EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Binghamton Mets...Game Two of Four

Published on July 17, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release


ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...

Tonight, the SeaWolves continue a four-game series against the Binghamton Mets (New York Mets) at NYSEG Stadium as they look to equal their longest winning streak of the season. Erie enters tonight's action winning its last five games. Erie's season-best six-game winning streak was May 8-13. The SeaWolves took down the B-Mets in the series opener on Thursday night belting out 10 runs on 14 hits, winning their third straight against Binghamton. The win improved the SeaWolves to 14-6 against Northern Division opponents. Erie will play 41 games this season against opponents from the EL North...Entering play tonight, the SeaWolves are 4.5 games behind first place Akron and a half game behind second place Reading and Bowie. The first place Aeros have dropped a season-high six straight. Erie is the hottest team in the league winning five straight and eight of the last 10...Following last night's win, the SeaWolves are back to a season-high 11-games over .500. The club has been 11-games over .500 on four occasions this season, most recently June 23 when they were 40-29...Erie has outscored Binghamton 25-10 in over the last three games and 25-14 over all in the season series...The ‘Wolves are hitting .315 as a club over the last 10 games. Among the hottest ‘Wolves over that span are Santo De Leon - .389 batting average (14x36) with a home run and 10 RBI; Ron Bourquin - .371 batting average (13x35) with two home runs and eight RBI and Danny Worth - .351 batting average (13x37) with eight RBI...Righty Pat Stanley looks for his fourth consecutive win and second against Binghamton. Erie is 4-1 in the last five games started by Stanley.

TODAY'S NOTABLES -

- Erie leads the season series over Binghamton 3-1. The SeaWolves and Mets meet 10 times in 2009. It is the most times Erie will face an opponent from the Northern Division.

- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.83 team ERA. Binghamton's pitching staff ranks last in the league with a 5.07 team ERA.

- Erie is fourth in the league with a .267 team batting average. Binghamton is third in the league with a .272 team batting average.

- The SeaWolves lead the league with 102 home runs and 469 runs scored.

- Brennan Boesch is tied for second in the league with 17 home runs, is sixth with 56 RBI and is third with 40 extra-base hits. He leads Erie in all three categories.

- The ‘Wolves have turned 98 double plays which is third-most in the EL.

- Erie pitchers have walked 272 hitters this season which is the third-fewest walks allowed by a team in the league. Erie is averaging 2.98 walks allowed per game.

- The SeaWolves hitters have struck out 741 times, the most in the Eastern League. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.14 strikeouts per game.

- Ryan Strieby is tied for second in the league with 17 home runs, is seventh in the league with a .310 batting average, is second with a .427 on-base percentage and a .570 slugging percentage. Strieby has not played since July 11 with left wrist soreness.

- Alex Avila is tied for the league lead throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 46.2 percent.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -

SATURDAY at BINGHAMTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Jonah Nickerson (7-6, 4.93 ERA) vs. RHP Brad Holt (1-3, 5.73 ERA)

SUNDAY at BINGHAMTON - 1:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Thad Weber (2-2, 4.28 ERA) vs. RHP Eric Brown (4-10, 5.87 ERA)

MONDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Luis Marte (5-8, 4.07 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Tomlin (9-6, 4.18 ERA)

TUESDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Jon Kibler (5-5, 3.97 ERA) vs. LHP Bobby Livingston (1-2, 9.17 ERA)

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