Erie SeaWolves at Harrisburg Senators - Game Notes
Published on August 27, 2015 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (56-73, 6th PLACE WEST, 18.0 GB) vs. HARRISBURG SENATORS (62-68, 5th PLACE WEST, 12.5 GB)
RHP MICHAEL FULMER (9-3, 1.82 ERA) vs. RHP AUSTIN VOTH (5-6, 2.97 ERA)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
JERRY UHT PARK * GAME #130 * HOME GAME # 62* NIGHT GAME #95
Tonight, the SeaWolves return home as they begin a four-game series against the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) at Jerry Uht Park. Last night, the SeaWolves ran into Steven Matz, down on rehab from New York, who fired six shutout innings. Erie's lone run in the 3-1 loss to Binghamton came in the ninth inning on a Wynton Bernard solo home run. The knock extended Bernard's hitting streak to 12 straight games... Tonight, RHP Michael Fulmer makes his 21st start of the season, fifth with the SeaWolves and second against the Senators. Fulmer beat the Senators on August 9 tossing six shutout frames, allowing five hits with a walk and five strikeouts. Fulmer earned his third win in an Erie uniform in his last start at Akron on August 22. In the game, he allowed a run on two hits with a walk and six strikeouts in six innings of work. Erie won the game 7-1...R RHP Austin Voth takes the mound for the Senators making his 26th appearance, 25th start and second start against Erie. Voth beat the SeaWolves on July 13 allowing a run on five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. Voth earned a win in his last start against Portland on August 22. In the game, he allowed a run on five hits with a walk and six strikeouts in five innings. Voth has allowed three runs or fewer in 11 consecutive starts.
FRIDAY vs. HARRISBURG - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Austin Kubitza (8-11, 5.55 ERA) vs. RHP Brian Rauh (1-4, 6.48 ERA)
SATURDAY vs. HARRISBURG - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Tommy Collier (4-3, 4.32 ERA) vs. RHP John Simms (2-2, 3.13 ERA)
SUNDAY vs. HARRISBURG - 1:35 FIRST PITCH
RHP Chad Green (4-14, 4.28 ERA) vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (2-2, 3.57 ERA)
MONDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Josh Turley (11-8, 3.50 ERA) vs. TBD
BERNARD CHASING HISTORY
SeaWolves Single Season Hit Totals:
1 - Omar Infante (2001) - 163 5 - Clete Thomas (2007) - 148 9 - Wynton Bernard 144
2 - Will Rhymes (2008) - 158 6 - Alejandro Freire (2001) - 148
3 - Niuman Romero (2012) - 157 7 - Jamie Johnson (2011) - 147
4 - Shawn Wooten (1999) - 151 8 - Brennan Boesch (2009) - 145
- Harrisburg leads the season series over Erie 4-3. The SeaWolves and Senators meet 11 times in 2015.
- Erie is last in the league with a 4.41 team ERA. Harrisburg is ninth in the league with a 3.77 team ERA.
- Erie is fourth in the league with a .259 team batting average. Harrisburg is last in the league with a .246 team average.
- Wynton Bernard leads the league with 39 stolen bases.
- Bernard is 10th in the league with a .295 batting average.
- The SeaWolves are 32-27 in games when they hit at least one home run.
- The SeaWolves finished the season 28-31 against the Eastern Division with last night's loss at Binghamton.
- Erie has collected 10 or more hits in seven of the past 10 games.
- Bernard is on a 12-game hitting streak. It's his third hitting streak of the season of 10 or more games. Bernard has 23 over the 12-game streak.
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