ALTOONA, Pa. - The Altoona Curve traveled to Bowie, Maryland on Tuesday evening to prepare for the first two games of the Eastern League Western Divisional Championship Series, which begins tonight against the Baysox. For the Curve, top prospect Mitch Keller will take the ball for game one of the series, as the Curve look to quickly get ahead in the five-game series.
Keller will be coming off of his best Double-A start to date, working six scoreless innings and only allowing three singles, all while striking out a new career-high 11 batters. He used all three of his pitches effectively -- the fastball and curveball for a strikeout pitch, and a changeup that got four groundouts.