CANCELED: Toledo Mud Hens vs. Iowa Cubs<\/p>\n
Inclement weather canceled the series finale between Toledo and Iowa. The Mud Hens take the series 4-1.<\/p>\n
Coming Up Next: The Hens are at home next week against the St. Paul Saints, starting Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Erie SeaWolves 6, Richmond Flying Squirrels 3 (box<\/a>)<\/p>\n A four-run ninth carried Erie to victory on Sunday, as the SeaWolves tied the series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels at three games apiece.<\/p>\n The most impactful swing of the night came from Izaac Pacheco with two outs in the top of the ninth. Mitch White had just taken over for Seth Lonsway, and Pacheco took the first pitch he saw \u2014 a 96-mph fastball low in the zone \u2014 and crushed it for a two-run homer, giving Erie a 4-3 lead. Justice Bigbie was on base from a single before the pitching change.<\/p>\n Things didn\u2019t get better for White. Andrew Jenkins singled, E.J. Exposito walked and Seth Stephenson drove both runners in with a double to the wall in left-center. 6-3, Seawolves.<\/p>\n Moises Rodriguez earned the win with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth. However, Rodriguez was also the reason Richmond took a late lead. He sailed a throw to first and watched it ricochet off the tarp and down the right field line. The runner ended up on third and scored on a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n The rest of Erie\u2019s pitching was sound. Max Alba gave 4 2\/3 innings of two-run ball, striking out four. A solo home run in the first and a soft RBI single into left in the fourth were the only costly mistakes of the day for him. Tanner Kohlhepp took over for Alba in the fifth to get the final out and pitch through the sixth. Eric Silva went 1-2-3 in the seventh.<\/p>\n The SeaWolves didn\u2019t have a ton of offense in the first eight frames. Exposito homered in the third to tie the game at 1-1, and Brett Callahan briefly tied the game again at two runs apiece in the eighth with an RBI. Bigbie and Stephenson both had two hits.<\/p>\n Exposito: 1-3, HR (8), 2 R, RBI, BB, K<\/p>\n Pacheco: 1-4, HR (9), R, 2 RBI, 2 K<\/p>\n Alba: 4.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 4 K<\/p>\n Coming Up Next: The SeaWolves are at home next week against the Akron RubberDucks, starting Tuesday at 6:05 p.m ET.<\/p>\n West Michigan Whitecaps 11, Dayton Dragons 3 (box<\/a>)<\/p>\n Tarik Skubal day in West Michigan went about as well as it could have, with the Whitecaps winning 8-0 over the Dayton Dragons and the Tigers\u2019 ace looking near-perfect.<\/p>\n Skubal gave up two hits over five scoreless innings and struck out six. He reportedly touched 99 mph and looked like the guy Tigers fans have come to adore over the past few years. For a more in-depth breakdown of Skubal\u2019s start, check out this piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jackson Strong stayed hot at the plate, giving West Michigan an early lead with a two-run homer in the first, and the Whitecaps never looked back.<\/p>\n Garrett Pennington singled in two more runners in the third, Ricardo Hurtado doubled in a pair in the fifth, and Woody Hadeen made it 7-0 in the sixth with an RBI double. A balk with Bryce Rainer at the plate gave the Whitecaps run No. 8 in the seventh.<\/p>\n Hadeen, Pennington and Bennett Lee had multi-hit days. Lee just recently joined the roster after coming down from Erie on Saturday.<\/p>\n Ryan Harvey, Luke Stofel and CJ Weins continued the shutout in relief of Skubal. Harvey struck out a pair in as many innings, and the other two worked around a combined three hits over the final two frames. Way to not mess it up, guys.<\/p>\n The Whitecaps win the series, 4-2.<\/p>\n Strong: 1-5, HR (5), R, 2 RBI, 2 K<\/p>\n Pennington: 2-5, 2B (15), R, 2 RBI<\/p>\n Skubal: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K<\/p>\n Coming Up Next: The Whitecaps are on the road against the Lake County Captains next week, starting Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n