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 22, 2021 -- Game #42, Home Game #18 Harrisburg Senators (14-27) vs. Altoona Curve (25-16) RHP Andrew Lee (1-2, 1.25) vs. RHP Jeff Passantino (1-2, 2.15) 6:30 p.m. | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona, PA Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Canaan Smith-Njigba knocked his seventh double of the season as part of a four-hit day, but the effort SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS was not enough to overcome Erie’s offense as Altoona dropped the series finale, 6-4, on Sunday afternoon at UPMC Park in Team W-L GB Today Erie. It was the first four-hit game of the season for Smith-Njigba and seventh for a Curve batter this season. He also scored Bowie 27-13 -- vs NH two runs in the loss. Rodolfo Castro hit his team high ninth home run of the campaign, a two-run blast off Erie starter A.J. Ladwig (Win, 2-2) in the first inning to score Smith-Njigba and give the Curve a 2-0 early lead. Erie 26-15 1.5 @ AKR Altoona 25-16 2.5 vs HBG TODAY'S GAME: Altoona begins the second of three series this season against the Senators. Altoona took four of six in the Akron 24-16 3.0 vs ERI first series at FNB Field in late-May. Richmond 22-20 6.0 @ HFD Harrisburg 14-27 13.5 @ ALT SWING IT BABY: Friday's game between Erie and Altoona saw neither team draw a walk. It marked the fourth time this season that Altoona went an entire game without drawing a walk (5/18 @ HBG, 5/26 vs. Erie, 6/11 vs AKR), but the first NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS time that both teams in the game didn't draw a free pass. Team W-L GB Today Somerset 27-14 -- @ POR JUNE RUNS: Altoona has broken out the bats in the month of June and stand second in the league with 98 runs scored Portland 24-17 3.0 vs SOM entering play on Tuesday. The Curve have hit 24 home runs this month, third-most in the cicuit, and have homered in four New Hamp. 17-24 10.0 @ BOW straight games. Reading 15-27 12.5 vs BING HOMER HAPPY: Rodolfo Castro and Mason Martin hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning on Thursday night at Erie, Hartford 13-29 14.5 vs RIC marking the third time this season that the Curve have hit back-to-back home runs in a game. Castro's three-run shot gave Binghamton 12-28 14.5 @ REA the Curve the lead just three batters into the top of the first inning and Martin made it 4-0 with a blast to right. Altoona hit 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE a season-high four home runs in the victory with Cal Mitchell blasting an opposite field shot off the Erie Insurance Arena to Overall Record ........................................25-16 leadoff the third inning and Martin added his second homer of the night, a go-ahead two-run shot to left-center, to lead the ................................................... 9-8 Curve to an 8-7 win. Home Road .................................................. 16-8 LET'S CRUZ: InfielderOneil Cruz had a team-best 21-game on-base streak come to an end on Sunday. In the stretch he bat- Place (S'East Div) .......................................3rd ted 31-for-84 (.369) with six doubles, two triples, six homers, 17 RBI, .411 on-base percentage, .702 slugging percentage and Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -2.5 1.113 OPS. Streak .............................................................L1 Last 5............................................................ 3-2 THAT'S RODOLFOLOUS: Rodolfo Castro has hit safely in six straight games, batting .423 (11-for-26). Over his last 15 games Last 10 ......................................................... 5-5 he's hitting .426 (26-for-61) with 3 2B, 7 HR, 23 RBI. Castro is 3rd in the league in hits (49) and RBI (35), and T-7th in HR (8). All-Time Record ............................1,528-1,475 THE SENATORS: Harrisburg enters the series after dropping 4-of-6 in their series at Reading last week and enter this week 2021 vs. Harrisburg .................................. 4-2 in last place in the Southwest Division. First-year Manager Tripp Kiester, a native of Hockessin, Delaware, is in his fifth sea- at Altoona ........................................... 0-0 son as a coach in the Nationals minor league system and his first as the Manager for Harrisburg. As a player, Kiester was at Harrisburg ..................................... 4-2 drafted in the 33rd round by the NY Mets in 1992 and reached Double-A Binghamton in his fourth season. All-time vs. Harrisburg .....................207-181 at Altoona .............................115-71 Senators roster features several of the organization’s top-30 prospects per Baseball America. RHP Cade Cavalli (#1) and at Harrisburg ...............................92-110 LHP Matt Cronin (#11) recently joined Harrisburg after a dominant stretch to start the season at High-A Wilmington. LHP .......................... 44,768 Tim Cate (#8) is joined by RHP Sterling Sharp (#26) as the only other pitchers in the top-30. The position player group has ‘21 Home Attendance been decimiated by the injury of Jackson Cluff and the recent demotion of Drew Mendoza. Home Openings ............................................15 Average Attendance ............................... 