ERIE — Now a month into his stint with the Erie SeaWolves, Johnsonburg native and St. Bonaventure alumnus Cole Peterson is settling in with his new club.

Peterson was called up to the Tigers’ Class-AA affiliate on May 29, and has appeared in 24 games to date. He’s batting .240, and has notched four doubles, a triple and five RBI.

He’s currently on a two-game hitting streak after going 2-for-5 on Tuesday and 2-for-3 on Wednesday in games against the Binghamton (N.Y.) Rumble Ponies, the AA affiliate for the New York Mets.

In his performance on Tuesday, Peterson notched an RBI and also scored a run. Defensively, he’s logged 18 putouts and 36 assists and has yet to commit an error.

Peterson says things are going well, but a recent slump has the former Ram eager to improve. From June 6 until Tuesday’s game at Binghamton, Peterson was just 5-for-35, an average of roughly .143.

But he’s perhaps breaking out again, as he posted that two-game streak.

“I carried in my approach from Lakeland and got off to a pretty good start, but baseball is full of ups and downs,” he said. “I’m trying to find that rhythm I had when I first got here. It’s different, though. Pitching is better, and guys have more command of their pitches. I’m just trying to get back to where I was.”

Peterson got off to a fast start with the SeaWolves, as he went on a six-game hitting streak from May 31 to June 8. During that stretch, he notched three multi-hit games, including three doubles in three games at Altoona at the start of the month. That start helped him feel more comfortable with his move.

“(The Altoona series) definitely helped me settle in,” Peterson said. “I was anxious, and I finally could play in front of (friends and family.) To get back and have that series in Altoona really helped me.”

Peterson, who was taken in the 13th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by Detroit, was given Thursday night’s game against the Harrisburg Senators off. Sergio Alcantara, the Tigers’ No. 15 overall prospect and No. 5 infield prospect, started instead.

Peterson is hopeful that his stint in Erie goes as well as his prior stops at St. Bonaventure and Class A teams Connecticut, West Michigan and Lakeland (Fla.).

He ended his Bonnies career with a .301 batting average, 57 RBI and 108 runs scored. He notched 33 doubles, eight triples and two homers in that time.

That earned him All-Atlantic 10 honors, as Peterson was named to the All-A-10 second team in 2016, and to the conference’s first team in 2017.

Those numbers, in addition to his stellar fielding, caught the eyes of the Tigers organization, and they selected him in the 2017 draft.

Peterson began his professional career with the short-season Class A Connecticut Tigers in 2017, and then moved up to the full-season Class A Western Michigan Whitecaps the next year, and then to High-A Lakeland the same season.

This year he started with Lakeland, and after posting a .292 batting average with 14 RBI and eight extra-base hits through 45 games, was called up to Erie.

“It was an awesome feeling,” Peterson said of being called up in an interview with the Olean Times Herald after his home debut with the SeaWolves. “It was great to call my family to tell them I’m coming back home… To finally be here and play and have family and friends, it’s an unreal feeling. I can’t even explain it. It’s something I’ll never forget.”

Should his time in Erie go well, Peterson would potentially get brought up to compete with the Class AAA Toledo Mud Hens with the ultimate goal of making it to the Detroit Tigers.

While that’s Peterson’s goal, the shortstop says he’s approaching it one day at a time and not getting ahead of himself.

“It’s day by day, you have to take it that way,” Peterson said. “Each day is different. One day you’re feeling good, the next day you’re not. You have to know how you’re feeling and know what to work on.”

And in the meantime, he’s enjoying plenty of support from back home. Fans have made their way to Erie on a regular basis to support Peterson — something he’s grateful to have.

“It’s awesome to be close to home,” he said. “It’s hard to explain the support I’ve had since high school, college and summer ball. I’m very thankful for everybody and the support they give me. It’s an incredible feeling.”