Altoona Curve Vs. Erie Seawolves
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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 143 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .260 (5th) August 1, 2017 -- Game #107, Home Game #53 BATTING AVG.: .258 (T-6th) TEAM HR: 108 (3rd) TEAM HR: 84 (7th) WALKS: 347 (6th) Erie SeaWolves (54-53) vs. Altoona Curve (55-51) WALKS: 338 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 819 (4th) RHP Beau Burrows (4-3, 4.63) vs. RHP Alex McRae (8-4, 3.53) STRIKEOUTS: 688 (T-11th) TEAM ERA: 3.92 (4th) TEAM ERA: 3.80 (3rd) WALKS: 277 (12th) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 368 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 806 (4th) STRIKEOUTS: 776 (6th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Wed., Aug. 2 Erie 7 p.m. LHP Tyler Alexander (5-6, 5.61) vs. RHP Casey Sadler (1-1, 3.86) Thurs., Aug. 3 Erie 7 p.m. RHP A.J. Ladwig (7-3, 4.15) vs. RHP J.T. Brubaker (5-4, 4.66) Fri., Aug. 4 at Trenton 7 p.m. RHP Austin Coley (4-2, 2.88) vs. TBD Sat., Aug. 5 at Trenton 7 p.m. LHP Brandon Waddell (1-2, 4.41) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: The Curve took the series opener from the Erie SeaWolves, 5-3. Jordan George opened the scoring 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS with an RBI single in the second and Elvis Escobar followed with a two-run triple. Jerrick Suiter extended the Altoona Team W-L PCT GB Today advantage with a solo homer in the third to open a 4-0 lead. Erie scored single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth in- Bowie 57-50 .533 -- @ NHM nings to close within a run. The Curve plated an insurance run in the eighth on an RBI single by Connor Joe. Making Altoona 54-51 .519 1.5 v. ERI his first start for the Curve since June, Brandon Waddell earned his first win of the year after allowing three runs (two Erie 54-53 .505 3.0 @ ALT earned) over five innings.Tanner Anderson pitched three perfect innings out of the bullpen with three strikeouts. Akron 51-54 .486 5.0 v. HFD Brandon Cumpton worked a scoreless ninth to pick up the first save of his professional career. Richmond 46-60 .434 10.5 @ POR Harrisburg 44-62 .415 12.5 @ REA TODAY: The Curve play the second of a four-game series against the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. The Curve won two of three games from April 17-19 against the SeaWolves at PNG Field and picked up two wins in three games from April 24-26 at UPMC Park. The Curve also took two of three games at home from May 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS 19-21 and won three of four in Erie from May 26-29 before dropping three of four on the road from May 30-June Team W-L PCT GB Today 3. After winning four straight games last week, the Curve dropped three of four games at home against Trenton. The Trenton 72-34 .679 -- @ BIN SeaWolves lost four straight games on the road at Richmond prior to this series and have now lost five straight games. Binghamton 59-45 .567 12.0 v. TRN With Monday's win, the Curve clinched a winning record against the SeaWolves this year. Reading 57-48 .543 14.5 v. HAR Portland 49-56 .467 22.5 v. RIC FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Alex McRae makes his 21st start of the year for the Curve. He last pitched last Tuesday Hartford 48-58 .453 24.0 @ AKR at Reading, allowing one run over eight innings on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. Over his last four starts New Hamp. 43-64 .402 29.5 v. BOW since July 6, McRae is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27 IP). He has made five starts against Erie this year, going 0-1 with a 7.29 ERA (17 ER/21.0 IP), allowing six runs in two of those starts. McRae is ranked eighth in the Eastern League with a 3.53 ERA, second with 120.0 innings pitched and has the fifth-best walk rate (2.03 BB/9 IP). Last season, 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE McRae joined the Curve in late-June after making 12 starts in the Florida State League. After going 2-4 with a 10.25 Overall Record ..................................... 55-51 ERA in his first six starts with Altoona, McRae went 6-2 with a 2.47 ERA (17 ER/62.0 IP) over his last ten outings Home ............................................ 29-23 (nine starts) from July 14-September 1. A native of Milwaukee, McRae is in his fourth professional season after being Road ............................................. 26-28 drafted by the Pirates in the tenth round out of Jacksonville University in 2014, where he played first and third base along with pitching. For more on McRae, see page two. