ERIE, PA – Izaac Pacheco announced his return to the lineup with his first career three-homer game as the Erie SeaWolves (26-12, 62-44) exploded for a 10-6 win over the Altoona Curve (16-22, 47-60) on Saturday night at UPMC Park.
The SeaWolves got off to a hot start in the first inning against Altoona starter Connor Oliver. Thayron Liranzo homered for the second straight game with a two-run blast to the top of the Erie Insurance Arena in left field. The arena roof wouldn’t get much of a break as the SeaWolves placed three more homers out to left on the night. Pacheco launched his first home run of the night and was followed by the 19th longball from EJ Exposito to give Erie an early 4-0 lead.
Altoona got runs against SeaWolves starter Max Alba in the second and fourth innings to cut the deficit in half, but Erie’s offense had quite the response in the fifth. After Andrew Jenkins drew a walk to lead off the inning, Pacheco went opposite field with his second homer of the game to restore a four-run SeaWolves lead. For the second time in the game, Exposito got in on the fun. The SeaWolves infielder smoked a towering home run to straightaway center field to extend the lead to 7-2 after five…