Trenton Thunder Scare Off Erie SeaWolves On Way to 7-2 Victory - AA, Eastern League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - (Erie, PA) - LF Edwar Gonzalez and 3B Carlos Mendoza each had 3 RBI to lead Trenton to a 7-2 win over Erie on Thursday afternoon at Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA. Trenton swept the four-game series and has now won seven games in a row.

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Trenton (23-12) jumped on the board with four runs in the top of the 1st inning. 2B Kevin Russo led off with a single against Erie starting pitcher Josh Rainwater (2-2). DH Austin Jackson followed with a double to push Russo to third base. Russo would then score on a passed ball to give the Thunder a 1-0 lead. Later in the inning, the Thunder loaded the bases up on walks to CF Colin Curtis and RF Jose Tabata. With two outs, 3B Carlos Mendoza delivered a bases-clearing double to increase the lead to 4-0. On the afternoon, Trenton scored six of its seven runs with two outs in an inning.

The Thunder would make it 5-0 in the 2nd inning on an RBI single by LF Edwar Gonzalez. Gonzalez added a two-run single in the 4th inning to extend the lead to 7-1. Gonzalez, who had 3 RBI in the game, now has 8 RBI in 7 games for the Thunder.

RHP Jason Jones (5-0) went 5 IP and gave up 5 H and 2 ER. He struck out 3 and walked 2. RHP Anthony Claggett relieved Jones and tossed three scoreless innings.  RHP Josh Schmidt pitched a scoreless 9th inning. Rainwater only went 1 IP and gave up 3 H and 5 ER for Erie.  He had to come out of the game in top of the 2nd inning due to injury. 

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