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd FOR ERIE: Right-hander Beau Burrows makes his 10th start for the SeaWolves and his first against Altoona. Last time Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -1.5 out, he pitched five innings and allowed two earned runs in a win at Richmond on Thursday while setting a new career high with 10 strikeouts. He began the year with A-Adv. Lakeland, where he went 4-3 with a 1.23 ERA in 11 starts. Streak..........................................................W1 Burrows was selected by Detroit in the first round (22nd overall) in 2015 Weatherford (Texas) High School. He is cur- Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 rently ranked as the Tigers' fourth-best prospect and 98th-overall prospect in baseball by MLB.com. Last 10 ........................................................ 6-4 PLAYOFF POSITIONING: The Curve clinched a winning record against Erie this season with Monday's win, an impor- 2017 vs. Erie ...........................................11-7 tant victory in the event of a tie in the final regular-season standings, with head-to-head records serving as the first at Altoona ........................................ 5-2 tiebreaker. The Curve have gone 3-12 against first-place Bowie this year, but have posted a 52-39 record against the at Erie ................................................ 6-5 rest of the Eastern League (Bowie is 45-47 against the league excluding Altoona). Altoona went 10-10 against fourth- All-time vs. Erie ...............................195-184 place Akron. at Altoona ................................... 91-92 at Erie .........................................106-92 CLOSE CALLS: The Curve have gone 6-6 in their last 12 games, and five of those losses have been by one run. Their last seven losses since July 18 have been by an average of 1.3 runs. The Curve have played 40 one-run games this year, the most in the Eastern League, and have posted an 18-22 record in those games. ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 211,812 Home Openings .........................................51 STARTING IMPROVEMENT: Over the last 27 games since July 3, Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 11-3 Average Attendance ............................4,236 with a 2.89 ERA (49 ER/154.2 IP), an improvement over the previous 79 starts, when the starters combined to go 18-26 with a 4.63 ERA. In that span, Alex McRae is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27 IP) in four starts, Tanner Anderson is 1-1 with a 2.65 ERA (10 ER/34 IP) in four starts and Austin Coley is 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA (11 ER/38.0) in six starts. BROADCAST INFORMATION Over the last nine games, Curve starters have combined to go 6-0 with a 1.59 ERA (9 ER/51 IP). THE SUMMER OF GEORGE: The Curve added OF/INF Jordan George from A-Adv. Bradenton on Friday, and he had a memorable Double-A debut in Saturday's double-header. In the first game, he clubbed a two-run homer to pick up his first hit with the Curve and added a two-run double, finishing the game with four RBIs. He added a hit, an RBI and a run scored in the second game of the double-header. He is hitting .429 (6/14) in his first four games, extending his Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun overall hitting streak to seven games. George hit .302 with nine homers and 43 RBIs over 69 games with Bradenton. will call the action of the 2017 season on the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, RETURN OF THE JIN-DE: After missing the first six weeks of the season, catcherJin-De Jhang was batting .184 in 31 games prior to July 8, Since then, he has hit .322 (19/59) in 15 games with four doubles, a home run and nine WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage RBIs. Behind the plate, he has thrown out 52.9 percent (18/34) of base stealing attempts this season, the best in the begins 15 min. before all games. Eastern League this season, well above the league-average of 35.6 percent. The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate stations for selected games: Since June 2, is batting .321 (54/168), leading the SUIT UP!: Jerrick Suiter - WKMC-AM 1370 in Roaring Spring ON THE HOMESTAND Pirates' system during that stretch, while also adding eight homers, ten - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................5 doubles, a triple, 32 RBIs and 28 walks over 51 games. Suiter reached base in - WTRN-FM 100.7 in Tyrone Record ............................................................... 2-3 10 straight plate appearances from July 5-7, going 9-for-9 with a homer, two doubles, a walk and five RBIs.