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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 123 BATTING AVG.: .241 (7th) May 9, 2016 -- Game #31, Home Game #17 BATTING AVG.: .240 (8th) TEAM HR: 13 (9th) TEAM HR: 19 (6th) WALKS: 117 (3rd) Trenton Thunder (16-12) vs. Altoona Curve (14-16) WALKS: 101 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 224 (4th) LHP Daniel Camarena (0-0, 2.16) vs. RHP David Whitehead (1-3, 5.64) STRIKEOUTS: 209 (6th) TEAM ERA: 3.13 (2nd) TEAM ERA: 4.05 (8th) WALKS: 110 (8th) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field, Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 129 (12th) STRIKEOUTS: 245 (1st) Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV STRIKEOUTS: 194 (11th) () -- EL Rank () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Tues., May 10 Trenton 6 p.m. LHP Dietrich Enns (3-1, 1.26) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (1-0, 2.84) Wed., May 11 Trenton 10:30 a.m. LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-0, 2.67) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (1-4, 5.72) Thurs., May 12 at Richmond 6:35 p.m. RHP Chase Johnson (1-3, 5.48) vs. RHP Tyler Eppler (2-2, 2.97) Fri., May 13 at Richmond 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Cody Dickson (1-2, 5.60) YESTERDAY: The Curve wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Flying Squirrels with a 6-2 win at PNG Field. It was 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS the first series sweep of the year for Altoona. Making his first start of the year, Frank Duncan held Richmond to one Team W-L PCT GB Today run on five hits in 5.2 innings. Reese McGuire put the Curve in front in the third with a two-run single, and Chris Diaz Akron 20-9 .690 -- v. ERI extended the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single in the sixth. In the seventh, Jose Osuna and Stetson Allie supplied the Bowie 14-15 .483 6.0 v. HRT Curve’s first back-to-back homers of the year, and Harold Ramirez brought a run in with a groundout in the eighth. Altoona 14-16 .467 6.5 v. TRN Josh Smith worked 1.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen and Dovydas Neverauskas pitched a scoreless ninth. Erie 13-16 .448 7.0 @ AKR Harrisburg 11-17 .393 8.5 @ RIC TONIGHT: The Curve open a three-game series against the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliates of the New York Richmond 10-19 .345 10.0 v. HAR Yankees. This series marks Trenton’s only trip to PNG Field this season. The Curve enter the series on a three-game winning streak. The Thunder took three-of-four from Harrisburg in their last season, but have lost four-of-six overall. 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander David Whitehead takes the mound for his sixth start of the year. Last time out, White- Team W-L PCT GB Today head allowed a franchise-record-tying 14 hits and a career-worst 10 runs (six earned) as the Curve were handed their Hartford 21-8 .724 - @ BOW worst shutout loss in franchise history, 14-0, at Erie last week. The former Elon pitcher was acquired by the Pirates Reading 19-11 .633 2.5 v. BIN this past offseason from Philadelphia for Charlie Morton. In each of his last two starts, Whitehead has walked six and Trenton 16-12 .571 4.5 @ ALT hit two batters.For more on Whitehead, see page two. Binghamton 14-13 .519 6.0 @ REA New Hamp. 11-17 .393 9.5 v. POR FOR TRENTON: Left-hander Daniel Camarena makes his fourth appearance and second start of the season for the Portland 10-20 .333 11.5 @ NH Thunder. Last time out, he gave up two earned runs in 2.1 innings against Harrisburg on May 6. Camaerna began the year with A-Adv. Tampa, working six innings and allowing on earned run over his two outings. He has also made two separate trips to join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Bonita, Calif. native was selected in the 20th round of the 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE 2011 MLB Draft out of Cathedral Catholic (Calif.) High School by the New York Yankees. He appeared briefly with the Overall Record ..................................... 14-16 Thunder in 2014 for ten starts but missed all of 2015 with an elbow injury (bone spurs). Home ................................................. 9-7 Road .................................................. 5-9 TRIP-TRIP-TRIPLE: The Curve have knocked 13 triples so far this season, the most of any team in the Eastern League. That number is tied for the most of any team in Double-A with the Frisco Roughriders of the Texas League. Altoona Place (E.L. Western) .................................3rd is the team in the league to hit three triples in a game this season, a feat accomplished on April 22 against Richmond Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -6.5 at PNG Field. Harold Ramirez and Erich Weiss are tied with a handful of other players for the league lead with three triples this season. Streak..........................................................W3 Last 5 .......................................................... 