McVaney & Gerber Homer for Erie
The SeaWolves dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Reading Fightin Phils, 6-2, on Tuesday night at UPMC Park.Reading jumped ahead in the second against SeaWolves starter Matt Crouse. Jiandido Tromp led off with a single and later scored on an Angelo Mora groundout for the 1-0 lead.In
The SeaWolves dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Reading Fightin Phils, 6-2, on Tuesday night at UPMC Park.
Reading jumped ahead in the second against SeaWolves starter
In the top of the fourth, Adrew Pullin led off with a single and with two outs,
Erie cut into the lead in the bottom of the fourth against Reading starter
Reading added two more runs in the sixth.
The SeaWolves would get no closer as the Reading bullpen held Erie scoreless over the final four innings of the game.
Viza (2-3) earned the win allowing two runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts in five innings of work.
Crouse (3-1) took the loss allowing six runs on nine hits with a walk and three strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
The Erie bullpen tossed 3.2 scoreless innings in relief of Crouse.
The SeaWolves and Fightins meet in the middle game of the series on Wednesday morning at 11:05 a.m. at UPMC Park. Righty