Erie SeaWolves Have Two-Game Winning Streak Snapped in 7-2 Loss to Akron Aeros

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - The SeaWolves two-game win streak came to a halt on Saturday night at Canal Park at the hands of the Akron Aeros by a count of 7-2.

The Aeros struck first in the bottom of the first inning against Erie starter Danny Christensen. Trevor Crowe led off with a single. Crowe then stole second and third and scored on a Matt LaPorta sacrifice fly to center, giving Akron a 1-0 lead.

Akron would add to the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Wes Hodges led off and reached on an error by third baseman Santo De Leon. With one out, Wyatt Toregas clubbed his ninth home run of the season to put Akron ahead 3-0. Toregas has now homered five times against the ‘Wolves this season. Stephen Head followed with a single and Ryan Goleski walked to put two on for the nine-hitter Brandon Pinckney. Pinckney singled home Head for a 4-0 lead. Goleski would later score on a fielder’s choice by Crowe to put Akron ahead 5-0.

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The ‘Wolves would get on the board in the top of the fifth against Fausto Carmona. Shawn Roof singled with two outs. Roof moved over to second on a single by Will Rhymes. Casper Wells then extended his season-long hitting streak to seven consecutive games with an RBI single, scoring Roof to make it 5-1.

Akron would add runs in the sixth and eighth innings to take a 7-1 lead. In the sixth, Toregas scored on a double play and in the eighth, Head singled home Bronson Sardinha.

Erie was able to muster one final run in the top of the ninth. Santo De Leon led off with a double down the left field line and he would score on Rhymes third hit of the game with two outs to make it a 7-2 game in favor of the Aeros.

Carmona, with the Aeros on Major League rehab, picked up the win going five innings, allowing a run on nine hits with no walks and two strikeouts.

Christensen took the loss for the Howlers, dropping his record to 5-8. He went four innings, allowing five runs, three earned, on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

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