4-1 FREE PASS: The Altoona pitched staff has walked more batters than any team in the Eastern League this year, issu- Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 ing 129 free passes this season. That is also the most walks of any team in Double-A. David Whitehead and Cody Dickson are tied for the most walks in the E.L. this season with 22, which is also tied for the fifth-most in all of Minor 2016 vs. Trenton ...................................... 0-0 League Baseball. Whitehead and Clay Holmes have each hit six batters this season as well, the most in the E.L. and at Altoona .................................................. 0-0 tied for fourth-most in MiLB. at Trenton ......................................... 0-0 All-time vs. Trenton ............................ 77-75 WEISS-GUY: Curve second baseman Erich Weiss has gotten off to a hot start in 2016, hitting .286 over 26 games at Altoona ................................... 46-30 played. In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Weiss saw a streak of six straight games with an RBI end, but at Trenton .................................... 31-45 the streak is the longest of any Curve hitter early in the season. The former Texas Longhorn has seven multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games, as well as is tied for the league-lead in triples, along with teammate Harold Ramirez. ‘16 Home Attendance .......................44,152 Home Openings .........................................15 WHAT A RELIEF: Relievers Jhondaniel Medina and Dovydas Neverauskas have not allowed a run over their last five Average Attendance ............................2,943 outings, both spanning 7.2 innings pitched. Medina extended his streak in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader with a scoreless sixth inning. Over his streak - dating back to April 25 vs. Erie - Medina has not allowed a hit, has struck out five batters and walked only two. Neverauskas extended his streak in Sunday’s four-run victory, tossing a perfect BROADCAST INFORMATION ninth inning to seal the win for Altoona. Over this stretch, the Lithuanian righty has seen his ERA drop over three full points, from 7.88 to 4.30. BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie moved up on the Curve’s all-time home run leaders list with his seventh-inning four-bagger on Sunday, tying Ray Sadler for third all-time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both share Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher the home run record, as both went big fly 55 times while wearing an Altoona jersey. Keel will call all the action of the 2016 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Meadows (2), Reese McGuire (5), Harold Ramirez (6), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Eppler (28). Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before Six players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire all games. (6), Holmes (19), Barnes (24) and Jose Osuna (30). B.A. also named Ramirez as the organization’s “Best Hitter for The Curve can also be heard on the following Average,” Eppler as having the “Best Changeup,” McGuire as the “Best Defensive Catcher” and Meadows as the “Best affiliate stations for selected games: Athlete.” ON THE HOMESTAND - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Games ....................................................................3 GLOBAL AFFAIR: Seven different countries are represented on Altoona’s - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 3-0 current roster, including the United States (17), the Dominican Republic (2), Canada (1), Venezuela (1), Colombia (1), Taiwan (1) and Lithuania (1). Relief provided by TuneIn Radio Average .......................................... .247 (19/77) pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas became the first player born and raised in - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 10/3.3 Lithuania to sign with a Major League team when he signed as an interna- First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................3 tional free agent with the Pirates. Canadian third basemenEric Wood was the first Canuck to be drafted when he went in the 6th round of the 2012 RISP ................................................... .278 (5/18) MLB Draft. InfieldersEdwin Espinal and Anderson Feliz both are natives of Errors ......................................................................3 the Dominican Republic, and first baseman Jose Osuna both call Venezuela home. OutfielderHarold Ramirez represented his home country of Colom- THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................5.53 bia this offseason in the World Baseball Classic qualifying round in Panama. Since 2005, the Curve are 3-8 on May 9.