2015 Curve at a Glance Broadcast Information

EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 117 BATTING AVG.: .271 (1st) May 27, 2015 -- Game #44, Road Game #24 BATTING AVG.: .250 (T-10th) TEAM HR: 19 (T-9th) TEAM HR: 29 (5th) WALKS: 144 (T-6th) Altoona Curve (25-18) vs. New Britain Rock Cats (29-15) WALKS: 144 (T-6th) STRIKEOUTS: 332 (3rd) RHP Chad Kuhl (2-1, 3.09) vs. RHP Shane Carle (5-2, 3.65) STRIKEOUTS: 387 (1st) TEAM ERA: 3.33 (3rd) TEAM ERA: 3.21 (2nd) WALKS: 147 (T-5th) 6:35 p.m. | New Britain Stadium | New Britain, Conn. WALKS: 113 (12th) STRIKEOUTS: 225 (12th) STRIKEOUTS: 249 (11th) () -- EL Rank Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Thurs., May 28 at New Britain 10:35 a.m. RHP Matt Benedict (0-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Bryan Evans (1-0, 1.50) Fri., May 29 vs. Binghamton 6 p.m. RHP Michael Fulmer (1-0, 2.95) vs. RHP Angel Sanchez (4-1, 3.02) Sat., May 30 vs. Binghamton 6 p.m. RHP John Gant (2-3, 4.75) vs. RHP Jason Creasy (5-0, 2.82) Sun., May 31 vs. Binghamton 6 p.m. RHP Seth Lugo (2-2, 2.56) vs. LHP Zack Dodson (2-2, 2.63) YESTERDAY: A series of bad breaks and close plays did not go the Curve’s way on Tuesday night in a, 6-4, series- 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS opening loss in New Britain. The team had two members ejected (Tom Prince and Gift Ngoepe), committed four errors Team W-L PCT GB Today and yet had a lead after the top of the seventh before a three-run double by Noel Cuevas in the bottom of the inning Altoona 25-18 .581 -- @ NBR put the game away. Jacob Stallings and Max Moroff each had three hits in the loss while Keon Broxton homered for Bowie 23-22 .511 3.0 v. ERI the second straight game. Dan Gamache had to be used as a pinch hitter in the ninth and had his 12-game hitting streak Harrisburg 20-24 .455 5.5 @ RIC come to a close with him grounding out to second. Starter Zack Dodson did not factor into the decision after six innings Richmond 19-23 .452 5.5 v. HAR of three-run ball. Akron 20-25 .444 6.0 v. TRE Erie 16-28 .364 9.5 @ BOW CURVE/ROCK CATS SERIES: This series is the first of three that the teams will play against one another in 2015 and the first of two trips that the Curve make to Connecticut this year. New Britain makes its way to Curve, Pa. next week and then the Curve come back here for their final series ever in New Britain in early August. After the season, New Britain will move to Hartford, Conn. to become the Hartford Yard Goats. 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Team W-L PCT GB Today FOR ALTOONA: Starting for the Curve on Wednesday will be RHP Chad Kuhl, who pitched into the seventh inning New Britain 29-15 .659 -- v. ALT for the first time this year in his last outing. It didn’t go well for Kuhl, however, in the seventh as the Fisher Cats scored Reading 24-20 .545 5.0 @ NHM three times on a Ronald Torreyes bases-clearing double with two away that eventually put New Hampshire in the Binghamton 24-21 .533 5.5 v. POR win column. For Kuhl, this will be his ninth start of the season and his fifth away from PNG Field. In his four prior road Trenton 24-21 .533 5.5 @ AKR starts, Kuhl is 2-1 with a 3.42 ERA. For more on Kuhl, see page two. New Hamp. 22-23 .489 7.5 v. REA Portland 20-26 .435 10.0 @ BIN FOR NEW BRITAIN: A familiar face to many on the current club starts for the Rock Cats tonight in RHP Shane Carle, Carle, 23, was acquired by Colorado straight up for reliever Rob Scahill, who is currently in the Pirates big league bullpen, this off season. Last season, Carle made 10 starts for Bradenton and was 2-3 with a 3.60 ERA and could have 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE conceivably been a part of the Curve rotation at some point in 2015 had he not been traded. This year with the Rock Overall Record .........................................25-18 Cats, Carle has been terrific away from New Britain Stadium (3-1, 2.36 ERA) but only so-so- in it (2-1, 5.16). Last time Home ....................................................12-8 out he gave up one runs on seven hits in six innings at Harrisburg on May 22. Road ...................................................13-10 THE ROAD: The Curve are in the midst of a stretch where they play 20 of 29 games on the road with 10 of them coming Place (E.L. Western) .....................................1st on this 11-day trek to Portland, Manchester and New Britain. They’ll return home after this road trip for six games Games Ahead/Behind ..............................