EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 126 BATTING AVG.: .257 (3rd) June 9, 2016 -- Game #59, Road Game #32 BATTING AVG.: .266 (2nd) TEAM HR: 31 (7th) TEAM HR: 52 (3rd) WALKS: 188 (8th) Altoona Curve (32-26) vs. Erie SeaWolves (24-36) WALKS: 191 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 412 (7th) RHP Tyler Eppler (3-4, 4.20) vs. LHP Anthony Fernandez (0-2, 3.27) STRIKEOUTS: 389 (11th) TEAM ERA: 4.13 (8th) TEAM ERA: 4.646 (12th) WALKS: 243 (1st) 7:05 p.m. | Jerry Uht Park, Erie, Pa. WALKS: 188 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 379 (11th) STRIKEOUTS: 419 (9th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., June 9 at Reading 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Sat., June 10 at Reading 6:35 p.m. RHP Clay Holmes (5-4, 4.99) vs. RHP Mark Leiter (2-0, 2.61) Sun., June 11 at Reading 5:05 p.m. LHP Cody Dickson (5-2, 6.36) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (6-4, 4.05) Mon., June 12 OFF DAY YESTERDAY: The Curve lost to the SeaWolves, 7-1. Austin Meadows homered in the first inning and gave the Curve 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS the lead while extending his hitting streak to 17 games, but that was the only run of the night for Altoona. Meadows Team W-L PCT GB Today finished with three hits, including a double. Edwin Espinal and Anderson Feliz each had three hits. Erie totaled 16 hits, Akron 38-21 .644 -- v. REA including four hits by Connor Harrell. Wynton Bernard homered for the SeaWolves. Altoona 32-26 .552 5.5 @ ERI Harrisburg 30-27 .526 7.0 v. HRT TONIGHT: The Curve continue a seven-game road trip with the finale of a four-game series against the Erie Sea- Bowie 25-34 .424 13.0 @ POR Wolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, at Jerry Uht Park. The Curve are coming off of dropping two-of-three Erie 24-36 .400 14.5 v. ALT games at home against the Binghamton Mets. The SeaWolves lost three-of-four in their last series at Trenton and Richmond 22-37 .373 16.0 @ NH have dropped six-of-eight overall, dating back to May 31. The Curve dropped two in a three-game set at PNG Field against the SeaWolves from April 25-27 and spit a four-game series at Jerry Uht Park from May 2-5. 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Tyler Eppler starts makes his twelfth start of the year for the Curve. Last time out, Team W-L PCT GB Today Eppler was charged with a loss after allowing two earned runs in seven innings and holding the B-Mets to four hits on Reading 41-19 .683 -- @ AKR Saturday. Tonight marks Eppler's second start against the SeaWolves. On April 25, he was charged with a loss at PNG Trenton 35-23 .603 5.0 @ BIN Field against Erie after allowing three runs in 6.1 innings, but surrendered a season-high 11 hits. He posted seven Hartford 34-22 .596 5.5 @ HAR quality starts over his first eight outings and eight total quality starts, but has received the second-lowest run support New Hamp. 26-32 .448 14.0 v. RIC of any Curve starter this year, with the offense averaging 3.9 runs per game in his starts. Eppler leads the team with Binghamton 24-33 .421 15.5 v. TRN 64.1 innings pitched and 43 strikeouts with best WHIP (1.33) in the current starting rotation. The Texas native is in Portland 19-39 .328 21.0 v. BOW his third professional season following his All-Conference career at Sam Houston State, and briefly appeared with the Curve at the end of last season. For more on Eppler, see page two. 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE FOR ERIE: Lefty Anthony Fernandez makes his fifth start for the SeaWolves and first against the Curve this year. Last Overall Record ..................................... 32-26 time out, the 26 year old was charge with a loss after allowing three earned runs in six innings on Saturday. He had a Home ............................................ 15-12 season-high six strikeouts on May 30 in a loss at Richmond two starts ago, where he allowed one earned run on three Road ............................................. 17-14 hits in six innings. He began the season on the disabled list and was activated on May 19. He began his career with the Seattle Mariners organization, climbing as high as Triple-A, and signed with the Tigers as a free agent in Novem- Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd ber. Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -5.5 UP & DOWN: The Curve went 20-6 from May 5-June 2 and moved from fourth to second in the E.L. West, including Streak............................................................ L1 an eight-game winning streak from May 10-18, tied for the third-longest in team history. The Curve have won seven Last 5 .......................................................... 