2015 Curve at a Glance Broadcast Information Upcoming Games & Pitching Probables This Date in Curve History
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EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 117 BATTING AVG.: .192 (8th) BATTING AVG: .161 (12th) TEAM HR: 1 (T-4th) April 12, 2015 -- Game #4, Road Game #4 TEAM HR: 1 (T-4th) WALKS: 9 (T-6th) Altoona Curve (1-2) at Harrisburg Senators (2-1) WALKS: 10 (T-4th) STRIKEOUTS: 29 (3rd) STRIKEOUTS: 15 (7th) RHP Chad Kuhl (NR) vs. RHP Tim Alderson (NR) TEAM ERA: 0.67 (1st) TEAM ERA: 1.24 (2nd) WALKS: 10 (T-4th) 1:30 p.m. | Metro Bank Park | Harrisburg, Pa. WALKS: 9 (T-7th) STRIKEOUTS: 15 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 29 (3rd) () -- EL Rank Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., April 13 at Richmond 6:35 p.m. LHP Zack Dodson (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Joe Biagini (NR) Tues., April 14 at Richmond 6:35 p.m. RHP Angel Sanchez (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Kelvin Marte (NR) Wed., April 15 at Richmond 10:35 a.m. RHP Jason Creasy (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Chris Stratton (0-0, 3.60) Thurs., April 16 vs. Akron 6 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00) YESTERDAY: Highly-touted prospect Tyler Glasnow spun five innings without allowing a run and fanned six in his 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Double-A debut on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the Curve fell, 4-1, after an eighth inning that saw three errors in Team W-L PCT GB Today the field lead to four runs (three unearned) that turned a, 1-0, Curve lead to a, 4-1, deficit. Glasnow also walked four in Harrisburg 2-1 .667 -- v. ALT his five innings on the hill but left with the game scoreless. Stetson Allie gave the Curve the lead in the seventh with his Richmond 2-1 .667 -- v. BOW first home run of 2015, a deep drive to left. Jhondaniel Medina would have been in line for the win had the Curve held Akron 1-2 .333 1.0 v. BIN the lead. Altoona 1-2 .333 1.0 @ HAR Bowie 1-2 .333 1.0 @ RIC CURVE/SENATORS SERIES: This is the fourth of four games to open the year in the capital of the commonwealth and Erie 0-2 .000 1.5 v. TRE the fourth of 20 total games the two teams will play against one another this season. Entering today, the Curve are 159-133 all time versus Harrisburg. FOR ALTOONA: Taking the ball hoping to guide the Curve to a series split will be RHP Chad Kuhl. Kuhl, 22, led all 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Pirates minor leaguers with 13 wins last season en route to a 13-5 season with Adv.-A Bradenton. The 13 wins also Team W-L PCT GB Today were tied for most in the Florida State League for the product of U-Del. Drafted in the ninth round of the 2013 out of New Hamp. 2-0 1.000 -- v. NBR Delaware, Kuhl has been impressive in his first two seasons in the organization. He boasted a 2.11 ERA in 13 starts in Trenton 2-0 1.000 -- @ ERI Jamestown after being drafted before his superb season last year. For more on Kuhl, see page two. Binghamton 2-1 .667 0.5 @ AKR Portland 1-1 .500 1.0 v. REA FOR HARRISBURG: A familiar face starts against the Curve on Sunday afternoon in Harrisburg in RHP Tim Alderson. Reading 1-1 .500 1.0 @ POR Alderson, who entered the Pirates minor league system when he was acquired by Pittsburgh in a trade for 2B Freddy New Britain 0-2 .000 2.0 @ NHM Sanchez in 2009, spent parts of five different seasons in a Curve uniform from 2009-13. This is his first season in the Nationals organization after finishing out the 2014 campaign in the Oakland ’sA system with High-A Stockton. Alder- son holds the Curve’s all-time record for home runs by a pitcher in a career with two. He was originally drafted in the 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE first round (22nd overall) of the 2007 draft out of Horizon High School in Arizona. Overall Record ...............................................1-2 Home .......................................................0-0 THE STARTING LINE: Today’s starter Chad Kuhl will try and continue what has been a solid start to the season for Road .........................................................1-2 Curve starting pitching. On Thursday night, Angel Sanchez spun six shutout innings while allowing just three hits. On Friday, Jason Creasy (making his Double-A debut) twirled five innings of two-run ball (neither of the runs were earned) Place (E.L. Western) ................................ T-3rd and allowed just four hits. Saturday night, Tyler Glasnow did not allow a run in five innings to run the starting pitcher’s Games Behind ...............................................-1.0 line to 16 innings pitched with zero earned runs allowed. Although it’s early, the Curve lead the 12-team Eastern League in ERA entering today at 0.67. Streak ........................................................... Lost 2 KEEP ON KEEPING KEON: Centerfielder Keon Broxton is picking up right where he left off when he finished the 2014 Last 5 ..................................................................1-2 season with the Curve on fire. Broxton is four for his first 11 this year (.364) and has a hit in each of the team’s first Last 10 ...............................................................1-2 three games (two doubles). He ended the 2014 season by clubbing .349 in 26 games during the month of August. 