2021 GAME NOTES 1000 PARK AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA 16602 814.283.3180 ALTOONACURVEBASEBALL ALTOONACURVE @ALTOONACURVE ALTOONA_CURVE EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 173 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 August 27, 2021 -- Game #98, Home Game #51 Richmond Flying Squirrels (50-49) vs. Altoona Curve (52-45) RHP Trenton Toplikar (2-6, 5.20) vs. LHP Omar Cruz (2-3, 3.88) 6:00 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, PA Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Osvaldo Bido fired seven scoreless innings, allowing just three baserunners, and combined with Cam Alldred and SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS Cristofer Melendez on Altoona’s fourth shutout victory of the season, 3-0, on Thursday night over the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Bido allowed a single in the first, a walk in the second and a double in the seventh with a string of ten straight batters retired across the middle innings of Team W-L GB Today the game. With his seven scoreless innings on the mound, Bido now holds a 2.77 ERA (8 ER / 26.0 IP) in the month of August. The 25-year-old Akron 60-38 -- @ SOM right-hander struck out three and needed just 76 pitches to deliver his longest outing of the season. Bowie 58-39 1.5 vs ERI Altoona 52-45 7.5 vs RIC The Curve continue their 12-game homestand tonight against Richmond. TODAY'S GAME: Erie 52-47 8.5 @ BOW AUGUST IS FOR THE PITCHERS: The Curve have the two best ERA among starters who have made five starts in the month of August in the Richmond 50-49 10.5 @ ALT AA-NE League: Osvaldo Bido (2.77) and Trey McGough (3.25). Bido also ranks third in the circuit with a .172 BAA and fourth in WHIP with a Harrisburg 37-61 23.0 vs HFD 0.88 mark. NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: The Curve put a real hurting on Richmond's pitching staff on Tuesday night recording a season-high 16 runs on Team W-L GB Today a season-high 20 hits. It was the most hits in a game since the Curve set their franchise record of 24 on July 21, 2015 in the first game of a Somerset 58-40 -- vs AKR doubleheader against Erie. Altoona also set season-highs in hits in an inning (6) and most players with a multi-hit game (7). Portland 55-41 2.0 vs REA 5 FOR CAL: Cal Mitchell recorded the 16th 5-hit game in franchise history on Tuesday night against Richmond, matching the franchise record New Hamp. 46-48 10.0 vs BNG for hits in a game. Mitchell set a career-high with five hits and drove in five runs which was a season-high. Binghamton 44-52 13.0 @ NH Reading 39-60 19.5 @ POR MULTIPLE JACKS: Jack Suwinski recorded his third career multi-homer game on Friday night against Somerset with two solo homers in his Hartford 33-64 24.5 @ HBG first two at-bats. The Curve have hit six multi-homer games this season, led by Mason Martin who has done it three times. 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE LOOK WHO'S BACK: After missing 43 games with a right forearm strain, the Curve welcomed INF Oneil Cruz back to the lineup on Friday, he Overall Record ........................................52-45 went 3-for-5 with 2 2B and 3 RBI in his return as the DH. Cruz, ranked as the #57 prospect in all of baseball according to MLB.com began the Home ...............................................25-25 season batting .289/.349/.538 with 10 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 29 RBI and 10-12 SB in 43 games before landing on the injured list on July 5. He hit a Road ................................................ 27-20 3-run homer as part of a three-homer inning for Altoona on July 1 at Hartford in his final at-bat before hitting the IL. Place (S'East Div) .......................................3rd OH, HE'S BACK TOO?: In the aftermath of the trade of INF Adam Frazier, INF Roldolfo Castro was promoted from Altoona to the major league Games Ahead/Behind ................................-7.5 roster. In three separate stints this season, Castro batted .198/.258/.395 with 2 2B, 5 HR, and 8 RBI in 31 games with Pittsburgh. Optioned Streak ........................................................... W1 back to Altoona prior to Monday's game against Arizona, Castro is smashed a three-run home run in his first at-bat back in the lineup on Last 5............................................................ 2-3 Tuesday and added a walk and an RBI single later in the contest to finish the day 2-for-5 with three runs scored and four runs batted in. Last 10 ......................................................... 6-4 All-Time Record ............................1,555-1,503 WALK IT OFF: Altoona outfielderDaniel Amaral recorded the third walk-off victory of the season for Altoona on Wednesday night, smashing a two-run homer to dead center field.Rodolfo Castro on May 7 and Mason Martin on June 25 accounted for the first walk-off hits of the season. 2021 vs. Richmond .................................... 6-3 HE STRUCK HIM OUT!!: Altoona pitching struck out 16 or more batters in a game for the fourth time this season on Tuesday night against at Altoona .......................................... 