST JOSHIN’ YA: First baseman Josh Bell enters today’s game owning a .310 average that is sixth in the Eastern League. The former second-round pick also ranks among the league leaders in hits (110, 2nd), RBI (59, 3rd), on-base BROADCAST INFORMATION percentage (.385, 5th), walks (44, 5th) and triples (6, T-1st). His 17-game on-base streak that began on July 3 was snapped on Saturday night at Akron. NOT KUHL-ING OFF: In five July starts, right-handerChad Kuhl has gone 3-1 and has only surrendered two earned runs over 29.2 innings pitched. He pitched six scoreless innings in a win over Harrisburg on July 6, and a followed it Trey Wilson will call all the action of the by allowing just an unearned run in his next outing on July 11 against Bowie. He picked up the first comeplete game 2015 season on the flagship of the Curve, of his career in the first game of a double-header at Richmond on July 17, but two unearned runs in the first inning ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. were enough to charge him with the loss. In a win against Erie on July 22, he had his streak of 24 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run snapped. On July 27 against Richmond, Curve pitched six scoreless, three-hit innings Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before against Richmond but did not receive a decision. 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 reocrd for most runs in a game was tied. - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE HOMESTAND Jose Osuna also set a new individual single-game franchise record by scoring provided by TuneIn Radio Games ....................................................................1 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 ............................................................... 1-0 First Pitch App pitchers combined for 13 walks, setting a new record. Average .......................................... .333 (11/33) Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 3/3.33 ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve relief pitcher Diego Moreno made Home Runs...........................................................0 his MLB debut on June 22, becoming the 118th Altoona Curve alumnus to reach the big leagues. Appearing in relief for the New York Yankees, Moreno THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY RISP ................................................... .363 (4/11) pitched one scoreless inning with two strikeouts to work around a pair of In 2010, the Curve walked off over the Errors ..................................................................... 0 hits. He was a member of the Curve in 2010 and 2011, appearing in fourteen Richmond Flying Squirrels in 10 innings, combined games. He is the first Curve alum to make his MLB debut in 2015. 3-2. Miles Durham game-winning RBI ERA ...................................................................3.00 double brought home Hector Gimenez. Starter W-L ...................................................... 0-0 Josh Harrison finished the game 2-for-5 Starter ERA .......................0.00 (0 ER / 6.0 IP) with an RBI.