Erie SeaWolves Vs. Bowie Baysox - Game One of Three - Game Notes
April 21, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (6-6,T-1st PLACE WEST, 0.0 GB) vs. BOWIE BAYSOX (6-7, 4th PLACE WEST, 0.5 GB)
RHP LUKE PUTKONEN (0-0, 3.60 ERA) VS. LHP RICK ZAGONE (0-0, 8.64 ERA)THURSDAY, APRIL 21 * 6:35 P.M. * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM JERRY UHT PARK * GAME #13 * HOME GAME #7 * NIGHT GAME #9
Tonight, the SeaWolves begin an eight-day, seven-game homestand as they take on the Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) in the opener of a three-game series at Jerry Uht Park...The SeaWolves are coming off a road trip that saw the club go 2-4. Erie dropped the final game of the trip on Tuesday night in Reading 8-6 to split the two-game set with the R-Phils. The SeaWolves and Baysox are meeting for their second series of the season. Bowie took three of four from Erie last week. Three of the four games were decided by one run and two of the four games went into extra innings. Erie held leads in three of four games...The 'Wolves enter play tonight in a tie for first place in the Western Division at the .500 mark...Righty Luke Putkonen takes the mound for the SeaWolves making his third start of the season and second against the Baysox. Putkonen has taken back-to-back no-decisions, including his last start against Bowie. In the game, he allowed four runs, three earned, on six hits in five innings with no walks and three strikeouts. The 'Wolves are 0-2 in games started by Putkonen...Lefty Rick Zagone takes the mound for Bowie making his third start and second against Erie. The 'Wolves roughed up Zagone for eight runs in 3.1 innings of work in his last start. He tossed five shutout innings in his first outing at Harrisburg...The SeaWolves will take on the Baysox for three and round out the homestand with four against Reading next week. The 'Wolves will be off on Sunday.
FRIDAY vs. BOWIE - 6:35 FIRST PITCHRHP Mark Sorensen (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Oliver Drake (0-0, 31.50 ERA)
SATURDAY vs. BOWIE - 1:05 FIRST PITCHLHP Casey Crosby (0-1, 9.45 ERA) vs. RHP Eddie Gamboa (1-2, 5.23 ERA)
SUNDAY -OFF DAY
MONDAY vs. READING - 6:35 FIRST PITCHRHP L.J. Gagnier (1-1, 3.71 ERA) vs. TBA
- Bowie leads the 2011 season series over Erie 3-1. The SeaWolves and Baysox meet 21 times in 2011. - Defensively, the SeaWolves have committed 16 errors which is second-most in the EL.- The SeaWolves are 5-3 in night games and 1-3 in day games. - Erie's pitching staff ranks 11th in the league with a 4.15 team ERA. - Jamie Johnson is tied for fourth in the league with nine runs scored and is fifth with 26 total bases.- Erie is second in the league with 57 runs scored.- Erie's offense ranks fourth in the league with a .250 team average.- The 'Wolves are hitting .203 with RISP and .204 with two outs and RISP.- As a team, the SeaWolves are 1-for-13 with the bases loaded. - Bryan Pounds is tied for eighth in the league with a .333 average.- The 'Wolves are 4-2 at Jerry Uht Park.- Erie is 3-5 against the Western Division.- RHP Cory Hamilton has been placed on the disabled list with a right wrist injury. LHP Ramon Garcia has been transferred from Triple-A Toledo to Erie. In two appearances with the Mud Hens, Garcia was 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA.
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