Erie SeaWolves vs. Altoona Curve - Game Notes
Published on May 3, 2013 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (14-11, 1st PLACE WEST 0.0) vs. ALTOONA CURVE (11-16, 6th PLACE WEST, 4.0 GB)
----- RHP PATRICK COOPER (0-2, 5.85 ERA) vs. RHP ETHAN HOLLINGSWORTH (0-1, 4.50 ERA) FRIDAY, MAY 3 *7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM JERRY UHT PARK * GAME #26 * HOME GAME #13 * NIGHT GAME #19
----- Tonight, the SeaWolves return home as they look for their third straight win taking on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) in the opening game of a three-game weekend series at Jerry Uht Park. The SeaWolves belted out nine runs last night en route to a 9-1 win over the Binghamton Mets. The SeaWolves have scored 20 runs on 24 hits over their last two games and currently sit atop the Western Division...Today, righty Patrick Cooper takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his fifth start and third against the Curve. Cooper has dropped both of his starts to the Curve. Cooper took a loss in his last start at Altoona on April 28. In the game, he allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts in a season-high 6.2 innings of work. Both runs came with two outs in the first inning. Erie lost the game 3-1...RHP Ethan Hollingsworth takes the mound for the Curve making his seventh appearance and first start. Hollingsworth last appeared in relief against Akron on April 30 tossing a scoreless inning. The Altoona righty has faced the SeaWolves twice in relief allowing a run on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts in five innings of work...C Ramon Cabrera has been transferred to Triple-A Toledo and the SeaWolves have received INF Eugenio Suarez from Class-A Lakeland.
----- SATURDAY vs. ALTOONA - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Warwick Saupold (1-1, 2.40 ERA) vs. RHP Stolmy Pimentel (2-0, 0.30 ERA)
SUNDAY vs. ALTOONA - 1:35 FIRST PITCH LHP Matt Crouse (2-1, 3.93 ERA) vs. RHP David Bromberg (0-3, 6.19 ERA)
MONDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Victor Larez (4-0, 3.54 ERA) vs. TBA
TUESDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Kyle Lobstein (3-2, 2.89 ERA) vs. TBA
----- - Erie leads the season series over Altoona 4-3. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 21 times in 2013. - The SeaWolves are 12-6 in night games. - The SeaWolves are 8-3 when not committing an error and 6-8 in games where they commit at least one error. - Erie has struggled to throw out opposing base stealers. James McCann and Ramon Cabrera are combined for a league-worst 2-for-23 throwing out potential base stealers. - The SeaWolves are fourth in the league with a 3.89 team ERA. - Erie leads the league with a .284 team batting average. Altoona comes into tonight's game last in the league with a .229 team average. - Altoona boasts the top pitching staff in the league with a 3.69 team ERA. - The SeaWolves have stolen 28 bases and Hernan Perez is tied for third in the league with 10. - Jamie Johnson is second in the EL with a .440 on-base percentage.
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