ERIE, PA. – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (26-29) took down the Erie SeaWolves (29-24) on Friday night at UPMC Park, 4-1. New Hampshire starter Adam Macko (W, 4-2) struck out eight batters in six innings for his second quality start in his last three appearances.

Macko, the Blue Jays No. 9 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, struck out at least one batter in five of his six innings. The southpaw sat down the side in the third. Macko recorded New Hampshire’s second straight quality start; righty Devereaux Harrison allowed two runs in six innings Thursday.

New Hampshire first baseman Ryan McCarty hit his second home run of the week since joining the Fisher Cats roster on June 1. McCarty plated three of the Fisher Cats’ four runs to raise his RBI count to six in the series.

McCarty’s three-run home run off of Erie starter Wilkel Hernandez (L, 2-2) opened the scoring on Friday night, as New Hampshire grabbed the first lead in the top of the fifth, 3-0. The blast also ushered left fielder Gabby Martinez and second baseman Miguel Hiraldo home. Erie quickly scored in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Cats lead to 3-1.

The Fisher Cats scrapped across an insurance run in the eighth. Right fielder Alan Roden was hit by a pitch and hustled from first to third on a Rainer Nuñez single. With runners on the corners and one out, Martinez chopped a ground ball to third, but Erie second baseman Hao-Yu Lee misfired on the double play turn to first. Roden scored on the grounder to add to the New Hampshire lead, 4-1.

The Cats bullpen went to work when Macko departed after six scoreless frames. Andrew Bechtold quickly retired three SeaWolves in the seventh, and Jimmy Burnette did the same in the eighth. The first two batters Ryan Boyer faced in the ninth reached on infield singles, but Boyer stranded them both with three prompt popouts to earn his third save of the season.

New Hampshire has now won three of its first four games at UPMC Park. The Cats are 6-4 with 2 games left of their 12-game road trip.

The Fisher Cats and SeaWolves play the penultimate game of their six-game series on Saturday, June 8 with a 6:05 p.m. first pitch. New Hampshire RHP C.J. Van Eyk (2-2, 6.03 ERA) toes the rubber against Erie RHP Garrett Burhenn (1-4, 3.11 ERA). Erie and New Hampshire wrap the series on Sunday, June 9 with a 1:35 PM first pitch from UPMC Park