The Result
Game One - SeaWolves - 12 runs to 3
Game Two - SeaWolves - 2 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
34 wins and 35 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Game One
----------Playing - Leftfield
----------Batting - #3
Game Two
----------Playing - Designated hitter
----------Batting - #3

Brett's at-bats --- Game One

First plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Major League pitcher on rehab assignment
Bases empty - two down
Ball
Called strike
"That is hit down the line and the SeaWolves' first-baseman gathers it on a couple of hops and takes it to the base himself for the final out of the innings"
Ground out to first base - PO3
Second plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Major League pitcher on rehab assignment
Runner at first base - one down
Ball - breaking ball - outside
Ball - inside
"That's a check swing roller and it should be a double play ... it's picked up by the SeaWolves' third-baseman and the throw goes to second base for the first out and the relay to first base is in time!!! ... a well executed 5-4-3 double play to end the innings!!!"
Ground out to third base and into a double play - 5 to 4 to 3
Third plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Ball - high and away
Ball - down and outside
Called strike - at the knees
Called strike
"There's a broken bat come-backer to the mound and the pitcher picks it up and throws to first base for the out"
Ground out to the pitcher - 1 to 3

Brett's at-bats --- Game Two

First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - high
"That ball is hit across the diamond and the SeaWolves' second-baseman runs in and collects the ball and throws on to first base for the final out of the innings"
Ground out to second base - 4 to 3
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike - at the knees
"There's a liner on the leftside of the diamond and it's handles by the shortstop for the first out of the innings"
Line out to shortstop - F6
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Walk
Advanced to second base on a hit
Advanced to third base on an infield ground out
Left stranded at the end of the innings

At the end of the Game
Game One
----------0 hit from 3 at-bats - 1 x grounded into a double play
Game Two
----------0 hit from 2 at-bats - 1 x walk
TOTAL
----------0 hit from 5 at-bats - 1 x walk, 1 x grounded into a double play

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Game One

Nate Robertson, making a Major Leage rehab start for Erie, no-hit the Curve for six innings as the SeaWolves routed Altoona, 12-3, in game one of an afternoon doubleheader

Robertson appeared to be fully recovered from a tired shoulder that had landed him on the Tiger's Disabled List
Robertson (1-0) walked one and struck out six to earn the win for Erie

Robertson left due to a pitch count after the sixth, and releiver Danny Zell attempted to complete the no-hitter
Zell recorded the first two outs of the inning and was one out away from finishing the third no-hitter thrown against the Curve in their history, before Steven Pearce broke up the bid with a double to the left field corner
That double opened the door for Altoona to break up the shutout bid as well, which they did as Neil Walker singled in Pearce
Adam Boeve followed with his 10th home run of the season to cap the scoring at 12-3

Curve starter Kip Bouknight was hit hard in his attempt at tying for the league lead in wins
The right-hander was touched up for two runs in the bottom of the first inning as Erie built a 2-0 lead

Boukknight (7-3), who took the loss for the Curve, was chased from the ballgame in the third
Pedro Cotto singled to start the inning
Clete Thomas then followed with a single to put runners at the corners with nobody out
Andres Torres singled to score Cotto and Mike Holliman followed with a run-scoring double to make it 4-0
Matt Joyce singled to score Torres and the lead was five
Erick Almonte followed with an RBI single and Bouknight was removed from the ballgame in favor of Alay Soler
Soler recorded the first two outs of the inning before permitting a single to Steve Torrealba which scored Joyce to cap the rally and give the SeaWolves a 7-0 advantage

Soler ran into problems of his own in the fifth inning, allowing five runs to Erie to run the SeaWolves lead to 12-0
Two of those runs were unearned due to a fielding error charged to Curve shortstop Brandon Chaves

All but one member of Erie's starting lineup, Kody Kirkland, scored a run in the SeaWolves win

Had the Curve been unable to break up the ho-hit bid, it would have been the third time the team had been no-hit in franchise history
The Bowie Baysox turned in both no-hitters against the Curve
Both were staff efforts, the first in 2000 and the latest in 2004

Game Two

Eastern League wins leader Dallas Trahern nearly replicated Robertson's game one feat, as the SeaWolves cruised behind their ace to a 2-1 win

Trahern (9-3) went the distance for the win, allowing just five hits and never facing adversity until the seventh inning
The Curve totaled just two hits against Trahern through six innings as they fell behind 2-0
Andrew McCutchen attempted to spark the Curve offense with a one-out single in the seventh
McCutchen scored a batter later when Jason Bowers doubled to center field
Brandon Chaves followed with a single, but Bowers was cut down at the plate by Matt Joyce to end the ballgame

Justin Vaclavik made the start and held the SeaWolves scoreless through the first two innings
Erie got to the right-hander in the third as Clete Thomas led off the inning with a double
Thomas scored the game's first run as Mike Holliman doubled a batter later
Vaclavik walked Jeff Larish and was removed from the game in favor of Wardell Starling

Starling permitted the eventual winning run in the fourth
Nick McIntyre led off the inning with a single and stole second base
He scored from there on a Thomas single to put the SeaWolves in front, 2-0

Vaclavik (2-5) took the loss in his first start of the season

The Curve continue their road trip on Friday against the Phillies in Reading
Game one is scheduled for a 7.05pm start
RHP Luis Munoz (6-4, 3.84) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Patrick Overholt (0-1, 9.00) for Reading

The SeaWolves won their second straight ballgame over the Altoona Curve 12-3 in game one of Thursday’s doubleheader at Jerry Uht Park

