EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves at Trenton Thunder - Game Notes

Published on April 24, 2012 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (6-9, 5th PLACE WEST, 4.0 GB) vs. TRENTON THUNDER (8-8, 4th PLACE EAST, 3.0 GB)

----- RHP MARK SORENSEN (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP BRETT MARSHALL (2-1, 5.40 ERA) TUESDAY, APRIL 24 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM WATERFRONT PARK * GAME #16 * ROAD GAME #9 * NIGHT GAME #13

----- Tonight, the SeaWolves continue an eight-day road trip as they play the first of a three-game series against the Trenton Thunder (New York Yankees) at Waterfront Park. Both Erie and Trenton were rained out on Sunday and have enjoyed consecutive off-days. The SeaWolves took two of three from Bowie over the weekend and notched their first series win of the season. Erie enters play today three games under .500 and in fifth place in the Western Division...Trenton dropped two of three to Harrisburg over the weekend including a 4-1 loss on Saturday that dropped their record to 8-8...Trenton swept Erie last week at Jerry Uht Park, outscoring the 'Wolves 19-6 in the three-game set...Erie has yet to win a series opener this season...The 'Wolves send righty Mark Sorensen to the mound making his Erie debut. Sorensen, who made 17 starts with the SeaWolves in 2011, began the season in Class-A Lakeland where he made a pair of starts. Sorensen took a loss in his last start at Clearwater on April 14. In the game, he allowed five runs on nine hits with no walks and no strikeouts. Lakeland lost the game 6-2...Trenton counters with RHP Brett Marshall who is making his fourth start and second against the SeaWolves. He beat Erie in his last start on April 17 tossing six innings, allowing two runs on four hits with a walk and three strikeouts...The SeaWolves will play three in Trenton before heading back to Erie to begin a seven-game homestand starting on Friday.

----- - Trenton leads the season series over Erie 3-0. The SeaWolves and Thunder meet 12 times in 2012. - Erie is 4-4 away from Jerry Uht Park. - The SeaWolves have yet to win a series opener this season. - The SeaWolves have committed nine errors through the first 15 games and have a .984 team fielding percentage. - Jordan Lennerton leads the EL with six home runs. He also leads the league with a .673 slugging percentage. - Rob Brantly is second in the EL with a .644 slugging percentage. - Erie is tied for 10th in the league with a 4.64 team ERA. Trenton is fourth with a 3.13 team ERA. - Erie is tied for seventh in the league with a .253 team batting average while Trenton is fourth with a .261 average. - Erie has given up 16 home runs in the last 10 games. - Trenton is second in the EL with 19 home runs hit.

----- WEDNESDAY at TRENTON - 7:05 FIRST PITCH RHP Zack Segovia (0-2, 5.17 ERA) vs. LHP Andy Pettitte (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

THURSDAY at TRENTON - 10:35 AM FIRST PITCH LHP Jared Wesson (1-1, 8.16 ERA) vs. RHP Craig Heyer (1-1, 2.16 ERA)

FRIDAY vs. BINGHAMTON - 6:35 FIRST PITCH LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (1-1, 3.14 ERA) vs. TBA

SATURDAY vs. BINGHAMTON - 1:35 FIRST PITCH RHP James Avery (2-1, 2.87 ERA) vs. TBA

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