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Erie SeaWolves at Altoona Curve - Game Notes

Published on April 17, 2017 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (6-3, 2ND PLACE WEST, 0.5 GB) VS. ALTOONA CURVE (7-3, 1ST PLACE WEST, 0.0 GB)

LHP ANTHONY VASQUEZ (1-0, 2.57 ERA) VS. RHP YEUDY GARCIA (0-1, 27.00 ERA)

MONDAY, APRIL 17 * 6:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM

PEOPLE'S NATURAL GAS FIELD * GAME #10 * ROAD GAME #4 * NIGHT GAME #5

Tonight, the SeaWolves look to match their longest winning streak of the season at three games as they take on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) in the opening game of a three-game series at People's Natural Gas Field...Saturday afternoon, the SeaWolves jumped ahead in the first inning for the second consecutive game and went on to beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 5-1. The win gave the SeaWolves their third straight series win to start the season...Lefty Anthony Vasquez takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his second start and his first against the Curve. Vasquez earned a win in his first start of the season against Bowie on April 11. In the game, he allowed two runs on eight hits with no walks and two strikeouts in seven innings of work. The seven innings is the longest and Erie starter has gone in a game this season. Erie won the game 4-2...RHP Yeudy Garcia takes the mound for Altoona making his second start and first against the SeaWolves. Garcia took a loss in his first start at Richmond on April 11. In the game, Garcia allowed two runs on one hit with two walks and a strikeout in 0.2 innings of work.

TUESDAY AT ALTOONA CURVE (PITTSBURGH PIRATES) - PEOPLE'S NATURAL GAS FIELD - 6:00 FIRST PITCH

RHP Myles Jaye (0-1, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Alex McRae (2-0, 0.82 ERA)

WEDNESDAY AT ALTOONA CURVE (PITTSBURGH PIRATES) - PEOPLE'S NATURAL GAS FIELD - 6:00 FIRST PITCH

LHP Tyler Alexander (0-1, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP J.T. Brubaker (1-1, 4.76 ERA)

FRIDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS) - UPMC PARK - 6:35 FIRST PITCH

RHP Artie Lewicki (1-0, 5.19 ERA) vs. TBD

SATURDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS) - UPMC PARK - 4:05 FIRST PITCH

LHP Matt Crouse (1-0, 7.88 ERA) vs. TBD

- Tonight is the first of 21 meetings between the SeaWolves and the Curve. Altoona won the 2016 season series over Erie 13-7.

- The 21 games against the Curve is the most Erie will face an opponent in 2017.

- Christin Stewart and Jason Krizan are tied for third in the league with three home runs. Krizan hit a career-high 10 home runs a season ago.

- The SeaWolves have drawn 41 walks as a team which is the most in the league.

- Logan Watkins leads the league with nine walks drawn while Christin Stewart is tied for second in the league with eight.

- Erie is hitting .244 as a team which ranks ninth in the league.

- The SeaWolves are seventh in the league with a 4.28 team ERA.

- Erie has hit 12 home runs as a team which is tied for second-most in the league.

- A SeaWolves have won three straight series to begin the season for the first time since 2001. That season, the team set a franchise record with four consecutive series wins to start the season.

- Dominic Ficociello and Mike Gerber are both currently on a six-game hitting streaks.

- Jason Krizan has the fourth-lowest plate appearances/strikeout ratio in the league, striking out just once in every 14.33 plate appearance.

- Altoona's pitching staff ranks first in the league with a 2.67 team ERA.

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