Erie SeaWolves at Connecticut Defenders...Game Two of Three...Game Notes
Published on August 23, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (63-70, 4th PLACE SOUTH, 16.0 GB) vs. CONNECTICUT DEFENDERS (65-66, 4th PLACE NORTH, 15.0 GB)
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RHP LUIS MARTE (3-3, 5.86 ERA) vs. RHP ADAM COWART (8-6, 3.76 ERA)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 * 6:35 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
DODD STADIUM * GAME #133 * ROAD GAME #69 * NIGHT GAME #99
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ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
Tonight, the SeaWolves look to make it four consecutive wins as they take the field in the middle game of a three-game set against the Connecticut Defenders
(San Francisco Giants) at Dodd Stadium. The SeaWolves took down the Defenders in the series opener on Friday night and can win the season series with a win in either of the final two games of the series. Erie has not won a season series against the Defenders since 2004 when the club took six of the eight meetings...Since the all-star break, the 'Wolves are 24-12 and the team is in fourth place in the Southern Division, 16 games behind first Bowie. Erie is also 15-5 in the month of August. Erie is in a stretch of 12 straight games against Northern Division opponents. The SeaWolves and Defenders meet six times in a span of 10 days. The 'Wolves are 6-4 in their last 10 games. The 15 wins in August is the most by month in 2008 for the SeaWolves...The Defenders are a game under .500 and in fourth place in the Northern Division, 15 games behind first place Trenton and five games behind wild card leading Portland. They are 4-6 in the last 10 games...Righty Luis Marte takes the mound for the 'Wolves making his ninth start of the season and second against the Defenders. Marte took a loss against Connecticut in his last outing. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Marte. In the game, he worked 4.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts. It was also the first time in five outings for Marte where he did not work at least five innings...RHP Adam Cowart takes the mound for the Defenders. He tossed three scoreless innings in relief against Erie last week.
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TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- The SeaWolves are 32-36 on the road.
- Erie is 44-54 in night games.
- The 'Wolves are 19-25 against the Northern Division
- Erie leads the season series over Connecticut 3-1. The SeaWolves and Defenders meet six times in 2008.
- The 'Wolves are tied with Bowie as the top hitting team in the league with a .271 team average. Erie is second in the league with 682 runs scored. Connecticut comes into tonight's game last in the league with a .253 team average.
- The SeaWolves are tied for the league lead with 108 stolen bases.
- The 'Wolves are tied for the league lead with 129 home runs.
- Erie's pitching staff ninth in the league with a 4.64 team ERA. Connecticut's pitching staff ranks second in the league with a 3.40 ERA. The Defenders are one of four teams in the EL with an ERA under 4.00.
- Ryan Roberson is tied for second in the league with 22 home runs. Roberson is also fifth in the league with a .498 slugging percentage.
- Will Rhymes leads the league with 154 hits. Rhymes is also 10th in the league with a .306 batting average.
- The SeaWolves are throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 46.7 percent which leads the league.
- Wilkin Ramirez is tied for fourth in the league with 19 home runs; is seventh in the EL with a .311 average; is second in the league with a .542 slugging percentage and tied for third in the league with 23 stolen bases.
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -
SUNDAY at CONNECTICUT - 1:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Josh Rainwater (9-6, 3.92 ERA) vs. RHP Garrett Broshuis (13-8, 3.68 ERA)
MONDAY -
OFF DAY
TUESDAY vs. HARRISBURG - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Guillermo Moscoso (2-1, 3.13 ERA) vs. TBA
WEDNESDAY vs. HARRISBURG - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Danny Christensen (7-8, 3.95 ERA) vs. TBA
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