The SeaWolves got on the board in the bottom of the first inning
Andres Torres drew a one-out walk and he scored on a Mike Hollimon triple for a 1-0 lead
The triple for Hollimon was his fifth of the season and the 24th three-bagger for Erie
Hollimon would then score on a Matt Joyce ground out for a 2-0 ‘Wolves advantage

Erie got back at it in the bottom of the third inning
Pedro Cotto led off the inning with a single, the first of six straight hits in the inning for the ‘Wolves
Clete Thomas followed with a base knock and Torres singled home Cotto for a 3-0 lead
Hollimon then connected on his second extra-base hit of the game, a run scoring double for a 4-0 Erie advantage
Matt Joyce and Erick Almonte each connected on run scoring singles for a 6-0 lead
Later in the inning, Steve Torrealba blooped a single to center, scoring Joyce putting Erie up 7-0

Already with a commanding seven-run lead, the SeaWolves would add five more to blow the game open in the bottom of the fifth
Almonte led off by drawing a walk and Jackson Melian singled to extend his hitting streak to 13 consecutive games to put a pair on with no outs
After a Kody Kirkland strikeout, Torrealba singled to load the bases for Cotto
Cotto came through with his second hit of the game, a two-run double, putting the ‘Wolves up 9-0
Thomas followed by grounding to short, on the play, Torrealba scored from third and an error was charge to Brandon Chaves at short, Thomas would reach safely and Erie went up 10-0
Torres followed by drawing a walk to load the bases and Hollimon drew a bases loaded walk to put Erie up 11-0
Erie would score its final run with Joyce at the plate as Altoona balked home a run for a 12-0 score

The SeaWolves took the 12-0 lead and a no-hitter into the seventh inning
Danny Zell came on in relief and retired the first two batters of the inning
Cotto ended the sixth inning with an amazing diving catch in leftfield and Matt Joyce did the same in right field on a tailing liner for the first out of the seventh
Zell then got Brett Roneberg to ground right back to the mound for the second out
Steven Pearce broke up the no-no with two outs in the seventh on a double to left
Altoona would go on to plate three runs, including an Adam Boeve two-run home run making it 12-3
Erie would go on to win by that score

Nate Robertson (1-0) went six no-hit innings for Erie on a rehab assignment
Robertson shut down Altoona facing one over the minimum through six
He walked one and struck out six

It came down to the final out of the game once again, but the ‘Wolves prevailed in game two of the doubleheader on Thursday afternoon, 2-1 over the Altoona Curve

Erie took three of four against Altoona and the team has now won three straight ballgames

The SeaWolves broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning against Altoona starter Justin Vaclavik
Clete Thomas led off the inning with a double and with one out, he was doubled home by Mike Hollimon for a 1-0 SeaWolves lead
The double for Hollimon was his third extra-base hit of the two games on the day

The ‘Wolves added a run in the bottom of the fourth inning
Nick McIntyre roped a single to right field leading off the inning
McIntyre then stole second for his first stolen base of the season
On the play, Dave Parish’s throw went into centerfield and the error got McIntyre to third
McIntyre would score on a one-out single by Thomas for a 2-0 lead

Erie took a 2-0 lead into the top of the seventh inning
With one out, Andrew McCutchen singled and with two outs he was doubled home by Jason Bowers making it 2-1 Erie
Brandon Chaves then came to the plate with the tying run in scoring position
Chaves singled to left field and Bowers attempted to score from second but was cut down on a perfect throw from Matt Joyce in right field to the catch Joel Roa, who tagged Bowers for the final out of the game

Dallas Trahern improved to 9-3 on the season with his second complete game
He went seven innings allowing a run on five hits; he walked three and struck out four
Both of Trahern’s complete games this season have come against Altoona

The Curve faced a major leaguer making a rehab start, then took on the Eastern League’s wins leader in Thursday’s doubleheader
Neither result was favorable

Nate Robertson and Erie were one out away from no-hitting the Curve in the first game as the SeaWolves routed Altoona, 12-3, at Jerry Uht Park
The Curve avoided infamy when Steven Pearce doubled off reliever Danny Zell in the seventh inning

Dallas Trahern then shut down Altoona’s offense in the second game as Erie completed the sweep with a 2-1 win
Brandon Chaves came through with a single that could have tied the game in the top of the seventh, but right fielder Matt Joyce’s throw cut down Jason Bowers at the plate to end the game

Robertson, making a rehab start because of a tired arm, reached his pitch count of 75
Erie called on Zell, who retired Andrew McCutchen and Brett Roneberg before allowing Pearce’s hit
Neil Walker then put Altoona on the board with an RBI single, and Adam Boeve followed with a two-run homer to make it 12-3

Trahern (9-3) limited the Curve’s offense to one hit over five innings
He stranded runners on second and third in the second and fifth innings

Curve game one starter Kip Bouknight had his worst start of the year
The SeaWolves shelled him for seven runs in just two innings
Bouknight (7-3) left in the third inning after failing to retire the six batters he faced

Erie had a pair of five-run innings in the first game, one in the second off Bouknight and one in the fifth off Alay Soler
Robertson (1-0) benefited from all the offense

The SeaWolves scored their game two runs on Michael Hollimon’s third-inning double and Clete Thomas’ fourth-inning single

Bowers’ double cut the deficit to 2-1 in the seventh before Joyce’s heroics

Justin Vaclavik (2-5) made his first career start