EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 117 BATTING AVG: .220 (T-9th) April 20, 2015 -- Game #11, Home Game #5 BATTING AVG.: .220 (T-9th) TEAM HR: 3 (9th) TEAM HR: 2 (T-10th) WALKS: 43 (T-1st) Harrisburg Senators (5-6) at Altoona Curve (6-4) WALKS: 30 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 75 (T-7th) RHP Joe Ross (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Angel Sanchez (1-0, 0.00) STRIKEOUTS: 88 (2nd) TEAM ERA: 3.43 (8th) TEAM ERA: 1.78 (1st) WALKS: 24 (11th) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 34 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 87 (3rd) STRIKEOUTS: 55 (12th) () -- EL Rank Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Tues., April 21 vs. Harrisburg 6 p.m. RHP Paolo Espino (0-1, 3.27) vs. RHP Jason Creasy (0-0, 0.00) Wed., April 22 vs. Harrisburg 6 p.m. RHP Tim Alderson (0-0, 4.22) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 0.82) Thurs., April 23 Off Day Fri., April 24 at Erie 6:35 p.m. RHP Chad Kuhl (1-0, 0.90) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: Everything fell into place for the Curve on Sunday afternoon with more solid pitching combined with an 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS offense eruption in a, 7-0, Curve win. Zack Dodson (1-0) dealt six scoreless innings while scattering four hits en route Team W-L PCT GB Today to his first win of the season. He combined with lefty Tom Harlan and Collin Balester on the team’s third shutout of Altoona 6-4 .600 -- v. HAR the season. Offensively, the Curve grabbed two early runs on five hits in the first inning thanks to RBI singles from Erie 6-5 .545 0.5 @ BIN Stetson Allie and Edward Salcedo. It was a sign of things to come as the seven runs scored were a season-high as were Bowie 5-6 .455 1.5 v. RIC the 12 hits recorded. Willy Garcia turned in his first three-hit game of the year while Salcedo and Keon Broxton each Harrisburg 5-6 .455 1.5 @ ALT recorded two hits in the win. Akron 4-6 .400 2.0 @ REA Richmond 3-6 .333 2.5 @ BOW CURVE/SENATORS SERIES: The turnpike series renews itself this week in Curve, Pa. after the two clubs split the season’s opening series in Harrisburg April 9-12. After this series, the two clubs won’t meet again until May 8-10 with three more games on City Island. Tonight’s matchup marks the fifth of 20 games between the two clubs. 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS FOR ALTOONA: Opening Day starter Angel Sanchez will once again face the Harrisburg Senators tonight in the Team W-L PCT GB Today series opener at PNG Field. Sanchez, like all other Curve starters, has been superb in his first two outings to start the Reading 6-3 .667 -- v. AKR campaign. He’s turned in a pair of quality starts and has yet to allow a run in 12 innings pitched to start the year. In his Trenton 6-4 .600 0.5 v. NHM Opening Day start, Sanchez went hitless through the first four innings before giving up his first hit of the game in the Binghamton 6-5 .545 1.0 v. ERI fifth. Tonight’s start will be his first at home in 2015 and his third career start at Peoples Natural Gas Field.For more on New Britain 6-5 .545 1.0 v. POR Sanchez, see page two. New Hamp. 5-6 .455 2.0 @ TRE Portland 4-6 .400 2.5 @ NBR FOR HARRISBURG: Former Padres farmhand Joe Ross will make his third start of the season tonight for the ‘Sens and it will be his second against the Curve. Ross, who’s brother Tyson Ross is a starter in the Padres rotation, was a first-round pick in 2011 (25th pick overall) before being dealt to Washington this past offseason in a trade that brought 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE Wil Myers to San Diego and sent Steven Souza, Jr. to Tampa Bay. The 21-year-old was the fourth-best prospect in the Overall Record ...............................................6-4 Padres system according to Baseball America at the time of the trade. He had a rough first inning versus the Curve on Home .......................................................3-1 April 10, walking in a run and permitting two free passes along with two hits. He settled in after that but only lasted Road .........................................................3-3 four innings. Place (E.L. Western) .....................................1st WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY (GAME) MAKES: A night after stranding 14 men on the bases and going 1-for-14 with Games Behind ............................................. +0.5 runners in scoring position in a loss to Akron on Saturday, the Curve flipped the switch on Sunday. They grabbed two runs in the first inning and went on to hit .500 (5-for-10) with runners in scoring position on Sunday while only strand- Streak ..........................................................Won 1 ing five