1-4 of their last nine series, with the lone exceptions being a four-game series split with Akron at PNG Field and losing Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 two-of-three to Binghamton in last weekend's set. 2016 vs. Erie ............................................. 4-6 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: After hitting just .192 through his first 21 games, outfielder Austin Meadows has compiled at Altoona ........................................ 1-2 a 17-game hitting streak since May 23 to raise his average to .302. The Pirates' second-ranked prospect has nine at Erie ............................................... 3-4 multi-hit games during the streak, including five straight from 5/27-5/31. He's batting .424 (28/66) during the streak All-time vs. Erie ...............................176-176 with six triples, six doubles, his first three Double-A home runs, eleven RBIs, five stolen bases, five walks, 16 runs at Altoona ................................... 80-88 scored and just eight strikeouts. The 17-game streak is the longest active streak by an active Eastern League player, at Erie ........................................... 97-88 the longest by a Curve player this season and the third-best in the E.L. this season. It's also the second-longest active streak in baseball, MLB and MiLB, behind Cleveland prospect Tyler Krieger, who has an 18-game streak for Single-A ‘16 Home Attendance .......................89,758 Lake County. Meadows is also currently on a 22-game on-base streak since May 15, the longest for a Curve player Home Openings .........................................26 this year. He was named Eastern League Player of the Week on Monday for the week of May 30-June 5. Average Attendance ............................3,452 BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielderStetson Allie moved up on the Curve’s all-time home run leaders list with his 42nd career homer on May 27 at Bowie, moving ahead of Ray Sadler for third all-time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both BROADCAST INFORMATION share the franchise home run record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona jersey. He added the 43rd home run of his career on May 28. WHAT A RELIEF: Lefty relief pitcher Jared Lakind pitched 2.0 scoreless innings on Monday night at Erie, extending his scoreless streak to 19.1 innings, the longest posted by any Curve pitcher this season. He has not surrendered a run in Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher his last 13 appearances. Since April 25, Dovydas Neverauskas is 1-0 with a 0.45 ERA (1 ER, 20.0 IP) and has allowed Keel will call all the action of the 2016 just three hits. Oppoenents are hitting .133 against him for the season, second-best amongst E.L. relief pitchers. Jhon- season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN daniel Medina has opposing hitters to a .141 batting average, the third-best in the league. Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona season roster has an average age of 23.6, the youngest of any team in the Eastern all games. League. Hartford (24.0) and Akron (24.6) are the next closest. Erie and New Hampshire (26.0) have fielded the oldest The Curve can also be heard on the following rosters. The three youngest players on the Curve roster are all 21 and are also the three highest-ranked prospects: affiliate stations for selected games: Austin Meadows, Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. Aside from pitchers - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE ROAD TRIP Jhondaniel Medina (three games at Triple-A this year) and Frank Duncan - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Games ....................................................................3 (four starts at Triple-A), no players on the current roster have played above - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 1-2 Double-A at any point in their professional careers. provided by TuneIn Radio Average ....................................... .271 (29/107) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 10/3.3 preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Meadows (2), Reese McGuire First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................1 (5), Harold Ramirez (6), Clay Holmes (15), Barrett Barnes (20) and Tyler Ep- pler (28). Six players are also featured on Baseball America’s Top 30 Pirates RISP ................................................... .194 (6/31) prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), Holmes (19), Barnes (24) Errors ......................................................................3 and Jose Osuna (30). THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................6.48 In 2011, the Curve beat the Erie Sea- Starter W-L ...................................................... 1-1 Wolves, 5-4, with a go-ahead homer Starter ERA ..................9.20 (15 ER / 14.2 IP) by Jeremy Farrell in the bottom of the eighth.