'Wolves Edge Harrisburg in 10
May 18, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves edged out the Harrisburg Senators on Monday night in 10 innings in what was the longest game for Erie in 2009. The Senators got on the board first in the top of the first inning against Erie starter Duane Below. Edgardo Baez led off the game with a walk but was retired at second when Freddie Bynum reached on a fielder's choice. Joel Guzman singled to put Bynum at second and Bynum would score on a double by Matt Whitney for a 1-0 lead.
Erie tied up the game in the bottom of the second. Alex Avila led off with a walk and was doubled over to third by Cale Iorg. Andy Dirks sent a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Avila, tying the game at 1-1.
Harrisburg regained the lead in the top of the third. Baez led off with his second walk of the game. On a sacrifice bunt by Bynum, an errant throw by Below allowed the runners to get to second and third. Joel Guzman grounded home Baez for a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the third, Erie would tie the game once again. With one out, Brennan Boesch stepped to the plate and crushed his seventh home run of the season over the wall in right, tying the game at 2-2. The 'Wolves have now hit 43 home runs as a club to lead the league.
The Sens would once again go ahead in the top of the fifth when Guzman connected on his third home run of the season over the wall in left-center for a 3-2 advantage.
The Harrisburg lead would be short lived because in the bottom of the sixth, the 'Wolves connected on three straight singles to tie the game once again, this time at 3-3. Iorg led off, was moved over by Dirks and scored on De Leon's second hit of the game.
The game would remain tied until the bottom of the 10th. Iorg led off with his third hit of the game, a single through the right side. With one out, De Leon singled to left, putting the winning run in scoring position. Shawn Roof grounded into a fielder's choice, De Leon was retired at second but Iorg moved over to third. With the winning run 90-feet away, Scott Sizemore, who was 0-for-4 in the game, connected on a ground ball deep in the hole at short. The result was an infield single and Iorg came home to score the game-winning run.
The win improved Erie to 3-0 in extra innings games. The game also took three hours and 42 minutes, the longest game of the season.
Below, in his Double-A debut, took a no-decision going five innings, allowing three runs, two earned on five hits with five walks and four strikeouts.
Cody Satterwhite (1-2) got the win tossing two scoreless innings in the ninth and 10th.
The win also helped Erie avoid a four-game losing streak, which would have been the longest such streak of the season.
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