EL1 Harrisburg Senators

Senators Game Notes

Published on August 10, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Harrisburg Senators News Release


Harrisburg Senators (40-78) at Portland Sea Dogs (61-53) AA Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox

LH Mike O'Connor (1-5, 7.09) vs. RH Justin Masterson (4-0, 1.38)

Upcoming Games and Probable Rotation

Saturday, August 11 vs. Portland at Fenway Park 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

Tuesday, August 14 vs. Akron 6:35pm LH Mike Hinckley vs. TBA

Miscellaneous Notes

Tonight's Game... Tonight is game one of a three-game series with the Portland Sea Dogs. The Sens are coming off taking two of three from New Hampshire while Portland is coming off being swept at home by the Altoona Curve. Last weekend at Commerce Bank Park, the Sea Dogs swept three from the Senators.

Last Game... On Thursday night, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats received solid starting pitching and timely hitting to beat the Senators 6-2. After scoring 16 runs on 17 hits Wednesday afternoon, the Senators offense didn't muster much against Fisher Cat starter Yusaku Iriki. He limited the Sens to just five hits in seven innings of work. Meanwhile Garrett Mock had his best start as a member of the Nationals organization, allowing just three earned runs in seven innings of work. He gave up a two-run home run in the first inning, then single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Dee Brown continued his hot hitting with two more hits and Marco Yepez also chipped in with two hits in the loss.

Tonight's Starting Pitchers... The Senators send LH Mike O'Connor to the mound against RH Justin Masterson for Portland.

Senators Miscellaneous Notes...

► The 16 runs the Sens scored Wednesday afternoon 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...

► In their past 27 games, the Sens are batting .279 with 86 extra base hits

► The Senators have scored six or more runs 14 times in the 27 games since the break, but they are just 9-18 since the break. In the first 91 games this season, the Sens scored six or more runs just 27 times.

► The offense is averaging 5.6 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 6.26 ERA and has gone 50.1 innings allowing 57 hits and walking 31. 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 14 for his last 40 5RBI 6R... Dee Brown is 13 for his last 30 .433 1HR 4RBI... As a team, the Sens are batting .295 over their past ten games with 4HR averaging 5.3 runs.

League Leaders... Josh Whitesell is T4th with 19 HRs, 2nd in on-base percentage (.419), and is 4th in slugging percentage (.512)... 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... The Senators and Portland Sea Dogs play game two of their series tomorrow afternoon at Fenway Park. There game will follow a game between the Lowell Spinners and Hudson Valley Renegades. The approximate start time is 4:15pm.

Disabled List... Seth Bynum and Frank Diaz are both on the Sens disabled list. Bynum is out for the season with a broken bone above his right ankle.

2007 At A Glance

Overall Record: 40-78

Current Streak: L1

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: 3-5

Sunday Record: 6-10

Monday Record: 2-9

Tuesday Record: 7-10

Wednesday Record: 9-10

Thursday Record: 5-12

Friday Record: 7-11

Saturday Record: 4-15

Home Record: 22-35

Road Record: 18-43

Division Record: 26-47

Daytime Record: 9-22

Night Record: 31-56

Senators Scores First: 24-27

Opp. Scores First: 16-51

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: 28-41

Comeback Wins: 18

Vs. RH Starter: 25-60

Vs. LH Starter: 15-17

Senator Starter 6+ IP: 12-17

Senator Starter 7+ IP: 6-11

Senator Starter 8+ IP: 2-0

Lead Entering 8th: 36-7

Tied Entering 8th: 2-4

Trail Entering 8th: 2-67

Lead Entering 9th: 27-5

Tied Entering 9th: 2-7

Trail Entering 9th: 2-60

Extra Innings: 4-8

Double-Headers (8): 9-7

Series Record: 10-22-3

Scoring 4 or Less: 9-61

Scoring 5 or More: 31-17

Allowing 4 or Less: 30-19

Allowing 5 or More: 10-59

Vs. Portland in 2007

August 3 Home L 0-13

August 4 Home L 7-18

August 5 Home L 2-3 (10)

August 10 Away

August 11 Away

August 12 Away

Southern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Akron 67 49 -

Erie 65 49 1.0

Altoona 61 54 5.5

Bowie 61 56 6.5

Reading 59 58 8.5

Harrisburg 40 78 28.0

Northern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Trenton 67 49 -

Portland 61 53 5.0

New Hampshire 59 58 8.5

New Britain 53 59 12.0

Binghamton 50 65 16.5

Connecticut 50 65 16.5

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