2,985 FOR ALTOONA: RHP Roansy Contreras makes his eighth start for the Curve on the season on Tuesday. Contreras struck out 10 for the third time this season in his start last Tuesday at Erie, matching the franchise record for most games with 10+ strikeouts in a season...For more on Contreras, see page two. CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS Runs Scored ...................................T-6th (201) FOR HARRISBURG: RHP Andrew Lee makes his third start of the season for Harrisburg. Lee was selected in the 11th Round Average .............................................5th (.253) in 2015 out of the University of Tennessee and has split his career appearances just about evenly between starting and RISP. ..................................................6th (.247) relieving. Lee reached Double-A for the first tie in 2019 and 0-1, with a 2.56 ERA in 11 appearances, 4 starts. He was named Home Runs .......................................T-4th (46) a 2019 Carolina League Mid-season All-Star and played for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League in the fall of 2019. Stolen Bases ....................................... 4th (35) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve active roster features eight of the top-30 prospects in the Pirates organization according to ERA... .................................................7th (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 ......................................3rd (3.80) Mitchell (No. 19), Rodolfo Castro (No. 22), and RHP Travis MacGregor (No. 28) are all ranked by BA. Reliever ERA .................................T-6th (3.99) Strikeouts/9 IP................................8th (9.84) Walks/9 IP .......................................6th (3.56) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed .......................... 2nd (29) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE LAST ROAD TRIP Record .......................................................... 3-3 2006 - Landon Jacobsen blanks Harrisburg over six innings of a short- Average ...................................... .297 (65-219) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call ened complete-game shutout, win 7-0 Runs/Runs Per Game .......................... 29/4.8 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship Home Runs ....................................................10 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM 2004: First round picks Byran Bullington and Jeremy Guthrie pitch head- RISP. ............................................. .204 (11-54) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins to-head at BCB. Guthrie goes seven one-run frames, Bullington allowed Errors ...............................................................5 15 min. before all games. five runs (2 earned) over 6.2 but Curve pull out 6-5 win in 10 innings The Curve can also be heard on the following ERA... ...............................4.35 (25 ER/51.2 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: Starter W-L ................................................. 0-1 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County Starter ERA ....................4.80 (16 ER/30.0 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and Reliever W-L ............................................... 3-2 the MiLB First Pitch App Reliever ERA ....................3.74 (9 ER/21.2 IP) Saves/Opps ................................................. 3-4 UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday June 23 Harrisburg 6:30 p.m. RHP Travis MacGregor (1-1, 4.21) vs. RHP Luis Reyes (3-4, 5.09) Thursday June 24 Harrisburg 6:30 p.m. LHP Trey McGough (0-2, 5.65) vs. RHP Cade Cavalli (0-1, 3.00) Friday June 25 Harrisburg 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. RHP Mario Sanchez (1-4, 3.55) Saturday June 26 Harrisburg 6:00 p.m. RHP Jeff Passantino (1-3, 2.97) vs. TBA TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 2021 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS RHP ROANSY CONTRERAS #50 IP: 6.2 IP - 5/18 @ HBG IP: 7.0 5x last - 8/14/19 (CS vs. COL) HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 205 B/T: R/R EXP: 4 YR K: 11 K -2x, 5/11 @ BIN K: 11, 2x, 5/11/21 (@ BIN) BB: 3 BB - 5/25 vs ERIE BB: 4, 6/14/19 (CS @ GVL) NOVEMBER 7, 1999 (21) IN YAMASA, D.R. Hits: 6 H - 6/8 vs Akron Most Hits: 9, 2x, last - 6/14/19 (CS @ GVL) BORN: Runs: 7, 5/13/19 (CS @ HIC) RESIDES: SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. Runs: 5 R - 5/25 vs. Erie ACQUIRED: TRADE - NYY - JANUARY 21, 2021 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GAME-BY-GAME -- 3 2 1 -- 2 -- -- -- -- DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO PITCHES/STRIKES RESULT 5/4 Bowie ND 5.0 5 0 0 0 11 80/55 L 2-1 5/11 @ Binghamton W 6.0 0 0 0 2 11 70/49 W 5-0 CONTRERAS CAREER NOTES 5/18 @ Harrisburg W 6.2 2 0 0 1 6 89/55 W 2-1 2019 Baseball America No.