2021 GAME NOTES 1000 PARK AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA 16602 814.283.3180 ALTOONACURVEBASEBALL ALTOONACURVE @ALTOONACURVE ALTOONA_CURVE EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010, 2017 2004, 2010, 2017, 2018 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 172 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 June 11, 2021 -- Game #32, Home Game #14 Akron RubberDucks (18-12) vs. Altoona Curve (20-11) RHP Shane McCarthy (0-1, 4.64) vs. RHP Noe Toribio (1-1, 4.03) 7:00 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, PA Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Rodolfo Castro broke a 13-13 tie in the eighth inning with his fourth home run in the last four games SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS to lead the Curve to a 14-13 victory over the Akron RubberDucks on Wednesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Team W-L GB Today Curve led 5-2 after one inning, 7-6 after four innings and 13-11 after six innings, but were not able to keep the RubberDucks Bowie 23-8 -- @ BNG offense down on Wednesday night. Akron had a season-high 17 hits, with four different players picking up at least three hits, and went 11-for-23 with runners in scoring position. Erie 22-10 1.5 vs SOM Altoona 20-11 3.0 vs AKR TODAY'S GAME: The Curve go for their 7th win in their last 9 games tonight at PNG Field. Altoona and Akron were rained Richmond 20-13 4.0 vs HBG out on Thursday night and will play a doubleheader on Saturday. Akron 18-12 4.5 @ ALT Harrisburg 10-22 13.5 @ RIC HE STRUCK HIM OUT!!: The Curve struck out 17 batters on Opening Day, the most in a 9-inning game in franchise history. It surpassed the previous record of 16 which stood since May 9, 2010 vs. Erie. Roansy Contreras struck out a career-high 11 NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS batters in the loss, Jeff Passantino struck out four and Yerry De Los Santos struck out two. In 31 games this season, Curve Team W-L GB Today pitching has struck out 10 or more batters 17 times (55%). Somerset 20-12 -- @ ERI Portland 20-13 0.5 vs NH THAT'S A HIT: Altoona recorded at least one hit in each of the first eight innings, a season-high 18 in all, in their 11-2 win New Hamp. 11-21 9.0 @ POR over Richmond on Saturday 6/5. Rodolfo Castro and Ji-Hwan Bae each had four hits with Castro recording his 5th career multi-homer game in the victory. Five different players (Bae, Castro, Martin, Mitchell and Amaral) had multi-hit games and Binghamton 10-22 10.0 vs BOW four different players (Bae, Castro, Citta and Amaral) each drove in at least two runs. Hartford 10-23 10.5 @ REA Reading 8-25 12.5 vs HFD WEDNESDAY'S SLUGFEST: The Curve and RubberDucks played a wild back-and-forth affair on Wednesday night. The Curve 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE led 5-2 after one inning, 7-6 after four innings and 13-11 after six innings, but were not able to keep the RubberDucks of- Overall Record ........................................20-11 fense down. Akron had a season-high 17 hits, with four different players picking up at least three hits, and went 11-for-23 ................................................... 7-6 with runners in scoring position. Home Road .................................................. 13-5 THAT'S RODOLFOLOUS: Over the last five games,Rodolfo Castro is batting .556 (13-for-23) with 2 2B, 4 HR, and 13 RBI. Place (S'East Div) .......................................3rd Through 29 games, the 22-year-old from Los Llanos, D.R. is batting .310/.369/.543, 7 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 25 RBI, 4-4 SB. Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -2.5 Streak ........................................................... W2 THE RUBBERDUCKS: Akron enters the series as part of a four-team logjam at the top of the Southwest Division. Among Last 5............................................................ 3-2 the 27 RubberDucks on the Opening Day roster, only six had played as high as Double-A in their careers. All of those ap- Last 10 ......................................................... 6-4 peared for Akron in 2019. Alex Call (81 games) and Oscar González (29) are returning outfielders. 2019 RubberDuck Andruw All-Time Record ............................1,523-1,470 Monasterio is the only returning infielder, although Trenton Brooks, a 2019 RubberDucks outfielder, will play first base. Ohio State alumnus Tanner Tully, the 2019 Akron innings leader (129.1) will be the most experienced member of a pitching staff 2021 vs. Akron ........................................... 2-0 that otherwise has a total of 10 Double-A innings, all by left-hander Eli Lingos when he made a start and relief appearance at Altoona ........................................... 2-0 for Akron in 2019. Manager Rouglas Odor led the club in 2019 and again in 2021. Odor has twelve seasons of managerial ex- at Akron .............................................. 0-0 perience where he has compiled a career record of 422-442 (.488). When Odor was Akron’s hitting coach in 2014, he became All-time vs. Akron ..............................207-234 the first person to wear the uniforms of the Canton-Akron Indians, Akron Aeros, and Akron RubberDucks. He played 197 at Altoona ........................... 