Moscoso Impressive as 'Wolves Sweep Phils
Published on August 3, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
Guillermo Moscoso starred in the Double-A debut as the SeaWolves completed a three-game series sweep of the Reading Phillies by a score of 4-3.
The SeaWolves racked up all four of their runs in the bottom of the first inning against Reading starter Fabio Castro. Will Rhymes led off with a double and he was tripled home on Casper Wells third triple of the season to put Erie ahead 1-0. Wilkin Ramirez followed with a walk and he stole second for his 21st steal of the season. Jeff Frazier stepped in and clubbed a two-run double to the right field gap to put the âWolves up 3-0. Santo De Leon singled to put runners on the corners for Pedro Cotto. The base knock extended De Leon's season-best hitting streak to 11 consecutive games. Cotto grounded home Frazier for a 4-0 lead.
Moscoso retired the first six hitters he faced en route to a win in his first Erie start. He faced one over the minimum through the first five innings of the game.
In the top of the sixth, Kevin Nelson walked to lead off the inning. With two outs, Greg Golson singled to right and on a Cotto error, the ball reached the wall, allowing Nelson to score from first to make it a 4-1 game.
The score would remain the same until the top of the ninth against reliever Brendan Wise. Jeremy Slayden walked and Neil Sellers singled putting two on base bringing the tying run in Mike Eylward to the plate. Eylward singled home Slayden to make it a 4-2 game. With one out, pinch-hitter Luke Appert singled home Sellers to close the gap to a run at 4-3. Erie would make a second call to the pen, bringing in Rudy Darrow. Darrow induced a fielder's choice for the second out and got Michael Spidale to ground out for the final out of the game. Darrow picked up his first save by retiring the final two hitters.
Moscoso (1-0) worked six innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts. The 10 K's tied a season-high and career-best for Moscoso. He struck out 10 on June 28 while playing with Lakeland against Daytona and on July 25, 2005, struck out 10 Aberdeen Ironbirds while playing with Oneonta.
Castro (8-2) settled down after the first inning and tossed the final seven scoreless in a complete game loss.
The sweep was the second of the year against Reading and the fourth series sweep of an opponent this season. Erie finished the home portion of the season series against the R-Phils 6-0 and they have won the season series with four game remaining.
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