Postgame: Another tough game for the SeaWolves’ offense. Erie collected just four hits and had only two runners in scoring position the entire game. … Trevor May made two starts against Erie in 2012. He allowed 11 runs on 13 hits in seven innings to go 0-1 with a 14.14 ERA. Totally different start tonight as he throws 7 2/3 scoreless innings, including four hits and nine strikeouts. … The Erie starting rotation is in transition right now. Victor Larez, Kyle Lobstein and Matt Crouse are the only starters in Erie and Crouse didn’t even join the rotation until a few weeks into the season. The first hole is Warwick Saupold, who went to the disabled list Tuesday with a shoulder injury. There is no timetable for his return. The second hole is Ramon Garcia, who was called up to Triple-A Toledo to fill in a need. Drew VerHagen will arrive in Erie Wednesday and start Thursday’s day game. Larez was moved up to Wednesday after being scheduled for Thursday. VerHagen is the No. 16 overall prospect in the Detroit Tigers organization according to MLB.com. He is 5-3 with a 2.81 ERA this season for Lakeland and was drafted in the fourth round in last year’s draft out of Vanderbilt. The second need will come Saturday in Binghamton, which is Saupold’s next turn in the rotation. It’s not clear what Erie will do in that situation. Either another bullpen game or a move will have to be made. One option could be Patrick Cooper. He will pitch a simulated game Wednesday and the SeaWolves will make a decision about him after that session.

New Britain Rock Cats (32-36) at Erie SeaWolves (36-31)
7:05 p.m., Jerry Uht Park

NINTH INNING
New Britain tacks on a run as Reynaldo Rodriguez hammers a pitch on top of the Erie Insurance Arena. 8-0 Rock Cats

Eugenio Suarez draws a leadoff walk but nothing much going on for the SeaWolves tonight. They fall 8-0.

EIGHTH INNING
Tyler Clark loads the bases and walks a run in before being relieved by David Kopp. Kopp then strikes out top prospect Miguel Sano to end the inning. 7-0 Rock Cats

Trevor May retires the first two hitters and his night is over. 7 2/3 IP 4 H 0 R 9 K 1 BB and is line for his sixth win. Edgar Ibarra comes in to strike out Jamie Johnson to end the eighth. 7-0 New Britain

SEVENTH INNING
New Britain strikes for two more runs to take a 6-0 lead. After Danny Santana doubles and Eddie Rosario reaches on an infield single, Matt Crouse is lifted for Tyler Clark. Nate Hanson responds by doubling off the left-field wall to drive in one run. After two quick outs by Erie, Reynaldo Rodriguez singled to make it 6-0.

Hernan Perez and Daniel Fields start with singles to try and create a rally. Trevor May then strikes out the side to end the threat. The SeaWolves’ 6 through 9 hitters tonight are 0-for-10 with 6 Ks.

SIXTH INNING
A quick 1-2-3 rebound inning for Matt Crouse but Erie still trails 4-0.

Jamie Johnson rips a two-out single but not much else going on with the SeaWolves.

FIFTH INNING
Disaster strikes for Erie as New Britain takes a 4-0 lead. Nate Hanson had the big hit with a two-run single, while Miguel Sano had a sacrifice fly to drive in another run. On Sano’s flyball, the SeaWolves commit an error to allow a second run to score. 4-0 Rock Cats

James McCann finally breaks up Trevor May’s no-hitter with a one-out double. McCann, however, is stranded at third and the SeaWolves trail 4-0.

FOURTH INNING
3 up and 3 down for Matt Crouse and he has retired eight in a row.

Still scoreless as Trevor May retires 3 in a row and he has faced the minimum.

THIRD INNING
Matt Crouse is settling into a groove now and has retired five in a row. Still scoreless after two and a half.

Trevor May is in cruise control with a 1-2-3 inning.

SECOND INNING
Matt Crouse with some solid glove work. After allowing a one-out walk, Crouse strikes out Angel Morales and makes a terrific defensive play to grab a groundball to end the top of the second.

Trevor May with a quick 1-2-3 inning, including a strikeout of Daniel Fields and two flyouts.

