Erie SeaWolves vs. Bowie Baysox - Game Notes
May 2, 2019 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (11-11, T3RD WEST, 8.0 GB 1st Half) VS. BOWIE BAYSOX (6-20, 6TH WEST, 15.0 GB 1st Half)
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LHP Gregory Soto (0-0, 1.80) vs. LHP ZAC LOWTHER (1-2, 3.44) THURSDAY, MAY 2 *6:05 PM * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV
UPMC PARK * GAME #23 * HOME GAME #13 * NIGHT GAME #15
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Tonight, the Erie SeaWolves return home to UPMC Park to begin a seven-game homestand, first four with the Bowie Baysox. Coming off a 2-4 road trip, the SeaWolves suffered a series sweep at the hands of the Trenton Thunder, before taking two of three from the Altoona Curve. On the trip, Erie's offense averaged just 2.2 runs per game, but the pitching staff held opponents to a .199 average against. Tigers. No. 26 prospect, Gregory Soto will make his home-debut after receiving a no-decision on April 27th in game one of a doubleheader. Soto threw 5.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits (home run) with three strikeouts. He'll be opposed by Zac Lowther, who has lost his last two decisions. The 2018 Organizational All-Star for Baltimore (MiLB.com) has compiled 14 strikeouts in 18.1 innings, while walking 12 and holding hitters to a .206 average.
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Fri., May 3 vs. Bowie 6:05 p.m RHP Logan Shore (1-2, 4.05) vs. LHP Alex Wells (1-0, 1.54)
Sat., May 4 vs. Bowie 6:05 p.m. RHP Casey Mize (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmerman (0-0, 1.57)
Sun., May 5 vs. Bowie 1:35 p.m. RHP Matt Manning (2-1, 2.83) vs. RHP Marcos Molina (1-3, 4.03)
Tue., May 7 vs. Akron 6:05 p.m. RHP Alex Faedo (2-1, 3.10) vs. TBD
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- The roster includes 10, Top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, and two members of the Detroit Tigers 40-man roster
- Both INF Sergio Alcantara & LHP Gregory Soto are on the Detroit 40-man roster, Alcantara is listed as the No. 15 prospect, while Soto is No. 26
- INF Isaac Paredes is the No. 4 overall prospect, C Jake Rogers is No. 13, and OF Jose Azocar is No. 30.
- The starting rotation now features five Top-30 Tigers talents: RHP Casey Mize is ranked the No.1 prospect, RHP Matt Manning is No. 2, Alex Faedo sits at No. 10 and Logan Shore is No. 16 (Soto included)
- The bullpen features returner and No. 24 prospect Anthony Castro
- Casey Mize threw the second 9.0 inning no-hitter in franchise history (4th no-hitter) on 4/29 at Altoona -- the other was Thad Weber on August 22, 2009
- Mize's outing was the 7th time this season an Erie starter has gone 5.0+ shutout frames -- 8th quality start
- Erie RHP Alex Faedo was named EL Pitcher of the Week for his performance the week of 4/21-28 (1-0, 7 IP, 0 H, 5 K, 1 BB)
- Erie is now 1-8 when scoring three runs or less in a game
- The SeaWolves went 9-11 vs. the Curve in 2018 and 4-5 at PNG Field
- The sweep vs. TRE was the second series loss of 2019 (second sweep) -- SeaWolves were swept seven times in 2018
- Kody Eaves is 10th in RBI (14)
- Jose Azocar has the most multi-hit games on the team (9) and is 2nd in league in AVG (.392), Cam Gibson is 10th (.311)
- Derek Hill is 2nd the Eastern League in runs scored (17)
- Erie's sweep in Bowie was the first since 4/27-29/10 (SeaWolves swept just one road series in 2018, at Trenton (6/15-17)
- 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)
- Erie started the season 7-3 for just the second time since 2010 (other season was 2017), since then are 3-7
- Erie pitching ranks 6th in the league in team ERA (3.45), Bowie is last (4.37)
- Bowie's pitching has walked the 5th-most batters in the league (84), while Erie is 8th (73)
- Erie leads the Eastern League with a team batting average of .263, while Bowie is last at .213
- The SeaWolves have allowed the fewest base stealers in the league (6), Rogers has thrown out 83% (5-for-6 CS)
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