Joyce's Four-RBI Performance Leads Erie Rout

The SeaWolves (72-55) won a second straight over Reading (56-73) with a 9-3 win.

Erie opened the scoring with an unearned run against Reading starter Moises Chace in the first. Gage Workman reached on a fielding error with two out and scored on Corey Joyce’s RBI single.

In the third, Workman drove home Carlos Mendoza with a two-out RBI single. Chris Meyers walked ahead of Joyce, who drove a three-run blast to give Erie a 5-0 lead.

Ben Malgeri led off the fourth with a solo homer against Chace, making it 6-0. Luis Santana followed with a double. Danny Serretti then bunted for a single, which scored Santana on a throwing error by third baseman Erick Brito. Erie led 7-0.

Wilkel Hernandez surrendered a two-run homer to Cade Fergus in the fifth, making it 7-2. Ethan Wilson’s sacrifice fly in the sixth made it 7-3.

Hernandez turned in a quality start for Erie, allowing three runs on five hits in six innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out five.

Erie tacked on two runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Workman and Meyers, extending the lead to 9-3.

Hernandez (5-7) earned the win over Chace (2-1).

The series continues on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. with Carlos Peña facing Eiberson Castellano.