The Erie SeaWolves came up short in their quest for a third-straight Eastern League Championship on Wednesday night, losing to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, 8-2, in a deciding third game at home.

Binghamton out-pitched Erie all night. Andrew Sears was just a hair too sloppy and perhaps stretched too thin, but the three surrendered runs didn’t doom his squad. No, that was an ugly performance at the top of the order from the biggest stars in Detroit’s farm system.

Josue Briceno, Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle went a combined 0-for-14 with eight strikeouts. While these guys deserve a ton of credit for what they accomplished during the season, it’s going to sting this offseason knowing they didn’t have their best games when it mattered most.

Still, there’s little for the SeaWolves to hang th

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