'Wolves Batter Baysox 9-7, Win 5 Straight
April 28, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves slugged their way to their fifth consecutive win on Wednesday night at Prince George's Stadium, 9-7, against the Bowie Baysox.
The Howlers struck first against Bowie starter Tim Bascom in the top of the first inning. With one out, Wilkin Ramirez cracked his fourth double of the season. Andy Dirks then stepped in and took Bascom yard over the wall in right for a 2-0 lead. Bascom had allowed just two runs over his first three starts.
The 'Wolves added to the lead in the top of the second, Michael Bertram led off and extended his hitting streak to four straight games with a double down the right field line. Max St. Pierre sacrificed Bertram over to third and Cale Iorg sent a single up the middle to score the run to make it 3-0. Iorg has now hit safely in five straight.
In the third, Dirks led off with his second hit of the came. Consecutive singles by Cesar Nicolas and Audy Ciraco brought Dirks home for a 4-0 lead.
Bowie struck back against Erie starter Thad Weber in the bottom of the fourth. Robbie Widlansky led off with a double and moved to third on a two-out single by Danny Figueroa. Pedro Florimon singled then single to right, scoring Widlansky to make it a 4-1 game.
In the bottom of the fifth, Ryan Adams led off with a single and was tripled home by Tyler Hensen, cutting the Erie lead in half a 4-2. Brandon Waring followed with an RBI single, scoring Hensen to make it a one-run game at 4-3.
In the top of the sixth, Betram reached on a walk with one out. St. Pierre followed and hit was looked to be an inning-ending double play ball to Florimon at short. Florimon booted the ball, allowing both runners to reach safely. Iorg followed with a walk to load the bases. With two outs, Josh Burrus crushed a bases-clearing double down the left field line for a 7-3 Erie lead. Ramirez then followed and crushed his fourth home run of the season over the left field wall for a 9-3 lead.
Bowie would respond with three in the bottom of the sixth, all with two outs against reliever Brooks Brown to make it 9-6.
Jared Gayhart then entered and held the Baysox scoreless until two outs in the ninth when Miguel Abreu connected on a solo home run to right, making it a 9-7 game. Gayhart then induced a pop out off the bat of Danny Figueroa to end the game, picking up his first save.
Weber (1-2) earned his first win of the season going five innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits with a walk and five strikeouts. He was the last of the five Erie starters to pick up a victory.
The five-game winning streak is the longest for Erie this season and the longest road winning streak for Erie since the club won five straight August 20-24 during the 2008 season.
The 'Wolves will go for six straight and a series sweep on Thursday morning...11:05 AM First Pitch. Lefty Andy Oliver (1-1, 6.14 ERA) takes the mound for Erie against lefty Zach Britton (1-1, 5.03 ERA).
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