Erie SeaWolves at New Britain Rock Cats - Game Notes
August 4, 2013 - Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (58-53, 2nd PLACE WEST, 1.5 GB) vs. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (54-59, 5th PLACE EAST, 15.5 GB)
----- LHP MATT CROUSE (6-9, 4.53 ERA) vs. RHP TREVOR MAY (6-7, 4.02 ERA) SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 * 1:35 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM NEW BRITAIN STADIUM * GAME #112 * ROAD GAME #60 * DAY GAME #21
----- Today, the SeaWolves look to avoid the sweep as they take on the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins) in the final game of a three-game series at New Britain Stadium. Last night, the SeaWolves could not come up with a big hit with runners in scoring position as they dropped their second straight to the Cats 5-4. The 'Wolves went just 2-for-12 with RISP and left seven on base...Despite the losses in the first two games of the series, the 'Wolves have not lost ground in the Western Division. Both Harrisburg and Bowie have also dropped two straight to Eastern Division opponents so Erie enters play 1.5 games behind the Senators and 3.5 games ahead of the Baysox...Matt Crouse takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his 26th appearance, 20th start and second start against the Rock Cats. Crouse took a loss to the Cats on June 18 at Jerry Uht Park allowing six runs, five earned, on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts in six innings of work. Crouse took a loss in his last start at Reading on July 30. In the game, he allowed a season-high eight runs on seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work. Erie lost the game 11-5...RHP Trevor May takes the mound for New Britain making his 22nd start and second against Erie. He beat the SeaWolves on June 18 tossing 7.2 shutout innings, allowing four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts. May took a no-decision in his last start against Akron allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
----- MONDAY - OFF DAY
TUESDAY vs. TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH LHP Ramon Garcia (0-2, 6.11 ERA) vs. LHP Nik Turley (8-6, 3.99 ERA)
WEDNESDAY vs. TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Kelvin Perez (1-1, 3.12 ERA) vs. LHP Jeremy Bleich (1-1, 2.72 ERA)
THURSDAY vs. TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Warwick Saupold (6-5, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Mikey O'Brien (6-6, 4.02 ERA)
FRIDAY vs. BINGHAMTON - 5:05 FIRST PITCH GM 1 - TBA vs. TBA GM 2 - TBA vs. TBA
----- - New Britain leads the season series over Erie 4-1. The SeaWolves and Rock Cats meet six times in 2013. - The SeaWolves are 13-17 in day games. - The SeaWolves are 27-17 when not committing an error and 31-37 in games where they commit at least one error. - The SeaWolves are 27-32 on the road. - Erie is 18-28 against the Eastern Division. - Eugenio Suarez is hitting .274 with six home runs and 23 RBI on the road. - The SeaWolves are sixth in the league with a 4.01 team ERA. New Britain is eighth with a 4.17 team ERA. - The SeaWolves are tied for seventh in the league with a .252 batting average. The Rock Cats are tied for fourth with a .254 team average. - Jamie Johnson is third in the league with 73 walks. Johnson had a streak of six straight games with a least one walk snapped last night. Johnson has walked seven times on the road trip. He has also hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games. - Tyler Collins is tied for fifth in the league with 17 home runs.
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