Erie SeaWolves vs. Altoona Curve - Game Notes
Published on May 1, 2012 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (10-12, 4th PLACE WEST, 5.5 GB) vs. ALTOONA CURVE (8-14, T-5th PLACE EAST, 7.5 GB)
----- LHP JARED WESSON (2-1, 5.91 ERA) vs. RHP BRANDON CUMPTON (2-2, 3.60 ERA) TUESDAY, MAY 1 * 6:35 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM JERRY UHT PARK * GAME #23 * HOME GAME #12 * NIGHT GAME #17
----- Tonight, the SeaWolves look for back-to-back wins as they take on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) in the second game of a four-game series at Jerry Uht Park. The SeaWolves won their first series opener of the season last night, taking down the Curve 10-5 in a rain-shortened game. The 'Wolves have won two straight over the Curve. Erie has outscored Altoona 22-6 in the last two meetings between the clubs...Righty Jared Wesson takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his fifth start and his second against Altoona. Wesson beat the Curve on April 7 in Altoona allowing a run on five hits in five innings. Wesson earned his second win in his last start at Trenton on April 26. In the game, he allowed a run on four hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. Erie won the game 9-2. The seven innings pitched is the deepest an Erie starter has worked in a game this season...Righty Brandon Cumpton takes the mound for Altoona making his fifth start and second against the SeaWolves. Erie beat Cumpton on April 7 in Altoona. That day, he allowed a season-high five runs on seven hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 4.1 innings. Cumpton has won back-to-back starts. In his last outing against Harrisburg, he allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 7.2 innings...RHP Tyler Stohr has been placed on the Erie Disabled List with right elbow inflammation. INF Wade Gaynor has been transferred from Class-A Lakeland to Erie. In 17 games with the Flying Tigers, Gaynor was hitting .230 with two home runs.
----- WEDNESDAY vs. ALTOONA - 6:35 FIRST PITCH LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (1-2, 3.05 ERA) vs. RHP Matt McSwain (1-0, 5.14 ERA)
THURSDAY vs. ALTOONA - 11:05 AM FIRST PITCH RHP James Avery (3-1, 2.42 ERA) vs. LHP Kris Johnson (0-0, 1.04 ERA)
FRIDAY at READING - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Ramon Garcia (0-1, 10.50 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Cloyd (3-0, 1.80 ERA)
SATURDAY at READING - 6:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Zack Segovia (2-2, 4.55 ERA) vs. RHP Trevor May (5-0, 2.40)
----- - The season series between Erie and Altoona is tied 2-2. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 23 times in 2012. - Erie is 4-7 at Jerry Uht Park. - The SeaWolves have committed 15 errors and have a .981 team fielding percentage. - Jordan Lennerton is tied for the EL lead with six home runs. He is third in the EL with a .564 slugging percentage. - Rob Brantly leads the league with a .612 slugging percentage, is second in the league lead with 10 doubles and is tied for third with 12 extra-base hits. - Erie pitchers have walked 102 hitters, the most in the EL. - Erie is 11th in the league with a 4.57 team ERA. Altoona is eighth with a 3.97 team ERA. - Erie is fifth in the league with a .258 team batting average. Altoona is last in the league, hitting .243 as a team. - Niuman Romero is fourth in the EL with 30 hits. Romero is also the third toughest to strike out in the league, striking out just one every 10.89 plate appearances.
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