EL1 Harrisburg Senators

Senators Game Notes

Published on August 9, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Harrisburg Senators News Release


Harrisburg Senators (40-77) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (58-58)

AA Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays

RH Garrett Mock (0-3, 7.43) vs. RH Yusaku Iriki (1-3, 4.91)

Upcoming Games and Probable Rotation

Friday, August 10 at Portland 7:05pm LH Mike O'Connor (1-5, 7.09) vs. RH Justin Masterson (4-0, 1.38)

Saturday, August 11 at Portland (Fenway Park) TBD RH Beltran Perez (6-5, 4.81) vs. RH Michael Bowden (6-4, 4.28)

Sunday, August 12 at Portland 1:05pm RH Jim Magrane (3-8, 4.21) vs. RH Felix Diaz (3-0, 2.05)

Monday, August 13 Off Day

Miscellaneous Notes

Tonight's Game... The Senators look for a three-game sweep tonight in New Hampshire. The Sens have won the first two games of the series, using multiple big innings to plate a total of 21 runs in the first two games. In winning yesterday afternoon, the Sens have assured themselves winning the season series against New Hampshire, having taken four of the first five games between the two teams.

Last Game... Yesterday afternoon the Senators rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 16-9. Four Senators had three hits, Marco Yepez, Dan Dement, Tony Blanco and Dee Brown and Brandon Powell chipped in with two in his Senators debut. Six different players had at least two RBI with Javi Herrera leading the way with three. Yepez, Dement, Blanco, Brown, and Powell all had two RBI in the game. Trailing 6-0 in the third, the Sens scored six times to tie the game, then went on to score ten more unanswered runs between the 4th and the 8th innings before New Hampshire scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Brett Campbell earned the win in relief, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings. Tonight's Starting Pitchers... The Senators send RH Garrett Mock to the mound against RH Yusaku Iriki for New Hampshire.

Senators Miscellaneous Notes...

► The Senators are looking for their first three-game road sweep today since June 16-18, 2006 at Erie

► The 16 runs the Sens scored yesterday equaled a season high. They also scored 16 runs back on April 13 against Erie

► The Sens have not had the same line up in two straight games since the first two games of the season.

► Since the all-star break, the Sens game time average is just a tad under three hours for a nine-inning game.

► The Sens still have 10 of the original 24 players still on their roster that started this season. Altogether, the Sens have used 52 different players this season.

Offensive Notes...

► The Sens are 11 x 30 .367 with risp this series. In the seven games prior to this series they were just 15 x 78 .192.

► In their past 26 games, the Sens are batting .280 with 84 extra base hits

► The Senators have scored six or more runs 14 times in the 26 games since the break, but they are just 9-17 since the break. In the first 91 games this season, the Sens scored six or more runs just 27 times.

► The offense is averaging 5.7 runs per game since the All-Star break, however the Sens are giving up an average of 7.2 runs per game.

► The Sens have struck out 10+ times in a game 31 times this season and have also struck out more than any other team in the Eastern League

Pitching Notes...

► Over the past 13 games, the Senators bullpen has a 6.02 ERA and has gone 49.1 innings allowing 55 hits and walking 28. They've also surrendered eight home runs.

► The Senators have just five quality starts since the all-star break, three by Beltran Perez and two by Jim Magrane, however they have two in the past two games.

Who's Hot... Marco Yepez is 12 for his last 36 5RBI 6R... Dee Brown is 12 for his last 30 .400 1HR 5RBI... As a team, the Sens are batting .300 over their past ten games with 6HR and 49RBI and 58R...

League Leaders... Josh Whitesell is T4th with 19 HRs, 2nd in on-base percentage (.418), and is 4th in slugging percentage (.514)... Roger Bernadina is 2nd with 31 SB... Mike Hinckley is T4th in walks allowed with 56 and T4th in home runs allowed with 15... Beltran Perez is T2nd in home runs allowed with 16.

Futures at Fenway... On Saturday, August 11th, the Senators will play the Portland Sea Dogs at approximately 4:15 in game two of a minor league doubleheader at Fenway Park in Boston.

2007 At A Glance

Overall Record: 40-77

Current Streak: W2

2007 Best Mark: 2-6

2007 Worst Mark: 38-77

April Record: 5-17

May Record: 14-17

June Record: 11-18

July Record: 7-21

August/Sept Record: 3-4

Sunday Record: 6-10

Monday Record: 2-9

Tuesday Record: 7-10

Wednesday Record: 9-10

Thursday Record: 5-11

Friday Record: 7-11

Saturday Record: 4-15

Home Record: 22-35

Road Record: 18-42

Division Record: 26-47

Daytime Record: 9-22

Night Record: 31-55

Senators Scores First: 24-27

Opp. Scores First: 16-50

Wins in Last AB: 8

Opp. Wins in Last AB: 16

1-Run Game Record: 8-19

2-Run Game Record: 8-14

Shutouts: 3-8

Sens Not Hitting HR: 12-37

Sens HR in a Game: 28-40

Comeback Wins: 18

Vs. RH Starter: 25-60

Vs. LH Starter: 15-17

Senator Starter 6+ IP: 12-17

Senator Starter 7+ IP: 6-10

Senator Starter 8+ IP: 2-0

Lead Entering 8th: 36-7

Tied Entering 8th: 2-4

Trail Entering 8th: 2-66

Lead Entering 9th: 27-5

Tied Entering 9th: 2-7

Trail Entering 9th: 2-59

Extra Innings: 4-8

Double-Headers (8): 9-7

Series Record: 10-22-3

Scoring 4 or Less: 9-60

Scoring 5 or More: 31-17

Allowing 4 or Less: 30-19

Allowing 5 or More: 10-58

Vs. New Hampshire in 2007

July 31 Home W 10-1

August 1 Home W 6-5 (11)

August 2 Home L 1-6

August 7 Away W 5-3

August 8 Away W 16-9

August 9 Away

Southern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Akron 67 49 -

Erie 65 49 1.0

Altoona 60 54 6.0

Bowie 61 56 6.5

Reading 59 58 8.5

Harrisburg 40 77 27.5

Northern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Trenton 66 49 -

Portland 61 52 4.0

New Hampshire 58 58 8.5

New Britain 53 59 11.5

Binghamton 50 64 15.5

Connecticut 50 65 16.0

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