ERIE — Altoona’s offense was held to just two hits in a 3-0 defeat to the Erie SeaWolves on Tuesday night at UPMC Park.

Jarod Bayless started a bullpen day with the Curve and allowed just one run on four hits in three innings. Bayless, who was charged with the loss, struck out three before handing the ball off to the bullpen.

J.C. Flowers struck out a pair around two hits and one run in the fourth inning, and was warming up to pitch the fifth when the teams were chased from the field because rain. After a 55-minute delay, Emmanuel Chapman tossed two scoreless innings with three strikeouts.

The Curve got into scoring position twice, getting Mitch Jebb to second in the fourth inning and Termarr Johnson to second in the sixth. In the fourth, the Curve bounced into an inning-ending double play against Jaden Hamm and in the sixth back-to-back strikeouts by reliever RJ Petit ended the threat. Altoona managed just one baserunner after that.

Erie added an insurance run in the eighth inning with a second run-scoring hit from designated hitter Eduardo Valencia.

Tres Gonzalez reached base safely in all three of his plate appearances, with a single and twice was hit by a pitch. Jebb continued his on-base streak to 13 games with a fourth inning single.

Roster moves

The Pirates made the following changes to the Curve roster on Tuesday, including first baseman Spencer Horwitz and pitcher Hunter Barco moving up Triple-A Indianapolis, pitcher Sean Sullivan being activated for Altoona, pitcher Garrett McMillan moving up to Altoona from Greensboro, and pitcher Cristofer Melendez being put on the 60-day injured list.