EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION CHAMPIONS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES PLAYERS TO MLB 2010 2004, 2010 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 118 June 26, 2015 -- Game #73, Home Game #38 Erie SeaWolves (28-44) vs. Altoona Curve (42-30) LHP Josh Turley (6-5, 3.05) vs. RHP Jason Creasy (8-1, 3.14) 7 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, Pa. Radio - ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM | TV - MiLB.tv UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Sat., June 27 at Harrisburg 6 p.m. LHP Zack Dodson (3-4, 3.53) vs. RHP Colin Bates (3-0, 3.63) Sun., June 28 at Harrisburg 5 p.m. RHP Chad Kuhl (5-3, 3.18) vs. LHP Matthew Spann (1-0, 3.25) Mon., June 29 at Harrisburg 7 p.m. RHP Matt Benedict (3-2, 4.29) vs. LHP Richard Bleier (5-2, 3.13) Tues., June 30 at Trenton 7 p.m. LHP Steven Brault (0-1, 3.48) vs. TBD YESTERDAY: The SeaWolves tied the game in the seventh and scored on a hit-by-pitch in the ninth to defeat the 2015 E.L. WESTERN STANDINGS Curve, 2-1. Wynton Bernard evened the score with an RBI double. Jhondaniel Medina hit Jeff McVaney with a pitch Team W-L PCT GB Today with the bases loaded to plate the go-ahead run. The Curve intially took the lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Altoona 42-30 .583 -- v. ERI Dan Gamache. Starting pitcherSteven Brault worked six scoreless innings. Bowie 41-31 .569 1.0 v. NBR Richmond 38-33 .535 3.5 v. TRN CURVE/SEAWOLVES SERIES: The Curve won the first eight games against the SeaWolves in 2015, and have won Akron 38-34 .526 4.0 @ REA eleven times overall in the 14 games played between the two clubs this year. The series marks the second set of meet- Harrisburg 32-41 .438 10.5 @ BIN ings at PNG Field this season. The Curve swept the SeaWolves in Altoona in late-April. The two teams meet again at Erie 28-44 .389 14.0 @ ALT Jerry Uht Park, July 7-9. FOR ALTOONA: RHP Jason Creasy looks to become the first pitcher to reach nine wins in the Eastern League this 2015 E.L. EASTERN STANDINGS season. He has won both of his starts against Erie, allowing a combined three earned runs in 12.2 innings. Last time Team W-L PCT GB Today out, he picked up a win over Harrisburg in Sunday night’s nationally televised game after giving up three earned runs New Britain 40-33 .548 -- @ BOW in 5.2 innings. Trenton 39-34 .534 1.0 @ RIC Binghamton 37-34 .521 2.0 v. HAR FOR ERIE: Former Baylor Bear Josh Turley faces the Curve for the second time this season in his 14th overall start. Reading 37-34 .521 2.0 v. AKR On May 3 at PNG Field, picking up a loss despite allowing just two runs in six innings, striking out a season-high New Hamp. 33-38 .465 6.0 v. POR seven strikeouts. Turley was an All-Star in the New York-Penn League with Connecticut in 2012 and in the Florida Portland 27-46 .370 13.0 @ NHM State League with Lakeland in 2014. ALL HAIL THE PRINCE: Curve manager Tom Prince earned his 400th career win with the 7-3 Curve victory over the 2015 CURVE AT A GLANCE Senators on Saturday night. He entered the season with 360 career wins since he took the helm of the Lynchburg Overall Record ..................................... 42-30 Hillcats mid-season back in 2004. After working six innings without allowing an earned run at Jerry Uht Park on April Home ............................................ 23-14 25, Kubitza followed it up by allowing two runs in eight innings the last tie he pitched at PNG Field on May 1. He was Road ............................................. 19-17 selected as a Midwest League All-Star in 2014 as a member of the West Michigan Whitecaps’ dominant pitching staff. Place (E.L. Western) .................................1st MAD MAX 2: Max Moroff has heated back up in mid-June. His 85 hits lead the Eastern League and his .317 average Games Ahead/Behind ...........................+1.0 is tied for second in the league. His .390 on-base percentage is the second-best. After compiling a 30-game on-base streak and an 11-game hitting streak earlier this season, he had a season-best 12-game hitting streak end on Monday Streak......................................................Lost 1 in the first game of the double-header. Since June 8, Moroff is hitting .349 (23-for-66) with 13 runs scored, nine RBI Last 5 .......................................................... 2-3 and six walks. Last 10 ........................................................ 5-5 A PINCH OF THIS...A DASH OF THAT: Adam Frazier, Dan Gamache and Edward Salcedo were all used as pinch 2015 vs. Erie ............................................. 9-3 hitters in last Friday night’s walk-off win over Harrisburg and all of them reached base. Gamache and Salcedo both at Altoona ....................................... 4-2 singled while Frazier was hit by a pitch to give the Curve the win. Regardless, the team overall has been tremendous at Erie ............................................... 