+ 3.0 before heading right back out for another six-game road trip. So far, the team is 3-5. Streak ........................................................... Lost 1 GRIP IT AND RIP IT: The Curve bats have come alive in a big way in the last three games, combining to score 24 runs on 47 hits. In the last three games, the Curve team batting average has skyrocketed to .271, which now leads the league. Last 5 ..................................................................2-3 This all comes on the heels of being held to three hits on Saturday night in Manchester. If you go back to the last four Last 10 ...............................................................3-7 games, the Curve have had at least 12 hits in three of the four. 2015 vs. New Britain ...................................0-1 at Altoona ..............................................0-0 #OMGAMACHE: Dan Gamache went 5-for-5 on Monday afternoon in New Hampshire to tie a franchise mark for hits at New Britain .....................................0-1 in a single game. He became the 12th player in franchise history to grab five hits in a single game and the fifth to do it All-time vs. New Britain .......................60-50 with a perfect 5-for-5 day. He had four singles and a two-run homer to complete the five-hits. The last Curve player to at Altoona ........................................31-22 do it was Melvin Dorta on July 11, 2008 at Erie. at New Britain ...............................29-28 THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE: The Curve won another day game on Monday afternoon in Manchester to improve to ‘15 Home Attendance .........................70,333 10-2 this season in day games, which includes a 7-0 mark away from PNG Field. The team’s next day game will be on Home Openings .............................................. 20 Thursday when they close this series at 10:35 a.m. Average Attendance ..............................3,517 180-DEGREE TURN: After April was such a terrific month for Curve pitching (2.32 ERA), May has been a different story. This month, the Curve have a team ERA of 4.06, which is fourth-highest among any team in the league this month. They’ve permitted 116 runs (101 earned) in 223 innings and given up 13 home runs in 25 games. By comparison, the BROADCAST INFORMATION team gave up just 53 runs (43 earned) and three home runs in 18 games during April. JUST JOSHIN’ YA: First baseman Josh Bell had two more hits on Tuesday night and now has a new season-best hitting streak with an eight-gamer heading into play tonight. Bell owns a .344 average, which is now tops in the Eastern League while leading the league in hits with 55. He also ranks among the league leaders in triples (5, T-1st), RBI (31, T-3rd), and Mike Passanisi and Trey Wilson will call on-base percentage (.414, 2nd). He’s also got the second-lowest strikeout rate in the league behind Tony Renda of Har- all the action of the 2015 season on the risburg at one strikeout every 12.53 plate appearances. flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage HOMECOMING: IF Dan Gamache is riding one hot bat during this road trip. The trip to the upper northeast is the first with the Curve for Gamache, who just missed out on last year’s trek up while he was recovering from a Spring Training begins 15 min. before all games. injury. Gamache, a native of Newport, R.I. will get to play in front of some family and friends throughout the duration The Curve can also be heard on the following of this trip. Unfortunately, circumstances dictated that Gamache needed to be used as a pinch hitter on Tuesday night affiliate stations for selected games: and he grounded out to end his hitting streak at 12 games, which is a team-best mark this year. He had multi-hit games - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone in six of the 12 and hit .512 during the streak. In 18 games in May, Gamache is - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE ROAD TRIP hitting .407 (22-for-54) with five doubles, two home runs, 12 runs scored and provided by TuneIn Radio Games .............................................................................8 10 RBI. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ........................................................................ 3-5 APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS: Shortstop Gift Ngoepe is enjoying First Pitch App Average ............................................. .321 (92/287) the turnover of the calendar to the month of May.

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