Mets prospect helps shut down SeaWolves

Erie SeaWolves' Ramon Cabrera slides safely into home plate during a match up against the Binghamton Mets at Jerry Uht Park on July 12. JARID A. BARRINGER/ERIE TIMES-NEWS

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The SeaWolves showed their ability to rally, once again, Saturday night.

Erie just couldn't complete the comeback win as Binghamton erupted for five runs in the ninth inning to pull away with a 9-3 win in front of 4,493 fans at Jerry Uht Park.

"We kept it close and just couldn't manufacture anything after we tied the game," Erie manager Lance Parrish said. "We were bound to lose, and it's not like I expected us to win every game the rest of the way. Valdy (Jose Valdez) just didn't have it, and it might have been a different situation if we were down only one run in the ninth inning. It wasn't meant to be and he had a rough night and consequently, so did we."

Binghamton (56-38) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first four innings. Kai Gronauer crushed his first home run with the Mets before Dilson Herrera, Brian Burgamy and Dustin Lawley hit consecutive singles to give Binghamton a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Jayce Boyd then hit his fourth homer to make it 3-0 Mets against spot starter Ryan Robowski.

"The situation is difficult with not all of our starters being available," Parrish said. "We've used Robowski a few times with the way our schedule has worked out. He's done a really good job for us and we all appreciate that. We just couldn't muster enough offense."

Erie (44-50) stormed back immediately with three two-out runs. Corey Jones ripped a two-run double in the fourth inning and the SeaWolves tied the game with a Marcus Lemon RBI single in the fifth.

That was it for a red-hot Erie offense as Cory Mazzoni, making his second start of the season because of injury, settled down to throw seven effective innings. Jack Leathersich pitched a scoreless eighth inning and former Erie pitcher Cody Satterwhite tossed a quick ninth inning to secure the win and snap the SeaWolves' five-game winning streak.

Erie was in range in the ninth inning down 4-3, but Valdez was tagged for five runs. Dustin Lawley and Darrell Ceciliani each had an RBI single before Boyd drove in two more with a single. Herrera and Boyd had three hits, while Lawley, Ceciliani and Gronauer had two apiece.
