EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 143 2010, 2015, 2016 BATTING AVG.: .263 (4th) August 10, 2017 -- Game #115, Home Game #58 BATTING AVG.: .255 (8th) TEAM HR: 128 (1st) TEAM HR: 87 (9th) WALKS: 349 (11th) Reading Fightin Phils (60-54) vs. Altoona Curve (59-55) WALKS: 367 (6th) STRIKEOUTS: 882 (4th) RHP Franklyn Kilome (AA Debut) vs. LHP Brandon Waddell (1-2, 4.10) STRIKEOUTS: 749 (10th) TEAM ERA: 4.09 (5th) TEAM ERA: 3.75 (3rd) WALKS: 368 (6th) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. WALKS: 392 (5th) STRIKEOUTS: 786 (9th) STRIKEOUTS: 833 (6th) () -- EL Rank Radio -- News Talk 1240 WRTA & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV () -- EL Rank UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., Aug. 11 Trenton 7 p.m. RHP Brody Koerner (3-3, 3.46) vs. RHP RHP Alex McRae (9-4, 3.45) Sat., Aug. 12 Trenton 4:30 p.m. RHP Dillon Tate (AA Debut) vs. RHP Mitch Keller (0-0, 3.00) Sat., Aug. 13 Trenton Game 2 RHP Jose Mesa (1-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Austin Coley (4-3, 2.96) Sun., Aug. 14 Trenton 6 p.m. LHP Daniel Camarena (1-1, 3.81) vs. RHP Casey Sadler (1-2, 3.95) YESTERDAY: The Curve beat the Reading Fightin Phils, 6-4, in the second of the three-game series. Jonathan 2017 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Schwind hit a go-ahead, three-run homer while pinch hitting in the bottom of the sixth inning. Luis Heredia closed Team W-L PCT GB Today out a four-out save. Pablo Reyes opened the scoring with a sac fly in the third inning to put the Curve ahead, 1-0. Bowie 60-55 .522 -- v. HAR Jerrick Suiter stretched the lead to 3-0 with a two-run single in the fifth. Reading rallied to tie the score in the top of Altoona 59-55 .518 0.5 v. REA the sixth before Schwind's go-ahead blast. Sean Keselica allowed one run over 1.2 relief innings. Starter J.T. Brubaker Akron 58-56 .509 1.5 v. NHM allowed three runs (two earned) over five innings. Erie 56-59 .487 4.0 @ BIN Richmond 49-65 .430 10.5 v. POR TODAY: The Curve wrap up a three-game series against the Reading Fightin Phils, Double-A affiliate of the Philadel- Harrisburg 47-67 .412 12.5 @ BOW phia Phillies. This series marks the only trip for the Fightin Phils to PNG Field this season. The Curve played their only three games in Reading from July 24-26, picking up a series sweep. The Curve outscored the Fightin Phils 10-3 in that series. Reading dropped three of four games at home against Akron heading into this series and are 6-12 over their 2017 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS last 18 games. The Curve lost two of three games in Trenton over the weekend and are 9-8 over their last 17 games. Team W-L PCT GB Today Trenton 76-38 .667 -- @ HFD FOR ALTOONA: Left-handerBrandon Waddell takes the mound for his 11th start of the season. In his last start, he Binghamton 66-46 .589 9.0 v. ERI allowed one run over 4.2 innings in a no-decision at Trenton on Saturday. Prior to that outing, he allowed three runs Reading 60-54 .526 16.0 @ ALT (two earned) in five innings against Erie in his first start since missing seven weeks with a forearm strain. He began Portland 55-58 .487 20.0 @ RIC his rehab work on July 14 with three scoreless innings in the GCL. He made two rehab starts for the New York-Penn Hartford 52-62 .456 24.0 v. TRN League's West Virginia Black Bears on July 20 and 25, allowing one run over seven innings with 11 strikeouts. Waddell New Hamp. 46-69 .400 30.5 @ AKR began 2016 with A-Adv. Bradenton and went 4-0 with a 0.93 ERA in five starts. He was 7-9 with a 4.12 ERA in 22 out- ings (20 starts) for the Curve after being promoted in May 2016. Waddell was a 2016 MiLB.com Pittsburgh Organiza- tion All-Star. He was drafted in the fifth round in 2015 out of the University of Virginia, where he picked up a win in 2017 CURVE AT A GLANCE the clinching game of the 2015 College World Series against Vanderbilt. For more on Waddell, see page two. Overall Record ..................................... 59-55 Home ............................................ 32-25 FOR READING: Left-hander Franklyn Kilome makes his Double-A debut for the Fightin Phils. He made 19 starts Road ............................................. 