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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 169 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 July 4, 2019 -- Game #83, Second Half Game #16, Home Game #41 Erie SeaWolves (44-37, 13-2) vs. Altoona Curve (44-38, 9-6) RHP Alex Faedo (5-5, 3.86) vs. LHP Sean Brady (3-7, 4.93) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., July 5 Erie 7 p.m. RHP Tim Adleman (2-0, 2.57) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (0-1, 2.77) Sat., July 6 Erie 6 p.m. RHP Anthony Castro (3-1, 3.97) vs. RHP Cody Bolton (0-1, 7.71) Sun., July 7 Erie 2 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Domingo Robles (2-2, 5.14) Mon., July 8 ALL-STAR BREAK THE LAST TIME OUT: The Curve hit two homers, a solo homer by Chris Sharpe and a go-ahead, two-run blast by 2019 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Bligh Madris, during a four-run eighth to beat Akron, 6-4. Tied 2-2 after five innings, Akron's Nellie Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to put the 'Ducks ahead before Altoona rallied from behind once again. Joel Cesar worked two score- Team 2nd Half Overall GB Today less in relief of starter Pedro Vasquez while Matt Eckelman locked down the final three outs in the ninth for his 15th Erie 13-2 44-37 -- @ ALT save. The win clinched the season series against Akron as the Curve stand 10-4 against the 'Ducks with four games Bowie 11-4 41-42 2.0 vs. HBG remaining. It was also the 25th comeback win of the year for Altoona. Altoona 9-6 44-38 4.0 vs. ERI Richmond 8-7 31-51 5.0 vs. REA TODAY'S GAME: The 21st season of Altoona Curve Baseball continues as the Curve open a four-game series before the All-Star Break with the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. The two clubs will play eight Akron 6-10 40-45 7.5 @ BNG straight games with four in Altoona and four at UPMC Park after the three-day break for the Eastern League All-Star x-Harrisburg 5-9 47-37 7.5 @ BOW Game. Erie returns for one more series on July 22-24 to conclude the 23-game season series. The Curve swept the last series in Erie on June 3-5 and have won the last two series against the SeaWolves after Erie claimed the first 2019 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS two sets of the year in April. Team 2nd Half Overall GB Today Reading 11-6 50-34 -- @ RIC APPLE PIE, BASEBALL AND THE FOURTH OF JULY: The Curve host their third straight Independence Day game and 15th all-time. In 20 previous seasons, the Curve are 8-12 on the Fourth of July and 6-8 when playing at home. Portland 7-8 34-48 3.0 @ NHM Altoona lost to Trenton, 8-3, on July 4 last season and beat Binghamton, 6-0, during the 2017 championship season. x-Trenton 7-9 45-36 3.5 vs. HFD Five of the largest crowds in PNG Field history have occurred on Independence Day but the largest attendance Hartford 6-9 43-39 4.0 @ TRN figure for a regular-season game stands at 9,255 on August 10, 2003. The biggest Fourth of July crowd was 9,163 in New Hamp. 5-11 36-47 5.5 vs. POR 2004 when the Curve beat Harrisburg in a rain-shortened game. Last season, the Curve drew 8,573 fans on July 4. Binghamton 5-11 40-41 6.0 vs. AKR THE CURVE: The Curve are 21-10 since June 1, trailing only Bowie (22-8) for the best record in the Eastern League 2019 CURVE AT A GLANCE over that time. Over the last month, the Curve have won 8 of 9 series and four straight at home. Altoona has the best intra-division record (33-22) among Western Division clubs and have reached the E.L. Playoffs in each of the Overall Record ........................................44-38 last four seasons, the longest active streak in the league and tied for the longest run in franchise history (2003-06). First Half ........................................35-32 Second Half ........................................ 9-6 THE SEAWOLVES: The SeaWolves have won 13 of 15 to start the second half and grip an early lead in the Western Home ...............................................21-19 Division. Erie's full-season record is the second-best in the division and 1.5 games behind Harrisburg. Winners of Road ................................................23-19 five straight, Erie is coming off a three-game sweep in which they walked off Binghamton in all three games, includ- Place (E.L. Western) ..................................3rd ing the last three in 10 innings. The SeaWolves lead the league in hitting at .249 and rank fourth with 4.2 runs per Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -4.0 game. From a pitching perspective, Erie's starting rotation paces the circuit with a collective 3.11 ERA while the ........................................................... W1 bullpen is ranked 10th with a 3.54 ERA to give the entire staff a 3.28 ERA, tied for second in the E.L. Streak Last 5............................................................ 