Game Notes vs. Bowie
July 3, 2018 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (38-43, 5th PLACE WEST, 8.0 GB) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (36-46, 6th PLACE EAST, 10.5 GB)
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RHP KYLE FUNKHOUSER (4-4, 3.35 ERA) vs. LHP LUIS YSLA (4-3, 5.53 ERA)
TUESDAY, JULY 3* 7:05 PM * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV
UPMC PARK * GAME #82 * HOME GAME #44 *NIGHT GAME #58
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Tonight the SeaWolves finish up a five-game series with the Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) at UPMC Park...Erie evened the series Sunday night with an 11-1 win after Matt Hall tossed a scoreless gem in the first 6.1 IP with only two hits and eight strikeouts...Daz Cameron added three RBIs to his AA resume and has now homered in the first inning in back-to-back games...Cam Gibson and Chad Sedio logged three-hit games for the first time this season....Jake Rogers is now hitting over .200 at .202 for the first time this season...The SeaWolves are aiming for their eighth series win out of their last nine played...The 10- run win was the largest for Erie in 2018...Kyle Funkhouser returns to the bump for Erie after wrapping up a stellar month of June...Funkhouser finished the month of June with a 0.94 ERA, the lowest ERA in a month for a SeaWolves pitcher with a minimum of five starts since Joel Zumaya worked a 0.74 ERA in five starts in June 2005...The righty pitched six scoreless against the Reading Fightin Phils in his last appearance, allowing only five hits and striking out five...This will be Funkhouser's first start career start against Bowie....Luis Ysla will make his fourth start of the season and his third appearance against Erie...Ysla lost in his last start against Erie after allowing four runs, one earned on five hits in just 2.0 IP in the eventual 6-2 win for Erie.
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WEDNESDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS)- NYSEG STADIUM- 6:35 PM
RHP Beau Burrows (6-5, 3.43 ERA) vs. RHP Mickey Jannis (5-2, 4.52 ERA)
THURSDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS)- NYSEG STADIUM- 6:35 PM
RHP Alex Faedo (0-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. TBD
FRIDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS)- NYSEG STADIUM- 7:05 PM
RHP Sandy Baez (1-7, 5.31 ERA) vs. TBD
SATURDAY VS. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (NEW YORK METS)- NYSEG STADIUM- 6:05 PM
TBD vs. TBD
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-This is the 11th of 21 meetings between Bowie and Erie. The Baysox lead 7-3.
- The SeaWolves are third in the league with a 3.56 team ERA. Bowie is 9th with a 4.63 ERA.
- Erie catchers have combined to throw out 40 of 75 potential base stealers. Jake Rogers leads the league (30-for-51), throwing out potential base stealers 58.8% of the time.
- The SeaWolves have held a lead in 64 of 80 games played this season.
- The SeaWolves are third in the league with a .257 batting average. Bowie is fourth with a .256 AVG.
- The SeaWolves have hit 46 home runs which is the fewest in the league. Bowie has hit 72.
- Erie batters have struck out 748 times this season which is the highest strikeout total in the league.
-Matt Hall has the second highest SO/9 IP ratio among relievers at 12.62.
- Erie pitchers have struck out 706 hitters which is second in the league behind Trenton.
- The SeaWolves are 14-20 against the Western Division but 24-23 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 8, while Ficociello holds the RBI lead at 42.
-The SeaWolves are 9-29 in games where the opponent scores first and 12-17 in one run games.
-The SeaWolves are 20-18 in games played away from UPMC Park this season, while only being 17-25 at home.
-Daz Cameron has hit safely in 11 of his first 13 games played at the AA level for Erie.
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