SeaWolves Thump Curve in Series Finale
The SeaWolves (24-19) snapped a four-game losing streak as they used clutch hitting in the middle innings to take down the Altoona Curve (14-31) 12-5 on Sunday night at UPMC Park. Altoona jumped ahead early against Erie starter Wilkel Hernandez. After hurling a pair of scoreless frames to begin his
The SeaWolves (24-19) snapped a four-game losing streak as they used clutch hitting in the middle innings to take down the Altoona Curve (14-31) 12-5 on Sunday night at UPMC Park.
Altoona jumped ahead early against Erie starter Wilkel Hernandez. After hurling a pair of scoreless frames to begin his outing, Hernandez allowed single to Wyatt Hendrie and a double to Francisco Acuna to start the third. A Hernandez wild pitch allowed Hendrie to score for a 1-0 Curve lead. Tsung-Che Cheng single home Acuna and would later score on a two-out Dustin Peterson double for a 3-0 lead.
Erie got a run back in the last of the fourth against Curve starter Po-Yu Chen. Gage Workman led off with his team-leading 10th double and scored on a Ben Mageri base hit.
The SeaWolves then took the lead in the fifth against Curve reliever Cameron Junker. Trei Cruz led off with a walk while Carlos Mendoza and Hao-Yu Lee hit back-to-back singles, loading the bases for Chris Meyers. Meyers ripped a two-run double to right, tying the game. With runners on second and third, Jake Holton singled home a pair for a 5-3 Erie lead. After reloading the bases, Brady Allen and Christian Molfetta each brought home runs on sacrifice flies for a 7-3 Erie edge.
The Curve got a pair back in the top of the sixth against Calvin Coke when Hendrie doubled home a pair with two outs.
In the last of the sixth, the Erie offense again exploded against reliever Kade McLure. Lee and Meyers started the inning with back-to-back singles. Holton doubled home Lee for the first run of the frame. Workman singled home a pair to make it 10-5. Molfetta singled home Workman with two outs for an 11-5 advantage.
Erie would add one additional run in the eighth off of Valentin Linares when Malgeri single with two outs and scored on an Allen double.
Coker (1-2) earned the win in relief while Junker (0-3) took the loss for Altoona.
Hernandez did not factor in the decision allowing three runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts over 4.2 innings.