Erie SeaWolves at Altoona Curve - Game Notes
June 25, 2015 - Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (24-43, 6th PLACE WEST, 15.0 GB) vs. ALTOONA CURVE (41-28, 1st PLACE WEST, 0.0 GB)
RHP TOMMY COLLIER (1-0, 1.87 ERA) vs. RHP CHAD KUHL (5-3, 3.24 ERA)
TUESDAY, JUNE 23 * 7:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
PEOPLE'S NATURAL GAS FIELD * GAME #70 * ROAD GAME #34 * NIGHT GAME #47
Tonight, the SeaWolves begin a four-game series against the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) at People's Natural Gas Field. Yesterday, Erie surrendered a game-tying home run in the eighth and a walkoff home run in the ninth as they failed to extend their winning streak to four straight with a 4-3 loss to the Akron RubberDucks...The SeaWolves have struggled against the Curve this season, dropping nine of the 10 meetings in the season series...Righty Tommy Collier takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his 13th start of the season, sixth with the SeaWolves and second against the Curve. Collier beat Altoona on June 6 allowing two runs on four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work. Collier took a no-decision in his last start against New Hampshire on June 17. In the game, he allowed a run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts while equaling a season-high eight innings pitched. Erie won the game 6-3 in 13 innings...Righty Chad Kuhl takes the mound for the Curve making his 14th start and third against the SeaWolves. Kuhl is 1-1 in his previous two starts against Erie. He earned a win in his last start against Akron firing seven shutout innings, allowing four hits with a walk and five strikeouts.
WEDNESDAY at ALTOONA - 7:00 FIRST PITCH
RHP Derek Hankins (2-5, 5.05 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Benedict (2-2, 4.63 ERA)
THURSDAY at ALTOONA - 7:00 FIRST PITCH
RHP Austin Kubitza (5-5, 5.07 ERA) vs. LHP Steven Brault (0-1, 8.31 ERA)
FRIDAY at ALTOONA - 7:00 FIRST PITCH
LHP Josh Turley (6-5, 3.05 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Creasy (8-1, 3.14 ERA)
SATURDAY vs. ALTOONA - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Chad Green (2-9, 5.18 ERA) vs. TBD
- Altoona leads the season series over Erie 9-1. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 20 times in 2015.
- Erie last in the league with a 4.77 team ERA. Altoona is fourth in the league with a 3.46 team ERA.
- Erie is tied for eighth in the league with a .252 team batting average. Altoona leads the league with a .275 team average.
- Wynton Bernard is tied for fifth in the league with 17 doubles.
- Bernard is second in the league with 20 stolen bases. He is sixth in the league with a .313 batting average.
- Erie is 18-11 in games where they hit at least one home run.
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