EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at New Britain Rock Cats...Game One of Three...Game Notes

Published on June 10, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (28-30, 5th PLACE WEST, 6.0 GB) vs. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (32-26, 3rd PLACE EAST, 3.5 GB)

RHP BROOKS BROWN (0-0, 0.00 ERA) VS. RHP BOBBY LANIGAN (4-4, 3.86 ERA)

FRIDAY, JUNE 10 * 6:35 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM

NEW BRITAIN STADIUM * GAME #58 * ROAD GAME #31 * NIGHT GAME #42

Tonight, the SeaWolves continue their six-game road trip as they start a three-game series against the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins) at New Britain Stadium. This marks the only trip for the SeaWolves into New Britain this season. Last night, the 'Wolves dropped the series finale in Altoona 5-4 and the club has now dropped three of its last four games...Yesterday's loss dropped the SeaWolves back to two-games under .500 and in fifth place in the EL West, six games behind first place Harrisburg...The Rock Cats enter play in third place in the EL Eastern Division, 3.5 games out of first. New Britain is coming off of a 14-3 drubbing of the Akron Aeros on Thursday. The Rock Cats boast one of the leagues better offenses as they are hitting .268 as a team (3rd in EL) and have scored 264 runs...The 'Wolves send righty Brooks Brown to the mound making his first appearance in 2011. Brown began the season on the Toledo disabled list and was activated on June 5 and reassigned to Erie. Brown was Erie's pitcher of the year in 2010 and has spend parts of the last two seasons with the Howlers...New Britain will counter with RHP Bobby Lanigan making his 12th start. Lanigan took a loss in his last start at Bowie allowing six runs, five earned, on 11 hits with a walk and four strikeouts in five innings of work. Lanigan is 3-1 with a 3.19 ERA in five starts at home...The SeaWolves have won two of the last four season series over New Britain. The two clubs split in 08-09. The last time New Britain has won a season series over Erie was 2005 when the Rock Cats took five of the six meetings between the two clubs.

SATURDAY at NEW BRITAIN - 6:35 FIRST PITCH

LHP Jay Voss (1-2, 5.17 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Jacobson (2-0, 2.15 ERA)

SUNDAY at NEW BRITAIN - 1:35 FIRST PITCH

RHP Mark Sorensen (5-3, 5.07 ERA) vs. RHP Deinys Suarez (0-0, 6.75 ERA)

MONDAY -

OFF DAY

TUESDAY vs. PORTLAND - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

LHP Casey Crosby (4-2, 3.19 ERA) vs. TBA

WEDNESDAY vs. PORTLAND - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

RHP Jacob Turner (1-1, 3.05 ERA) vs. TBA

- Erie won the 2010 season series over New Britain 4-2 The SeaWolves and Rock Cats meet six times in 2011.

- Defensively, the SeaWolves have committed 56 errors which is third-most in the EL.

- The SeaWolves are 21-20 in night games and 7-10 in day games.

- Erie's pitching staff is ninth in the league with a 4.33 team ERA. The SeaWolves

have given up 279 runs which is tied for most allowed in the league. Erie has issued 211 walks which is the most allowed in the EL.

- The SeaWolves are third in the EL with 279 runs scored.

- Erie's offense is fourth in the league with a .267 team batting average.

- The 'Wolves are hitting .254 with RISP, .233 with two outs and RISP and .272 with runners on base.

- As a team, the SeaWolves are 10-for-42 with the bases loaded.

- The 'Wolves are 12-18 away from Jerry Uht Park.

- Erie is 12-9 against the Eastern Division.

- Justin Henry is second in the EL with a .335 average and leads the league with a .450 on-base percentage. Henry has reached base safely in 35 of his last 36 games. The only game he has not reached base safely in since May 1 was game one of a

doubleheader on 5/31 at Binghamton.

- Jamie Johnson leads the team and is fourth in the league with 32 walks.

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