EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Altoona Curve - Game Notes

Published on July 19, 2012 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (45-51, 6th PLACE WEST, 12.5 GB) vs. ALTOONA CURVE (45-50, 5th PLACE WEST, 12.0 GB)

----- RHP JAMES AVERY (9-7, 4.25 ERA) vs. RHP GERRIT COLE (2-2, 5.17 ERA) THURSDAY, JULY 19 * 7:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM PEOPLE'S NATURAL GAS FIELD * GAME #97 * ROAD GAME #46 * NIGHT GAME #72

----- Tonight, the SeaWolves look to get back on track as they hit the road for an eight-game, seven day road trip beginning with a five-game series against the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) at People's Natural Gas Field. Yesterday afternoon, the SeaWolves dropped the series finale to Bowie 5-2. The loss dropped Erie back to its low-water mark of six-games under .500. Amazingly, the five teams in contention for the Western Division Wild Card are all separated by just four games...Both Erie and Altoona are 3-7 in their last 10 games. Erie has dropped seven of its last eight road games...Tonight, James Avery takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his 19th start of the season and fourth against the Curve. Avery is 2-1 in his previous three starts against Altoona. Avery was a tough luck loser in his last start at Binghamton on July 14 as he was outdueled by Zack Wheeler in a 1-0 game. In the game, Avery allowed a run on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work...RHP Gerrit Cole takes the mound for the Curve making his fifth start and first against Erie. Cole took a loss in his last start at Akron on July 14. In the game, he allowed three runs on six hits with a walk and three strikeouts in four innings of work. Cole was the Pirates first round selection (first overall) out of UCLA in the 2011 June draft. Cole began the season with Class-A Bradenton where he made 13 starts, posting a 5-1 record and 2.55 ERA. His lone start against Lakeland was on May 23. He tossed five shutout innings in a win over the Flying Tigers.

----- FRIDAY at ALTOONA - 6:00 FIRST PITCH GM 1 - RHP Cesar Carrillo (1-2, 8.10 ERA) vs. RHP Phil Irwin (1-7, 3.63 ERA) GM 2 - RHP Jared Gayhart (1-1, 4.56 ERA) vs. TBA

SATURDAY at ALTOONA - 7:00 FIRST PITCH LHP Brian Flynn (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Cumpton (8-8, 3.49 ERA)

SUNDAY at ALTOONA - 6:00 FIRST PITCH LHP Jared Wesson (5-5, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Tim Alderson (4-4, 4.40 ERA)

MONDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Patrick Cooper (2-4, 4.74 ERA) vs. TBA

----- - The season series between Erie and Altoona is tied 7-7. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 23 times in 2012. - Erie is 21-24 away from Jerry Uht Park. - The SeaWolves have committed 59 errors (Tied-Fewest in EL) and have a .983 fielding percentage. - Jordan Lennerton is second in the league lead with 18 home runs. He is third with 64 RBI and is second with 53 walks. - Erie pitchers have walked 370 hitters, the most in the EL. The 'Wolves have also given up 97 home runs. - Erie is last in the league with a 4.71 team ERA. Altoona is eighth with a 3.99 team ERA. - Erie is fifth in the league with a .263 team batting average. Altoona is 10th with a .256 team average. - Niuman Romero is second in the EL with 113 hits. Romero is fifth in the EL with a .316 average. - Romero is the third-toughest hitter to strike out in the league with one strikeout in every 9.64 place appearances.

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