Erie SeaWolves at Portland Sea Dogs...Game One of Three
June 16, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
Tonight, the SeaWolves begin a six-game road trip and a three-game series against the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) at Hadlock Field. The SeaWolves have won two straight games heading into the Portland series. Erie took down New Hampshire on Sunday, 7-2, picking up the club's second consecutive series win. Erie, after starting the season with 56 consecutive games against the EL South, are in a stretch of 12 straight games against the EL North. The âWolves took two of three from Portland at Jerry Uht Park last week. The âWolves outscored the Sea Dogs 17-7 in the three-game series...The âWolves are currently in third place in the Southern Division, 5.5 games behind first place Akron and two games behind second place Reading. The âWolves have struggled on the road this season (11-15 away from "The Uht"). Erie has dropped seven of its last 11 road games...The Sea Dogs are in fourth place in the Northern Division, 3.5 games out of first place. Portland dropped two of three against Akron over the weekend and went 2-4 on its recent road trip...Righty Jonah Nickerson takes the mound for the Howlers, making his 13th appearance and 12th start of the season. Nickerson tossed 6.2 shutout innings in Erie's 3-0 win over the Sea Dogs last Wednesday. He allowed just five hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Since returning to the rotation on May 30, Nickerson has allowed just three earned runs in his last 20.2 innings...Righty Adam Mills takes the mound for the Sea Dogs. The SeaWolves beat Mills on June 10. In the game, he allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in six innings of work.
TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- Erie leads the season series over Portland 2-1. The SeaWolves and Sea Dogs meet six times in 2009.
- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.67 team ERA. Portland is 11th in the EL with a 4.68 team ERA.
- Erie is tied for the league lead with a .272 team batting average. Portland is sixth in the league hitting .262 as a team.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 74 home runs and 316 runs scored. Erie has hit 17 more home runs that the next closest team (Harrisburg with 57).
- Ryan Strieby leads the league with 14 home runs and 42 runs scored. He is second with a .569 slugging percentage and is fourth with 43 RBI.
- Brennan Boesch is tied second in the league with 13 home runs, leads the league with 45 RBI and is second with 33 extra-base hits.
- The âWolves have turned 70 double plays which is third-most in the EL.
- Erie pitchers have walked 181 hitters this season which is tied for second-fewest walks allowed in the league.
- The âWolves are two games under .500 in June (6-8).
- Scott Sizemore has been promoted to Triple-A Toledo. Taking his place on the Erie roster is Danny Worth. Worth played in 41 games for Toledo and hit .212 with four RBI.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -
WEDNESDAY at PORTLAND - 7:00 FIRST PITCH RHP Luis Marte (4-6, 4.08 ERA) vs. RHP Jarod Plummer (5-2, 4.21 ERA)
WEDNESDAY at PORTLAND - 6:00 FIRST PITCH RHP Pat Stanley (0-2, 5.91 ERA) vs. LHP Kason Gabbard (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
FRIDAY at NEW HAMPSHIRE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Jon Kibler (3-4, 4.26 ERA) vs. TBA
SATURDAY at NEW HAMPSHIRE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Alfredo Figaro (5-2, 4.10 ERA) vs. TBA
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