FIRST INNING
Matt Crouse works himself into trouble then immediately out of it. Danny Santana, Eddie Rosario and Nate Hanson all single to start the game to load the bases with no outs. After Josmil Pinto strikes out swinging, Miguel Sano and Reynaldo Rodriguez each pop out to end the threat. Still scoreless here at the Uht.

Jamie Johnson leads off the inning with a four-pitch walk but Erie can’t take advantage. After Eugenio Suarez flies out to left, Hernan Perez grounds into a double play to end the inning. Scoreless after 1.

Starting pitchers
New Britain RH Trevor May (5-3, 3.95) vs. Erie LH Matt Crouse (4-4, 3.67)

Starting lineups
New Britain – SS Danny Santana (.280), 2B Eddie Rosario (.250), 1B Nate Hanson (.292), C Josmil Pinto (.321), 3B Miguel Sano (.091), DH Reynaldo Rodriguez (.243), LF Daniel Ortiz (.279), RF Jordan Parraz (.222), CF Angel Morales (.063)
Erie – DH Jamie Johnson (.259), SS Eugenio Suarez (.253), 2B Hernan Perez (.306), CF Daniel Fields (.280), C James McCann (.317), RF Tyler Collins (.218), 1B James Robbins (.240), 3B Wade Gaynor (.219), LF Marcus Lemon (.227)

Pregame: Erie received some good news today as relief pitcher David Kopp was healthy enough to be activated from the disabled list. At the same time, starting pitcher Warwick Saupold was placed on the DL with a shoulder injury. He had his last turn in the rotation skipped on the road trip and there is no timetable for his return. … Erie is down to four starting pitchers and will likely lose Ramon Garcia to Triple-A Toledo, which needs a starting pitcher in a few days. Victor Larez has been moved up to start Wednesday and a move will be made Thursday for a starting pitcher. Saupold’s next spot in the rotation is Saturday, meaning Erie will need to make a move before then or use a bullpen game. Ryan Robowski started a bullpen game in New Hampshire when Saupold was skipped. The SeaWolves could get Patrick Cooper back to start Saturday’s game. He will throw a simulated game Wednesday to test his shoulder. If the simulated game goes well, he could be activated from the DL soon. … New Britain is the only team in the Eastern League not to play Erie this season. … The Rock Cats begin a 10-game, 10-day road trip to Erie, Akron and Altoona tonight. … Trevor May was hammered by the SeaWolves last year as a member of Reading’s pitching staff. He went 0-1 with 11 runs allowed in seven innings in two starts. May was sent to Minnesota with Vance Worley in a trade for Ben Revere.

–Tom Reisenweber

Mistakes do happen.

– Rick Green

Eastern League
New Hampshire 22, Erie 1
Portland 7, Akron 4
Binghamton 5, Bowie 4
Harrisburg 5, New Britain 2
Reading 5, Richmond 4
Altoona 2, Trenton 1

International League
Toledo 8, Syracuse 4, 10 innings

Midwest League
Fort Wayne 10, West Michigan 5

Fans can vote for the Erie SeaWolves Player of the week on the upper right corner. The poll will last until 4 p.m. Friday each week with the winner being featured in Sunday’s paper. Fans are free to nominate their favorite SeaWolves player each week by sending an e-mail to tom.reisenweber@timesnews.com by 5 p.m. on Saturday night.

