EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 169 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 July 12, 2019 -- Game #87, Second Half Game #20, Road Game #45 Altoona Curve (47-39, 12-7) vs. Erie SeaWolves (45-40, 14-5) LHP Brandon Waddell (1-1, 1.89) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (0-0, 0.00) 7:05 p.m. | UPMC Park | Erie, Pa. Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sat., July 13 at Erie 7:05 p.m. RHP Cody Bolton (0-1, 7.71) vs. RHP Spencer Watkins (2-1, 4.08) Sun., July 14 at Erie 1:35 p.m. LHP Domingo Robles (2-2, 4.50) vs. RHP Anthony Castro (3-2, 4.15) Mon., July 15 Trenton 6:30 p.m. TBD vs. RHP Pedro Vasquez (6-1, 2.58) Tues., July 16 Trenton 6:30 p.m. TBD vs. Sean Brady (3-8, 4.52) THE LAST TIME OUT: The Curve were beaten, 5-3, by Erie in the first game back from the Eastern League All-Star 2019 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Break. The SeaWolves jumped ahead in the first with three unearned runs off starter Sean Brady. Daniel Pinero hit a Team 2nd Half Overall GB Today two-run double to finish the first and hit a solo homer in the fourth.Jared Oliva tripled and scored on the play due to Bowie 16-4 46-42 -- @ AKR an error for the one score against Erie starter Logan Shore. Down 5-1 entering the ninth, Oliva doubled and scored Erie 14-5 45-40 1.5 vs. ALT on a two-run single by Robbie Glendinning to tighten the score before the SeaWolves completed the win. The Curve had won six straight over Erie before the loss. Altoona 12-7 47-39 3.5 @ ERI Richmond 9-11 32-55 7.0 @ HBG TODAY'S GAME: The 21st season of Altoona Curve Baseball continues as the Curve play the second of a four-game Akron 7-14 41-49 9.5 vs. BOW series against the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. It is the final series in Erie for the Curve x-Harrisburg 6-13 48-41 9.5 vs. RIC in 2019 before the 23-game season series concludes with four games at PNG Field from July 22-24, including a 2019 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS double-header on July 23. Team 2nd Half Overall GB Today THE CURVE: The Curve have won 7 of 9 and have the best full-season record (47-39) in the Western Division. Since Reading 15-7 54-35 -- vs. TRN June 1, the club is 24-11, the second-best record in the league behind Bowie (27-8) over that period, and have Hartford 9-11 46-41 5.0 vs. NHM also won 9 of 10 series. Altoona has the best intra-division record (36-23) among Western Division clubs and have Portland 9-11 36-51 5.0 vs. BNG reached the E.L. Playoffs in each of the last four seasons, the longest active streak in the league and tied for the Binghamton 9-13 44-42 6.0 @ POR longest run in franchise history (2003-06). x-Trenton 8-13 46-40 6.5 @ REA New Hamp. 8-13 39-49 6.5 @ HFD THE SEAWOLVES: The SeaWolves have won 14 of 19 to start the second half and take aim at breaking the longest playoff drought in the Western Division. Owner's of the largest run differential in the league (+48), the SeaWolves 2019 CURVE AT A GLANCE lead the league in hitting at .248 and rank fifth with 4.1 runs per game. From a pitching perspective, Erie's starting Overall Record ........................................ 47-39 rotation paces the circuit with a collective 3.04 ERA while the bullpen is ranked 10th with a 3.61 ERA to give the First Half ........................................35-32 entire staff a 3.26 ERA, second-best in the E.L. Second Half ...................................... 12-7 Home ...............................................24-19 FOR ALTOONA: Left-handed pitcher Brandon Waddell will make his fifth start of the season with the Curve after Road ................................................23-20 be made 21 relief outings with Triple-A Indianapolis to start the year. In his last start, he recorded season-highs in Place (E.L. Western) ..................................3rd innings pitched (6.0 )and strikeouts (7) during a win over Erie on July 5. A native of Houston, Waddell has spent the Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -3.5 majority of his pro career with Double-A Altoona by pitching 256.2 innings of 429.2 career frames in a Curve uni- Streak .............................................................L1 form. He was originally drafted by the Pirates in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of the University of Virginia and Last 5............................................................ 4-1 pitched the clinching game for the Cavaliers in the 2015 College World Series...For more on Waddell, see page two. Last 10 ......................................................... 