base runners. With the win, the team also improved to 3-0 in day games (start time before 5 p.m.). Altoona won’t play its next day game until Saturday, with a 4:05 p.m. twilight start in Erie. Last 5 ..................................................................4-1 Last 10 ...............................................................6-4 THE STARTING LINE: The Curve starters are on fire to start the 2015 season, allowing two earned runs in 54 innings 2015 vs. Harrisburg .....................................2-2 so far (four total runs). That’s good for an ERA of 0.33 heading into tonight’s game. Today’s starter, Angel Sanchez, has at Altoona .............................................0-0 a 12-inning scoreless streak on the line when he takes the bump. That is tied fora team best through the first 10 games at Harrisburg .......................................2-2 with Sunday afternoon’s starter (and winner) Zack Dodson, who’s also thrown 12 scoreless across two starts and one All-time vs. Harrisburg ....................160-133 relief outing. at Altoona ........................................86-50 at Harrisburg ..................................74-83 QUICK HITS: After making an error in five-straight games to start the season (nine total errors), the team has made just two in its last five games and gone errorless in four-of-five...The 6-4 start through 10 games for the Curve is the ‘15 Home Attendance .........................16,186 best for the team since the 2010 season, when they were 7-3...That year the team also opened with, and beat, Harris- Home Openings .................................................4 burg by the score of 1-0 but did it at home...OF Keon Broxton has hit in five-straight games entering play tonight and in Average Attendance ..............................4,047 9-of-10 overall to start the season MAD MAX: Max Moroff broke out in a big way on Saturday night in the loss to Akron, tying a career-high and going 4-for-5 at the plate while driving in the team’s only run. Moroff only had two prior hits in seven games heading into BROADCAST INFORMATION action on Saturday night. It was also the Curve’s first four-hit game of the season for any single player. He followed it up with a 1-for-4 day in the team’s win on Sunday. JUST JOSHIN’ YA: First baseman Josh Bell grabbed a hit in Sunday afternoon’s win and has hit safely in all but two of his 10 games played so far. The Texas native has also reached base in all but one of the game’s he has played in so far Mike Passanisi and Trey Wilson will call this year. Entering play tonight, Bell is hitting .297 with four RBI. all the action of the 2015 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, PASSING THE BAR: Curve reliever Jhonathan Barrios has converted on each of his first three save opportunities so far WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage in 2015 and could be one of the folks that closes games for Curve in 2015 on a regular basis. The 2014 Curve struggled with finding a closer early on in the season before the role was bestowed upon ennK Kasparek after he was re-assigned begins 15 min. before all games. back to Altoona in mid-June. The 2014 Curve only converted on 32 save opportunities while blowing 26. The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate stations for selected games: I GOT FIVE ON IT: Of the 25 players on the Curve roster, five of them are listed in the Pirates Top-30 prospects accord- - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ing to Baseball America. The five are: Tyler Glasnow (#1), Josh Bell (#4), Willy - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE HOMESTAND Garcia (#12), Stetson Allie (#21) and Chad Kuhl (#28). Of the five, three of provided by TuneIn Radio Games .............................................................................4 them spent time in Curve, Pa. in 2014. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ........................................................................ 3-1 ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015 Curve roster....has 13 players that have First Pitch App Average .................................................................. .256 suited up in a Curve uniform at some point in their careers....10 that are playing at the Double-A level for the first time....12 pitchers and 13 position Runs/Runs Per Game .............................12/3.00 players...and one member of the Pirates’ 40-man roster (Willy Garcia). Home Runs ..................................................................0 RISP ........................................................... .200 (9/45) TROPHY CASE: The Curve have both the Pirates Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year from 2014 on their 2015 Opening Day roster.