Marcus Lemon – Hit two doubles in a 3-2 loss to New Hampshire, including an RBI double in the ninth inning to cut the deficit to 3-2.
James McCann – Started the week with two hits in a 3-2 loss to New Hampshire. He also had three hits in a 6-3 win over New Hampshire. He also had three hits, including his second homer, drove in two runs and scored three times in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Justin Souza – Worked two scoreless relief innings in a 3-2 loss to New Hampshire. He then recorded his 12th save with a scoreless inning in a 3-2 win over Portland and had a shutout inning in a 6-3 win over New Hampshire to get his 13th save.
Hernan Perez – Went 3-for-3, including two doubles, in a 2-0 loss to Portland. He also had two hits in a 2-0 loss to Portland.
James Robbins – Hit an RBI double in the eighth inning to give Erie a 3-2 win over Portland in eight innings. He also had four hits, including three doubles and his second homer, and drove in four runs and scored three runs in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Ryan Robowski – Tossed four scoreless innings in a spot start as Erie beat Portland 1-0.
Blaine Hardy – Continued his solid season with a scoreless inning to record his first save with the SeaWolves in a 1-0 win over Portland. He also threw two scoreless innings in a 6-3 win over New Hampshire.
Will Clinard – Threw two shutout innings in a 1-0 win over Portland.
Daniel Fields – Had three hits in a 6-3 win over New Hampshire. He also had three hits, drove in three runs and hit his seventh home run in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Jamie Johnson – Drove in two runs on two hits in a 6-3 win over New Hampshire.
Tyler Clark – Threw two scoreless innings in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Eugenio Suarez – Finished with three hits, including two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Tyler Collins – Had three hits and scored twice in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.
Wade Gaynor – Collected four hits and drove in two runs in a 16-2 win over New Hampshire.

Light schedule Monday with the first game at 7:05 p.m., so there’s plenty of time to study those moves:

AL
L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-1) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Lackey 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-2), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Kazmir 3-3) at Texas (Lindblom 0-1), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fister 5-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 6-3), 8:10 p.m.
Toronto (Dickey 5-7) at Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 3-2) at Seattle (Iwakuma 6-1), 10:10 p.m.

NL
Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-6) at Miami (Nolasco 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Feldman 5-4), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 4-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-4), 10:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 4-2) at San Diego (Marquis 7-2), 10:10 p.m.

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Postgame: The Erie SeaWolves have finally lost a series at Jerry Uht Park. Erie will look to salvage the third game and avoid a sweep on Sunday, which would make a 12-hour bus ride to Portland a little more pleasant. … Erie has fallen out of first place after Richmond swept its doubleheader. The SeaWolves are 1 1/2 games back from the Flying Squirrels. … Erie’s batting average is down to .259, which is fifth in the Eastern League. … The SeaWolves’ ERA is up to 3.93, which is fourth in the EL. … Daniel Fields hit his 18th double tonight. He is second in the Eastern League behind Bowie’s Ty Kelly and fellow SeaWolve Hernan Perez. Both have 19 doubles this season.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (29-33) at Erie SeaWolves (32-26)
7:05 p.m., Jerry Uht Park

NINTH INNING
Brad Glenn crushes a deep ball to center for his seventh homer. 6-2 Fisher Cats

Hernan Perez starts the bottom of the ninth with a single before Daniel Fields and James McCann fly out. Collins strikes out looking and Erie falls 6-2. It is the first series loss for Erie at the Uht this season.

EIGHTH INNING
Hardy walks two and gets one out before Tyler Stohr comes in. Hardy goes 2 1/3 IP 1 H 2 BB 2 K and two runners on base. Stohr dominates with two strikeouts and we head to the bottom of the eighth.

1-2-3 all on strikeouts and Erie has struck out 13 times tonight.

SEVENTH INNING
1-2-3 inning for Blaine Hardy and he is cruising.

Erie has a little something going as James McCann hits a one-out single and Tyler Collins reaches on an error. However, Wade Gaynor flies out to center and Luis Castillo grounds out. Still 5-2 Fisher Cats.

SIXTH INNING
Victor Larez is done after five innings. He goes 5 IP 8 H 5 ER 2 BB 1 K and is line for the loss. Blaine Hardy in for the ‘Wolves. He allows a one-out double to Tommy Manzella but Larez strands him.

Another 1-2-3 inning for Nolin, including two more strikeouts. Nolin has 9 Ks.

FIFTH INNING
Larez has retired 9 in a row now as he goes 1-2-3.

THE STREAK IS OVER! Erie finally breaks through to end the scoreless streak at 22 innings. Daniel Fields leads off with a double and James McCann follows with a double. Erie even added a run with a Wade Gaynor single to cut the lead to 5-2.

