Scooter Hightower fired six shutout innings before the bullpen finished the job as the Altoona Curve defeated the Erie SeaWolves, 2-1, on Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
Hightower (2-3) held the SeaWolves to three hits in six shutout innings. The SeaWolves scored their only run of the game on a Kody Eaves solo homer to right in the seventh off Curve reliever Joel Cesar, who was making his Double-A debut. Cesar limited the damage to one run and followed with a scoreless eighth. Tate Scioneaux earned his first save of the season and 22nd in his Curve career, giving up a leadoff double in the 9th before retiring the next three batters.
Jerrick Suiter broke the scoreless tie in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to center. Suiter knocked in the second run of the game in the sixth on an RBI single, which was set up on a two-out double by Hunter Owen.
The Curve go for the three-game sweep of the SeaWolves today at 2 p.m. Right-hander James Marvel (3-3, 3.07 ERA) will go for the Curve, while the SeaWolves’ starter is to-be-determined.
