Erie SeaWolves vs. Bowie Baysox - Game Notes
April 22, 2019 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (7-6, 2ND WEST, 5.5 GB 1st Half) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (3-13, 6TH WEST, 11.0 GB 1st Half)
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LHP NICK RAMIREZ (0-0, 4.32 ERA) VS. RHP TYLER HERB(0-1, 10.13 ERA) MONDAY, APRIL 22 *6:05 PM * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV
UPMC PARK * GAME #14 * HOME GAME #10 * NIGHT GAME #7
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Tonight, the Erie SeaWolves begin a three-game series with the Bowie Baysox, an opponent they swept a week ago at Prince George's Stadium. The SeaWolves hope to bounce back from their first suffered sweep of 2019, including identical 6-5 come-from-behind wins, on Saturday, by Binghamton that have pushed Erie back to just a game over .500. The Baysox enter on a six-game losing streak, averaging just 3.0 runs/game during that stretch and coming off back-to-back shutouts at the end hands of Akron. Erie will send Nick Ramirez to the mound, coming off a no-decision 4.2 innings outing at Bowie on 4/16. Ramirez has struck out a 13 batters in just 8.0 innings, over two starts. He will face Tyler Herb, who took the loss and was tagged for nine runs (eight earned) in his last start vs. Erie on 4/15. Herb came to the Baltimore organization on March 23, 2019 in a trade from the San Francisco Giants. He is now in his third organization after being initially selected in the 29th round by the Seattle Mariners in 2014.
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Tue., April 23 vs. Bowie 6:05 p.m. RHP Matt Manning (2-0, 1.62) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmermann (0-0, 2.45)
Wed., April 24 vs. Bowie 12:05 p.m. RHP Alex Faedo (0-1, 5.06) vs. RHP Marcos Molina (0-0, 3.94)
Fri., April 26 at Trenton 7:00 p.m. RHP Spenser Watkins (1-0, 6.75) vs. TBD
Sat. April 27 at Trenton 7:00 p.m. RHP Logan Shore (1-1, 3.00) vs. TBD
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- The roster includes eight top 30 prospects, according to MLB.com, and one members of the Detroit Tigers 40-man
- Sergio Alcantara is on the Detroit 40-man roster and is listed as the No. 15 prospect, while catcher Jake Rogers is the No. 13 prospect, infielder Isaac Paredes is No. 4 and outfielder Jose Azocar is No. 30.
- The starting rotation features three Top-20 Tigers talents: Matt Manning is ranked the No. 2 prospect, Alex Faedo sits at No. 10 and Logan Shore (Faedo's teammate at Florida) is No. 16
- The bullpen features returners such as John Schreiber and No. 24 prospect Anthony Castro
- Erie's suffered sweep of BNG was the first series loss of 2019
- The SeaWolves were swept seven times in 2018 (once at BOW 4/9-11)
- After two walks on Sunday, Jake Rogers ranks 4th in the league in OBP (.452)
- Cam Gibson leads the team in multi-hit games (6) and is fifth among Eastern League hitters in AVG (.351)
- Erie's sweep in Bowie was the first since 4/27-29/10.
- The SeaWolves swept just one road series in 2018, at Trenton 6/15-17
- Jake Rogers hit two HR's at BOW on 4/16, his third career multi-HR game... the other two were 5/24/17 at Myrtle Beach (2, A+) and 6/12/18 at Hartford (3, AA)
- Erie boasts two of the top OPS men in the Eastern League, Derek Hill is fourth (1.056) and Cam Gibson is ninth (.952)
- Erie RHP Matt Manning was named EL Pitcher of the Week for his performance the week of 4/4-14 (2-0, 0.75 ERA, 0.42 WHIP, .054 AVG, 15 K, 12 IP)... the last SeaWolves starter to win it was No. 19 prospect Spencer Turnbull - week of 6/11/18
- Erie started the season 7-3 for just the second time since 2010 (other season was 2017)
- Erie pitching ranks 10th in the league in team ERA (4.17), Bowie is 11th (4.58)
- Erie leads the Eastern League with a team batting average of .272, while Bowie is T-12th at .211
- The SeaWolves went 8-13 against the Baysox last season, including a 5-6 mark at UPMC Park
- Derek Hill is 1st among Eastern League runs leaders (12), T-3rd in RBI (12) and T-7th in AVG (.333)
- Sergio Alcantara is tied for fourth in the league with nine runs scored... he set a career-high with five runs on 4/7 vs. TRE
- Erie scored 29+ runs in their opening series vs. TRE, the last time that happened over a three-game stretch was 8/8-10/18
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