'Wolves Fall in 10 Innings to Squirrels
July 4, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves fell in the series finale to the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Sunday night by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings at The Diamond.
Richmond broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth against Erie starter Ramon Garcia. Nick Noonan led off the inning with a double and he was sacrificed over to third on a bunt by Nestor Rojas. Skyler Stromsmoe singled to right, scoring Noonan for a 1-0 Richmond lead.
The Flying Squirrels would take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth when Brandon Belt connected on an opposite-field solo home run off the foul pole for his first Double-A home run.
The SeaWolves got on the board in the top of the seventh. Andy Dirks led off with a single and moved into scoring position on a single by Kody Kaiser. The runners advanced to second and third on a groundout by Michael Bertram. Dirks came home to score on a sacrifice fly by Andy Bouchie to make it a 2-1 game.
The Squirrels would go back ahead by two in the bottom of the eight. Thomas Neal walked with one out and moved into scoring position on the third of Belt's four hits. Connor Gillaspie singled home Neail for a 3-1 lead.
The 'Wolves would battle back against the Richmond closer Rafael Cova in the top of the ninth. Dirks led off with walk and Bertram singled to put the tying runs on base. With two outs, Deik Scram struck out but reached on a wild pitch loading the bases for Bryan Pounds. Pounds and Ben Guez drew back-to-back bases loaded walks tying the game at 3-3.
The Flying Squirrels would end the game in the bottom of the 10th against reliever Zach Simons. Belt led off with his fourth hit and was sacrificed over to second by Gillaspie. With two outs, Clay Timpner doubled off the wall in right, bringing home the winning run.
Garcia took his third straight no-decision allowing two runs on seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts in six innings of work.
The 'Wolves are now 0-7 in extra innings ballgames and the club is 5-19 in one-run games.
The SeaWolves return on Monday night to begin an eight-game homestand and four-game series against the Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles). Here are the pitching matchups for the series
MONDAY vs. BOWIE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Duane Below (3-7, 4.52 ERA) vs. LHP Rick Zagone (0-0, 3.86 ERA)
TUESDAY vs. BOWIE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
LHP Charlie Furbush (0-0, 2.57 ERA) vs. RHP Ryohei Tanaka (4-8, 4.70 ERA)
WEDNESDAY vs. BOWIE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Thad Weber (4-9, 4.08 ERA) vs. RHP LHP Nathan Nery (0-3, 7.47 ERA)
THURSDAY vs. BOWIE - 7:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Brooks Brown (6-5, 4.09 ERA) vs. RHP Steve Johnson (3-5, 5.57 ERA)
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