Zelous Wheeler News

Zelous Wheeler homered twice and Bowie pounded out 13 hits in a 9-3 win over the Harrisburg Senators Friday at Metro Bank Park.

Elevys Gonzalez and Miles Durham each crushed solo home runs, Phil Irwin tossed six and a third innings of one-run ball, and the Curve finished off their first series sweep and notched their first three-game winning streak of 2012 with a 4-2 win over the Bowie Baysox Thursday night at Prince George's Stadium.

Altoona didn't play for long Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field, but the sparse crowd that witnessed the three-plus innings before the skies opened up saw something that will likely encourage Pittsburgh Pirate fans across the state.

LEADING OFF Bowie blew up in the ninth inning Friday night, scoring four times on as many hits off Harrisburg Senators reliever Marcos Frias to take the first game of this three-game set 6-2 at chilly Metro Bank Park in front of 3,845 Eastern League baseball fans.

BOWIE, Md. -- Kelvin De La Cruz pitched six innings of shutout ball and catcher Rob Brantly knocked in three runs as the Erie SeaWolves snapped their five-game losing streak Friday night with a 5-1 victory over the Bowie Baysox.