EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 117 BATTING AVG.: .235 (9th) April 26, 2015 -- Game #15, Road Game #9 BATTING AVG.: .272 (3rd) TEAM HR: 6 (7th) TEAM HR: 7 (6th) WALKS: 46 (8th) Altoona Curve (9-5) at Erie SeaWolves (6-9) WALKS: 45 (T-9th) STRIKEOUTS: 116 (3rd) RHP Angel Sanchez (1-0, 0.56) vs. RHP Warwick Saupold (0-0, 8.68) STRIKEOUTS: 101 (T-11th) TEAM ERA: 1.94 (1st) TEAM ERA: 5.08 (T-11th) WALKS: 43 (10th) 1:35 p.m. | Jerry Uht Park | Erie, Pa. WALKS: 54 (4th) STRIKEOUTS: 73 (12th) STRIKEOUTS: 91 (11th) () -- EL Rank Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., April 27 at Akron 6:35 p.m. RHP Jason Creasy (1-0, 0.56) vs. LHP Shawn Morimando (1-1, 1.15) Tues., April 28 at Akron 6:35 p.m. LHP Zack Dodson (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (0-1, 2.30) Wed., April 29 at Akron 12:05 p.m. RHP Chad Kuhl (2-0, 1.13) vs. LHP Ryan Merritt (1-1, 2.57) Thurs., April 30 Off Day YESTERDAY: A two-run home run by Stetson Allie in the eighth inning broke a, 1-1, tie game and helped lift the Curve 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS to a, 4-1, win on Saturday evening at Jerry Uht Park. Starter Tyler Glasnow, worked through 5.2 innings on the cool, Team W-L PCT GB Today frigid afternoon and struck out four while surrendering one run on five hits in a no decision. Allie’s home run clanged off Altoona 9-5 .643 -- @ ERI the neighboring Erie Insurance Arena and it wouldn’t be the first time the Curve would hit the arena on Saturday. An Bowie 8-8 .500 2.0 @AKR inning later, Max Moroff went yard for his first home run in Double-A to make it a 4-1 game. Tom Harlan (2-0) picked Akron 8-8 .500 2.0 v. BOW up the win in relief while Collin Balester recorded his third save in four tries since joining the team. Harrisburg 8-8 .500 2.0 v. REA Erie 6-9 .400 3.5 v. ALT CURVE/SEAWOLVES SERIES: Altoona eyes the sweep today at Jerry Uht Park in the third game of 20 the two teams Richmond 3-10 .231 5.5 v. NBR will play against one another in 2015. Last season, Erie took the season series, 15-7. FOR ALTOONA: On the hill in the series finale Sunday afternoon will be Opening Day starter Angel Sanchez, who looks for his second win of the year. Sanchez, 25, has been terrific for the Curve so far in 2015, starting his year with 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS a 13.1 scoreless innings streak before allowing a solo home run to MiLB veteran Mario Lisson in the second inning on Team W-L PCT GB Today Monday night vs. Harrisburg. His start was cut short after 4+ innings when rains came and suspended the game but he New Britain 10-6 .625 -- v. BIN left with the lead and no one on in the fifth. This is his first full season in the Pirates organization, after bouncing around Trenton 9-7 .563 1.0 @ POR to four different organizations in 2014 before the Pirates claimed him off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. For Reading 8-7 .533 1.5 @ HAR more on Sanchez, see page two. New Hamp. 9-8 .529 1.5 v. BIN Binghamton 8-8 .500 2.0 @ NH FOR ERIE: An old foe strides to the mound for Erie on Sunday in RHP Warwick Saupold. Saupold, 25, has been with Portland 7-9 .438 3.0 @ TRE Erie in each of the last two seasons, enjoying his best success in 2013 when he went 7-6 with a 3.28 ERA in 22 starts. For whatever reason, the native Australian has never been given a crack at Triple-A and is now in his third season in the Eastern League. The Curve seemingly have always had trouble with Saupold, hitting .226 off him as a team in 2014 and 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE a .161 batting average against him in 2013. So far in 2015, Saupold has gotten off to a slightly sluggish start, allowing Overall Record ...............................................9-5 nine runs in 9.1 innings across two starts. Home .......................................................4-2 Road .........................................................5-3 THE STARTING LINE: The Curve starters are on fire to start the 2015 season, allowing six earned runs in 75.2 innings so far (eight total runs). That’s good for an ERA of 0.71 heading into today’s game. Today’s starter, Angel Sanchez, had Place (E.L. Western) .....................................1st a 13.1-inning scoreless streak until giving up a home run to Mario Lisson in the second inning on Monday night. It is a Games Behind ............................................. +2.0 team-high for the season, with last Sunday afternoon’s starter (and winner) Zack Dodson holding a streak of 12 score- less innings across two starts and one relief