Erie Hits Four Homers in 7-6 Defeat

The Erie SeaWolves dropped a 7-6 affair against the Akron RubberDucks on Saturday at Canal Park.

Erie opened the scoring in the first. Parker Meadows worked a two-out walk against Tanner Burns. Quincy Nieporte then lifted a two-run jack to put Erie on the board. It was his 21st homer of the season. Wenceel Perez went back-to-back with Nieporte by crushing a solo homer to give the SeaWolves a 3-0 lead. It was his second homer over the last two games.

Brayan Rocchio reached first with a one-out walk against Markus Solbach in the bottom half of the first. George Valera laced a two-run homer to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Micah Pries led off the second with a double. Pries advanced to third on a wild pitch. Daniel Schneeman poked an RBI single to bring in Pries and tie the game 3-3.

The RubberDucks tacked on two runs in the third. Bryan Lavastida worked a one-out walk. Jhonkensy Noel drilled a two-run blast to give Akron a 5-3 lead.

The SeaWolves retaliated in the fourth. Dillon Dingler reached on a leadoff walk. Dane Myers then launched a two-run homer to knot the game at 5-5. It was his 13th long ball of the season. Three batters later, Erie took a 6-5 lead thanks to a solo homer from Andrew Navigato. It was his 10th of the season.

Solbach received the no-decision. He went four innings, allowing five runs on five hits, walking three, and striking out seven.

Akron retook the lead in the fifth. Rocchio lifted a solo homer off of Zac Houston to make it a 6-6 game. Noel went yard for the second time with a solo homer to put the RubberDucks ahead, 7-6.

Brett Daniels (2-0) earned the win and tossed 1.1 scoreless innings.

Houston (0-5) was tagged with the loss. He went an inning, allowing two runs on two hits, walking none, and striking out none.

Robert Broom picked up his first save with a scoreless ninth inning.