SeaWolves Fall to Bowie
July 22, 2016 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves could not hold a ninth inning lead as they dropped their second straight to the Bowie Baysox, 5-4, at Prince George's Stadium.
Bowie jumped ahead in the first inning against SeaWolves starter David Martinez when Chance Sisco connected on a two-out, solo home run to right for a 1-0 lead.
In the second, Sharlon Schoop led off with a solo home run to left, giving the Baysox a 2-0 advantage.
Bowie would then grow the lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third. With one out, Drew Dosch tripled and scored on a Garabez Rosa groundout.
The SeaWolves tied the game in the top of the sixth against Brandon Barker. Mike Gerber led off with a walk and Jason Krizan singled, bringing the tying run to the plate. Corey Jones lined an opposite-field double to left-center, scoring Gerber, making it 3-1. Dominic Ficociello and Grayson Greiner followed with back-to-back sacrifice flies to center, plating two runs, tying the game at 3-3.
Erie then took the lead in the eighth against reliever Tanner Scott. With two outs, Ficociello doubled to left to put the go-ahead run in scoring position. Greiner followed with a double, scoring Ficociello, giving Erie its first lead of the night at 4-3.
The SeaWolves lead held until the bottom of the ninth inning when they summoned reliever Joe Jimenez. Jimenez struck out Quincy Latimore for the first out. Chris O'Briend and Adrian Marin followed with back-to-backs singles, putting the winning run on base. Jay Gonzalez singled home pinch runner Connor Bierfelt, tying the game at 4-4. Erie then walked Dosch intentionally to load the bases and set up a double play opportunity. Rosa came up and lifted a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Marin, giving the Baysox the win.
Stefan Chrichton (2-5) earned the win for Bowie tossing a scoreless top of the ninth.
Jimenez (3-2) took the loss allowing two runs on three hits with a walk and a strikeout in 0.1 innings. It was the first blown save of the season for Jimenez who was a combined 20-for-20 in save chances between Erie and Lakeland.
Martinez took the no-decision allowing three runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts in a season-high six innings of work.
The SeaWolves will look to snap a two-game slide on Saturday night at 6:35 p.m. against the Baysox .
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