SeaWolves 7, Fisher Cats 0

ERIE, PA – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (20-30, 54-63) were shut down in their Saturday night showdown against the Erie SeaWolves (34-16, 70-48) at UPMC Park, 7-0. Erie’s Kenny Serwa fired his second consecutive seven-inning start, as New Hampshire’s Alexis Hernandez doubled in the seventh to extend his hit streak to eight games.

Box Score

Serwa (W, 7-8) struck out six and walked three in seven scoreless innings. Erie relievers Yoniel Curet and Tanner Kohlhepp buttoned up the final six outs. New Hampshire was held to 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.

New Hampshire’s Jackson Wentworth allowed two runs on a pair of solo homers through his first two innings in his Saturday start. After the second, Wentworth went on a streak of retiring nine in a row before he allowed four runs on four hits with one out in the fifth inning. Alex Amalfi gave up a solo homer in two innings and struck out four, and right-hander Jonathan Todd struck out two in a scoreless eighth.

Top Takeaways:

• RF Alexis Hernandez went 1-for-4 to extend his hit streak to eight.
• RHP Jackson Wentworth retired nine batters in a row before four runs on four hits in the fifth inning.
• Fisher Cats offense held to two hits.
  • Lowest output in a nine-inning game since June 7 vs Altoona.
• New Hampshire surrenders four homers in Saturday loss.
• RHP Jonathan Todd extends scoreless streak to five, struck out two.

Erie got a pair of solo home runs in their first two innings off New Hampshire’s Wentworth from shortstop Peyton Graham and catcher Luke Shliger and claimed an early 2-0 lead. Wentworth then went on a span of retiring his next nine batters before Erie stretched the lead in the bottom of the fifth.

Following back-to-back singles, center fielder Woody Hadeen plated two runs with a triple, and Graham knocked his second home run of the night in the ensuing at-bat to open up a 6-0 lead.

SeaWolves third baseman Izaac Pacheco ended the scoring in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff solo home run off New Hampshire’s Amalfi to make it a 7-0 game.

The Fisher Cats and SeaWolves close the curtains on the six-game series on Sunday afternoon with a 1:35 p.m. first pitch from UPMC Park. Fisher Cats RHP Nolan Perry (0-0, 1.88 ERA) takes on SeaWolves LHP Joe Miller (2-1, 3.93 ERA) in a rematch from Tuesday’s series-opener.