'Wolves Fall 8-7 to Harrisburg
August 4, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves three-game winning streak came to and end at the hands of the Harrisburg Senators on Monday night by a score of 8-7 at Jerry Uht Park.
The Senators struck first in the top of the second inning against Erie starter Danny Christensen. Edgaro Baez led off with a single, stole second and got to third on a passed ball. With two outs, Seth Bynum singled home Baez to put the Sens ahead 1-0.
The SeaWolves battled back to take the lead in the bottom of the third against Harrisburg starter Cory Van Allen. James Skelton and Caonabo Cosme connected on back-to-back singles with one out. Will Rhymes singled home Skelton, tying the game at 1-1. Casper Wells followed with his second triple in as many night, scoring Cosme and Rhymes, putting the âWolves ahead 3-1. With two outs, Ryan Roberson doubled home Wells for a 4-1 Erie lead.
The Senators cut into the lead in the top of the fifth when Mike Daniel led off with a single and was brought home on Ian Desmond's ninth home run of the season to make it a 4-3 game.
Erie added to the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Wilkin Ramirez doubled home Wells to put Erie up by a pair at 5-3.
Harrisburg then tied the game in the top of the sixth. Marvin Lowrance doubled and Devin Ivany singled to put runners on the corners for Bynum. Bynum doubled home Bynum to make it a 5-4 game. With one out Desmond singled home Ivany, tying the game at 5-5.
The Sens would regain the lead in the top of the eighth against reliever Matt Rusch. Lowrance led off with his third hit of the game, a single. With one out, Bynum hit a line drive home run over the wall in left for a 7-5 Senators lead. The home run for Bynum was his eighth of the season.
After the Senators added an insurance run in the top of the ninth, the âWolves attempted a comeback in the bottom half. Deik Scram led off with a walk bringing Santo De Leon to the plate. De Leon, who earlier singled in the game to extend his season-best hitting streak to 12 straight games, connected on a monster home run over the wall in left-center to make it a one-run game at 8-7. That, however, would be as close as the âWolves would get as they fell by that final score.
Christensen took a no-decision going five innings, allowing five runs on 11 hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
Rusch (1-1) took the loss allowing two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work.
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