Erie SeaWolves at Harrisburg Senators - Game Notes
July 2, 2012 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (40-40, 4th PLACE WEST, 8.0 GB) vs. HARRISBURG SENATORS (41-40, T2nd PLACE WEST, 7.5 GB)
----- LHP KELVIN DE LA CRUZ (5-7, 4.20 ERA) vs. RHP PAUL DEMNY (6-4, 5.25 ERA) MONDAY, JULY 2 * 7:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM METRO BANK PARK * GAME #82 * ROAD GAME #38 * NIGHT GAME #60
----- Tonight, the SeaWolves look to get back over the .500 mark as they take on the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) in the third game of a four-game series at Metro Bank Park. Yesterday afternoon, the SeaWolves could not get the bats going as they dropped the second game of the series to the Sens 3-1. Erie enters play today a half game behind the two second place clubs in the Western Division, Bowie and Harrisburg...Lefty Kelvin De La Cruz makes his 17th appearance, 15th start and his first start against Harrisburg. De La Cruz is looking for back-to-back wins, a feat he has not been able to accomplish this season. He has alternated wins and losses in his last five starts. De La Cruz earned his fifth win in his last start at Akron. In the game, he allowed four runs on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts in five innings of work. The 'Wolves won the game 8-5...RHP Paul Demny takes the mound for the Senators making his 17th start and first against the SeaWolves. Demny has won his last two starts combining to allow just two runs on 13 hits in 14.0 innings pitched. In his last start, he beat Altoona on June 27 allowing a run on five hits with a walk and a season-high nine strikeouts in seven innings of work...The SeaWolves will play one more game in Harrisburg on Tuesday night before retuning home to host Akron on July 4. The SeaWolves will wear special Stars and Stripes Caps during the entire Akron series. The caps will be autographed and auctioned off with proceeds benefitting veterans charities. Limited stock of these caps are available for purchase.
----- TUESDAY at HARRISBURG - 7:00 FIRST PITCH RHP Patrick Cooper (2-1, 5.20 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Perry (0-1, 2.70 ERA)
WEDNESDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Cesar Carillo (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. RHP Paolo Espino (2-2, 3.51 ERA)
THURSDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP James Avery (9-6, 4.29 ERA) vs. LHP T.J. House (5-2, 3.92 ERA)
FRIDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Ramon Garcia (6-7, 3.84 ERA) vs. LHP Giovanni Soto (5-5, 3.98 ERA)
----- - Erie leads the season series over Harrisburg 3-2. The SeaWolves and Senators meet 13 times in 2012. - Erie is 20-18 on the road. - The SeaWolves have committed 51 errors (tied-fewest in EL) and have a .982 fielding percentage. - Jordan Lennerton is tied for the league lead with 16 home runs. He is third with 53 RBI and is the league leader with 45 walks. - Erie pitchers have walked 316 hitters, the most in the EL. The 'Wolves have also given up 77 home runs. - Erie is last in the league with a 4.63 team ERA. Harrisburg is seventh with a 3.86 team ERA. - Erie and Harrisburg are tied for second in the league with identical .266 team batting averages. - Niuman Romero is third in the league with 95 hits. Romero is sixth in the EL with a .319 average. - Jamie Johnson is the toughest hitter to strike out in the league, punching out just one every 11.52 plate appearances. Romero is the fourth-toughest with one strikeout in every 8.84 place appearances. - Jamie Johnson has hit safely in 35 of his last 38 games.
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