SeaWolves 12, Fisher Cats 8
- Updated: August 7, 2024
MANCHESTER — Exeter High School graduate Ben Malgeri hit a grand slam in the 12th inning as the Erie SeaWolves (19-14, 57-43) beat New the Hampshire Fisher Cats (11-20, 41-58) Tuesday night at Delta Dental Stadium.
Alex De Jesus crushed a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the ninth, his seventh of the year. Gabriel Martinez finished the night with four hits, which tied a career high, and three RBIs, which tied a season high.
New Hampshire starter Devereaux Harrison tossed six innings and allowed five runs, four of which came on home runs. Harrison struck out four through his six frames. Johnathan Lavallee tossed 1 1/3 innings and didn’t allow a hit but allowed a run to reach via a walk. Anders Tolhurst struck out four in 1 2/3 innings, including the side in the ninth. Conor Larkin (L, 0-1) gave up the grand slam in the 12th.
Erie RHP Wilkel Hernandez matched Harrison with six innings of work. New Hampshire plated two runs against Hernandez on four hits and four walks. The Fisher Cats got the better of reliever Michael Bienlien, with three runs on three hits and a walk, but Tim Naughton shut down the rally. Trevin Michael gave up the solo blast in the ninth to tie the game. Calvin Coker (W, 3-4) didn’t allow an earned run in two innings.
The SeaWolves started with back-to-back home runs in the top of the first. Gage Workman hit a two-run homer, then Jake Holton clubbed a solo blast. Erie led, 3-0, after a half inning.
New Hampshire got its wheels turning in the second; Martinez popped an opposite-field single to right to score Rainer Nuñez and cut Erie’s lead to 3-1. The SeaWolves responded in the top of the third, as Trei
Cruz ripped a solo home run. The Fisher Cats answered, as De Jesus doubled, then came home on a Charles McAdoo grounder. Erie led, 4-2, after three innings.
After Erie plated a run in the fifth on two hits to take a 5-2 lead, the Cats mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh. Cade Doughty singled and Martinez doubled. Andres Sosa then served a shallow single to center that scored Doughty, and RJ Schreck walked to load the bases. After a pitching change, Nuñez and McAdoo worked bases-loaded walks to plate two more runs and tie the game, 5-5.
Erie scored a run in the top of the eighth; Eliezer Alfonso doubled to plate Holton and retake a 6-5 lead. De Jesus bashed the tying homer with one out in the ninth.
Both teams scored their inherited runners in the 10th; Martinez knocked in McAdoo to tie the game at seven. The teams were held scoreless in the 11th, then after an RBI single, Malgeri, a New Hampshire native, sent the grand slam over the left-center field fence. The Cats scored their inherited runner in the bottom of the 11th, as Martinez brought home Piñango with a sacrifice fly.
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