Erie Wins, Erie Wins! Beat Binghamton Mets 10-5 - AA, Eastern League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - The SeaWolves snapped a 12-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon at NYSEG Stadium with a 10-5 win over the Binghamton Mets!

The SeaWolves jumped ahead against Binghamton starter Bobby Parnell in the top of the second inning. Wilkin Ramirez led off the inning with a walk. With one out, Ryan Roberson doubled down the left field line, scoring Ramirez, for a 1-0 Erie lead. Jeff Frazier followed with a base hit, scoring Roberson to make it 2-0 ‘Wolves. Max St. Pierre followed and slammed a two-run home run, his second of the season for a 4-0 lead. The home run for St. Pierre was his first since April 12. With two outs, Will Rhymes singled and stole second for his seventh stolen base of the season. Danny Worth then walked and Deik Scram singled home Rhymes for a 5-0 lead.

The B-Mets responded in the bottom of the second against Erie starter Danny Christensen. Nick Evans led off and connected on his eighth home run of the season to make it 5-1. Caleb Stewart followed with a triple. With one out, Jonathan Malo singled home Stewart to make it 5-2.

The SeaWolves would go back ahead by four in the top of the third. Justin Justice led off with a base hit and he scored with one out on a St. Pierre single for a 6-2 lead.

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Binghamton cut into the lead once again in the bottom of the third. Jose Coronado led off the inning with a walk. Daniel Murphy singled to put two on for Nick Evans. Evans connected on a line drive over Justice’s head in center. On the play, Coronado scored but the ‘Wolves threw out Murphy at the plate and threw out Evans attempting to move to third for a 9-4-2-5 double play. With two outs, Stewart connected on a double for his second hit of the game and Ambiorix Concepcion homered to left to make it a one-run game at 6-5.

In the top of the sixth inning, Rhymes led off with a walk and Danny Worth reached on an error to put a pair on base for Scram. Scram hit a deep fly ball to right and on the play, Rhymes advanced to third. Ramirez followed with an infield single, scoring Rhymes for a 7-5 Erie advantage.

Erie would put the game out of reach in the top of the eighth inning. Ramirez led off with a double and he scored on a Justice liner up the middle for an 8-5 lead. With one out, Frazier singled to put runners on first and second and St. Pierre followed with a single to load the bases. Max Leon connected on a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Justice for a 9-5 lead. Rhymes capped off the scoring with an RBI single, bringing home Frazier for a 10-5 lead.

The SeaWolves bullpen came up huge as they held Binghamton scoreless over the final six innings of the game. Five relievers (Angel Castro, Marcelo Perez, Anthony Tomey, Danny Zell and Casey Fien) combined to allow just three hits. Castro (1-0) picked up the win in his Double-A debut.

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