EL1 Erie SeaWolves

French Shuts Down Sens in 7-0 Win

Published on April 23, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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The SeaWolves, behind a powerful performance of starting pitcher Luke French, shut out the Harrisburg Senators to improve to 10-9 on the season with a 7-0 win on Wednesday afternoon.

The SeaWolves struck first for the third time in the series. In the top of the first, Freddy Guzman led off the game with a walk and stole second for his league leading ninth stolen base. Danny Worth then flipped an 0-2 pitch to right field, scoring Guzman for a 1-0 lead.

Erie would go ahead 2-0 in the top of the second with two outs when Kody Kirkland singled home Jeff Frazier. It was also the third time in the series against Harrisburg where Erie has gone ahead 2-0. The single for Kirkland extended his season-best hitting streak to six straight games.

The 'Wolves added a third run in the top of the fifth. Guzman beat out an infield bunt single to lead off the inning. Worth followed with his third hit of the game, a double over the head of Jorge Padilla in left, scoring Guzman for a 3-0 Erie lead.

The SeaWolves would then open up a seven-run lead in the top of the seventh. Worth led off with a triple to the wall in center. It was his first three-bagger of the season for Worth. An error by the second baseman Marco Yepez with on a Wilkin Ramirez ground ball would put runners on the corners for Dusty Ryan. Ryan connected on double, scoring Worth and Ramirez for a 5-0 lead. Deik Scram followed with a single to put runners on the corners with no outs for Frazier. Frazier singled home Ryan for his second hit of the game, making it 6-0. Erie would then go up 7-0 later in the inning on a Kirkland sacrifice fly to right, scoring Scram.

In the top of the eighth, Worth led off with a base hit through the left side for his fifth hit of the game. He is the first SeaWolf to collect a five-hit game this season.

French (1-2) tossed his best outing of the season for the 'Wolves in picking up his first win. He shutout the Sens for eight innings allowing just three hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

Casey Fein tossed a perfect ninth to preserve the 'Wolves second shutout win of the season. It was Erie's first shutout since April 6 in a 5-0 win at Bowie.

The 'Wolves have now won back-to-back games for the first time since winning four straight to open the season at Bowie. The team also snapped a streak of four-straight series losses after taking two of three from the Senators.

UP NEXT -

The SeaWolves return home to take on the Altoona Curve in the first of a four-game weekend series on Thursday night...6:35 First Pitch. RHP Andrew Kown (2-1, 6.88 ERA) takes the mound for Erie against RHP Josh Hill (1-1, 2.87 ERA)

THURSDAY NIGHT'S PROMOTIONS -

THROWBACK THURSDAY

- The Erie SeaWolves players will wear throwback uniforms from the 1999-2000 seasons as a part of our 10-seasons of Double-A celebration.

- Plus the first 1,500 fans will get a free baseball card of the 2000 SeaWolves Most Valuable Player!

- We'll also turn the clocks back even further as we relive the Detroit Tigers/Pittsburgh Pirates World Series in 1909.

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