outing. Tuesday night’s regularly-scheduled starter Jason Creasy allowed Streak ..........................................................Won 3 one run in six innings for his first win of 2015. No Curve starer has allowed more than two runs overall in a start this year through 14 starts. Last 5 ..................................................................4-1 Last 10 ...............................................................7-3 INSTANT OFFENSE: The Curve as a team were hitting .216 coming into this series with the Erie SeaWolves, which 2015 vs. Erie ....................................................2-0 was last in the 12-team E.L. On Friday, the team rattled off a season best 12 runs on 16 hits and raised the team batting at Altoona .............................................0-0 average nearly 20 points (from .216 to .233). In the process they re-wrote pretty much every offensive season-high so at Erie .....................................................2-0 far this season with the high-octane output. On Saturday, they pounded out four runs on nine hits with a pair of homers All-time vs. Erie ..................................161-165 and are now hitting .235 as a team. at Altoona ........................................73-82 at Erie ................................................88-83 GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66: The home runs on Saturday by Stetson Allie and Max Moroff both extended both of their team-best hit streaks to six games. Allie is hitting at a .435 clip (10-for-23) during his streak with three doubles, ‘15 Home Attendance .........................20,118 one homer, seven RBI and five runs scored during the streak. In his six-game hitting streak, Moroff is hitting .480 (12- Home Openings .................................................6 for-25) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and two RBI. In addition to his six-game hit streak, Moroff has quietly Average Attendance ..............................3,353 reached base in 12 straight games, having only not reached base safely in one game that he has played. DON’T YOU STEAL MY SUNSHINE: With yesterday’s game starting at 4:05 p.m. and technically being considered a day game, the Curve improved to 4-0 in sunny hours contests with the victory. They’ll play another today here at The BROADCAST INFORMATION Uht, looking to improve to 5-0. In the four prior games, the team is hitting .250 while the starters have an insane ERA of 0.50 in 36 innings. By comparison, in 10 night games the Curve are hitting .229 as team. THOU SHALL NOT PASS: Left fielder Willy Garcia continues to show off his impressive cannon in left field as he has already recorded two outfield assists in this series (one in each of the first two games) and already has five total on the Mike Passanisi and Trey Wilson will call season. The native of Santo Domingo, D.R. set the franchise record for outfield assists in a single season last year with all the action of the 2015 season on the 19 in 126 games. flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. Pregame cover- THE ALTOONA GRAND SLAM: Centerfielder Keon Broxton clubbed his third career grand slam in the, 12-3, drubbing of Erie on Friday night at Jerry Uht Park. It was the first home run of the season for Broxton, who hit 15 a year ago in age begins 15 min. before all games. 127 games for the Curve. He also doubled in two other runs and matched a career-high in RBI, which he set in 2010 The Curve can also be heard on the following with South Bend, with six. Strangely enough, the grand slam also came nearly a year to the day of the last Curve grand affiliate stations for selected games: slam as Stetson Allie hit one on April 23, 2014 versus Harrisburg at Peoples Natural Gas Field. - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE ROAD TRIP ROSTER MOVES: OF Jonathan Schwind has been placed on Altoona DL provided by TuneIn Radio Games .............................................................................2 (internal injury) after Friday night’s collision in the seventh inning. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ........................................................................ 2-0 COOL UNDER PRESSURE: With Tuesday night’s, 2-1, victory over the Sena- First Pitch App Average .................................................................. .338 tors, the Curve have now won five one-run games already in 2015 (which is over 70% of the total team wins). By comparison, the 2014 Curve went 21-38 Runs/Runs Per Game .............................16/8.00 in one-run games a year ago.