2-1 Somerset. 28 times this season Curve pitching has struck out 10 or more batters including 19-of-38 games to start the season. Since July at Richmond ...................................... 4-2 1, the Curve have struck out 10+ batters only 10 times in 48 games. Travis MacGregor became the first Curve pitcher sinceOsvaldo Bido on All-time vs. Richmond .........................117-92 July 9 to strike out at least seven batters in a start when he struck out seven on Tuesday night against Somerset. at Altoona .......................................69-41 at Richmond ...................................48-51 MULTI-MATT: Altoona outfielder Matt Fraizer is in the midst of a breakout season at the plate. Following a promotion from Greensboro where ‘21 Home Attendance ........................ 183,146 he had been leading the High-A East in several categories, Fraizer is batting .347/.385/.611 in 19 games since joining the Curve including 7 ............................................46 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, and 11 RBI. He is second the Double-A Northeast League with 25 hits since his debut on August 6, and ranks second with 12 Home Openings extra-base hits. Fraizer leads all Pirates minor leaguers with 22 home runs this season and recorded his 34th multi-hit game of the season on Average Attendance ............................... 3,981 Tuesday night against Richmond. THE SQUIRRELS: Managed by Jose Alguacil, the Flying Squirrels have managed to hang around the .500 mark for much of the season. Since CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS the promotion of Heliot Ramos and Sean Hjelle as well as the trades of RHP Jose Marte and RHP Caleb Kilian, the Squirrels have just one Runs Scored ......................................7th (456) player on their roster, INF Will Wilson (#15) who ranks among the top-30 prospects in the Giants organization according to MLB.com. Average .............................................5th (.250) . ..................................................5th (.262) FOR ALTOONA: LHP Omar Cruz takes the ball for Altoona tonight...For more on Cruz, see page two. RISP Home Runs .....................................T-6th (107) FOR RICHMOND: RHP Trenton Toplikar makes his second start of the season against Altoona tonight. Toplikar took the loss on June 2 when Stolen Bases ....................................T-4th (75) the Curve tagged him for five runs in 2.1 innings pitched. He allowed 4 hits and walked 4 in the outing. The 25-year-old from Santee, California was drafted in the 16th round by the Giants in 2018 out of UC Riverside. In 2019, Toplikar began the season with High-A San Jose and made ERA... .................................................8th (4.63) eight starts and seven relief appearances, going 3-1 with a 3.98 ERA. He was sent to Low-A Augusta on June 12 of that season and worked as Starter ERA ......................................5th (4.48) a starter the rest of the year, going 5-2 with a 3.62 ERA in ten starts. Reliever ERA ..................................11th (4.83) Strikeouts/9 IP..............................12th (8.74) Walks/9 IP .......................................6th (3.49) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed ........................... 4th (94) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE HOMESTAND 2000 - The day after a 12-inning game, the Curve and Phillies play a Record .......................................................... 5-4 16-inning game that took 4:35. Altoona brok a 2-2 tie in the top of the Average ...................................... .270 (79-293) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call 16th and won 4-2. Runs/Runs Per Game ............................. 45/5 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship Home Runs ......................................................8 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM 2002 - Kevin Sefcik knocks in all four Curve runs during a 4-1 win at Erie RISP. ............................................. .325 (25-77) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins while pitcher Mike Gonzalez held Erie to one run over 6.2 innings and Errors ...............................................................5 15 min. before all games. struck out 8 The Curve can also be heard on the following ERA... ...............................4.22 (38 ER/81.0 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: 2009 - Pedro Alvarez socks a pair of homers during a 9-4 comeback Starter W-L ................................................. 3-4 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County victory vs. Trenton; Alvarez 3-5, 3R, 3 RBI Starter ERA ....................4.93 (25 ER/45.2 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and Reliever W-L ............................................... 2-0 the MiLB First Pitch App Reliever ERA ..................3.31 (13 ER/35.1 IP) Saves/Opps .................................................2/3 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Sat.