Lester Homers for Erie on Wednesday
The SeaWolves (26-28) suffered a series sweep as they were unable to salvage the finale on Wednesday at UPMC Park, falling to the Altoona Curve (27-29) by a 6-2 final. Altoona jumped ahead in the top of the first against Erie starter Alex Faedo. Mitchell Tolman singled with one out
The SeaWolves (26-28) suffered a series sweep as they were unable to salvage the finale on Wednesday at UPMC Park, falling to the Altoona Curve (27-29) by a 6-2 final.
Altoona jumped ahead in the top of the first against Erie starter
In the top of the third,
The SeaWolves cut into the lead in the last of the third.
Heavy rains would then halt play for one hour and 39 minutes before play would resume in the top of the fourth.
Lescher fired a scoreless fifth but ran into trouble once again in the sixth. Owen led off with a double and moved to third on a balk. He scored on a Madris groundout making it 5-1.
The SeaWolves final run came in the last of the sixth against reliever
The SeaWolves had opportunities in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings but runners on base but they could not cash in. Erie left 12 runners on base in the game and went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
Cederlind (1-0) earned the win for Altoona in relief allowing a run on five hits with a walk and four strikeouts in three innings.
Faedo (3-4) took the loss for the SeaWolves allowing two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in three innings.
The SeaWolves have the day off on Thursday and will hit the road on Friday to begin an eight-game, seven-day road trip in Trenton at 7 p.m. Righty