Curve come back in a big way, top SeaWolves 11-5
May 3, 2006 - Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
The Altoona Curve (18-8) took their third game in a row from the Erie SeaWolves by the score of 11-5 on Wednesday night. Altoona trailed on four separate occasions, and capped their final comeback with a seven-run ninth inning that propelled the Curve to victory. On night when the Curve collected a whopping 17 hits, Brett Roneberg paced the Altoona offense, going 5-for-6 on the night with three runs scored.
The SeaWolves struck first on Wednesday night, scoring a single run in the bottom of the first without collecting a hit. Erie manufactured the run with a walk, stolen base, error and ground out to take an early 1-0 lead. In the top of the third, the Curve's Rafael Alvarez continued his recent hot streak with an RBI double to left field that plated Simon Pond and knotted the score at 1-1.
In the bottom of the frame, Erie would once again score a single run and take a 2-1 edge, but an inning later the Curve would respond and tie the game for the second time. Roneberg started the fifth inning rally with a single, and after a walk and an error, Adam Boeve grounded out to chase him home and make the score 2-2.
The sea-saw battle between the divisional rivals continued in the bottom of the inning, as Erie scored a run on a Tony Giarratano RBI triple that made the score 3-2 in favor of the SeaWolves. In the sixth, the Curve responded yet again, this time taking their first lead of the game courtesy of a sacrifice fly from Javier Guzman and an RBI single from Pond that put Altoona on top, 4-3.
The lead was short-lived however, because in the bottom of the sixth Erie got a clutch two-out double from Vince Blue that drove in two and put Erie in front for the fourth time in the game. After matching zeroes in the seventh and eighth, the Curve bats came to life in the ninth. The first five batters in the inning reached base and when the frame was over 11 men came to bat, and Altoona had scored seven times to take a commanding 11-5 lead.
Jonathan Albaladejo (1-1) pitched the final 3 1/3 innings of the game for Altoona and held the Erie offense, which featured the rehabbing major leaguer Dmitri Young, to only one hit on the way to his first victory of the season.
The Curve will take on the SeaWolves in the final game of the four-game set on Thursday afternoon at 11:05 AM. Right-hander Matt Peterson (2-2, 3.58) will toe the rubber for Altoona and will be opposed by Erie righty Scott Mathieson (2-1, 3.62).
Altoona will then return home to open a three-game series against the Reading Phillies on Friday. Friday night will be the second stop on the Curve's Retro Celebrity Tour as Erik Estrada will be at Blair County Ballpark to help celebrate Cinco de Estrada. Tickets are still available and can be purchased in person at the Blair County Ballpark Ticket Office, by calling the Curve toll-free at 877-99-Curve, or by logging on to www.AltoonaCurve.com.
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