SeaWolves vs. Curve Game Notes July 9th
July 9, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
Today, the SeaWolves take on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) in the rubber game of a three-game series at Blair County Ballpark. The âWolves took the first game of the series, 19-2, handing Altoona its worst loss in the 11-year history of the team. The Curve battled back shutting out the âWolves in the second game 1-0, limiting Erie to just four hits. Erie needs a victory today to avoid dropping its third straight series to the Curve. The âWolves are 6-3 at BCB this season and the âWolves need one win in the final five games against the Curve to pick up the season series win...Following last night's loss, the âWolves are 9.5 games behind first place Akron. With second place Reading and third place Bowie both dropping their contests last night, Erie remains 2.5 games behind the second place R-Phils and a half game behind the third place Baysox.
Beginning tomorrow, Erie will play 19 games against just two opponents (BNG 7 and AKR 12)...Erie's scheduled starter, Luis Marte, has been scratched from today's start due to right shoulder stiffness. Marte will not be placed on the DL and is scheduled to pitch in the back end of the rotation following the All-Star break...Lefty Ramon Garcia will get the nod as a spot starter for the âWolves. Garcia is making his sixth appearance against the Curve. He is 1-0 with a 4.00 ERA in five relief appearances against Altoona. Garcia is also making his fourth start. He has three no-decisions as a starter with a 2.31 ERA...This season, Erie is 5-2 following a shutout loss...Erie is hitting .295 over the last 10 games and the club has a 6-4 record over that span. Alex Avila is hitting .378 (14x37) over his last 10 games.
TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- Erie leads the season series over Altoona 12-8. The SeaWolves and Curve meet 25 times in 2009.
- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.80 team ERA. Altoona is 10th in the league with a 4.25 team ERA.
- Erie is fourth in the league with a .266 team batting average. Altoona ranks last in the league with a .236 team batting average.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 93 home runs and 433 runs scored.
- Brennan Boesch is second in the league with 17 home runs, is sixth with 56 RBI and is tied second with 39 extra-base hits. He leads Erie in all three categories.
- The âWolves have turned 90 double plays which is fourth-most in the EL. Altoona has turned 102 double plays to lead the EL.
- Erie pitchers have walked 251 hitters this season which is the third-fewest walks allowed by a team in the league. Erie is averaging 2.95 walks allowed per game.
- The SeaWolves hitters have struck out 690 times, the most in the Eastern League. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.11 strikeouts per game.
- Ryan Strieby is third in the EL with 16 home runs. He is tied for the league lead with a .421 on-base percentage and is fourth with a .556 slugging percentage.
- Alex Avila leads the league throwing out potential base stealers at a clip of 46.9 percent.
- Five SeaWolves will participate in the 2009 Eastern League All-Star Game on July 15. 1B/OF Ryan Strieby, OF Brennan Boesch, OF Deik Scram, C Alex Avila, RHP Zach Simons.
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