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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Erie, PA - The SeaWolves were down to their final strike in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday night at Jerry Uht Park but Wilkin Ramirez became a hero as he drove home the winning runs to complete a comeback win for Erie over Bowie, 6-5. The walkoff win for the ‘Wolves was their third in the last three games.

The Baysox struck first in the top of the first inning against Erie starter Luis Marte. Jonathan Tucker and Mike Rodriguez each connected on dribblers that found their way to the outfield. Lou Montanez then stepped in and connected on a three-run home run, his 22nd, to put the Baysox ahead 3-0. Nolan Reimold then connected on his 18th home run. The back-to-back home runs gave Bowie a 4-0 lead before an out was recorded.

Bowie would take a 5-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Jeff Nettles led off with a single and got to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Blake Davis singled home Nettles for the fifth Baysox run of the game.

The SeaWolves broke through in the bottom of the fifth inning against Bowie starter Zach Clark. Pedro Cotto led off with a single. With one out, Casper Wells connected on his fifth home run of the season. The two-run bomb made it a 5-2 game in favor of the Baysox.

Erie would again claw into the Bowie lead in the bottom of the seventh against reliever Gerardo Casadiego. Santo De Leon reached on a fielder’s choice with two outs. Will Rhymes followed with his third single of the game to put runners on first and second for Danny Worth. Worth laced a single up the middle. The ball skipped by centerfielder Mike Rodrigez and on the error, two runs came in to score to make it a 5-4 game. Worth was credited with one RBI on the play and scampered to reach third. He would be stranded as Ramirez grounded out to end the inning.

The ‘Wolves trailed by a run heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. De Leon singled to left to put the tying run on base off of Bowie closer Julio Manon. With the outfield playing deep, Rhymes blooped an opposite field single to left to put the tying run in scoring position. Rhymes finished the day 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored. It was his second four-hit game of the season. Worth grounded out to first to move both runners into scoring position for Ramirez with two outs. Ramirez fell behind in the count 0-2 before connecting on a liner down the left field line that scored De Leon and Rhymes to cap off the comeback win, 6-5. It was also Ramirez first game since returning from the disabled list.

Ben Fritz (3-5) picked up the win for the ‘Wolves tossing a scoreless top of the ninth inning with a strikeout.

The starter, Marte, went 5.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts in taking a no-decision.

Danny Zell also tossed 2.1 scoreless innings allowing one hit in relief. Zell retired the final batter of the sixth and set down seven straight before allowing a base hit in the ninth. The ‘Wolves duo of Marte and Zell held the Baysox hitless from the fifth through the top of the ninth and allowed just one hit over the final five innings of the game.
The comeback win was the second of the season for Erie when trailing after eight innings. It was also the eighth win for the ‘Wolves in their final at bat.

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