The New Hampshire Fisher Cats leave Pennsylvania via broom, with the Erie SeaWolves finishing their sweep of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon, 14-9.
New Hampshire got off to a good start, recording five runs in the first off four hits and an error by Erie shortstop Harold Castro.
However, the Fisher Cats wouldn’t get another hit for four more innings. Meanwhile, Erie battled back.
Mike Gerber’s RBI single in the bottom of the first brought Castro home for the SeaWolves’ first run, and a Gerber double an inning later gave Erie their second run.
The SeaWolves added two more off Dawel Lugo’s groundball single later in the inning, and took the lead in the third.
Erie cemented their lead with an eight run explosion in the fifth, sparked by a three-RBI triple from Castro.
Andres Sotillo marked his Fisher Cats debut with a solo dinger in the seventh, the first of three runs in that inning, but that would be the last run for New Hampshire outside of Tim Lopes’ one-run homer in the ninth.
Sotillo, Lopes and Anthony Alford each had two hits apiece in the loss, with Castro and Gabriel Quintana each grabbing three hits for the SeaWolves.
New Hampshire pitchers also issued nine walks, with Steven Moyer, Grayson Griener and Kody Eaves each getting two walks during the contest.
Five of those walks came from Conner Greene, who allowed ten runs off 12 hits to earn the loss. Greene lasted only four innings, breaking a streak of three games with more than five innings of work.
Tyler Alexander got the win for Erie, scattering five hits over six innings, striking out six and walking two.
New Hampshire now returns to Manchester for a three-game set against the Hartford Yard Dogs, starting with a 7:05 p.m. start on Tuesday. Ryan Borucki (1-2, 1.37 ERA) will seek to bounce back from a poor performance in Akron earlier this week against a yet-to-be-named Hartford starting pitcher.
