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Erie SeaWolves at Harrisburg Senators - Game Notes

Published on July 11, 2015 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (34-51, 6th PLACE WEST, 13.5 GB) vs. HARRISBURG SENATORS (43-46, 5th PLACE WEST, 6.0 GB)

RHP CHAD GREEN (2-11, 5.00 ERA) vs. LHP RICHARD BLEIER (6-3, 2.96 ERA)

SATURDAY, JULY 11 * 6:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM

METRO BANK PARK * GAME #86* ROAD GAME #42 * NIGHT GAME #61

Tonight, the SeaWolves look for consecutive wins as they take on the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) in the second game of a four-game series at Metro Bank Park. Last night, the SeaWolves trailed 3-2 after five innings and went on to score one in the sixth and three in the seventh, taking down the Senators 6-3 in the series opener...The SeaWolves are 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Today, righty Chad Green makes his 17th start of the season and first against the Senators. Green has been a victim of a lack of run support throughout the season. In 12 of his 16 starts this season, the SeaWolves have scored three runs or fewer. Green was a tough luck loser in his last start at Bowie on July 4. In the game, he allowed two runs on three hits with three walks while equaling a season-high with seven strikeouts. Erie lost the game 2-1... Lefty Richard Bleier takes the mound for the Senators making his 14th appearance, 13th start and first appearance against Erie. Bleier took a loss in his last start against Altoona on July 5. In the game, he allowed three runs on 10 hits with a walk and a strikeout in six innings of work. Bleier has gone at least six innings in seven straight starts and at least seven innings in five of those seven...

SUNDAY at HARRISBURG - 1:30 FIRST PITCH

RHP Derek Hankins (2-6, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Dakota Bacus (5-1, 2.95 ERA)

MONDAY at HARRISBURG - 12:00 FIRST PITCH

RHP Tommy Collier (2-0, 2.41 ERA) vs. TBD

THURSDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

RHP Austin Kubitza (5-7, 5.56 ERA) vs. TBD

FRIDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

LHP Josh Turley (9-5, 2.84 ERA) vs. TBD

- Erie leads the season series over Harrisburg 1-0. The SeaWolves and Senators meet 11 times in 2015.

- Erie last in the league with a 4.58 team ERA. Harrisburg is third in the league with a 3.45 ERA.

- Erie is 10th in the league with a .249 team batting average. Harrisburg is last in the league with a .245 team average.

- Dean Green is tied for sixth in the league with a .311 batting average. He is fourth in the league with a .289 slugging percentage.

- Wynton Bernard is second in the league with 24 stolen bases. Bernard is fifth in the league with 91 hits.

- The SeaWolves are 22-15 in games when they hit at least one home run.




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