Stewart Grand Slam Sends Fisher Cats To Second Wednesday Loss

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The Erie SeaWolves hit two home runs in the first part of their Wednesday doubleheader against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. A third home run, this time from Christin Stewart, gave Erie their second win of the day.

Christin Stewart
Christin Stewart

Stewart’s first pitch grand slam in the sixth would prove to be the difference in Erie’s 5-1 victory. It would be a cruel rebuttal to Matt Dean’s RBI double a half inning earlier that tied up the contest.

Losing pitcher Connor Greene (2-5) would be responsible for three of the four runs coming off Stewart’s blast, but he did not earn Erie’s first run of the game, which came thanks to an error by Gunnar Heidt in the first inning.

Both teams combined for only nine hits in the seven-inning showdown, with winning pitcher Waldis Joaquin (2-2) allowing just two of them, one being Dean’s double.

The only player on either side with more than one hit was Erie’s Harold Castro, who went 2-for-4 on the day.

Erie will complete their only trip to Manchester this year with a Thursday evening matchup against the Fisher Cats. Francisco Rios (3-4, 3.93 ERA) takes the mound for New Hampshire against Erie’s Artie Lewicki (3-2, 4.03 ERA).

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.