Harrisburg Senators game notes
May 31, 2006 - Eastern League (EL1)
Harrisburg Senators News Release
Today's Game... After enjoying a rare shutout in this morning's game the Senators are now even on the road trip at 3-3. Tonight RHP Billy Sylvester makes his first appearance of the season for the Senators. The Senators are competing in their first day/night doubleheader in seven seasons.
Last Time Out... The Senators needed a strong start and Beltran Perez gave them just that in the 4-0 win over the New Britain Rock Cats this morning. Perez scattered four hits and struck out seven in earning his third win of the season. Josh Whitesell provided all the offense Perez would need as he doubled in Salomon Manriquez for the first run of the game then he hit a two-run home run in the sixth with Manriquez aboard to put the Sens up 3-0. Seth Bynum closed out the scoring when he singled to left scoring Dan DeMent. The Senators had other chances, but failed to capitalize on them in the win.
Double Dips... After not winning a game last year in any of the four doubleheader's they participated in, the Senators are now 4-2 this season. The doubleheader sweep of Akron was their first doubleheader sweep since August 5, 2004 when they took two from Reading.
Heading to DC... When Alex Escobar was called up to the Nationals he became the third Senators player in the past two seasons to go directly from Harrisburg to Washington. Last year Ryan Zimmerman and Darrell Rasner went directly to the Nationals. Shawn Hill pitched one game for New Orleans but then was called up to the Nationals to make a start against the Dodgers over the weekend.
Road Trip... The Senators are playing the sixth game of an 11-game, 10-day road trip. This is the longest road trip of the season, and the longest trip since the 2002 season. The Senators will also play their first day/night doubleheader in several seasons on this road trip.
Double Digits... The Senators saw another team reach double digits on them in falling 10-2 to New Britain Monday night. Going back to a week ago Sunday, the Rock Cats are the fourth team to score at least 10 runs in a game against Harrisburg. The previous three were Akron (0-14), Erie (0-14), and New Hampshire (4-14).
Two Out Opportunities... The Senators are hitting .204 (10th) with two-outs and runners in scoring position and they have 50 RBIs (T8th) in the same situations. Conversely the pitching staff is allowing their opponents to hit .239 in the same situations which is the second worst batting average against in the league.
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