27-30 with A-Adv. Clearwater, posting a 6-4 record with a 2.59 ERA. He signed with the Phillies as a free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2014. Kilome is ranked as the Phillies' No. 9 prospect by MLB.com. Place (E.L. Western) ................................2nd Games Ahead/Behind ........................... -0.5 READING HISTORY: With last night's win, the Curve clinched their first winning record against Reading since 2012, when they went 6-3 in head-to-head meetings. From 2013-2016, the Curve went 10-21 against Reading overall. The Curve swept three games at FirstEnergy Stadium from July 24-26, their first sweep in Reading in franchise history. It Streak..........................................................W1 was also the first series victory for the Curve in Reading since July 23-25, 2012. Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 GOOD IN A PINCH: Jonathan Schwind clubbed the Curve's third pinch-hit homer of the season in last night's win, a three-run shot in the sixth to put the Curve ahead, 6-3. All three of the Altoona's pinch-hit homers have ultimately 2017 vs. Reading ...................................... 4-1 been game winners. Jordan Luplow hit a two-run homer as a pinch hitter on May 17 at Binghamton to break a 6-6 tie at Altoona ........................................ 1-1 in an 8-6 win. Chase Simpson hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning on June 7 at Harrisburg in a 5-3 Curve win. at Reading ........................................ 3-0 Overall this season, Curve pinch hitters are batting .349 (15/42). All-time vs. Reading .......................136-149 at Altoona ................................... 76-69 CLOSE CALLS: The Curve have gone 10-10 in their last 20 games, and six of those losses have been by one run. Their at Reading ................................... 60-80 last ten losses since July 18 have been by an average of 1.5 runs (15 runs/10 games). The Curve have played 43 one- run games this year, the most in the Eastern League, and have posted a 20-23 record in those games. ‘17 Home Attendance .................... 234,514 Home Openings .........................................55 STARTING IMPROVEMENT: Over the last 35 games since July 3, Curve starting pitchers have combined to go 13-5 ............................4,264 with a 3.04 ERA (67 ER/198.1 IP), an improvement over the previous 79 starts, when the starters combined to go 18- Average Attendance 26 with a 4.63 ERA. In that span, Alex McRae is 3-0 with a 2.18 ERA (8 ER/33 IP) in five starts,Tanner Anderson is 1-1 with a 2.65 ERA (10 ER/34 IP) in four starts and Austin Coley is 3-1 with a 2.86 ERA (14 ER/44.0) in seven starts. Over the last 16 games, Curve starters have combined to go 8-2 with a 2.44 ERA (24 ER/88.2 IP). BROADCAST INFORMATION THE SUMMER OF GEORGE: The Curve added OF/INF Jordan George from A-Adv. Bradenton on July 28, and he had a memorable Double-A debut the double-header on July 29. In the first game, he clubbed a two-run homer to pick up his first hit with the Curve and added a two-run double, finishing the game with four RBIs. He added a hit, an RBI and a run scored in the second game of the double-header. He is hitting .324 (12/37) with six RBIs in his first ten games. George hit .302 with nine homers and 43 RBIs over 69 games with Bradenton. Trey Wilson, Nate Bowen and Max Gun will call the action of the 2017 season on RETURN OF THE JIN-DE: After missing the first six weeks of the season, catcherJin-De Jhang was batting .184 in the flagship of the Curve, News Talk 1240, 31 games prior to July 8, Since then, he has hit .286 (24/84) in 22 games with three home runs, four doubles and 16 WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage RBIs. He picked up five RBIs on Thursday, the most for a Curve player in a game this year. Behind the plate, he has begins 15 min. before all games. thrown out 51.4 percent (18/35) of base stealing attempts this season, the best in the Eastern League this season, well above the league-average of 35.6 percent. The Curve can also be heard on the following affiliate stations for selected games: ON THE LAST ROAD TRIP C-N-O: Reliever Tate Scioneaux has held opposing batters to a .203 aver- - WKMC-AM 1370 in Roaring Spring age, third-best in the league among relievers. Scioneaux is tied for first in - WTRN-AM 1340 in Tyrone Games ....................................................................2 the league with 38 appearances, has the second-lowest BB/9 IP ratio (1.60) - WTRN-FM 100.7 in Tyrone Record ..............................................................