EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 143 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .265 (3rd) July 30, 2017 -- Game #105, Home Game #51 BATTING AVG.: .259 (6th) TEAM HR: 82 (T-7th) TEAM HR: 82 (T-7th) WALKS: 387 (1st) Trenton Thunder (71-34) vs. Altoona Curve (54-50) WALKS: 333 (7th) STRIKEOUTS: 677 (11th) RHP Domingo Acevedo (5-0, 2.12) vs. RHP Austin Coley (4-2, 2.90) STRIKEOUTS: 676 (12th) TEAM ERA: 2.86 (1st) TEAM ERA: 3.83 (3rd) WALKS: 313267 (7th) 6 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 362 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 878 (1st) STRIKEOUTS: 757 (6th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., July 31 Erie 7 p.m. RHP Artie Lewicki (9-3, 3.69) vs. TBD Tues., Aug. 1 Erie 7 p.m. RHP Beau Burrows (4-3, 4.63) vs. RHP Alex McRae (8-4, 3.53) 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) YESTERDAY: The Curve split a double-header with the Trenton Thunder, dropping game one in eight innings, 8-7, and 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS picking up a 5-1 win in the nightcap. In the first game,Jordan George went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and four Team W-L PCT GB Today RBIs in his Double-A debut. Anderson Feliz added two run-scoring hits, including a triple. The Curve pulled ahead 5-4 Bowie 55-50 .524 -- v. AKR in the fifth, but Trenton answered with three runs in the sixth to take a 7-5 lead. The Curve tied the score in the bot- Altoona 54-50 .519 0.5 v. TRN tom of the sixth with two runs. In the top of the eighth, Ryan McBroom hit a solo homer to put the Thunder ahead, Erie 54-51 .514 1.0 @ RIC 8-7. In the second game of the night, the Curve scored five runs in the fourth inning, all with two outs, and held the Akron 51-52 .495 3.0 @ BOW Thunder to three hits for the game. Elvis Escobar brought in the first run with a single, Cole Tucker hit a two-run in- Harrisburg 45-60 .429 10.0 v. POR field single, and the Curve added two more runs on back-to-back RBI singles byPablo Reyes and Feliz. Cody Dickson Richmond 43-62 .410 12.0 v. ERI allowed one run over five innings andLuis Heredia closed out the game with two scoreless frames. TODAY: The Curve play the finale of the four-game series against the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS York Yankees, looking for a series sweep. Starting with this series, the Curve face the Thunder for 11 of 18 games. Team W-L PCT GB Today The two teams have played one prior series this year, splitting two games at PNG Field from June 20-21. The June 22 Trenton 71-34 .676 -- @ ALT series finale was postponed due to rain. The Curve entered the series riding a four-game winning streak, matching a Binghamton 59-44 .573 11.0 v. NHM season high, including a three-game sweep at Reading prior to Thursday's loss. They have won five of their last seven Reading 56-48 .538 14.5 @ HFD games overall. The Thunder swept their four-game set at home against Hartford prior to this series and had won six Portland 49-55 .471 21.5 @ HAR straight games prior to the loss in the second game of Saturday's double-header. Hartford 48-57 .457 23.0 v. REA New Hamp. 42-64 .396 29.5 @ BIN FOR ALTOONA: Right-hander Austin Coley makes his 18th start of the season and his 23rd overall appearance. Last time out, he pitched seven scoreless innings and held Reading to two hits in a shutout win on Monday night. Over his last seven starts, Coley has gone 3-0 with a 2.33 ERA (12 ER/46.1 IP) since June 16. He is currently ranked fourth 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE among Eastern League starters with a 2.90 ERA and fifth with a 1.17 WHIP. From May 4-June 4, Coley posted a 1.85 Overall Record ..................................... 54-50 ERA (7 ER/34 IP) in four starts and four relief outings. He pitched with the A-Adv. Bradenton Marauders last season Home ............................................ 28-22 and went 12-10 with a 4.65 ERA last year. In 2015, Coley led the South Atlantic League and the Pirates organization Road ............................................. 26-28 with 16 wins while pitching for Single-A West Virginia. Coley was drafted by the Pirates in the eighth round of the 2014 draft out of Belmont.For more on Coley, see page two. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd FOR TRENTON: Right-hander Domingo Acevedo makes his 11th start of the year for the Thunder. In his most recent Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -0.5 start, Acevedo pitched five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and allowed just two hits against Hartford on Wednesday to pick up his third win in his last four starts. He began the year with A-Adv. Tampa, where he went 0-4 Streak..........................................................W1 with a 4.57 ERA in seven starts before a promotion in mid-May to Double-A. He also made two starts with Triple-A Last 5 .......................................................... 3-2 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 1-1 with a 4.38 ERA. Over his first seven starts for Trenton this year, Acevedo went 3-0 Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 with a 1.39 ERA. Acevedo is ranked by MLB.com as the Yankees' No. 10 prospect. 2017 vs. Trenton ...................................... 2-3 TRENTON MAKES FOR CLOSE GAMES: The Curve have posted a 2-3 record against the Thunder this year, with at Altoona ........................................ 2-3 all three losses coming by one run. The Curve lost 2-1 on June 21, lost 5-4 on Thursday after an eighth-inning solo at Trenton ......................................... 0-0 homer by Thairo Estrada and lost 8-7 in the first game of Saturday's double-header after an eighth-inning solo homer All-time vs. Trenton ............................ 81-83 by Ryan McBroom. The Curve handed the Thunder a 14-4 loss on June 20, their only loss this year by more than four at Altoona ................................... 50-34 runs. The Curve also won 5-1 in the second game of Saturday's double-header with a five-run fourth inning, the most .................................... 31-49 runs the Thunder have surrendered in a single inning this year. at Trenton STARTING IMPROVEMENT: Over the last 25 games since July 3, Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 10-3 ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 204,416 with a 2.84 ERA (45 ER/142.2 IP), an improvement over the previous 79 starts, when the starters combined to go Home Openings .........................................48 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 Average Attendance ............................4,259 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 (9 ER/31.0) in five starts. Over the last seven games, Curve starters have combined to go 5-0 with a 1.15 ERA (5 ER/39 IP). BROADCAST INFORMATION 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 .353 (18/51) in 13 games with four doubles, a home run and nine RBIs. Behind the plate, he has thrown out 51.5 percent (17/33) of base stealing attempts this season, the best in the Eastern League this season, well above the league-average of 35.6 percent. SUIT UP!: Since June 2, Jerrick Suiter is batting .329 (53/161), leading the Pirates' system during that stretch, while Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun also adding seven homers, ten doubles, a triple, 31 RBIs and 27 walks over 49 games. Suiter reached base in 10 will call the action of the 2017 season on straight plate appearances from July 5-7, going 9-for-9 with a homer, two doubles, a walk and five RBIs. He hit safely in nine straight at-bats and eight straight plate appearances. In his last 23 games since July 5, Suiter is hitting .349 the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, (29/83, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 11 BB, 18 RBIs). WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before all games. THE 'PEN IS MIGHTY: Reliever Tate Scioneaux has held opposing batters to a .205 average, third-best in the league The Curve can also be heard on the following among relievers. Scioneaux is tied for second in the league with 35 appearances, has the fourth-lowest BB/9 IP ratio affiliate stations for selected games: (1.75) and has allowed the third-fewest baserunners (8.73/9 IP). Out of - WKMC-AM 1370 in Roaring Spring ON THE HOMESTAND relievers with at least 45 innings pitched this year, Miguel Rosario is first with - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................3 a 1.80 ERA and Scioneaux is third with a 2.01 ERA.