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August 22, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Harrisburg Senators News Release


Harrisburg Senators (47-80) at Connecticut Defenders (51-74) AA Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants

LH Mike O'Connor (3-5, 6.12) vs. RH Nick Pereira (7-9, 3.75) TBA vs. RH Jeff Hedrick (3-6, 2.43)

Upcoming Games and Probable Rotation

Thursday, August 23 at Altoona 7:05pm RH Beltran Perez (6-5, 4.45) vs. LH Josh Shortslef (3-12, 4.45)

Friday, August 24 at Altoona 7:05pm RH Jim Magrane (5-8, 3.97) vs. RH Yoslan Herrera (6-7, 4.32)

Saturday, August 25 at Altoona 7:05pm RH Carlos Martinez (2-0, 5.82) vs. RH Kip Bouknight (11-5, 3.63)

Sunday, August 26 at Altoona 6:05pm RH Garrett Mock (1-4, 6.30) vs. RH Dewon Brazelton (4-4, 3.54)

Monday, August 27 vs. Erie 6:35pm LH Mike O'Connor vs. TBA

Miscellaneous Notes

Tonight's Game... With the rain out last night. The Senators and Connecticut Defenders will play two tonight to wrap up their three game series. The Sens have currently won five in a row, their longest win streak of the season while Connecticut has lost nine straight. This is the ninth doubleheader this season for the Sens who have swept three, been swept in two and split two. Their last doubleheader was on July 6th against these same Connecticut Defenders. The teams split the doubleheader that night at Commerce Bank Park.

Last Game... Monday night, in a steady drizzle in Connecticut, the Senators started their final road trip with a 6-5 win over the Connecticut Defenders. Carlos Martinez earned the win, going three scoreless innings in relief of starter Garrett Mock. Adam Carr pitched the final two innings earning his first save as a Senator. Trailing 2-0, the Sens scored a pair of runs in the second to tie the game, then two more in the third to take a 4-2 lead. In the second, Steven Mortimer had an rbi single and Ofilio Castro drove in a run on a groundout. And in the third, Brandon Powell and Frank Diaz both drove in runs with singles. After Connecticut scored three in the third to take a 5-4 lead, the Sens tied the game in the fifth on a fielder's choice groundball off the bat of Diaz. Then in the seventh, Diaz drove in the game winner with a sacrifice fly to center field scoring Powell. Roger Bernadina had a couple of hits and stole a base and Powell also had a couple of hits, was hit by a couple of pitches, scored twice, stole three bases and drove in a run.

Tonight's Starting Pitchers... The Senators send LH Mike O'Connor to the mound against RH Nick Pereira for Connecticut in game one and in game two, the Sens are TBA and Connecticut is sending RH Jeff Hedrick to the hill..

Senators Miscellaneous Notes...

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

► The Sens still have 9 of the original 24 players still on their roster that started this season. Altogether, the Sens have used 53 different players this season.

► The Senators have won four series in a row which is the longest streak since they won six series in a row in 2005.

► The Sens have won five of their past eight road games.

Offensive Notes...

► In their past 36 games, the Sens are batting .283 with 108 extra base hits

► Over their past twelve games, the Senators are 9-3, batting .303 and averaging 7.0 runs per game.

► The Senators have scored six or more runs 19 times in the 36 games since the break, but they are 16-20 since the break. In the first 91 games this season, the Sens scored six or more runs just 27 times.

► The offense is averaging 5.8 runs per game since the All-Star break, however the Sens are giving up an average of 6.6 runs per game.

► The Sens have struck out 10+ times in a game 33 times this season and have also struck out more than any other team in the Eastern League

Pitching Notes...

► The Senators starters have four quality starts in their past five games, and six out of the past twelve games. Last night snapped a streak of four quality starts in a row.

► The Sens have saves in four of their past six wins

► Adam Carr became the eight different reliever to earn a save for the Senators this season with his save Monday night

► The Sens have had 15 different pitchers win games and 14 different pitchers have started a game for the Senators this season

League Leaders... Josh Whitesell is T4th with 20hr, 2nd in on-base percentage (.426), and is 2nd in slugging percentage (.515)... Roger Bernadina is 2nd with 36 SB... Mike Hinckley is T4th in home runs allowed with 15... Beltran Perez is 3rd in home runs allowed with 16.

2007 At A Glance

Overall Record: 47-80

Current Streak: W5

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: 10-7

Sunday Record: 7-10

Monday Record: 3-9

Tuesday Record: 7-11

Wednesday Record: 10-10

Thursday Record: 6-12

Friday Record: 9-11

Saturday Record: 5-16

Home Record: 26-36

Road Record: 21-44

Division Record: 28-48

Daytime Record: 10-23

Night Record: 37-57

Senators Scores First: 30-28

Opp. Scores First: 17-52

Wins in Last AB: 11

Opp. Wins in Last AB: 16

1-Run Game Record: 12-20

2-Run Game Record: 8-14

Shutouts: 3-8

Sens Not Hitting HR: 15-38

Sens HR in a Game: 32-42

Comeback Wins: 19

Vs. RH Starter: 32-61

Vs. LH Starter: 15-19

Senator Starter 6+ IP: 14-17

Senator Starter 7+ IP: 8-11

Senator Starter 8+ IP: 2-0

Lead Entering 8th: 43-7

Tied Entering 8th: 2-5

Trail Entering 8th: 2-68

Lead Entering 9th: 33-5

Tied Entering 9th: 3-8

Trail Entering 9th: 2-61

Extra Innings: 4-8

Double-Headers (8): 9-7

Series Record: 13-22-3

Scoring 4 or Less: 11-62

Scoring 5 or More: 36-18

Allowing 4 or Less: 35-19

Allowing 5 or More: 12-61

Vs. Connecticut in 2007 (2-2)

July 4th Home L 6-9

July 5th Home Rained Out

July 6th - 2 Home L 0-2

W 5-2

August 20 Away W 6-5

August 21 Away Rained Out

August 22 - 2 Away

Southern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Erie 72 53 -

Akron 71 55 1.5

Bowie 68 58 4.5

Reading 65 62 8.0

Altoona 64 62 8.5

Harrisburg 47 80 26.0

Northern Division Standings

TEAM W L GB

Trenton 75 51 -

Portland 64 62 11.0

New Hampshire 64 64 12.0

New Britain 60 64 14.0

Binghamton 55 71 20.0

Connecticut 51 74 23.5

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