ERIE SEAWOLVES GAME NOTES DOUBLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE DETROIT TIGERS SEAWOLVESFANS @ERIE_SEAWOLVES ERIESEAWOLVES ERIE SEAWOLVES (18-16, 2ND WEST, 7.5 GB 1st Half) VS. RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (12-22, 5TH WEST, 13.5 GB 1st Half) RHP CASEY MIZE (2-0, 0.95 ERA) VS. RHP ALFRED GUTIERREZ (0-2, 4.76 ERA) WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 * 10:35 AM EDT * BROADCAST: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, SEAWOLVES.COM, MILB.TV UPMC PARK * GAME #35 * HOME GAME #22 * DAY GAME #12 ENTERING TONIGHT'S GAME Today, the Erie SeaWolves look to take the series finale from the Richmond Flying Squirrels and remain perfect in series-deciding games. The SeaWolves are currently 5-0 in rubber matches. Erie evened the series last night when Sergio Alcantara drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 4-3. It was the first SeaWolves walk-off win of the year and first since July 13, 2018 when Jake Rogers drew a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning to beat Altoona. Casey Mize makes his fourth start for the SeaWolves and is coming off a five-inning no-decision on May 10 at Altoona. Mize allowed his first two Double-A earned runs and surrendered a career-high seven hits in the start. He struck out four and walked one. Alfred Gutierrez goes for the Flying Squirrels, making his seventh start of the season. The 23-year old is 0-2 with a 4.76 ERA across 22.2 innings and opponents are hitting .279 against him. Gutierrez took a loss in his last start on May 10 at Bowie, despite allowing one run in five innings while striking out four. The Venezuela native spent the first seven seasons of his pro career in the Detroit Tigers system after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2012. The right-hander was a Mid-Season All-Star for High-A Lakeland in 2018 and debuted for the SeaWolves on July 13, 2018. He made seven starts for Erie and compiled a 6.09 ERA in 34 innings. VS. RICHMOND UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND STARTING PITCHERS DATE H/R RESULT/RECORD Thu., May 16 at Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Matt Manning (3-2, 2.40 ERA) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmerman (1-1, 2.53 ERA) 5/13 H 6-5 (L) / 0-1 Fri., May 17 at Bowie 7:05 p.m. RHP Logan Shore (2-2, 4.32 ERA) vs. RHP Alfred Molina (2-4, 3.86 ERA) 5/14 H 4-3 (W) / 1-1 5/15 H Sat. May 18 at Bowie 6:35 p.m. RHP Alex Faedo (2-2, 4.05 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Harvey (1-3, 6.23 ERA) 7/18 A Sun. May 19 at Bowie 1:35 p.m. RHP Anthony Castro (1-0, 4.43 ERA) vs. LHPZac Lowther (3-3, 2.17 ERA) 7/19 A 7/20 A LAST GAME(S) The Erie SeaWolves (18-16) walked-off on the Richmond Flying Squirrels (12-22), 4-3, on Tuesday night at UPMC Park. 7/21 A 8/19 A Erie got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning on a Kade Scivicque solo home run to left for a 1-0 lead. It was Scivicque’s second home of the season and extended his hitting streak to five games. 8/20 A 8/21 A SeaWolves Starter Anthony Castro went four innings and allowed two runs, both in the top of the fourth in a no-decision effort. Chris Shaw led off with a double and with one out, Jonah Arenado doubled to put runners on second and third. Heath 8/26 H Quinn then tripled out to right-center, plating the two runs, giving Richmond a 2-1 lead. Derek Hill and Jose Azocar collided on the play, forcing Hill to exit with an apparent injury. 8/27 H 8/28 H After Erie reliever Ethan DeCaster tossed three shutout innings, the SeaWolves reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs, Azocar reached on a fielder’s choice and Kody Eaves earned a walk. Cam Gibson followed with a 8/29 H double off the right-center field wall to plate both baserunners, giving the SeaWolves a 3-2 lead. Trent Szkutnik (1-2), who received the win, allowed an unearned Richmond run in the eighth to tie the game. Jalen Miller reach on a Sergio Alcantara error and then later scored on a Gio Brusa double. Szkutnik then tossed a scoreless ninth to set the table for the walk-off win. The ninth began with an Eaves walk on pitch