7-3 FOR ERIE: Left-hander Tarik Skuball takes the mound for his second Double-A start after he took a no-decision due 2019 vs. Erie ............................................ 10-6 to one unearned run in five innings while striking out 11 Curve hitters on Sunday. Before his promotion, the 22-year- at Altoona .................................................... 6-3 old went 4-5 with a 2.58 ERA in 15 starts for A-Adv. Lakeland and was a FSL All-Star. He missed most of 2016 and at Erie ................................................. 4-3 all of 2017 due to Tommy John surgery while attending Seattle University. Skuball was drafted by Detroit in the All-time vs. Erie .................................221-200 ninth round during the 2018 draft out of Seattle and is rated by MLB.com as the Tigers' No. 17 prospect. at Altoona .....................................104-99 at Erie .........................................117-101 RYAN'S REIGN: Indiana, Pa. native Michael Ryan is nearing the 200-win milestone as Curve manager. His 199 wins are third-most in club history behind Dale Sveum (2001-03) and Tim Leiper (2006-08), each at 213 wins. Ryan's .547 ‘19 Home Attendance ........................ 174,840 winning percentage is also the second-highest in franchise history behind Tony Beasley's .569 (2004-05). Over his Home Openings ............................................40 seven-year managerial career, Ryan is a two-time league champion and is 479-434. Average Attendance ............................... 4,371 TOUGH YEAR TO HIT: The league-wide average stands at .237 with teams scoring 3.98 runs per game. The last time ON THE ROAD TRIP the league average finished under .250 and 4.0 runs per game was in 1989 (.249/3.95) while 1971 (.234/3.57) was Games...............................................................1 the last season offenses hit below .240 and scored fewer than 4.0 runs per game. The Curve are above the league Record .......................................................... 0-1 average with 4.01 runs per game and rank third in hitting at .244. The lowest batting average in team history stands at .252 during the 2013 season. Average ......................................... .156 (5/32) Runs/Runs Per Game ............................ 3/3.0 BRAKE MEN: Since June 3, the Curve pitching staff own's a 2.82 ERA (90 ERA/287.0 IP), the best mark in the league. Home Runs ......................................................0 The staff has also pitched to a 3.05 ERA (141 ER/415.2 IP) over the last 48 games since May 16, second-best in the RISP. ................................................ .400 (2/5) E.L. After a 6.82 ERA over 12 games from May 3-15, the club's ERA ballooned to a league-high 4.22 but has been Errors ...............................................................1 trimmed down to 3.56 due to the prolonged run of success. Additionally, the bullpen owns a 2.23 ERA (25 ER/101.0 IP) over the last 32 games. ERA... ...................................2.25 (2 ER/8.0 IP) Starter W-L ................................................. 0-1 OLIVA COMING ALIVE: Jared Oliva has been the best hitter in the E.L. since June 14. Over his last 21 games, he Starter ERA ........................1.50 (1 ER/6.0 IP) paces the league with a .416 (32/77) average, 1.104 OPS, .494 on-base percentage, .610 slugging percentage and Reliever W-L ............................................... 0-0 15 steals during 11 multi-hit games. He has reached base in 30 of his last 32 games since June 3 at a .360 (41/114), Reliever ERA ......................4.50 (1 ER/2.0 IP) also the top average in the league over that period. He was hitting a season-low .193 before he started his uptick to Saves/Opps .................................................0/0 .268. Oliva's 24 steals this year rank second in the E.L. and Pirates system. He was a 2018 MiLB.com Pirates Organi- zation All-Star after he hit .275 for A-Adv. Bradenton with 33 stolen bases, third-most in the system. G'DAYS FOR ROBBIE: Robbie Glendinning has racked up 20 RBIs in 22 games since June 14, fourth-most in the E.L., while batting .313 (25/80) with nine extra-base hits since his promotion from A-Adv. Bradenton. A 2019 Florida State League All-Star, the Western Australia native tops the Pirates minor league system with a .328 average (min. 250 plate appearances), 86 hits and tied for first with 23 doubles. He also ranks among the top performers in the Pirates PIRATES ORGANIZATION SUMMARY system with 11 homers (6th) and 50 RBIs (T-3rd), all career-highs between A-Adv. Bradenton and Double-A Altoona. Affiliate W-L DIV Yest.