EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Portland Sea Dogs...Game Three of Three

Published on June 18, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release


ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...

Tonight, the SeaWolves go for their third consecutive series win as they take the field in the rubber game of a three-game series against the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) at Hadlock Field. Tonight is the final meeting between these two clubs in 2009. A win for the ‘Wolves will also give them a season series win over the Sea Dogs...Last night's 11-5 win over Portland snapped Erie's longest road losing streak of the season at four games. Erie's 12 road wins is tied for second-fewest in the league this season. Erie has gone 5-8 in its last 13 road games...Erie currently sits in third place in the EL South. With Akron's doubleheader sweep on Wednesday, Erie is now seven games out of first. Reading fell to Bowie on Wednesday and Erie is now one game out of second place in the division...After beginning the season with 56 consecutive games against Southern Division opponents, the ‘Wolves are in a stretch of 12 straight against the EL North...Portland's Jorge Jimenez has homered in back-to-back games and is hitting .450 (9x20) in five games against Erie. Portland pitchers have held Erie to a .205 team batting average in the season series (.064 lower than Erie's team average for the season)...Righty Pat Stanley looks for his first Erie win as he takes the mound in the series finale making his fifth start and first against the Sea Dogs. Stanley has given up 13 runs, 11 earned, over his last two starts and is 0-2 in his last two. He has also yielded five home runs in his last two games...Last night's game was the longest nine inning game for the SeaWolves in 2009 at 3:33...Erie is 5-3 against the EL North. The ‘Wolves play 41 games against the North this season.

TODAY'S NOTABLES -

- Erie leads the season series over Portland 3-2. The SeaWolves and Sea Dogs meet six times in 2009.

- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.72 team ERA. Portland is 11th in the EL with a 4.66 team ERA.

- Erie is third in the league with a .269 team batting average. Portland is fifth in the league, hitting .264 as a team.

- The SeaWolves lead the league with 75 home runs and 327 runs scored. Erie has hit 16 more home runs that the next closest team (Harrisburg with 59).

- Ryan Strieby is tied for the league lead with 14 home runs and is tied for second in the league with 45 RBI. Strieby broke a streak of six consecutive games without an RBI driving in two last night. He is second in the league with 42 runs scored and a .566 slugging percentage. Strieby has gone nine games without a home run, his second longest streak of games without a home run (Longest - 12).

- Brennan Boesch is third in the league with 13 home runs and is tied for second with 45 RBI. Boesch is also second in the EL with 33 extra-base hits.

- The ‘Wolves have turned 70 double plays which is third-most in the EL.

- Erie pitchers have walked 183 hitters this season which is the second-fewest walks allowed by a team in the league. Erie is one of three teams to walk fewer than 200 hitters.

- The ‘Wolves are two games under .500 in June (7-9).

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -

FRIDAY at NEW HAMPSHIRE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Jon Kibler (3-4, 4.26 ERA) vs. RHP Marty McLeary (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

SATURDAY at NEW HAMPSHIRE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Alfredo Figaro (5-2, 4.10 ERA) vs. TBA

SUNDAY at NEW HAMPSHIRE - 1:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Jonah Nickerson (4-5, 4.69 ERA) vs. LHP Luis Perez (4-6, 3.67 ERA)

MONDAY - OFF DAY

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