EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 126 BATTING AVG.: .239 (12th) June 15, 2016 -- Game #64, Home Game #30 BATTING AVG.: .260 (3rd) TEAM HR: 39 (T-5th) TEAM HR: 37 (7th) WALKS: 236 (3rd) New Hampshire Fisher Cats (28-35) vs. Altoona Curve (34-29) WALKS: 200 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 445 (8th) STRIKEOUTS: 492 (3rd) RHP Jason Berken (1-6, 5.02) vs. RHP Alex McRae (0-1, 17.18) TEAM ERA: 3.52 (3rd) TEAM ERA: 4.20 (9th) WALKS: 180 (11th) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field, Curve, Pa. WALKS: 261 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 457 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 417 (11th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Thurs., June 15 New Hampshire 7 p.m. RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski (4-3, 3.32) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (5-4, 5.66) Fri., June 16 Hartford 7 p.m. RHP Zach Jemiola (4-4, 3.97) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (4-2, 5.35) Sat., June 17 Hartford 6 p.m. RHP German Marquez (5-4, 2.88) vs. LHP Cody Dickson (5-2, 3.34) Sun., June 18 Hartford 6 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Tyler Eppler (4-4, 4.01) YESTERDAY: The Curve cruised to an 11-3 win in the series opener of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Austin 2016 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Meadows doubled in the seventh to extend hit hitting streak to 22 games, breaking the Altoona franchise record.Eric Team W-L PCT GB Today Wood hit a solo home run in the second and added a run in the fourth to put the Curve in front, 2-0. The Fisher Cats Akron 38-27 .585 -- v. ERI rallied for three runs in the fifth, but the Curve got RBI doubles byHarold Ramirez and Reese McGuire in the fifth Altoona 34-29 .540 3.0 v. NHM and a run-scoring groundout by Meadows in the bottom of the inning to reclaim the lead. Stetson Allie homered in Harrisburg 34-29 .540 3.0 @ TRN the sixth. Jose Osuna brought in a run with a sac fly and McGuire hit an RBI single in the seventh. Osuna hit an RBI Bowie 27-37 .422 10.5 v. POR single in the eighth and Meadows brought in a run with another groundout to stretch the lead to 11-3. Tyler Eppler Erie 27-39 .409 11.5 @ AKR lasted just 4.2 innings and allowed three runs (one earned). Jared Lakind pitched 2.1 scoreless frames and Jhondaniel Richmond 25-39 .391 12.5 v. BIN Medina closed out the game with two scoreless innings pitched as the Curve snapped a three-game losing skid. TONIGHT: The Curve continue the six-game homestand with the second of a three-game series against the New 2016 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. This series marks the first meetings Team W-L PCT GB Today between the two teams this season. Last season, the Curve and Fisher Cats split a four-game series in Manchester in Reading 46-19 .708 -- @ HFD May and the Curve won two-of-three at PNG Field in June. Since May 4, the Curve are 2-7. Trenton 38-26 .594 7.5 v. HAR Hartford 36-26 .581 8.5 v. REA FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Alex McRae makes his second Double-A start for the Curve. Last time out, he allowed New Hamp. 28-35 .444 17.0 @ ALT seven runs on four homers in 3.2 innings on Friday at Reading in his Double-A debut. He was promoted on Friday Binghamton 27-35 .435 17.5 @ RIC from A-Adv. Bradenton, where he went 3-4 with a 2.69 ERA in twelve starts. McRae is in his third professional season Portland 22-41 .349 23.0 @ BOW after being selected in the tenth round in 2014 by the Pirates out of Jacksonville University, where he was a two-way player (starting pitcher, third base, first base, designated hitter). 2016 CURVE AT A GLANCE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE: Right-hander Jason Berken makes his ninth start and 15th appearance overall for the Fisher Overall Record ..................................... 34-29 Cats this season. Last time out, he allowed six earned runs over 3.0 innings on Friday against Bowie. Berken was Home ............................................ 16-12 selected in the sixth round in 2006 by the Baltimore Orioles out of Clemson and made his MLB debut with the O's in Road ............................................. 18-17 May 2009. He went 10-17 with a 5.40 ERA in 106 MLB games for Baltimore from 2009-12. He also made four starts in the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 2012. He spent 2014 pitching in the San Francisco organization for Trilpe- Place (E.L. Western) ............................T-2nd A Fresno and was a member of the Philadelphia organization last year, working for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The Blue Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -3.0 Jays signed Berken to a minor league deal on February 17. Streak..........................................................W1 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: After hitting just .192 through his first 21 games, outfielder Austin Meadows has compiled Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 a 22-game hitting streak since May 23 to raise his average to .306, fifth in the league. The Pirates' second-ranked Last 10 ........................................................ 