SeaWolves Game Notes
Published on July 4, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (46-36, 2nd PLACE, 4.5 GB) vs. READING PHILLIES (41-43, 5th PLACE, 10.5 GB)
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RHP Matt Righter (2-1, 2.30 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Rojas (2-3, 6.35)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: JET RADIO 1400 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
FIRST ENERGY STADIUM * GAME #83 * ROAD GAME #44 * NIGHT GAME #62
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ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION...
The SeaWolves begin a six-game road trip and a three-game series tonight at First Energy Stadium against the Reading Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies). Erie and Reading haven't met since early May (May 1-3). The teams split a doubleheader in the and Erie won the series finale on a comeback win after they were down by two runs heading into the bottom of the ninth...The 'Wolves salvaged the final game of the Akron series to pull back to within 4.5 games of the first place Aeros. With yesterday's win and an Altoona win over Bowie in 11 innings, the 'Wolves maintained a 3.5 game cushion over the third place Curve...The SeaWolves have won four-straight road games and after a rough start to their road portion of the schedule, the team is now just two games under .500 away from "The Uht..." The Phillies are coming off of a series split against the New Britain Rock Cats and they enter tonight's game with the second-best offense in the EL hitting .274 as a team. In the third game of the Reading-New Britain series, the R-Phils banged out 21 runs on 21 hits en route to a 21-4 win over the Rock Cats. The R-Phils are 6-4 in their last 10 games...RHP Matt Righter makes his third start of the season tonight against Reading. Righter has picked up a pair of no-decisions as a starter going four innings in each of his first two appearances in the starting role...RHP Chris Rojas gets the start for the R-Phils, his fifth start of the season. Rojas has dropped back-to-back games, one start and one relief appearance, both against Harrisburg.
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TODAY'S NOTABLES...
- The SeaWolves are 18-20 on the road.
- The 'Wolves are 32-29 in night games (14-7 in day games).
- Erie is 1-2 in July, picking up their first win of the month last night.
- The 'Wolves are 31-26 against the Southern Division.
- Erie is third in the league in team pitching with a 3.78 team ERA. Reading is sixth with a 4.11 team ERA.
- The 'Wolves have allowed the fewest walks by any team in the league (216). Erie is coming off a series against Akron where they walked 16 batters.
- Erie is seventh in the league with a .256 team batting average. Reading is second in the EL, batting .274.
- Jackson Melian is fifth in the league with a .329 batting average.
- Andres Torres is tied for the Minor League lead with 10 triples.
- Mike Hollimon is second in the league with 61 runs scored.
- Erie is third in the league with 393 runs scored.
- Andres Torres is currently on an 13-game hitting streak, his second longest of the season. (15 game streak April 21 - May 6)
- Erie is fourth in the league with 398 runs scored. Reading is second in runs scored with 416.
- Jeff Larish leads the league with 65 RBI and is tied for the lead in HR with 15.
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS -
THURSDAY at READING - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Andrew Kown (2-4, 4.11 ERA) vs. LHP Matt Maloney (7-6, 4.04)
FRIDAY at READING - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Dallas Trahern (10-3, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-0, 4.32)
SATURDAY at AKRON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Jair Jurrjens (3-4, 3.63 ERA) vs. TBA
SUNDAY vs. AKRON - 2:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Eddie Bonine (8-4, 3.56 ERA) vs. TBA
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