Pigs Go For Seventh Straight Series Win

The IronPigs (30-14) and Indianapolis Indians (24-19) continue their three-game series at 7:05 p.m. today at Coca-Cola Park. Wednesday's game will include a Youth Cap giveaway presented by AAA East Central to 1,500 fans 17 and under.

With a win tonight, the Pigs will tie their largest lead in franchise history of 6.0 games that the team held for two days from June 11-12, 2012. Also, the Pigs will clinch their franchise-record seventh straight series win with a win tonight and win 19 games in a month for the second time in franchise history.
The Pigs will send RHP Mark Appel (2-2, 6.69) against Indians RHP Drew Hutchison (2-1, 3.74). Today's starting pitching matchup is presented by Allentown Family Foot Care, which provides the latest in medical and surgical treatments of the entire foot and ankle. Learn more at affc.com.
RHP Mark Appel makes ninth start of the season after not factoring into the decision in his last outing on May 18 at Rochester. Against the Red Wings, the Houston native, tossed 3 1/3 innings and surrendered seven runs on six hits while walking and striking out a pair in the Pigs 10-8 loss that snapped their 12-game winning streak.
RHP Drew Hutchison makes the start for the Indians tonight and is 2-1 with a 3.74 ERA on the season. In his career he is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in four starts against the IronPigs with his last start against the Pigs on August 8, 2016.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning, Pigs outfielder Dylan Cozens  drilled a two-run home run 388 feet to right-center field to give the Pigs a 2-1 lead after Jorge Alfaro  was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame. The home run for Cozens was his 12^th of the season.
The Pigs added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to extend their lead to 3-1. After Cozens struck out to begin the frame, Rhys Hoskins  walked then stole second and was advanced to third on a Nick Williams  single to right. Taylor Featherston  then drove a sacrifice fly to center field to score Hoskins to give the Pigs a 3-1 edge after six.
Pigs starter Nick Pivetta  retired the first 10 batters he faced before surrendering back-to-back singles in the top of the fourth inning to Austin Meadows  and Max Moroff . Meadows came around to score on an Elias Díaz  RBI double to left field to put the Indians up early 1-0.
Pivetta then settled back into a grove as seven of his next batters, tossing seven innings allowing seven hits and just one earned run while striking out nine batters. The right-hander picked up his fourth win of the season with the Pigs, in his first start since being optioned by the Phillies.
Hoby Milner  and Casey Fien  shut down any potential Indians comeback as the duo combined for a scoreless inning before giving way to International League saves leader Pedro Beato  in the ninth inning.
Beato then came on in the ninth to try to preserve a 3-1 IronPigs win. After Diaz popped out to second, Beato struck out Phil Gosselin  and Eric Wood  to end the game and notch his 14^th save of the season.
The 2017 Season is the IronPigs 10^th Anniversary season at Coca-Cola Park and 10^th as the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The IronPigs are debuting the brand-new Bacon, USA, Membership Program this season -- a year-round IronPigs experience pass featuring numerous new amenities such as savings on parking at games and at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park, on-field VIP access to watch batting practice, access to an annual holiday party, an invitation to an exclusive player and coaches photo session and more. For more information, visit ironpigsbaseball.com or call (610) 841-PIGS (7447). Memberships and group outings are on sale now.
The 2017 IronPigs baseball season is presented by Capital BlueCross.