EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Altoona Curve...Game One of Three

Published on July 7, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release


ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...

Tonight, the SeaWolves look for their third consecutive win as they take the field to being a three-game series against the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) at Blair County Ballpark. Erie has won five of seven games at BCB this season...The ‘Wolves are coming off a 12-4 win over Binghamton on Monday afternoon, completing the series win. Erie has now won two consecutive series and the win improved Erie to 13-6 against teams from the EL North...Entering play today, the Howlers are in fourth place in the Southern Division, 9.5 games behind first place Akron, 2.5 games behind second place Reading and a half game behind third place Bowie. Erie has won five of its last seven games (all against the North). The ‘Wolves are 32-32 against teams from the EL South...Altoona has won two of its last three and is coming off a 12-3 win on Monday against Bowie. Altoona has won five of its last seven games against the SeaWolves and has taken two consecutive series against the ‘Wolves...The ‘Wolves are hitting .277 over their last 10 games and .311 over their last five. Ryan Strieby is hitting .370 (10x27) in his last seven games. Alex Avila is hitting .343 (12x35) over his last 10...Righty Jonah Nickerson takes the mound for the ‘Wolves making his 17th appearance, 16th start and fifth start against Altoona tonight for the ‘Wolves. He is 0-2 with a pair of no-decisions against Altoona. Nickerson beat Trenton in his last start going 5.1 innings, allowing five runs on 11 hits with no walks and two strikeouts...Erie right-handed reliever Zach Simons has been named to the Eastern League All-Star game as a replacement to SeaWolves RHP Josh Rainwater who was promoted to Triple-A Toledo.

TODAY'S NOTABLES -

- Erie leads the season series over Altoona 11-7. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 25 times in 2009.

- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.85 team ERA. Altoona is 10th in the league with a 4.15 team ERA.

- Erie is fourth in the league with a .265 team batting average. Altoona ranks last in the league with a .235 team batting average.

- The SeaWolves lead the league with 90 home runs and 414 runs scored.

- Brennan Boesch is second in the league with 17 home runs, is tied for fourth with 55 RBI and is second with 39 extra-base hits. He leads Erie in all three categories.

- The ‘Wolves have turned 87 double plays which is fourth-most in the EL. Altoona has turned 101 double plays to lead the EL.

- Erie pitchers have walked 245 hitters this season which is the third-fewest walks allowed by a team in the league.

- The SeaWolves hitters have struck out 676 times, the most in the Eastern League. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.14 strikeouts per game.

- Ryan Strieby is tied for third with 15 home runs. He is tied for the league lead with a .421 on-base percentage and is fourth with a .552 slugging percentage.

- Alex Avila leads the league throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 46.9 percent.

- Five SeaWolves will participate in the 2009 Eastern League All-Star Game on July 15. 1B/OF Ryan Strieby, OF Brennan Boesch, OF Deik Scram, C Alex Avila, RHP Zach Simons.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -

WEDNESDAY at ALTOONA - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Thad Weber (1-1, 6.43 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Bloom (1-4, 3.78 ERA)

THURSDAY at ALTOONA - 12:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Luis Marte (5-8, 4.07 ERA) vs. RHP Yoslan Herrera (4-0, 4.05 ERA)

FRIDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Pat Stanley (3-2, 4.30 ERA) vs. TBA

SATURDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Jon Kibler (5-5, 3.78 ERA) vs. TBA

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