SeaWolves Game Notes for August 5
Published on August 5, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
ERIE SEAWOLVES (59-49, 3rd PLACE SOUTH, 8.0 GB) vs. NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (53-56, 3rd PLACE NORTH, 11.0 GB)
RHP THAD WEBER (4-3, 4.74 ERA) VS. RHP FRANK MATA (1-3, 4.11 ERA)
JERRY UHT PARK * GAME #109 * HOME GAME #58 * NIGHT GAME #80
ENTERING TONIGHT'S ACTION... Tonight, the SeaWolves look for their third consecutive win as they take on the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins) in the middle game of a three-game series at Jerry Uht Park. Last night, the âWolves took down the âCats 7-2 behind a complete game from starter Jonah Nickerson to win their second straight game. The complete game by Nickerson helped to rest a heavily worked bullpen. In the last three days, the only relief pitcher to throw is Brendan Wise who tossed the final two innings of Erie's win on Sunday against Reading...The win, coupled with losses by Akron and Reading brings the âWolves to eight games out of first and a half game behind the wild card leading Phillies. Erie is still a half game ahead of fourth place Bowie...Erie is the top home team in the Eastern League with a 39-18 record and a .684 winning percentage at "The Uht." Last night's win improved the âWolves to 18-7 against Northern Division opponents. Erie is in a stretch of 15 consecutive games to wrap up the Northern Division portion of the schedule...Michael Bertram is hitting .409 (9x22) with two home runs in seven RBI in six games with Erie...Casper Wells is hitting .343 (12x35) with four home runs and eight RBI over his last 10 games...Righty Thad Weber takes the mound for the âWolves making his ninth start of the season. Weber is coming off his roughest outing of the season giving up six runs on six hits in just 2/3 of an inning against Akron. It was the shortest outing for a SeaWolves starting pitcher this season.
TODAY'S NOTABLES -
- Erie leads the season series over New Britain 1-0. The SeaWolves and Rock Cats meet six times in 2009.
- Erie's pitching staff is sixth in the league with a 3.95 team ERA. New Britain's pitching staff is tied for ninth in the league with a 4.15 ERA.
- Erie is sixth in the league with a .261 team batting average. New Britain is tied for the league lead with a .269 team average.
- The SeaWolves lead the league with 127 home runs and 557 runs scored. Only Erie and Akron have scored 500-plus runs this season.
- Brennan Boesch leads the league with 23 home runs, seven triples and 51 extra-base hits. He is fifth with a .529 slugging percentage, third with 73 RBI and fifth with 67 runs scored.
- The âWolves have turned 112 double plays which is fourth-most in the EL
- Erie pitchers have walked 320 hitters this season which is the second-fewest allowed by a team in the league. Erie is averaging 2.96 walks allowed per game.
- SeaWolves hitters have struck out a league-high 894 times. As a team, Erie is averaging 8.27 strikeouts per game.
- 35 of Andy Dirks 39 RBI have come with runners in scoring position.
- Following the current six-game homestand, Erie will play 20 of the last 28 games on the road.
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