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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 129 BATTING AVG.: .266 (T-6th) June 24, 2016 -- Game #72, Road Game #40 BATTING AVG.: .261 (4th) TEAM HR: 41 (7th) TEAM HR: 55 (4th) WALKS: 222 (9th) Altoona Curve (40-31) vs. Bowie Baysox (31-41) WALKS: 248 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 496 (9th) LHP Brandon Waddell (4-2, 5.22) vs. LHP Jayson Aquino (3-6, 3.66) STRIKEOUTS: 480 (11th) TEAM ERA: 4.14 (9th) TEAM ERA: 4.33 (10th) WALKS: 300 (1st) 7:05 p.m. | Prince George's Stadium, Bowie, Md. WALKS: 235 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 475 (11th) STRIKEOUTS: 457 (12th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sat., June 25 at Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Tyler Eppler (5-4, 3.83) vs. RHP Jason Garcia (3-6, 4.95) Sun., June 26 at Bowie 2:05 p.m. RHP Alex McRae (1-2, 11.77) vs. LHP John Means (1-4, 4.34) Mon., June 27 vs. Binghamton 7 p.m. RHP Clay Holmes (6-4, 4.93) vs. RHP Rainy Lara (4-7. 4.46) Tues., June 28 vs. Binghamton 7 p.m. RHP Josh Zeid (1-2, 4.67) vs. LHP Cody Dickson (6-3, 3.68) YESTERDAY: The Curve earned their fifth straight win with a 9-6 victory over the Binghamton Mets, capping a three- 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS game road sweep at NYSEG Stadium. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, the Curve tied the game in the third when Team W-L PCT GB Today Kevin Newman scored on a wild pitch. Stetson Allie hit a go-ahead single in the fourth. Barrett Barnes followed with Akron 42-31 .575 -- v. TRN a run-scoring groundout and Cody Dickson knocked his first pro hit to bring in a run and push the lead to 4-1. Jose Altoona 40-31 .563 1.0 @ BOW Osuna and Erich Weiss added runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and Newman clubbed a two-run single in the seventh Harrisburg 39-32 .549 2.0 @ NHM to push the Altoona lead to 8-4. Jin-De Jhang capped the Curve scoring with an RBI single in the eighth. Erie 32-42 .432 10.5 OFF Bowie 31-41 .431 10.5 v. ALT CURVE VS. BAYSOX: The Curve continue the six-game road trip with the first of three games in Bowie, Md. against Richmond 27-45 .375 14.5 @ BIN the Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. This weekend's set marks the second of two trips to Bowie this year for the Curve, who took three of four from the Baysox at Prince George's Stadium in late-May. The two teams met in last year's E.L. Western Division Series, which the eventual E.L. champion Baysox won, 3-1. The 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Curve have won five straight games and six of the last seven overall. The Baysox Team W-L PCT GB Today Reading 51-22 .699 -- @ POR FOR ALTOONA: Lefty Brandon Waddell makes his ninth start of the year for the Curve and 14th overall. Last time Trenton 44-28 .611 6.5 @ AKR out, Waddell gave up two earned runs in 4.2 innings in a no-decision against Hartford on Saturday. Last time out, Hartford 39-31 .557 10.5 OFF Waddell allowed four earned runs on 10 hits in 4.2 innings. He last faced the Baysox on May 29, when he allowed New Hamp. 31-40 .437 19.0 v. HAR seven earned runs over three innings, his worst outing to date. In his last four starts since May 29, he is 1-2 with a Binghamton 28-42 .400 21.5 v. RIC 6.35 ERA. He began the season with A-Adv. Bradenton and went 4-0 in five starts with a 0.93 ERA, picking up a win Portland 26-45 .368 24.0 v. REA in each of his last four outings prior to his promotion to Double-A on May 3. Waddell won the Florida State League Player of the Month Award for April and won his first three starts with Altoona, stretching his streak to seven straight starts won overall. He was drafted in the fifth round in 2015 out of the University of Virginia after leading the Cava- 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE liers to the 2015 College World Series title, pitching seven innings in the championship clincher against Vanderbilt. Overall Record ..................................... 40-31 Home ............................................ 19-14 FOR BOWIE: Lefty Jayson Aquino makes his 12th start of the season for the Baysox and first against the Curve. He Road ............................................. 21-17 has also made one relief appearance this year, which came against Altoona on May 27, when he allowed one earned run over 3.2 innings. Aquino pitched at High-A with three different organizations last year, including 13 starts with Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd the Pirates' Florida State League club in Bradenton. After being claimed off waivers in the offseason by St. Louis, the Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -1.0 Cardinals traded Aquino to the Baltimore Orioles on April 7. Last time out, the Dominican Republic native picked up his second straight loss after allowing five earned runs over five innings. In his three previous starts, Aquino went 2-1 Streak..........................................................W5 with a 0.64 ERA and won the E.L. Pitcher of the Week Award on June 5. Last 5 .......................................................... 