Erie SeaWolves at Harrisburg Senators...Game Two of Three...Game Notes
Published on August 20, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (60-65, 5th PLACE WEST, 10.0 GB) vs. HARRISBURG SENATORS (70-55, 1st PLACE WEST, 0.0 GB)
RHP LUIS MARTE (1-0, 2.23 ERA) vs. RHP ERIK ARNESEN (8-3, 2.36 ERA)SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 * 7:00 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM METRO BANK PARK * GAME #126 * ROAD GAME #62 * NIGHT GAME #96
Tonight, the SeaWolves a continue a six-game road trip as they take on the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) in the middle game of a three-game series at Metro Bank Park. Last night, the SeaWolves were backed by a strong Casey Crosby starting pitching performance en route to a 2-1 win over the Senators. Erie is now five games under .500 and have reached the 60-win mark...The Senators are the top team in the Western Division and are 1.5 games ahead of wild card leading Bowie and 3.5 games up on third place Richmond. The Senators are 6-4 in their last 10 games...The SeaWolves send righty Luis Marte to the mound making a spot start. Marte has appeared 20 times this season, all in relief. Marte has converted saves in consecutive outings against Portland and Trenton. He last pitched on August 16 against the Thunder tossing two scoreless innings allowing one hit with a strikeout...Righty Erik Arnesen takes the mound for the Senators making his 24th appearance and 14th start. Arnesen has won back-to-back starts. In his last outing against Trenton, he allowed an unearned run on four hits with no walks and a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work. He has tossed seven innings in his last three starts. TOnight is his second start against the SeaWolves. He beat Erie on July 5 allowing two runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings of work...Roster Moves Today - INF Audy Ciriaco has been transferred to Triple-A Toledo. L.J. Gagnier has been placed on the disabled list. INF William Bergolla and OF Michael Rocket have been transferred from Class-A Lakeland to Erie.
SUNDAY at HARRISBURG - 2:00 FIRST PITCHLHP Jay Voss (8-6, 3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Shairon Martis (7-4, 3.03 ERA)
MONDAY at BINGHAMTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCHLHP Drew Smyly (3-1, 1.23 ERA) vs. TBA
TUESDAY at BINGHAMTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCHTBA vs. TBA
WEDNESDAY at BINGHAMTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCHTBA vs. TBA
- Harrisburg leads the season series over Erie 7-4. The SeaWolves and Senators meet 13 times in 2011.- SeaWolves have committed 105 errors which is seventh in the EL. - The SeaWolves are 46-49 in night games and 14-16 in day games- Erie's pitching staff is ninth in the league with a 4.42 team ERA. The SeaWolves have given up 599 runs which is fourth-most allowed in the league. Erie has issued 437 walks which is third-most in the league.- The SeaWolves are third in the league with 585 runs scored. - Erie's offense is third the league with a .270 team batting average. - The SeaWolves are 29-42 against the Western Division- Erie is 25-37 away from Jerry Uht Park.- The 'Wolves are hitting .257 with RISP, .215 with two outs and RISP and .279 with runners on base. - As a team, the SeaWolves are 35-for-105 with the bases loaded. - Jamie Johnson leads the team and the league with 77 walks and 81 runs scored.- Johnson also leads the SeaWolves with 130 hits.- Justin Henry is third in the league with a .412 on-base percentage. Henry is seventh in the league with a .308 average.- L.J. Gagnier has been placed on the Erie disabled list and will miss his next start. - Erie has won back-to-back games against Harrisburg once this season (June 3-4).
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