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 1, 2021 -- Game #24, Road Game #13 Richmond Flying Squirrels (15-9) vs. Altoona Curve (14-9) RHP Gerson Garabito (0-1, 6.75) vs. RHP Roansy Contreras (2-1, 2.08) 6:35 p.m. | The Diamond | Richmond, VA Radio -- WRTA 98.5 FM & Curve Radio Network | TV -- MiLB.TV THE LAST TIME OUT: Erie’s Ryan Kreidler hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the ninth to secure a 7-6 win SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS over the Altoona Curve on Sunday night in front of 4,032 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve held a 6-3 lead after Team W-L GB Today seven innings when the SeaWolves mounted their rally with the first of two two-run homers in the late innings. Dylan Rosa Bowie 17-5 -- @ HFD slugged an opposite field two-run shot offBrad Case in the eighth inning to make it a one-run game before Kriedler took Will Gardner deep in the ninth inning. Altoona threatened for their second walk-off win of the season in the bottom of the Akron 16-7 1.5 vs ERI ninth when Ji-Hwan Bae and Oneil Cruz each worked a walk with one out, but Rodolfo Castro bounced into a 4-6-3 double Erie 16-8 2.0 @ AKR play to end the ballgame. Brendt Citta and Cal Mitchell helped Altoona build an early 4-0 lead when they each plated two Richmond 15-9 3.0 vs ALT runs with doubles in the bottom of the first inning. Mitchell finished 2-for-4 in the game and extended his hit streak to a Altoona 14-9 3.5 @ RIC team-best nine straight games, he’s batting .382 (13-for-34) during his hot streak. Harrisburg 7-16 10.5 vs POR TODAY'S GAME: The Curve begin their first and only series of the season at The Diamond with the Flying Squirrels. NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS Team W-L GB Today HE STRUCK HIM OUT!!: The Curve struck out 17 batters on Opening Day, the most in a 9-inning game in franchise history. It Somerset 16-7 -- vs REA surpassed the previous record of 16 which stood since May 9, 2010 vs. Erie. Roansy Contreras struck out a career-high 11 Portland 15-9 1.5 @ HBG batters in the loss, Jeff Passantino struck out four and Yerry De Los Santos struck out two. In 23 games this season, Curve New Hamp. 9-14 7 vs BING pitching has struck out 10 or more batters 15 times (65%). Altoona pitching struck out nine batters in both ends of their 7-inning doubleheader on 5/29 vs. Erie. Hartford 7-17 9.5 vs BOW Binghamton 4-19 12 @ NH THAT'S HOW WE START: CF Jonah Davis began the game on May 15 with a bang when he hit an opposite field solo home Reading 4-20 12.5 @ SOM run to lead-off the game. It was the 30th time in franchise history that the Curve lead-off homer and first since Chris Sharpe 2021 CURVE AT A GLANCE on May 3, 2019 at Richmond. Overall Record .......................................... 14-9 Home ................................................... 5-6 BACK-TO-BACK JACKS: The Curve homered back-to-back times in game two of their doubleheader on Saturday night with .................................................... 9-3 Erie when Oneil Cruz and Mason Martin sluggled solo homers off RHP Gerson Moreno in the sixth inning. It marked the Road 48th time in franchise history that the Curve hit back-to-back homers and first tie since Hunter Owen and Bligh Madris went Place (S'East Div) ....................................... 5th back-to-back on June 3, 2019 at Erie. Games Ahead/Behind ............................... -3.5 Streak .............................................................L2 THE FLYING SQUIRRELS: Richmond got off to a strong start this season with a 15-9 record entering this week's series Last 5............................................................ 3-2 against the Curve. Flying Squirrels manager José Alguacil is taking an absence from his position in Richmond to manage Last 10 ......................................................... 6-4 the Venezuelan national team for the WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier at Clover Park in St. Lucie, Fla. and The All-Time Record ............................1,517-1,468 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla. Venezuela is playing in Group B with Canada, Colombia and Cuba. Tony Diggs will manage the Flying Squirrels. Diggs, who is the Giants’ Minor League Field Coordinator, previously spent 2021 vs. Richmond .................................... 0-0 16 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers organization, including managing in the Arizona League from 2008 to 2012 and at Altoona ........................................... 0-0 2016, as well as with the Helena Brewers from 2013 to 2015. Catcher Andres Angulo will also be in Florida to play for his at Richmond ....................................... 