Casey Mize no-hits Curve in Double-A debut
CURVE, Pa. -- Erie SeaWolves right-hander and 2018 No. 1 overall draft pick Casey Mize tossed a no-hitter in his first Double-A start, a 1-0 win over the Altoona Curve, on Monday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.Mize (Win, 1-0) plunked Curve (11-12) leadoff hitter Jared Oliva with a pitch
CURVE, Pa. -- Erie SeaWolves right-hander and 2018 No. 1 overall draft pick
Mize (Win, 1-0) plunked Curve (11-12) leadoff hitter
Mize struck out seven batters, with four coming in the final three innings, and allowed just two baserunners in his first professional complete game.
The SeaWolves (10-10) scored the game's lone run in the top of the fifth.
The SeaWolves defense shined behind Mize. With two outs in the third,
Vieaux fired seven innings of one-run ball, scattering six hits with one strikeout and two walks, but fell on the wrong side of another pitcher's duel.
Mize's gem is the first nine-inning individual no-hitter in the history of Peoples Natural Gas Field and the first against the Curve since Akron RubberDucks left-hander
It's the sixth minor-league no-hitter this season, fifth at the Double-A level, fourth in the Eastern League and second by the SeaWolves. Mize completed the first individual minor-league no-hitter since
The Curve and SeaWolves will play the second game of their three-game series Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Curve turn to right-hander
As always, Tuesday's game is a Two-for-Tuesday presented by Atlantic Broadband featuring 2-for-1 specials on tickets, hot dogs and small popcorn. It's also another Never Waste Old Tickets game, which means any unused tickets from previous Curve seasons can be turned in for a grandstand or bleacher seat to that night's game.
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