4-1 FOR ALTOONA: Left-handed pitcher Sean Brady will make his 11th start for the Curve and 16th outing overall in Last 10 ......................................................... 6-4 2019. In his last start, Brady threw his seventh quality start of the year in game two of a double-header on Saturday against Binghamton and took a no-decision when he departed a tie game. Today will be his 41st Double-A start, 2019 vs. Erie .............................................. 7-5 owning a 10-14 record and 4.67 ERA in his Eastern League career and stands two strikeouts shy of 500 for his minor at Altoona .................................................... 3-3 league career. He spent the first six years of his professional career in the Indians organization and was released by at Erie ................................................. 4-2 Cleveland on May 1 and signed with the Pirates on May 6. He was originally drafted by the Indians in the fifth round All-time vs. Erie .................................218-199 of the 2013 draft out of high school...For more on Brady, see page three. at Altoona .....................................101-99 at Erie .........................................117-100 FOR ERIE: Eastern League All-Star right-hander Alex Faedo gets the ball for his 16th start of the year and his third against Altoona. Faedo did not pitch between June 18 and June 29 and picked up his fifth win in his latest outing with five two-run frames against Harrisburg. In two career starts against the Curve, Faedo owns a 3.00 ERA (3 ‘19 Home Attendance ........................ 157,272 ER/9 IP) with nine strikeouts to go with a 1-1 record. His 1.07 WHIP is sixth-best in the Eastern League while his Home Openings ............................................37 94 strikeouts trail only his teammate Matt Manning. Faedo is in his second pro season after he debuted in A-Adv. Average Attendance ............................... 4,251 Lakeland last season and reached Erie in mid-June. He was drafted by the Tigers with the 18th overall pick in 2017 out of the University of Florida and is ranked by MLB.com as Detroit's No. 9 prospect. ON THE LAST ROAD TRIP Games...............................................................3 TOUGH YEAR TO HIT: The league-wide average stands at .237 with teams are scoring 3.96 runs per game. The last Record .......................................................... 2-1 time the league average finished under .250 and 4.0 runs per game was in 1989 (.249/3.95) while 1971 (.234/3.57) was the last season offenses hit below .240 and score fewer than 4.0 runs per game. The Curve are above the ....................................... .245 (24/98) league average with 4.02 runs per game and rank second in hitting at .245. The lowest batting average in team his- Average tory stands at .252 during the 2013 season. Runs/Runs Per Game .......................... 13/3.3 Home Runs ......................................................2 BRAKE MEN: Curve pitchers entered play on May 16 with a 4.22 ERA, which ranked last in the league. The staff has RISP. .............................................. .333 (7/21) lowered that mark to 3.67 over the last 44 games by holding 3.20 ERA (135 ER/379.2 IP), the third-best mark in the Errors ...............................................................1 league over that period. In June, Altoona pitchers had the lowest ERA (2.78) in the league after carrying the highest in the E.L. during May (5.00). The bullpen owns a 2.22 ERA (22 ER/89.0 IP) over the last 28 games. ERA... ...............................5.19 (15 ER/26.0 IP) Starter W-L ................................................. 0-1 G'DAYS FOR ROBBIE: Robbie Glendinning leads the Pirates organization with 82 hits between Altoona and A-Adv. Starter ERA ....................8.78 (13 ER/13.1 IP) Bradenton and ranks second in the Pirates organization with a .333 average. He also ranks among the top per- ............................................... 2-0 formers in the Pirates system with 11 homers (6th), 22 doubles (2nd) and 46 RBIs (T-5th), all career-highs. A 2019 Reliever W-L Florida State League All-Star, the Western Australian native is hitting .328 (21/64) with eight extra-base hits, 16 Reliever ERA ....................1.42 (2 ER/12.2 IP) RBIs and seven walks in his last 18 games since he rejoined the Curve on June 13.