FOURTH INNING
Victor Larez is settling in as he retires 3 in a row for the first time this game.

It keeps getting ugly for Erie. Two more strikeouts and a groundout. 5-0 New Hampshire

THIRD INNING
Larez works around the first two hitters reaching to keep the game at 5-0.

1-2-3 for Sean Nolin and he is cruising.

SECOND INNING
Something has to be wrong with Victor Larez. After starting the season 5-0, he has been battered these last few starts. Ryan Schmipf launches his Eastern League-leading 13th home run with a runner on to give New Hampshire a 5-0 lead.

Daniel Fields, James McCann and Tyler Collins all strike out. 20 innings without a run and counting….

FIRST INNING
Late lineup change for New Hampshire. Kevin Ahrens is now hitting seventh and playing first base. Brad Glenn moves up to fourth, Adam Loewen to fifth and Brian Van Kirk to sixth.

Well, that was quick. After two fast outs for Victor Larez, he gives up a single to Kevin Nolan and walks Brad Glenn. Adam Loewen follows with a three-run bomb to right field to give New Hampshire a 3-0 lead.

Brian Van Kirk follows with a walk and Kevin Ahrens reaches on an infield single. Van Kirk went to third on the play as the throw to first was thrown away. Jack Murphy then hit a rocket off Wade Gaynor but Hernan Perez grabs the deflection and throws Murphy out in time to avoid another run scoring.

Put the scoreless streak at 19 innings for Erie as they go down 1-2-3. Marcus Lemon and Eugenio Suarez each flew out and Hernan Perez’s liner to third was caught.

Starting pitchers
New Hampshire LH Sean Nolin (2-1, 3.20) vs. Erie RH Victor Larez (5-2, 4.99)

Starting lineups
New Hampshire – CF Kevin Pillar (.313), 2B Ryan Schimpf (.218), SS Kevin Nolan (.255), 1B Clint Robinson (.262), RF Brad Glenn (.260), DH Adam Loewen (.226), LF Brian Van Kirk (.260), C Jack Murphy (.213), 3B Tommy Manzella (.100)
Erie – 3B Marcus Lemon (.238), SS Eugenio Suarez (.244), 2B Hernan Perez (.312), CF Daniel Fields (.279), DH James McCann (.304), LF Tyler Collins (.225), 1B Wade Gaynor (.216), RF Luis Castillo (.243), C Zach Maggard (.167)

Pregame: Will Startup, Jamie Johnson, Tyler Stohr, Wade Gaynor and Patrick Cooper spent two hours this morning cleaning up a youth baseball field on 24th and Cascade. There were two T-ball games on the field once the work was complete. … Ramon Garcia was called up to Triple-A Toledo to make a spot start today. He will rejoin Erie in Portland and start on Thursday. The rotation for the four-game, three-day Portland series is nearly set. Warwick Saupold will start on Tuesday in Game 1 of the doubleheader. Erie manager Chris Cron will use a bullpen game in Game 2 but has not named a starter. Matt Crouse will start Wednesday and Garcia on Thursday. … Cron went through a lineup shakeup for tonight’s game. Tyler Collins was moved down to the sixth spot, while Marcus Lemon will lead off and play third. Eugenio Suarez was moved down to the 2 hole and Hernan Perez down to the 3. … Wade Gaynor is playing first base tonight which could be important in the next few weeks. Francisco Martinez, a third baseman, is back with the organization and in Lakeland. He should be in Erie soon and the move could force Gaynor to first and split time with James Robbins. … Erie has not lost a series at Jerry Uht Park this season but would need to win tonight and Sunday to keep that streak going. … Erie will play New Hampshire at 1:35 p.m. Sunday before hitting the road to New England for a six-game trip to Portland and New Hampshire. … Click here for a notebook that ran in today’s paper and here for the game story on Erie’s 2-0 loss Friday.

Erie SeaWolves cleaning up the field at 24th and Cascade.

–Tom Reisenweber

Eastern League
New Hampshire 2, Erie 0
Binghamton 3, Altoona 2
Akron 12, Portland 3
Harrisburg at Reading ppd.
New Britain at Bowie ppd.
Richmond at Trenton ppd.

