'Wolves Shutout 1-0
Published on July 8, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
A night after scoring 19 runs on 17 hits, the SeaWolves were shutout by the Altoona Curve, 1-0 on Wednesday night at Blair County Ballpark, ending a three-game winning streak.
Altoona struck for the game's lone run in the bottom of the first inning against Erie starter Thad Weber. After retiring the first two hitters of the inning, Weber issued a two-out walk to Jose Tabata to keep the inning going. Pedro Alvarez stepped in and cracked a double to the wall in left-center, scoring Tabata for a 1-0 lead. It would prove to be the only run of the game.
Erie was held hitless until the third inning by Altoona starter Kyle Bloom when, with two outs, Cale Iorg reached on an infield single but was stranded on base.
Erie's next hit did not come until the top of the sixth inning as Alex Avila and Ryan Strieby connected on back-to-back two out singles against Bloom. Casper Wells followed, worked a full count and drew what looked to be ball four which would have loaded the bases. Instead, Wells was called out on a check swing by the field umpire ending the inning.
In the top of the seventh, Erie would get two baserunners against reliever Shawn Smith when Danny Worth walked for the third time of the game with one out and Santo De Leon singled to put runners on first and second. Smith induced an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Ron Bourquin. Bourquin finished the night 0-for-3 and his season-long hitting streak ended at eight consecutive games.
Smith would shut down the âWolves over the next two innings, only allowing a walk in the eighth and working a 1-2-3 ninth preserving the Altoona win.
Erie's starter Weber was the tough luck loser in his best outing since joining the SeaWolves. He went a season-high seven innings, allowing a run on six hits with four walks and two strikeouts.
The âWolves did not get a baserunner passed second base the entire game and had two runners on base in an inning in just three times in the game.
The loss marked the eighth time this season that the âWolves were shutout.
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