Game Notes vs. Altoona
July 14, 2018 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (42-48, 5th PLACE WEST, 10.5 GB) VS. ALTOONA CURVE (47-40, 2nd PLACE WEST, 4.0 GB)
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RHP KYLE DOWDY (2-2, 4.18 ERA) vs. RHP AUSTIN COLEY (1-0, 3.00 ERA)
SATURDAY, JULY 14* 7:05 PM * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV
UPMC PARK * GAME #91 * HOME GAME #47 *NIGHT GAME #65
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The Erie SeaWolves return to UPMC Park for game four of the five game series with the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates)...Friday, the SeaWolves split the doubleheader with Altoona, taking the first game 8-7 in 11 innings and dropping the second game 5-1 in seven innings...Sergio Alcantara logged a four hit game for Erie in the win in game one...Jake Rogers took the game winning walk-off walk for Erie to give him his third walk-off of the season...The last time a SeaWolves player was responsible for three walk-offs was back in 2004 with Kurt Airoso...Will Maddox, A.J. Simcox and Josh Thole all homered in Erie's doubleheader...It was the first Erie HR for former big leaguer Josh Thole...The SeaWolves are now 6.5 games out of a playoff spot and are 10.5 games behind first place Akron...With a loss tonight, the SeaWolves will have lost two series in a row for the first time since May 31 when they lost consecutive series to Trenton and Binghamton...The SeaWolves send Kyle Dowdy to the mound tonight to make his first start for Erie since being sent down from Toledo...In his last appearance with the Mud Hens, Dowdy received the loss after allowing four runs on nine hits through three innings of work...It will be his fourth appearance against Altoona....Austin Coley will make his second start after being sent down from AAA-Indianapolis and his 1st vs. Erie.
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SUNDAY VS. ALTOONA CURVE (PITTSBURGH PIRATES)- UPMC PARK- 1:35 PM
RHP Beau Burrows (6-6, 3.83 ERA) vs. RHP Pedro Vasquez (2-5, 4.65 ERA)
MONDAY VS. RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS)- THE DIAMOND-6:35 PM
RHP Alex Faedo (0-0, 5.65 ERA) vs. TBD
TUESDAY VS. RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS)- THE DIAMOND- 6:35 PM
LHP Liarvis Breto (2-2, 2.42 ERA) vs. TBD
WEDNESDAY VS. RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS)-THE DIAMOND- 12:05 PM
TBD vs. TBD
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-This is the 15th of 21 meetings between Altoona and Erie. The Curve lead 8-6.
- The SeaWolves are fourth in the league with a 3.71 team ERA. Altoona is 5th with a 3.79 ERA.
- Erie catchers have combined to throw out 42 of 82 potential base stealers. Jake Rogers leads the league (32-for-56), throwing out potential base stealers 57.1% of the time.
- The SeaWolves have held a lead in 70 of 88 games played this season.
- The SeaWolves are second with a .259 batting average. Altoona is fifth with a .254 AVG.
- The SeaWolves have hit 53 home runs which is the fewest in the league. Altoona has hit 60.
- Erie batters have struck out 817 times this season which is the highest strikeout total in the league.
- Erie pitchers have struck out 783 hitters which is second in the league behind Trenton.
- The SeaWolves are 16-22 against the Western Division and 26-26 against the Eastern Division.
-Before promotion, Jacob Robson led the team with a .286 average, 46 runs and 11 stolen bases.
-Jake Rogers leads the team in HR with 9, while Ficociello holds the RBI lead at 45.
-The SeaWolves are 11-34 in games where the opponent scores first and 14-17 in one run games.
-The SeaWolves are 23-20 in games played away from UPMC Park this season, while only being 19-28 at home.
-Daz Cameron has hit safely in 16 of his first 23 games played at the AA level for Erie.
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