EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves At Akron Aeros - Game One Of Three - Game Notes

Published on April 29, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release


LHP LUKE FRENCH (1-2, 5.79 ERA) vs. LHP RYAN EDELL (1-0, 2.22 era)

TUESDAY, APRIL 29 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM

CANAL PARK * GAME #24 * ROAD GAME #14 * NIGHT GAME #14

ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...

Tonight, the SeaWolves take the field for the first time this season against the Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) at Canal Park. This is the first meeting between these two clubs since the Aeros downed Erie three games to one in the 2007 Southern Division Championship Series...The SeaWolves have won three straight games and look to tie a season-best four-game winning streak that opened the 2008 season. The ‘Wolves have also won two straight on the road dating back to last week when they won the final two games of a series in Harrisburg. After dropping four straight series, the ‘Wolves have now won two straight (vs. HAR & ALT). Both Erie and Akron are coming off their first scheduled off day of the season. The SeaWolves are 0-2 following off days caused by rainouts...Leftie Luke French makes his fourth start and fifth appearance of the season tonight for Erie. French picked up his first Double-A win in his last start at Harrisburg. He shut out the Senators for eight innings allowing just three hits (all singles). French combined with Casey Fien picked up Erie's second shutout win of the season that day...Leftie Ryan Edell takes the mound for the Aeros. Edell picked up his first win of the year in his last start at Altoona where he went eight shutout innings allowing just four hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Edell has not allowed more than three runs in each of his first four starts of the season...Erie is on the back end of a stretch of 17 games with 13 being away from Jerry Uht Park.

TODAY'S NOTABLES -

- The SeaWolves are 8-5 on the road.

- Erie is 6-7 in night games.

- The ‘Wolves are 12-8 against the Southern Division

- Erie took the season series from Akron in 2007 15-13. The SeaWolves and Aeros meet 23 times in 2008.

- The ‘Wolves are ranked third in the league with a .273 team batting average. Akron is 10th in the league, hitting .248.

- Freddy Guzman leads the league with 13 stolen bases and 23 runs scored. He is tied for the league lead with four triples.

- Erie has hit at least one home run in 17 of the first 23 games. The ‘Wolves are 2-4 in games where they have not hit a home run.

- The SeaWolves lead the league with 44 stolen bases. The club stole a season-best six bases (Six for Eight) on Sunday against Altoona

- The ‘Wolves lead the league with 151 runs scored and 25 home runs.

- Erie's pitching is tied for 10th (Tied with Akron) in the league with a 4.75 team ERA. The team's ERA away from Jerry Uht Park is 3.25 while their ERA at home is 6.70.

- The SeaWolves (Dusty Ryan and Max St. Pierre) are throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 52.4-percent which ranks second in the league.

- The ‘Wolves did not commit an error on Sunday for the sixth time this season. Erie is 4-2 when the team does not commit an error.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -

WEDNESDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

RHP Andrew Kown (2-2, 6.95 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Dixon (0-3, 7.11 ERA)

THURSDAY at AKRON - 10:35 AM FIRST PITCH

LHP Danny Christensen (0-2, 3.91 ERA) vs. LHP Chuck Lofgren (0-2, 8.66 ERA)

FRIDAY at ALTOONA - 6:35 FIRST PITCH

RHP Josh Rainwater (2-1, 2.86 ERA) vs. TBA

SATURDAY at ALTOONA - 5:05 FIRST PITCH - DOUBLEHEADER

GM 1 - RHP Ben Fritz (1-0, 4.34 ERA) vs. TBA

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