New Britain Tops SeaWolves after Delay
Published on July 31, 2015 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
After an hour and nine minute rain delay, the New Britain Rock Cats defeated the Erie SeaWolves in the first game of a four game set at New Britain Stadium by a 9-4 final.
Erie jumped out to an early lead in the first inning when Jason Krizan lead off with a double and advanced to third on a Jeff McVaney single. Dean Green then picked up his first RBI of the day when he singled home Krizan to put Erie on top 1-0.
The Erie lead soon diminished when David Dahl bottom half off with a double and advanced to third on a Mike Tauchman single. A Jordan Patterson double then plated both Dahl and Tauchman to put New Britain up 2-1.
The Rock Cats added four runs in the bottom half of the inning when Joey Wong and Jan Vasquez lead off with back-to-back singles and were moved over on a Zach Osborne sacrifice bunt. Dahl then singled to score Wong from third and tie the ballgame. Vasquez then scored on a balk from Erie starter Tommy Collier and Noel Cuevas singled home Dahl. Cuevas eventually came around to score on a Pat Valaika single to put New Britain up 6-1 after two innings.
The SeaWolves responded in the third inning when Green crushed his 13th homer of the year, which cut the lead to 6-2.
New Britain then tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning to take a commanding 9-2 lead. Wong and Vasquez led the inning off with back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners. Wong then scored from third on an errant throw to first on a pickoff move from Collier while a Cuevas single brought home Vasquez. Tauchman then ripped a double that scored Cuevas and capped off the three run sixth for the Rock Cats.
Erie added two runs in the seventh on a Wade Gaynor solo homerun and a Dean Green RBI single, but it would not be enough. New Britain held Erie scoreless the rest of the way to take the first game of the series.
Collier (3-1) took the loss on the bump for the SeaWolves as he gave up eight runs on 11 hits while walking one and fanning four.
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