6-1 when being asked to come in and pinch hit. As a team this year, the Curve are 11-for-32 when pinch hitting...that’s a All-time vs. Erie ...............................166-167 .344 batting average. at Altoona ................................... 77-84 at Erie ........................................... 93-84 CHECK CASHED: The Altoona Curve were shutout for the first time in 2015 in the first game of the scheduled doubleheader on Saturday. They’d gone 65 games without being shutout to begin the season. ‘15 Home Attendance .................... 143,022 Home Openings .........................................36 HONING IN?: LHP Josh Smith tossed two more scoreless innings on Friday night in the extra-innings win for the Average Attendance ............................4,973 Curve and another scoreless frame last night. For Smith, it was the seventh scoreless appearance in his last eight out- ings. This month in five games, Smith has an ERA of 0.93. BROADCAST INFORMATION HATS FOR BATS, KEEP BATS WARM: The Curve are leading the 12-team Eastern League in batting average with a .275 clip entering play tonight. After batting .248 in April, the Curve have batted .284 (522/1840) as a team since May 1. The Curve have six active players hitting better than .300 --Josh Bell (.317), Adam Frazier (.346), Dan Gamache (.306), Jose Osuna (.309), Jasob Stallings (.302) and Max Moroff (.317). However, of those batters, only Bell and Mo- Trey Wilson will call all the action of the roff have enough at-bats to qualify for the league leaderboard. 2015 season on the flagship of the Curve, ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM-AM in Altoona. JUST JOSHIN’ YA: First baseman Josh Bell enters today’s game with Harrisburg owning a .317 average that is second- best in the Eastern League. The former second-round pick also ranks among the league leaders in hits (83, 2nd), RBI Pregame coverage begins 15 min. before (44, T-4th), on-base percentage (.388, 3rd) and triples (6, T-1st). all games. The Curve can also be heard on the following ROAD TO THE SHOW: Former Curve relief pitcher Diego Moreno made his MLB debut on Monday night, becoming affiliate stations for selected games: the 118th Altoona Curve alumnus to reach the big leagues. Appearing in relief for the New York Yankees, Moreno - WTRN-AM/FM 1340/100.7 in Tyrone pitched one scoreless inning with two strikeouts to work around a pair of - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com ON THE HOMESTAND hits. He was a member of the Curve in 2010 and 2011, appearing in fourteen provided by TuneIn Radio Games ....................................................................8 combined games. He is the first Curve alum to make his MLB debut in 2015. - Via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB Record ............................................................... 4-4 First Pitch App BACK TO THE FUTURE...S GAME: First baseman Josh Bell is heading back Average ....................................... .276 (64/232) to the SiriusXM Futures Game for the second straight year, MLB announced Runs/Runs Per Game ........................... 24/3.0 on Thursday. Last season, Bell played for the U.S. in Minneapolis at Target Home Runs...........................................................1 Field. This season he will join the U.S. squad on July 12 at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. He will be opposed by former Curve catcherElias Diaz, RISP ................................................. .254 (15/59) currently a member of the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, who will be playing Errors ......................................................................9 for the World team. Curve manager Tom Prince will join Ken Griffey, Sr. on the U.S. coaching staff. THIS DATE IN CURVE HISTORY ERA ...................................................................3.18 In 2005, Tom Gorzelanny worked a Starter W-L ...................................................... 3-2 HALFWAY HOME: With the conclusion of Thursday night’s game, the Curve finished the first half of the 2015 season 12 games over .500 with a record complete-game, three-hit shutout in a Starter ERA ....................3.70 (20 ER/48.2 IP) of 42-30. Overall, the Curve sat in first place in the Eastern League’s Western 7-0 win over New Britain. He finished the Reliever W-L ................................................... 1-2 Division for all but six days between Opening Day and June 25, and every day game with seven strikeouts. Tom Evans Reliever ERA ....................2.95 (6 ER/18.1 IP) since May 7. went 3-for-4 with a double and a solo homer. Josh Bonifay had two RBI. Saves/Opps .....................................................2/3 2015 Altoona Curve Game Information Page 1 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2015 HIGHS CAREERCAREER HIGHS HIGHS RHP JASON CREASY #27 IP: 7.0, 5/20 @ POR IP: 7.2, 7/23/14 @ DUN HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 216 B/T: R/R EXP: 4 YR K’s: 5, 4/21 .