Trenton Keeps Erie Bats at Bay
June 24, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
Trenton Thunder News Release
The Trenton Thunder down the SeaWolves on Tuesday night by a score of 6-2 at Waterfront Park. The 'Wolves have dropped two straight games and are 2-6 on their current road trip.
Trenton struck first in the bottom of the first inning against Erie starter Andrew Kown. Ramiro Pena and Colin Curtis hit back-to-back singles. Kown then walked Austin Jackson to load the bases and issued a bases loaded walk to P.J. Pilittere for a 1-0 Trenton lead. Cody Ehlers then grounded into a 4-6-3 double play that scored Curtis from third for a 2-0 Thunder lead.
In the bottom of the second, Trenton would strike again, going ahead 3-0. Chris Malec and Edwar Gonzalez reached on back-to-back singles. Malec would come in to score on a fielder's choice by Curtis.
The âWolves would cut the Trenton lead down to a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Caonabo Cosme singled with one out to get the inning started. With two outs, Kody Kirkland kept the inning alive with his second single of the game, putting two on base for Jeff Frazier. Frazier laced a single to the gap in left center, bringing home Cosme, making it a 3-1 game in favor of the Thunder.
Trenton added to their lead to go ahead by four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning when Gonzalez led off with his fourth home run of the season. The solo-shot put the Thunder up 4-1.
The Thunder would take their largest lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth. Reegie Corona singled with one out and stole second for his 13th steal of the season. Corona scored on a two-out single by Curtis for a 5-1 lead.
Erie cut the lead back down to three runs in the top of the eighth inning against reliever Eric Wordekemper. Wilkin Ramirez led off the inning with a walk and he moved over to second on a one-out single by Frazier. Frazier, who finished the night 2-for-4, has four hits in the series and leads the team with 24 multi-hit games. Ryan Roberson stepped in and hit a bloop single to center, scoring Ramirez, making it a 5-2 game. The hit for Roberson extended his hitting streak to 17-consecutive games which ties New Britain's Luke Hughes for the longest in the Eastern League this season.
Trenton would add a run in the bottom of the eighth to go ahead 6-2 and they would go on to win by that margin.
Phil Coke (5-3) picked up the win for Trenton going seven innings, allowing a run on four hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
Kown (4-9) took the loss for Erie working 5.2 innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts. It was Kown's third straight loss.
The loss drops the SeaWolves to 0-6 against the Thunder in 2008.
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