0-0 home country, Colombia, in the Qualifier. The Flying Squirrels have four players included in Baseball America’s Top-30 Gi- All-time vs. Richmond .........................111-89 ants prospects: Heliot Ramos (3), Tristan Beck (12), Sean Hjelle (13) and Jose Marte (30). Ramos is also rated by Baseball at Altoona .............................. 67-40 America as the No. 83 overall prospect. at Richmond ...................................44-49 ‘21 Home Attendance .......................... 26,370 FOR ALTOONA: RHP Roansy Contreras makes his fifth start of the season on Tuesday night. Contreras ranks 3rd in BAA ............................................10 (.178), 4th in WHIP (0.78), 6th in K (34), 7th in ERA (2.08) in the AA Northeast League...For more on Contreras, see page two. Home Openings Average Attendance ............................... 2,637 FOR RICHMOND: RHP Gerson Garabito makes his fifth start of the season for the Squirrels. The 25-year-old hails from San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic and looks to bounce back after lasting just 3.0 innings in his last start against Reading. Garabito spent the first six seasons of his career as a member of the Kansas City Royals organization reaching Double-A CURVE LEAGUE RANKINGS Northwest Arkansas in 2019 where he was named a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star. He went 6-12 with a 3.77 ERA in 26 Runs Scored ...................................T-7th (103) starts for the Naturals, he struck out 113 batters in 141.0 innings pitched. Average .............................................8th (.231) RISP. ...............................................T-6th (.246) 40-MAN CURVE: The Curve roster features four members of the Pirates 40-man roster in INF Oneil Cruz, INF Rodolfo Cas- Home Runs .......................................... 6th (22) tro, RHP Roansy Contreras and RHP Max Kranick. Stolen Bases ....................................T-4th (17) PROSPECT WATCH: The Curve active roster features eight of the top-30 prospects in the Pirates organization according to ERA... .................................................5th (3.91) Baseball America. INF Oneil Cruz (No. 2 Pirates, No. 50 overall), RHP Cody Bolton (No. 6), INF Ji-Hwan Bae (No. 9), INF Ma- Starter ERA ...................................T-4th (3.51) son Martin (No. 16), OF Cal Mitchell (No. 19), Rodolfo Castro (No. 22), RHP Max Kranick (No. 23), and RHP Travis MacGregor ....................................5th (4.01) (No. 28) are all ranked in Baseball America’s Top-30 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects list. Reliever ERA Strikeouts/9 IP..............................4th (11.06) Walks/9 IP .......................................7th (3.78) BROADCAST INFORMATION Home Runs Allowed .......................... 2nd (16) TODAY IN CURVE HISTORY ON THE LAST HOMESTAND Record .......................................................... 3-3 2018 - Ke'Bryan Hayes aids a 4-3 win at Hartford with a 4-5, 3 double Average ...................................... .215 (37-172) Jon Mozes and Preston Shoemaker will call performance Runs/Runs Per Game .......................... 23/3.8 the action of the 2021 season on the flagship Home Runs ......................................................6 of the Curve, Talk Radio 98.5 FM/1240 AM RISP. ............................................... .225 (9-40) WRTA in Altoona. Pregame coverage begins Errors ...............................................................3 15 min. before all games. The Curve can also be heard on the following ERA... ...............................4.50 (25 ER/50.0 IP) affiliate stations for selected games: Starter W-L ................................................. 2-1 - WPHB 1260 AM in Centre County Starter ERA ....................5.87 (15 ER/23.0 IP) - Online streaming at AltoonaCurve.com, WRTA.com, and Reliever W-L ............................................... 1-2 the MiLB First Pitch App Reliever ERA ..................3.33 (10 ER/27.0 IP) Saves/Opps ................................................. 3-4 UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Wednesday June 2 @ Richmond 12:00 p.m. RHP Travis MacGregor (0-1, 2.63) vs. RHP Trenton Toplikar (0-0, 2.08) Thursday June 3 @ Richmond 6:35 p.m. RHP Noe Toribio (1-1, 4.67) vs. RHP Sean Hjelle (1-0, 3.63) Friday June 4 @ Richmond 6:35 p.m. LHP Trey McGough (AA Debut) vs. RHP Caleb Kilian (0-0, 2.25) Saturday June 5 @ Richmond 6:05 p.m. RHP Osvaldo Bido (0-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Matt Frisbee (4-1, 1.24) 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: 2 BB - 5/11 @ BIN BB: 4, 6/14/19 (CS @ GVL) NOVEMBER 7, 1999 (21) IN YAMASA, D.R. Hits: 5 H - 5/4 vs. BOW Most Hits: 9, 2x, last - 6/14/19 (CS @ GVL) BORN: Runs: 5 R - 5/25 vs. Erie Runs: 7, 5/13/19 (CS @ HIC) RESIDES: SANTO DOMINGO, D.R.