EL1 Erie SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats - Game Notes

Published on August 4, 2019 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (32-12, 1ST WEST, -- GB 2nd Half) VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS (18-26, 6TH EAST, 8.5 GB 2nd Half)

LHP JOEY WENTZ (ERI DEBUT) VS. RHP NATE PEARSON (0-3, 2.54 ERA)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 * 1:35 PM EDT * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV

UPMC PARK * GAME #111 * HOME GAME #58 * NIGHT GAME #82

Today, the Erie SeaWolves look to win the rubber game of the series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at UPMC Park. Last night, Erie evened the series with a 5-3 victory behind a quality start from Matt Manning and three home runs from the offense. Joey Wentz makes his first start in the Detroit Tigers system after being traded from Atlanta on July 31 as a part of the Shane Greene deal. In 100 innings this season for Double-A Mississippi, Wentz logged a 5-8 record and 4.78 ERA across 20 starts. The former 40th overall selection by the Braves in 2016 out of Shawnee East Mission High School joins an Erie rotation that now features five, top ten prospects (MLB Pipeline). Nate Pearson goes for New Hampshire and has not allowed an earned run in his past two starts (11.2 innings). A Futures Game selection this season, Pearson is ranked the No. 2 overall prospect in the Toronto farm system and top arm. In four starts since the All-Star break, the right-hander has allowed two earned runs in 18 innings (1.00 ERA). The 22 year old was Toronto's compensatory first-round selection in 2017 (28th overall l) out of the Junior College of Central Florida.

Tue., August 5 at Portland 7:00 p.m. RHP Casey Mize (6-1, 2.76 ERA) vs. LHP Daniel McGrath (3-0, 1.46 ERA)

Wed., August 6 at Portland 7:00 p.m. LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 2.25 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Kent (5-3, 2.92 ERA)

Thu., August 7 at Portland 12:00 p.m. RHP Alex Faedo (6-6, 3.99 ERA) vs. RHP Konner Wade (2-4, 3.03 ERA)

Fri., August 8 at Fisher Cats 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD

- INF Isaac Paredes is ranked the No. 5 overall prospect & OF Derek Hill is No. 28

- INF Sergio Alcantara is a 40-man member and is the No. 15 overall prospect

- The Erie pitching staff now boasts eight Top 30 Tigers talents (MLB Pipeline): Casey Mize is ranked the No. 1 prospect (No. 1 pitching prospect in MiLB), Matt Manning is No. 2, Tarik Skubal is No. 4, Alex Faedo sits at No. 9, Joey Wentz comes in at No. 10, Kyle Funkhouser is slotted No. 18, Anthony Castro is No. 20, and Alex Lange ranks No. 29

- Erie wrapped up a 9-7 season series with Binghamton, the first time since 2016 and sixth all-time they finished above .500

- Isaac Paredes is currently riding a seven-game hitting streak in which all have been multi-hit contests

- The SeaWolves enjoyed their best month of July (20-6) since 1997 when they went 22-7

- Erie is now 18-5 in their past 23 games and 16 of those games have been decided by three runs or fewer

- Erie has slugged a league-best 31 home runs since the All-Star break

- In 19 of their 26 games since the All-Star break, Erie starters have gone 5.0+ IP and have struck out a league-best 151

- Tonight is the third of six meetings in 2019 between Erie and New Hampshire (August 2-4 at UPMC Park & August 9-11 at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium)

- The SeaWolves +88 run differential is first in the EL (+66 in second half) and New Hampshire -17 is 10th (0 in second half)

- Erie leads the Eastern League with a .250 batting average while New Hampshire is tied for fifth at .240

- Erie has struck out 870 times (fourth-fewest in the EL) while NH has gone down on strikes 1008 times (second-most)

- The SeaWolves pitching staff tops in team ERA (3.27) while the Fisher Cats staff ranks 12th (3.95)

- Erie relievers have a 3.33 ERA (ninth in the EL) and New Hampshire has a 3.37 ERA (10th)

- Erie pitching has held opponents to a .229 batting average which best in the league

- Erie's defense is second in fielding percentage (.982) while New Hampshire is tied for ninth in the league (.977)

- In 2018, Erie went 1-5 against New Hampshire and was swept in three games at UPMC Park (June 18-20)

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