clock violation. Gibson doubled on a fly ball to straight away center that was lost in the lights by the Richmond fielder. The Squirrels elected to issue an intentional walk to Scivicuqe, loading the bases for Alcantara and setting up a force at every base. Alcantara worked a 3-1 count before drawing a free pass, scoring Eaves to give the SeaWolves their first walk-off win of the season. W: T. Szkutnik (1-2, 3.31 ERA) - L: R. Martinez (0-1, 8.68 ERA) - S: N/A QUICK HITS WESTERN DIVISION (1st Half) - The roster includes nine, Top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, and two members of the Detroit Tigers 40-man roster - INF Isaac Paredes is the No. 4 overall prospect and OF Jose Azocar is No. 28. TEAM W/L GAMES BACK - INF Sergio Alcantara & LHP Gregory Soto are 40-man members, Alcantara is the No. 15 overall prospect and Soto is No. 26 HAR 27-10 -- - The starting rotation now boasts five Top-30 Tigers talents: RHP Casey Mize is ranked the No. 1 prospect, RHP Matt Man- ning is No. 2, Alex Faedo sits at No. 10 and Logan Shore is No. 16 (Soto included) ERI 18-16 7.5 - Erie's +52 run differential ranks first in the Eastern League, Richmond's -49 run differential is last - Following last night's win, the SeaWolves are now are now 4-7 in games decided by one run ALT 18-19 9.0 - After allowing 12 stolen bases through the first 32 games, Richmond has swiped five bags in the last two games AKR 16-21 11.0 - Erie and Richmond meet 14 times (four total series) in 2019, an even split between UPMC Park (5/13-15 & 8/26-29) and The Diamond (7/18-21 & 8/19-21) RIC 12-22 13.5 - A pair of 2019 SeaWolves (LHP's Nick Ramirez & Soto) made their MLB-debuts four nights ago (5/11) against Minnesota BOW 12-25 15.0 - The SeaWolves went 4-2 vs. the Flying Squirrels in 2018 and 2-1 at UPMC Park - After hitting 11 home runs through the first 23 games of the season, Erie has now slugged 10 in their past 10 games EASTERN DIVISION (1st Half) - Matt Manning's outing on 5/5 was the 10th time this season an Erie starter has gone 5.0+ innings without allowing an ER TEAM W/L GAMES BACK - Erie now has four multi-error games this season (5/9 vs. AKR, 5/2 vs. BOW, 4/20 vs. BNG, 4/9 vs. ALT), they have commit- ted the second-fewest errors (20), only behind Altoona (16) BNG 21-12 -- - Erie pitching ranks 4th in the league in team ERA (3.23), Richmond is ninth (4.09) TRE 21-13 0.5 - The SeaWolves pitching staff is second in WHIP (1.16), while the Squirrels rank ninth (1.37) - Erie leads the Eastern League with a team batting average of .262 (second in Double-A), while Richmond is ninth at .225 REA 18-15 3.0 - SeaWolves hitters have struck out 268 times (fewest in the EL), while Flying Squirrels batters have gone down on strikeouts HFD 20-18 3.5 288 times (fifth-fewest) NH 17-19 5.5 POR 12-22 9.5 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP CASEY MIZE (2-0, 0.95 ERA) HEIGHT: 6-3 ENTERING TODAY’S GAME: WEIGHT: 230 LAST TIME OUT: THROWS: R 5/10 at Altoona, took first no decision in an 8-4 Erie loss... Threw 5.0 innings, allowing two BATS: R earned runs on a career-high seven hits... Struck out four and walked one... Left game with a LAST SEASON: High-A Lakeland/GCL Tigers 4-2 lead. BIRTHPLACE: Springville, AL VS. RIC: BORN: 5/1/1997 Will be first career start against the Flying Squirrels. AGE: 21 OBTAINED: Drafted by DET, 1st Round (1st Overall) in 2018 MLB Draft SCHOOL: Auburn University PRO EXPERIENCE: 2nd Season 2018 HIGHLIGHTS 7/2 6- Made first professional start against GCL Yankees East, pitching 2.0 shutout innings (2019) GAME-BY-GAME and striking out four... 2019 HIGHLIGHTS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K RESULT 4/4 - Went 5.0 shutout innings vs. High-A Tampa, allowing one hit and striking out a career- 4/29 ALT W 9.0 0 0 0 1 7 1-0 (W) high eight batters while walking none... 5/4 BOW W 5.0 2 1 0 1 7 6-1 (W) 4/9 - Earned first professional win vs. High-A Clearwater after tossing 6.0 innings of one-run 5/10 ALT ND 5.0 7 2 2 1 4 8-4 (L) ball... surrendered four hits and hit a batter while striking out seven 4/17 - Took a no-decision after 7.0 scoreless frames, giving up one hit and one walk..