'Pigs Play First 'Road' Game vs. Yankees

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120426&content_id=29722366&vkey=news_t1410&fext=.jsp&sid=t1410 TONIGHT's GAME (7:05): The IronPigs (12-8) look to bounce back from one of their worst losses in franchise history on Thursday when they host the fourth-place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (9-9) as the road team at Coca-Cola Park. Due to Scranton's stadium undergoing renovations in 2012, the eight games that were supposed to be played in Moosic, PA, home of the SWB Yankees, will now be played at Coca-Cola Park. The IronPigs will wear their road uniforms and bat first. Yesterday, the IronPigs were stymied by Mets prospect Matt Harvey, who tossed seven scoreless innings and hit one of Buffalo's four home runs in a 12-1 loss at Coca-Cola Park. The IronPigs have now lost six of eight games after a six-game win streak had the IronPigs at 10-2 on April 16. As the road team, Lehigh Valley will be donning their away uniforms and batting first for the whole four-game series. The 'Pigs won the first two of 16 games against the Yankees in Allentown, April 5-6, winning 3-0 and 6-5. Click here for yesterday's game recap TICKETS: Tickets are still available for tonight's game and can be purchased by CLICKING HERE. · Purchase Tickets · Twitter · Facebook NOTES: One-Derful! The IronPigs are an IL-best 6-1 in one-run games this season. In 2011, LHV was third in the league going 25-15 (.625) in one-run contests... No Scoring, No Winning: The IronPigs have scored just 9 runs in their 8 losses this season. LHV has averaged just 2.7 R/G on the road this season while averaging 4.4 R/G at Coca-Cola Park... Back-to-Back Jacks: The back-to-back home runs on Friday by OF Derrick Mitchell and C Tuffy Gosewisch were the first set of the 2012 season for LHV and their first since 7/16/11 @ SYR (Erik Kratz and Tagg Bozied) PROMOTIONS: Ryne Sandberg Bronze Statue giveaway (3,000 Adults, 18+) $1 Dog Night ALL NIGHT! Ladies Night featuring a 5-6 pm Happy Hour ($2 beers)and great prizes for Ladies all night TONIGHT'S PROBABLE STARTERS: RHP Dave Bush (1-2, 3.07) - is a 6-2, 204-pound, 32-year-old signed by the Phillies as a minor league free agent on 8/14/11... The Pittsburgh, PA native earned the win in the IronPigs first-ever playoff game a season ago allowing one run in 6 2/3 innings against Pawtucket. Bush went 1-2, 3.91 in four regular season games with the IronPigs after being acquired by the Phillies organization... Started the 2011 season with the Texas Rangers going 0-1, 5.79 in 17 G, 3 GS... Owns a career ML record of 56-69 with a 4.70 ERA in 210 G, 187 GS... Earned Milwaukee's lone win in the 2008 NLDS vs. PHI (5.1 IP, ER). RHP Ramon Ortiz (0-1, 5.25) - RHP Ramon Ortiz is a 6-0, 175-pound, 38-year-old signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent by the NYY on 4/4/12 after being released by SF on 3/26/12.... Was originally signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent, 5/23/95... The Cotui, D.R., native spent the 2011 season in the CHC organization starting the year with Iowa (AAA) where he went 6-3, 4.26 in 16 GS... Promoted to Chicago in early July where he would spend the rest of the season going 1-2, 4.86 in 22 G, 2 GS with the Cubs... Spent the majority of his over 8 of service time with Anaheim going 59-49, 4.60 in 157 G, 137 GS over parts of six seasons. KEY PLAYERS: YANKEES: OF Dewayne Wise: Wise didn't play against his old team in the first series of the year between the two clubs as he started the season on the Temporarily Inactive List, but the former IronPig has been red-hot since his return. Wise is hitting an IL best .388 on the season with 3 HR and 9 RBI INF Steve Pearce: Pearce is hitting .382 on the season, the 3rd-best mark in the IL and has a .449 on-base % good for 4th in the league. RHP Nelson Figueroa (Game 2 starter, Friday night): The former IronPig will be making his first start of the season against Lehigh Valley on Friday. Figueroa pitched brilliantly in 3 starts for the 'Pigs back in 2010 going 3-0, 0.95 before having his contracted selected by Philadelphia. The 37-year-old pitched in the Houston organization last season going 0-3, 8.69 in 8 G for the Astros. IRONPIGS: INF Cody Overbeck, who has a team-leading 12 RBI, has a hit in 8 of his last 11 games (14-41, .341-1-9). In his last 45 Triple-A games (since 8/4/11), Overbeck is hitting .338-4-23 (51-151, 9 2b) RHP Austin Hyatt has gone a combined 7-2, 2.71 (76.1 IP/23 ER) in his last 14 GS between Reading and Lehigh Valley. Hasn't allowed more than 2 ER in any of his four starts this season. INF Mike Fontenot The IronPigs second baseman has fit in nicely since being assigned to Lehigh Valley on Monday. The former Chicago Cub has played tremendous defense and is hitting .272 with an RBI in his first three games. WATCH & LISTEN LIVE: Catch all the action on the IronPigs Television Network powered by Service Electric on 2 Sports. Coverage begins at 6:30 pm with the pre-game show. You can also listen live to the Voices of the IronPigs Matt Provence and Jon Schaeffer on the IronPigs Radio Network, ESPN Radio 1230-1320. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS: Friday, April 27 (7:05) - Friday Night Fireworks presented by Ford Saturday, April 28 (6:35) - 5th Anniversary Commemorative Glass giveaway courtesy of East Stroudsburg University; Also, Hockey Night. Sunday, April 29 (1:35) - Kids/Dog Cereal Bowl and Spoon giveaway courtesy of Nestle Purina; Also, Dog Day # 2 of the season.