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Altoona Curve battle, but fall to Erie SeaWolves

ERIE — The Altoona Curve dropped their third straight game at Erie’s UPMC Park on Thursday night, 4-3.

Erie’s Trei Cruz singled home Danny Serretti in the bottom of the ninth inning to send Erie to its second straight walk-off win over Altoona.

Alessandro Ercolani tossed the first three innings for Altoona, allowing a pair of runs on five hits. The SeaWolves had four hits in the third inning to tie the game 2-2.

Sean Sullivan made his season debut for the Curve, spinning two scoreless innings.

Cy Nielson tossed two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts before Fineas Del Bonta-Smith worked a scoreless eighth inning. He took the loss after allowing back-to-back hits to open the ninth.

Altoona scored a run in the second on an RBI double from Imanol Vargas and added another run in the third on an error. Altoona took the lead with an RBI single from Sammy Siani in the seventh.

Mitch Jebb reached twice, extending his on-base streak to a team-best 15 straight games. Jack Brannigan also picked up a hit, extending his on-base streak to 14 straight games.

Next stop

Tonight: Curve at Erie, 6:05 p.m.

Pitchers: Curve RHP Garrett McMillan vs. SeaWolves RHP RJ Petit

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