EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Akron Aeros - Game Notes

Published on June 26, 2012 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (36-38, 3rd PLACE WEST, 10.0 GB) vs. AKRON AEROS (47-29, 1st PLACE WEST, 0.0 GB)

----- LHP RAMON GARCIA (5-6, 3.97 ERA) vs. LHP GIOVANNI SOTO (5-3, 3.96 ERA) TUESDAY, JUNE 26 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM CANAL PARK * GAME #76 * ROAD GAME #32 * NIGHT GAME #55

----- Tonight, the SeaWolves begin an eight-game road trip as they take on the Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) in the opener of a four-game series at Canal Park. The SeaWolves finished a tough homestand on Monday with an 11-5 loss to Binghamton. Erie finished the month of June just 4-9 at home. It was the club's worst home month since going 0-12 in June in 2010...The SeaWolves are two games under .500 entering play today and the club is 1.5 games behind second place Harrisburg in the Western Division...Today, lefty Ramon Garcia takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his 13th appearance, 12th start and fourth start against the Aeros. Garcia has alternated wins and losses in his last eight starts. He is 3-0 in three starts against Akron. Garcia took a loss in his last start against Bowie on June 21. In the game, he allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts in three innings of work. Erie lost the game 8-5...Lefty Giovanni Soto takes the mound for Akron making his 14th start and third start against the SeaWolves. The former Tigers farmhand took a no-decision in his last start against Binghamton on June 21 allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and a strikeout in five innings of work. Soto has dropped both of his starts against the SeaWolves. At Canal Park, Soto is 3-1 with a 3.80 ERA in nine starts...The SeaWolves will play four games in Akron and four games in Harrisburg on the current road trip. Erie has won five straight road games.

----- WEDNESDAY at AKRON - 12:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (4-7, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Steven Wright (6-4, 1.64 ERA)

THURSDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Patrick Cooper (2-0, 4.36 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Brach (2-3, 3.86 ERA)

FRIDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Cesar Carillo (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs. RHP Paolo Espino (2-2, 3.05 ERA)

SATURDAY at HARRISBURG - 7:00 FIRST PITCH RHP James Avery (8-6, 3.92 ERA) vs. TBA

----- - Erie leads the season series over Akron 6-4. The SeaWolves and Aeros meet 23 times in 2012. - Erie is 16-16 on the road. - The SeaWolves have committed 46 errors (fewest in EL) and have a .983 fielding percentage. - Akron (.435) and Erie (.425) are the top two teams in the league at cutting down potential base stealers. - Jordan Lennerton is second in the league with 14 home runs. He is tied for fourth with 45 RBI and is the league leader with 39 walks. - Erie pitchers have walked 298 hitters, the most in the EL. The 'Wolves have also given up 71 home runs which is second-most allowed in the league. - Erie is last in the league with a 4.56 team ERA. Akron features the top pitching staff in the EL with a 2.98 team ERA. - Erie is second in the league with a .265 team batting average. Akron is sixth with a .259 average. - Niuman Romero is second in the EL with 90 hits. Romero is fourth in the EL with a .327 average. - Jamie Johnson is the toughest hitter to strike out in the league, punching out just one every 10.44 plate appearances. Romero is the second-toughest with one strikeout in every 9.59 place appearances. - Jamie Johnson has hit safely in 29 of his last 32 games with hit streaks of six, eight and 15.

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