IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

IronPigs Game Notes

Published on June 22, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


In their first meeting since the 2011 Governors' Cup Finals, the IronPigs (42-30) play Game One of a four-game series against the second-place Columbus Clippers (35-39) at Huntington Park... With a 7-4 win over the Mud Hens last night, the Pigs won the final two games to take the series at Toledo, 3-1. The Pigs have now won 11 of their last 15 games and are 14-6 in their last 20 contests. Lehigh Valley has started 3-1 on this eight-game, West Division road trip... The Clippers -- Cleveland's top affiliate -- lost 5-4 in 10 innings at Charlotte to split the four-game road series and finish 5-3 on a South Division road trip. The reigning Triple-A champs are 8-6 in their last 14 games; but after starting 17-13, they've gone just 18-26 in their 44 affairs since May 8.

LHP Tom Cochran (4-1, 3.52) will start for LHV against RHP Chris Schwinden (4-5, 2.70).

First-Pitch is at 7:05 p.m.

MID-TERMS:

The Pigs are half-way point of the season with a 42-30 record -- on pace for an 84-60 record (which would be a 4-game improvement over last season's franchise-best 80-64 record). However, they were a game better at this point last season (43-29).

* At the 1/2-way point in the Huppert years, the Pigs had been a previous-best 34-38 (2009); 29-43 (2010) & 26-46 (2008).

* The Pigs are currently 2.0 GB of Pawtucket... At the half-point last season, they were 5.0 GA in the North Division.

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