Erie SeaWolves at Akron Aeros...Game One of Four
July 27, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
Tonight, the SeaWolves begin a four-game road series against the Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) at Canal Park. The âWolves survived a ninth-inning scare on a rain-filled Saturday night, prevailing with a 9-6 win over the B-Mets. It was Erie's third straight win over Binghamton and the win sealed a season series win over the B-Mets. Yesterday's series finale was cancelled due to rain and will not be made up...The SeaWolves enter play today in second place in the Southern Division, three games behind the first place Aeros. Akron is coming off of a series loss to Altoona and is 5-5 in the last 10 games. The SeaWolves are 12-3 against the Aeros and have won 10 of the last 11 games of the series. Erie is 2-2 in four games at Canal Park...Brennan Boesch has hit safely in a season-high 13 straight games. During the streak, he is hitting .362 (21x58) with four home runs and 12 RBI. Today he was named Eastern League Player of the Week. Boesch is the third consecutive SeaWolf to win the award...Casper Wells has hit safely in a season-high 14 straight games. During the streak, he is hitting .370 (20x54) with four home runs and 14 RBI...The SeaWolves are the top home team in the Eastern League with a 37-16 record and .698 winning percentage at "The Uht." Erie has won 12 of its last 14 home games...The SeaWolves are 17-8 against teams from the Northern Division. Erie will play 41 games against the EL North this season...The SeaWolves are the hottest team in the EL winning seven of their last 10 games...Lefty Jon Kibler takes the mound for the âWolves making his fourth start against Akron. He is 2-0 with a no-decision and a 1.23 ERA in three starts vs. Akron.
TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- Erie leads the season series over Akron 12-3. The SeaWolves and Aeros meet 27 times in 2009. It is the most times Erie will face an opponent this season.
- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.76 team ERA. Akron's pitching staff is tied for third in the league with a 3.48 team ERA,
- Erie is fourth in the league with a .265 team batting average. Akron is 10th in the league with a .253 team batting average.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 119 home runs and 528 runs scored. Erie is the first team in the EL to score 500-plus runs and they have scored 70 more runs than the next closest team in the EL (Akron and Portland with 458).
- Brennan Boesch leads the league with 21 home runs and seven triples. He fourth with 67 RBI and is second with 48 extra-base hits.
- The âWolves have turned 106 double plays which is fourth-most in the EL.
- Erie pitchers have walked 299 hitters this season which is third-fewest allowed by a team in the league. Erie is averaging 2.99 walks allowed per game. Erie is one of three teams to allow fewer than 300 walks on the season.
- SeaWolves hitters have struck out a league-high 821 times. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.21 strikeouts per game.
- Alex Avila is second in the league throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 45.1 percent.
- 34 of Andy Dirks 38 RBI have come with runners in scoring position.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS - TUESDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Pat Stanley (4-3, 4.62 ERA) vs. RHP Jeanmar Gomez (7-3, 3.54 ERA)
WEDNESDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Jonah Nickerson (7-7, 5.12 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Graham (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
THURSDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Thad Weber (4-2, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Tomlin (9-8, 4.16 ERA)
FRIDAY vs. READING - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Luis Marte (5-8, 3.96 ERA) vs. TBA
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