International League
Toledo 6, Columbus 0

Florida State League
Lakeland 2, Tampa 0

Midwest League
Great Lakes 10, West Michigan 4

Venezuelan Summer League
Mariners 8, Tigers 4

Dominican Summer League
Tigers 5, Braves 4

–Tom Reisenweber

Rounds 3 through 10 took place Friday at the MLB Draft. Here’s a look at who the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates decided to take. The draft will wrap up Saturday with rounds 11-40 and beyond. Click here if you missed the Day 1 draft coverage.

Cleveland Indians
3rd round – No. 79 RHP Dace Kime – 6-5, 220 pounds from Louisville
4th round – No. 111 LHP Kyle Crockett – 6-2, 170 pounds from Virginia
5th round – No. 141 LHP Sean Brady – 5-10, 182 pounds from Ida S Baker High School (Florida)
6th round – No. 171 RHP Casey Shane – 6-4, 200 pounds from Centennial High School (Texas)
7th round – No. 201 LHP Kenny Mathews – 6-3, 205 pounds from Riverside C.C.
8th round – No. 231 RHP Trevor Frank – 6-0, 195 pounds from California-Riverside
9th round – No. 261 LHP Thomas Pannone – 6-1, 195 pounds from College of Southern Nevada
10th round – No. 291 2B Ross Kivett – 6-1, 200 pounds from Kansas State

Detroit Tigers
3rd round – No. 94 RHP Jeffrey Thompson – 6-6, 245 pounds from Louisville
4th round – No. 126 RHP Austin Kubitza – 6-5, 220 pounds from Rice
5th round – No. 156 RHP Buck Farmer – 6-4, 218 pounds from Georgia Tech
6th round – No. 186 RHP Calvin Drummond – 6-3, 200 pounds from Arizona Christian
7th round – No. 216 OF Connor Harrell – 6-3, 220 pounds from Vanderbilt
8th round – No. 246 RHP Zach Reininger – 6-3, 170 pounds from Hill Junior College
9th round – No. 276 RHP Will LaMarche – 6-3, 220 pounds from LSU
10th round – No. 308 OF Kasey Coffman – 6-3, 220 pounds from Arizona State


Pittsburgh Pirates
3rd round – No. 87 OF JaCoby Jones – 6-3, 205 pounds from LSU
4th round – No. 119 LHP Cody Dickson – 6-3, 180 pounds from Sam Houston State
5th round – No. 149 SS Trae Arbet – 6-0, 185 pounds from Great Oak High School (California)
6th round – No. 179 SS Adam Frazier – 5-11, 170 pounds from Mississippi State
7th round – No. 209 RHP Buddy Borden – 6-3, 210 pounds from UNLV
8th round – No. 239 RHP Neil Kozikowski – 6-4, 180 pounds from Avon Old Farms School (Connecticut)
9th round – No. 269 RHP Chad Kuhl – 6-3, 215 pounds from Delaware
10th round – No. 299 RHP Shane Carle – 6-4, 185 pounds from Cal State-Long Beach

–Tom Reisenweber

Eastern League
Portland at Erie ppd.
Binghamton 5, Trenton 4
New Britain 9, Richmond 4
Akron 7, New Hampshire 2
Bowie at Harrisburg ppd.
Reading at Altoona ppd.

International League
Toledo 8, Columbus 7

Florida State League
Lakeland at St. Lucie ppd.

Midwest League
Great Lakes 4, West Michigan 1

Dominican Summer League
Tigers 10, Braves 6

–Tom Reisenweber

Eastern League
Richmond 2, Erie 0
Portland 7, Altoona 3
Bowie 7, New Britain 6, 11 innings
Trenton 4, Harrisburg 3
Akron 7, Reading 5
New Hampshire 8, Binghamton 7

International League
Toledo 3, Louisville 2

Florida State League
Lakeland 2, Tampa 1

Midwest League
West Michigan 7, Fort Wayne 4, 11 innings, susp.

Venezuelan Summer League
Cubs 12, Tigers 2