Sean Ratliff drove in four runs with a homer and a double and Zach Lutz homered for the third time in his last four games, but Binghamton fell a run short in a 10-9 loss at Erie Saturday night. It marked the fourth straight loss for the B-Mets and seventh consecutive defeat away from NYSEG Stadium.
Binghamton (53-55) gave the SeaWolves a scare in the ninth though, moving within a run of the lead. Closer Lester Oliveros gave up a leadoff single to Josh Satin. After getting the next two to fly out, Lutz smacked a 1-0 fastball from the right-hander out to right for his 11th homer of the season, trimming the lead to 10-9. Oliveros then walked Marshall Hubbard to put the tying run aboard. However, the Venezuelan righty buckled down and struck out Mike Nickeas to secure his fourth save in as many chances.
Erie (45-63) got the scoring started in the second inning against starter Robert Carson. With one out, Deik Scram and Bryan Pounds reached on consecutive singles leading to Kody Kaiser, who smacked a 1-1 slider from Carson out to left for a three-run homer, his second blast of the season, making it 3-0 SeaWolves.
Nickeas issued a reply in the third. Brooks Brown, who had retired the first six men he faced, threw Nickeas a gopher ball, which Mike powered to left for a solo blast leading off the frame. It was his second homer in as many days and fifth of the season.
The SeaWolves replied with an RBI double from Billy Nowlin in the last of the third, re-upping the lead to three, 4-1.
Brown got into trouble again in the fourth. Satin ran his hitting streak to six games with a leadoff single to short. Kirk Nieuwenhuis joined him on base with a walk. Ratliff plated them both with huge jack to right-center for a game-tying homer, his 11th of the year with Binghamton.
Erie took the lead back for good in the home half of the fourth. Andy Bouchie led off with a double. When Cale Iorg dropped a bunt down to advance the runner, Carson fielded the bunt on the third-base line and fired the ball down the line in right, allowing Bouchie to score the go-ahead run, making it 5-4.
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