3-7 prospect has 11 multi-hit games during the streak, including five straight from 5/27-5/31. He's batting .402 (35/87) during the streak with six triples, ten doubles, his first five Double-A home runs, 16 RBIs, five stolen bases, six walks, 2016 vs. New Hampshire....................... 1-0 22 runs scored and just nine strikeouts. The 22-game streak is the longest by an Eastern League hitter this year and at Altoona ....................................... 1-0 the longest in Curve franchise history. On Tuesday, Meadows broke the all-time franchise record streak of 21 games at Manchester ................................ 0-0 set by Kevin Sefcik in 2002. It's also the second-longest active streak in baseball, MLB and MiLB, behind Cleveland All-time vs. New Hampshire ............ 40-36 prospect Tyler Krieger, who has a 23-game streak for Single-A Lake County. Meadows is also currently on a 27-game at Altoona ................................... 20-19 on-base streak since May 15, the longest for a Curve player this year and second-longest in the league. He was named at Manchester ............................ 20-17 Eastern League Player of the Week last Monday for the week of May 30-June 5. ‘16 Home Attendance .......................93,067 BOMBS AWAY: Curve outfielder Stetson Allie now sits in third place on the Curve's all-time list with 44 home runs, Home Openings .........................................27 dating back to 2014. Allie moved ahead of Ray Sadler with his 42nd career homer on May 27 at Bowie for third all- Average Attendance ............................3,447 time. Josh Bonifay and Adam Hyzdu both share the franchise record with 55 homers hit while wearing an Altoona jersey. BROADCAST INFORMATION WHAT A RELIEF: Lefty relief pitcher Jared Lakind pitched 2.1 scoreless innings on Tueday night against New Hamp- shire, extending his scoreless streak to 23.2 innings, the longest posted by any Curve pitcher this season. He has not surrendered a run in his last 15 appearances. Lakind need to record one more out to tie the longest scoreless streak in a single season, which was set at 24.0 innings by Derek Hankins in 2010. Reliever Jhondaniel Medina has opposing hitters to a .157 batting average, the fifth-best in the league. Montana DuRapau sits third in the league in saves and is Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Fletcher a perfect 11-for-11 in save opportunities. Keel will call all the action of the 2016 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Altoona season roster has an average age of 23.6, the youngest of any team in the Eastern Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. League. New Hampshire (26.0) has fielded the oldest roster. The three youngest players on the Curve roster are all 21 Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before and are also the three highest-ranked prospects: Austin Meadows, Reese McGuire and Harold Ramirez. Aside from all games. pitchers Jhondaniel Medina (three games at Triple-A this year), no players on the current roster have played above The Curve can also be heard on the following Double-A at any point in their professional careers. affiliate stations for selected games: - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone ON THE HOMESTAND PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve roster currently features six of MLB.com’s - WWGE 1400 AM in Ebensburg Games ....................................................................1 preseason top 30 Pirates prospects: Austin Meadows (2), Reese McGuire - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com Record ............................................................... 1-0 (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 provided by TuneIn Radio Average .......................................... .410 (16/39) prospect list: Meadows (2), Ramirez (5), McGuire (6), Holmes (19), Barnes (24) - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Runs/Runs Per Game .........................11/11.0 and Jose Osuna (30). First Pitch App Home Runs...........................................................2 MOVIN' UP: The Curve have seen four players, all right-handed pitchers, pro- RISP ................................................... .467 (7/15) moted to Triple-A in 2016, all for the first time in their careers.John Kuchno Errors ......................................................................2 was promoted on April 15. Jhondaniel Medina was promoted on April 21 and again for one game on May 26.