Erie SeaWolves at Trenton Thunder
Published on August 18, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (63-56, 3rd PLACE SOUTH, 10.0 GB) vs. TRENTON THUNDER (59-61, 3rd PLACE NORTH, 10.0 GA)
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LHP RAMON GARCIA (2-3, 5.73 ERA) VS. RHP JEREMY BLEICH (3-5, 5.36 ERA)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 * 7:05 P.M. * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
WATERFRONT PARK * GAME #120 * ROAD GAME #58 * NIGHT GAME #89
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ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
Tonight, the SeaWolves begin the back end of their longest road trip of the season (11 days, nine games, three cities) as they open up a three-game series against the Trenton Thunder (New York Yankees) at Waterfront Park. The 'Wolves snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-5 come from behind win over Connecticut on Sunday. The win allowed Erie to keep pace in the Southern Division wild card race as five of the six teams in the EL South won on Sunday. The 'Wolves enter tonight's game in third place in the division, 1.5 games behind wild card leading Reading and a half game ahead of fourth place Bowie. Despite losing seven of the last 10 games, Erie has only dropped a half game in the wild card standings...The 'Wolves are 2-4 on the current road trip. Erie is tied for the fewest road wins in the EL (22-35) and since July 8, the SeaWolves are 4-12 away from Jerry Uht Park...The three-game series with Trenton wraps up Erie's schedule against the EL North. The 'Wolves are 22-15 and 8-3-1 in series against the North. The 'Wolves have dropped their last three series (all against Northern Division clubs)...The SeaWolves took three of four from Trenton in the two clubs only other series at Jerry Uht Park June 30-July 3. Erie and Trenton have alternated season series wins in each of the last three seasons. Erie needs one win in the three game series to win the season series over the Thunder...Lefty Ramon Garcia takes the mound tonight for Erie. Garcia is making his eighth start and the SeaWolves have not won a game started by Garcia this season...The 'Wolves are hitting .268 over their last 10 but have hit only one home run during that span.
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TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- Erie leads the season series over Trenton 3-1. The SeaWolves and Thunder meet seven times in 2009.
- Erie's pitching staff is eighth in the league with a 4.04 team ERA. Trenton is third in the league with a 3.41 team ERA.
- Erie is tied for fifth in the league with a .260 team batting average. Trenton is ninth in the league with a .253 team batting average.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 134 home runs and 599 runs scored.
- Brennan Boesch leads the league with 25 home runs and 54 extra-base hits. He is fifth with a .525 slugging percentage, third with 81 RBI, fifth with 74 runs scored and tied for second with seven triples.
- Erie pitchers have walked 349 hitters this season which is the second-fewest allowed by a team in the league. Erie is averaging 2.93 walks allowed per game.
- SeaWolves hitters have struck out a league-high 974 times. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.18 strikeouts per game.
- 36 of Andy Dirks 40 RBI have come with runners in scoring position.
- Erie will play 20 of the last 28 games on the road.
- Deik Scram leads the league with eight triples.
- Ryan Strieby is second in the league with a .421 on-base percentage and is tied for fourth in the league with 17 home runs along with teammate Deik Scram.
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -
WEDNESDAY at TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Jon Kibler (6-7, 4.20 ERA) vs. RHP Zach McAllister (6-4, 2.14 ERA)
THURSDAY at TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Pat Stanley (6-4, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Pope (5-9, 4.85 ERA)
FRIDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Jonah Nickerson (8-10, 5.05 ERA) vs. TBA
SATURDAY vs. AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Thad Weber (6-3, 4.50 ERA) vs. TBA
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