EL1 Erie SeaWolves

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

Published on August 21, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (60-70, 4th PLACE SOUTH, 16.0 GB) vs. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (55-72, 5th PLACE NORTH, 22.5 GB)

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RHP GUILLERMO MOSCOSO (2-1, 3.38 ERA) vs. LHP RYAN MULLINS (8-9, 4.63 ERA)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM

NEW BRITAIN STADIUM * GAME #130 * ROAD GAME #66 * NIGHT GAME #96

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ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...

The SeaWolves have dropped two straight as they head into action tonight in the middle game of a three-game set against the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins) at New Britain Stadium. The Rock Cats took the series opener last night with a come from behind 6-5 win. The Cats have won three of the first four meetings in the season series. Erie needs to take the final two games of the series to salvage a season series split. Erie has not lost a season series to the Rock Cats since 2005 when they took five of the six meetings. Last night's loss snapped a three-game winning streak in series openers for the SeaWolves. Since the all-star break, the 'Wolves are 21-12 and the team is in fourth place in the Southern Division, 16 games behind first Bowie. Erie is also 12-5 in the month of August. Erie is in a stretch of 12 straight games against Northern Division opponents. The SeaWolves and Rock Cats meet six times in a span of 10 days.The 'Wolves are 6-4 in their last 10 games...The Rock Cats have won six consecutive games which is the longest current winning streak in the EL. They are 7-3 in the last 10 games...Righty Guillermo Moscoso takes the mound for the 'Wolves making his fourth start and his second against the Rock Cats. He took a loss to New Britain in his last outing on August 14 at Jerry Uht Park. In the game, Moscoso went just four innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts. He yielded three home runs in the game. Moscoso has struck out 25 batters while only walking three in 16 innings since joining the 'Wolves...Lefty Ryan Mullins beat the 'Wolves on 8/14 going six innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits.

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TODAY'S NOTABLES -

- The SeaWolves are 29-36 on the road.

- Erie is 41-54 in night games.

- The 'Wolves are 16-25 against the Northern Division

- New Britain leads the season series over Erie 3-1. The SeaWolves and Rock Cats meet six times in 2008.

- The 'Wolves are the top hitting team in the league with a .272 team batting average Erie leads the league with 668 runs scored. New Britain comes into tonight's game tied for sixth in the EL with a .266 team average.

- The SeaWolves are second in the league lead with 107 stolen bases.

- The 'Wolves are tied for the league lead with 127 home runs.

- Erie's pitching staff ninth in the league with a 4.73 team ERA. New Britain's pitching staff ranks 10th in the league with a 4.91 ERA.

- Ryan Roberson is tied for second in the league with 22 home runs. Roberson is also fifth in the league with a .503 slugging percentage.

- Will Rhymes leads the SeaWolves and is second in the league with 148 hits. Rhymes is 10th in the league with a .301 batting average and is fourth with 71 runs scored.

- The SeaWolves are throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 46.7 percent which leads the league.

- Wilkin Ramirez is tied for fourth in the league with 19 home runs; is sixth in the EL with a .314 average; is second in the league with a .552 slugging percentage and tied for third in the league with 23 stolen bases.

- OF Casper Wells was hit by a pitch on the hand in the series opener on Tuesday. Wells had an xray on Wednesday morning and the results were negative. He is listed as day-to-day.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -

THURSDAY at NEW BRITAIN - 7:05 FIRST PITCH

LHP Danny Christensen (6-8, 4.09 ERA) vs. RHP Yohan Pino (6-5, 4.34 ERA)

FRIDAY at CONNECTICUT - 6:35 FIRST PITCH

LHP Luke French (7-11, 3.96 ERA) vs. TBA

SATURDAY at CONNECTICUT - 6:35 FIRST PITCH

RHP Luis Marte (3-3, 5.86 ERA) vs. TBA

SUNDAY at CONNECTICUT - 1:05 FIRST PITCH

RHP Josh Rainwater (9-6, 3.92 ERA) vs. TBA

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