IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

IronPigs Game Notes

Published on August 8, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


The IronPigs (63-55) play Game One of a two-game series against the fifth-place Buffalo Bisons (57-60) at Coca-Cola Park... With a 7-1 loss in Pawtucket on Monday, the Pigs dropped the series at McCoy Stadium, 3-1, and split the "home-and-home" series, 3-3. The Pigs have gone just 13-20 in their last 33 contest --- going from a season-high 3.0-games up to 2.5-games back in the North... Buffalo -- the Mets' top affiliate -- lost 4-3 last night in Syracuse to split a "home-and-home" series, 3-3. Once 49-45 on July 14, the Bisons have gone just 8-15 in their last 23 affairs.

RHP Tyler Cloyd (11-1, 1.93) will start for LHV against RHP Jeurys Familia (7-7, 5.18).

First-Pitch tonight is set for 7:05 p.m..

HAVE WE NOT MET BEFORE?:

The Pigs and Bisons are playing for the first time since 4/25... After not meeting for 104 days, the teams square off 6x in the next 10 days.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS:

The Pigs have a home record to 38-17 record -- which ranks tops in Triple-A and 0.5 GB for tops in MiLB (Lansing, 39-17). As the home team, LHV is averaging 4.4 R/G (240/55) with a 3.48 ERA... However, as the road team, they're just 25-38; averaging just 3.6 R/G (229/63) with a 3.96 ERA...

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