Comeback SeaWolves Take Down Baysox 6-5

The SeaWolves notched their second comeback victory of the week as they took down the Bowie Baysox 6-5 on Saturday night at Prince George’s Stadium.

Erie jumped ahead in the top of the first inning against Bowie starter Grayson Rodriguez. Yariel Gonzalez led off the game with a walk and Drew Ward followed with his 12th home run of the season for a 2-0 lead.

SeaWolves starter Jesus Rodriguez retired the first seven batters he faced before giving up a one-out walk in the third to Cadyn Grenier. Terrin Vavra singled home Grenier with two outs to make it a 2-1 game.

The Baysox would then take the lead in the fourth. Jordan Westburg led off and reached on an error. Kyle Stowers followed with a base hit and Andrew Daschbach walked to load the bases. Johnny Rizer connected on a one-out grand slam, giving Bowie a 5-2 lead.

Erie began to chip away at the deficit in the sixth against reliever Claudio Custodio. Josh Lester led off the sixth with a walk and moved to third on a Kerry Carpenter double. Andrew Navigato singled home Lester with one out making it 5-3.

The ‘Wolves closed the gap to a run in the seventh when Custodio surrendered three straight one out hits to Gonzalez, Ward and Lester. The RBI knock for Lester increased his team-lead to 60 RBIs.

Dane Myers, who had a pair of hits for the second straight game, walked with one out in the eighth and moved to third on an Eric De La Rosa single. Chris Proctor lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Myers.

Erie regained the lead in the top of the ninth when Lester crushed an opposite-field solo home run for a 6-5 lead. The home run for Lester was his 24th.

Joe Navilhon (3-3) earned the win for Erie. He tossed 2.2 hitless innings allowing a walk with four strikeouts. Navilhon worked a 1-2-3 ninth with a pair of strikeouts, preserving the win. The righty has not allowed a run in 11 innings over eight outings in August.

Diogenes Almengo (6-3) took the loss for Bowie allowing a run on one hit in one inning of work.

Both starters would take no-decisions in the game. Jesus Rodriguez allowed five runs, four earned, on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts in four innings. Grayson Rodriguez allowed two runs on three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in five innings.