'Wolves Come From Behind to Beat Altoona 7-3 Completing a Three-Game Sweep
May 3, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
The SeaWolves completed a three-game sweep of the Altoona Curve with a come from behind victory on Sunday afternoon at Blair County Ballpark.
Altoona jumped ahead in the bottom of the first inning against Erie starter Jonah Nickerson. Angel Gonzalez drew a leadoff walk and he moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Anderson Machado. With two outs, Brad Corley singled home Gonzalez for a 1-0 lead.
The Curve would add a run in the bottom of the second. Hector Gimenez led off with a double and Jamie Romak walked to put two on for James Boone. Boone sacrificed the runners into scoring position and Gonzalez grounded home Gimenez to put the Curve ahead 2-0.
Altoona would push home a third run in the bottom of the sixth. Corley led off with a double and he would score on a one-out double by Jonel Pacheco for a 3-0 lead.
The score would remain the same until the top of the eighth. Reliever Jeff Seus retired the first two batters of the inning before giving up a double to Santo De Leon and a walk to Scott Sizemore. Deik Scram then connected on an opposite-field double, plating De Leon and Sizemore, making it a 3-2 game. Altoona would go to the pen again and brought in Shawn Nottingham who gave up a game-tying single up the middle off the bat of Brennan Boesch, making it a 3-3 game.
In the top of the ninth, the SeaWolves would take their first lead of the game against reliever Jean Machi. Jeff Frazier led off with his third hit of the game, a single to right. Frazier would be replaced by a pinch runner, Max Leon. It was the second day Frazier connected on three hits and he finished the series with seven. Alex Avila laid down a sacrifice bunt to push Leon into scoring position. Avila would be safe at first on an error by the third baseman Gonzalez. Cale Iorg followed with a second sacrifice bunt, and again, an error, this time by Machi, allowed all three runners to reach safely. Joe Tucker connected on a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Leon, giving Erie its first lead of the game at 4-3. De Leon followed with his third hit of the game, a single to right, loading the bases once again for Sizemore. Sizemore fell behind in the count before pulling a bases clearing double down the left field line, putting Erie ahead 7-3.
Brett Jensen (2-0) picked up the win tossing two scoreless innings as Erie completed the comeback win.
The starter Nickerson took a no-decision despite tossing his best outing of the season. He went six innings, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. The six innings and the three runs allowed were both season bests for the righty.
The win was Erie's second comeback win against Altoona and third comeback of the season. Erie came from two runs down in the ninth to beat Bowie last Wednesday at Jerry Uht Park.
The sweep was the second for the âWolves against Altoona. They also improved to 9-2 against the Curve in 2009.
Erie's road trip continues on Monday night as they travel to Harrisburg for a four-game series with the Senators.
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