Erie SeaWolves At Altoona Curve - Game One of Four - Game Notes
May 2, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
RHP JOSH RAINWATER (2-1, 2.86 ERA) vs. RHP JIMMY BARTHMAIER (2-0, 5.04 ERA)
FRIDAY, MAY 2 * 6:35 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
BLAIR COUNTY BALLPARK * GAME #27 * ROAD GAME #17 * NIGHT GAME #16
ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
Tonight, the SeaWolves continue a six-day road trip as the open up a weekend series against the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) at Blair County Ballpark. The two clubs will play four games in three days with a doubleheader on Saturday night. The home team has been favored through the first two series meetings with Altoona winning two of three (4/17-4/19) at BCB and Erie winning three of four (4/24-4/27) at The Uht...The SeaWolves dropped two of three against Akron in the first series of the road trip. Erie had won two straight series prior to the Akron series. The âWolves are in a two-way tie for second place in the South with Bowie...Altoona has been scuffling over the last week dropping six straight (the final three at Erie and a sweep at the hands of first place Harrisburg this week). The Curve have dropped seven of their last 10 and sit in last place in the South, seven games behind Harrisburg...Rightie Josh Rainwater takes the mound for Erie in game one of the series. Rainwater has taken no-decisions in each of his last two starts, the most recent against Altoona. In his last start against the Curve, Rainwater went a season-high six innings, allowing two runs on six hits with three walks and three strikeouts. He left the game with a 3-2, however, the bullpen could not hold on. Erie eventually won the game 9-3...RHP Jimmy Barthmaier makes his sixth start of the season and his second against Erie. He took a no-decision on April 27 against the âWolves going five, allowing three runs, two earned on four hits.
TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- The SeaWolves are 9-7 on the road.
- Erie is 7-8 in night games.
- The âWolves are 13-10 against the Southern Division
- Erie leads the season series against Altoona 4-3. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 18 times in 2008.
- The âWolves are the top hitting team in the league with a .276 batting average. Altoona is ninth in the EL, hitting .253 as a club.
- Freddy Guzman leads the league with 13 stolen bases; is tied for the league lead in triples (4) and is tied for third in the league with 23 runs scored.
- Erie has hit at least one home run in 18 of the first 26 games. The âWolves are 2-6 in games where they have not hit a home run.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 46 stolen bases.
- The âWolves lead the league with 164 runs scored and 27 home runs.
- Erie's pitching staff is 11th in the league with a 4.67 ERA. The team's ERA away from Jerry Uht Park is 3.38 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 50-percent which ranks second in the league.
- Erie stole six bases against Altoona starter Jimmy Barthmaier on April 27.
- Wilkin Ramirez is hitting .435 over the last five games with three home runs and six RBI.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -
SATURDAY at ALTOONA - 5:05 FIRST PITCH - DOUBLEHEADER
GM 1 - RHP Ben Fritz (1-0, 4.34 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Bloom (0-2, 8.47 ERA)
GM 2 - RHP Matt Righter (0-0, 7.88 ERA) vs. TBA
SUNDAY at ALTOONA - 3:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Luke French (1-2, 4.94 ERA) vs. RHP Yoslan Herrera (1-3, 3.96 ERA)
MONDAY vs. TRENTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCH
LHP Danny Christensen (0-3, 3.77 ERA) vs. RHP George Kontos (0-3, 3.52 ERA)
TUESDAY vs. TRENTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCH
RHP Andrew Kown (2-2, 7.00 ERA) vs. RHP Dan McCutchen (3-2, 2.33 ERA)
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