121-111 games for Canton-Akron during the 1991, 1993-94 seasons, and he was the hitting coach for the Aeros' 2012 Eastern League at Akron ........................................86-123 Championship squad. He has three sons and is the uncle of New York Yankees infielder Rougned Odor. ‘21 Home Attendance .......................... 31,808 ............................................12 FOR ALTOONA: RHP Noe Toribio makes his sixth start of the season on Thursday night. Toribio went 5.0 innings and al- Home Openings lowed two runs in his second straight start last week against Richmond...For more on Toribio, see page two. Average Attendance ............................... 2,651 FOR AKRON: RHP Shane McCarthy makes his sixth start of the season tonight, he lasted just 4.0 innings in his last start against Erie on June 4 when he allowed seven runs, six earned, on five hits and three walks. McCarthy's first four starts of CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS the season saw him record a 2.60 ERA, including 4.2 scoreless innings on 5/15 @ Erie when he struck out a season-high Runs Scored ......................................7th (158) eight. A native of Fair Haven, NJ, McCarthy was selected in the 18th round in 2018 out of Seton Hall University. McCarthy Average .............................................6th (.247) was twice named to All-Big East teams in his three season tenure with the Pirates, he finished his collegiate career ranked RISP. ..................................................5th (.247) second in program history in starts, fourth in innings pitched and eighth in strikeouts. McCarthy was previously selected in Home Runs .......................................... 6th (33) the 18th round in 2017 by the St. Louis Cardinals, but opted to return to school. Stolen Bases ....................................... 4th (28) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve active roster features eight of the top-30 prospects in the Pirates organization according to ERA... .................................................5th (3.89) Baseball America. INF Oneil Cruz (No. 2 Pirates, No. 50 overall), INF Ji-Hwan Bae (No. 9), INF Mason Martin (No. 16), OF Cal Starter ERA ......................................4th (3.60) Mitchell (No. 19), Rodolfo Castro (No. 22), and RHP Travis MacGregor (No. 28) are all ranked by BA. Reliever ERA ....................................7th (4.19) Strikeouts/9 IP..............................5th (10.41) Walks/9 IP .......................................7th (3.73) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed .......................... 2nd (22) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE HOMESTAND Record .......................................................... 2-0 2003 - John Van Benschoten earns first AA victory with six one-run in- Average ........................................ .314 (22-70) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call nings, allowed one unearned run, on three hits Runs/Runs Per Game ........................ 21/10.5 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship Home Runs ......................................................4 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM 2015 - The Curve drop an 8-7 contest at Reading that took 18 innings to RISP. ............................................... .346 (9-26) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins complete, the third-longest game in franchise history. It took just over 5 Errors ...............................................................4 15 min. before all games. hours (5:07) and came as a result of Reading's three-run rally in the bot- The Curve can also be heard on the following tom of the ninth to erase Altoona's 7-4 lead. ERA... ...............................9.00 (18 ER/18.0 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: Starter W-L ................................................. 0-0 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County Starter ERA ......................10.29 (8 ER/7.0 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and Reliever W-L ............................................... 2-0 the MiLB First Pitch App Reliever ERA ..................8.18 (10 ER/11.0 IP) Saves/Opps ................................................. 1-1 UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Saturday June 12 Akron G1 4:00 p.m. LHP Trey McGough (0-1, 7.36) vs. LHP Juan Hillman (3-1, 3.41) Saturday June 12 Akron G2 -- RHP Osvaldo Bido (1-0, 2.01) vs. LHP Tanner Tully (1-2, 8.03) Sunday June 13 Akron 6:00 p.m. RHP Jeff Passantino (0-2, 2.70) vs. RHP Alex Royalty (1-1, 4.44) Tuesday June 15 @ Erie 7:05 p.m. RHP Roansy Contreras (3-1, 2.18) vs. TBA TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2021 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS RHP NOE TORIBIO #30 IP: 5.0 IP, 2x, last 6/2 @ RIC IP: 7.0, 8/30/19 (GBO @ WV) HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 194 B/T: R/R EXP: 4 YR K: 6 K, 5/27 vs. Erie K: 8, 7/12/18 (GCL PIR vs YAE) BB: 3 BB, 6/2 @ Richmond BB: 5, 6/30/17 (DSL PIR @ COOP) BORN: AUGUST 25, 1999 (21) IN SANTIAGO, D.R.