2015 vs. Harrisburg .....................................1-2 at Altoona .............................................0-0 THIS HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF A RECORD: With his two scoreless innings in his Double-A debut on Saturday night, at Harrisburg .......................................1-2 Curve reliever Jhondaniel Medina continued a pretty impressive streak. Entering 2015, the reliever had not allowed an All-time vs. Harrisburg ....................159-133 earned run in his final 40.2 innings pitched with Bradenton in 2014. With two innings of scoreless relief, that streak is at Altoona ........................................86-50 now at 42.2 IP. The last time he gave up an earned run was on April 30, 2014 versus Fort Myers. at Harrisburg ..................................73-83 SEASON OPENER NOTES: With the win on Thursday the Curve...are 7-10 overall on Opening Day....won their first ‘15 Home Attendance .................................... -- Opening Day game since April 5, 2012 (7-4 vs. Erie)...grabbed their first Opening Day win on the road, breaking a previ- Home Openings ................................................ -- ous 0-8 record when opening on the season on the road. Thursday night’s starter Angel Sanchez also spun six shutout Average Attendance ...................................... -- innings vs. Harrisburg, the most scoreless innings by a Curve starter in franchise history. I GOT FIVE ON IT: Of the 25 players on the Curve’s Opening Day roster, five of them are listed in the Pirates Top-30 prospects according to Baseball America. The five are: Tyler Glasnow (#1), Josh Bell (#4), Willy Garcia (#12), Stetson BROADCAST INFORMATION Allie (#21) and Chad Kuhl (#28). Of the five, three of them spent time in Curve, Pa. in 2014. ALL HAIL THE PRINCE: The Curve have a new man to steer the ship in 2015 in manager Tom Prince. Prince, 50, embarks on his first season at the Double-A level as a skipper and is coming off leading the Bradenton Marauders to a playoff appearance and a second-half title in the Florida State League in 2014. Mike Passanisi and Trey Wilson will call all the action of the 2015 season on the SHOT CLOCK VIOLATIONS?: In two games so far with the pitch clocks in play, the Curve have played some very quick flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, games. On Friday night, the game took 11 innings to complete but only took two hours and 55 minutes of actual time. WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage On Saturday, the nine-inning affair took two hours and 27 minutes to play. begins 15 min. before all games. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The 2015 Curve roster....has 13 players that have suited up in a Curve uniform at some point The Curve can also be heard on the following in their careers....10 that are playing at the Double-A level for the first time....12 pitchers and 13 position players...and affiliate stations for selected games: one member of the Pirates’ 40-man roster (Willy Garcia). - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE ROAD TRIP TROPHY CASE: The Curve have both the Pirates Minor League Player and provided by TuneIn Radio Games .............................................................................3 Pitcher of the Year from 2014 on their 2015 Opening Day roster. Josh Bell was named the Pirates Player of the Year after a stellar season with High-A - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ........................................................................ 1-2 Bradenton that saw him win the league’s MVP award despite playing for First Pitch App Average ................................................ .224 (19/99) Double-A Altoona the last month and a half of the season. RHP Tyler Glas- now was named the Pirates’ Pitcher of the Year for a second straight season Runs/Runs Per Game ................................4/1.33 and was also named the Florida State League’s Pitcher of the Year in 2014. Home Runs ..................................................................1 RISP ........................................................... .105 (2/19) ROSTER MOVES: Pirates C Chris Stewart, who played with the Curve on Thursday and Friday, has had his MLB rehabilitation assignment transferred Errors ...............................................................................7 to Triple-A Indianapolis, effective today....RHP Matt Benedict has been as- signed to Adv.-A Bradenton...The Curve roster now stands at 24 active players THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...........................................0.67 (2 ER/27.0 IP) Casey Sadler, who starts for the Pirates Starter W-L ............................................................