5-0 Last 10 ........................................................ 7-3 MEET IN THE MIDDLE: At the conclusion of last night's game, the Curve officially hit the halfway mark of their 2016 season. Altoona is a season-best nine games over .500 and riding a five-game winning streak, just one game behind 2016 vs. Bowie ......................................... 3-1 first-place Akron. Halfway through the 2015 campaign, the Curve were 42-29 and held a two-game lead for first at Altoona ....................................... 0-0 place in the West en route to a wild card postseason berth. In 2014, the team was 26-45 on the way to a franchise- at Bowie .......................................... 3-1 worst 61-81 finish. All-time vs. Bowie ..........................146-141 at Altoona ................................... 72-73 TAKE YOUR BASE: Curve pitchers have walked the second-most batters of any Double-A team with 300 free passes at Bowie ...................................... 74-68 issued, trailing only Montgomery of the Southern League. It's the fourth-highest walk total of any team in Minor League Baseball. The pitching staff is averaging 4.2 walks per game. Starting pitchers David Whitehead and Cody ‘16 Home Attendance .................... 119,282 Dickson have both issued 47 walks this season, tied for the most in the Eastern League. Home Openings .........................................32 Average Attendance ............................3,728 WHAT A RELIEF: The Curve are 34-1 this season when leading after seven innings, the second-best mark in the East- ern League. Lefty relief pitcherJared Lakind pitched 25.1 consecutive scoreless innings, a new franchise single-season record, but had that snapped with two runs allowed on Thursday at Binghamton. It ended a stretch of 17 straight BROADCAST INFORMATION scoreless outings.Montana DuRapau sits tied for second in the league in saves with 12 in 13 tries. Brett McKinney is 1-1 with a 0.75 ERA (1 ER/12.0 IP) in seven June outings with 14 strikeouts. BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie now sits in third place on the Curve's all-time list with 44 home runs, dating back to 2014. Allie moved ahead of Ray Sadler with his 42nd career homer on May 27 at Bowie for third all- Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both share the franchise record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona Keel will call all the action of the 2016 jersey. Dating back to the start of the 2014 season, Allie leads the Eastern League in home runs, ahead of Dean Green season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN (41), Jake Fox (39), Quincy Latimore (38) and Steven Moya (35). Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona season roster has an average age of 23.5, the youngest of any team in the Eastern all games. League. New Hampshire (26.0) has fielded the oldest roster. The two youngest players on the current Curve roster The Curve can also be heard on the following are both 21 and are also the two highest-ranked prospects: Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. No players on the affiliate stations for selected games: current roster have played above Double-A at any point in their professional - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE ROAD TRIP careers. Games ....................................................................3 - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 3-0 PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Reese McGuire (5), Harold Ramirez (6), provided by TuneIn Radio Average ....................................... .336 (37/110) Kevin Newman (11), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Eppler - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 20/6.7 (28). Six players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates pros- First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................1 pect list: Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), Newman (8) Holmes (19), Barnes (24) and Jose Osuna (30). RISP ................................................. .412 (14/34) Errors ......................................................................2 MOVIN' UP: The Curve have seen five players promoted to Triple-A in 2016, all for the first time in their careers.