The Curve tied it up in the 7th, but couldn't make their 4 runs stretch far enough to hold on for the win this afternoon in Akron. �

Danny Moskos allowed only two singles over his first three innings of work, and both of those base runners were quickly eliminated with double plays. �The bottom of the 4th gave Moskos some trouble, though. �The lead-off batter grounded down the left field line, and when Curve LF Jason Delaney had some trouble digging the ball out of the corner, the batter eased into third base. �A sacrifice fly brought in that run. �Any thoughts that Delaney might have been responsible for that run vanished when the next batter blasted a homer over the left field wall -- even if the first batter had only double, he would have scored anyway. �Moskos put the Aeros down in order again in the 5th inning, but gave up another home run to lead off the 6th inning. �

The Curve got two runners on base in the top of the 1st inning, when 2B Jim Negrych walked and CF Jose Tabata was hit by a pitch. �Both were left on base at the end of the inning, as the next 16 Curve batters went down in order, as Akron starter Chuck Lofgren pitched 6 no-hit innings.

There was some excitement in the bottom of the 1st inning, when the Aeros felt that Moskos had intentionally thrown a pitch at and behind Akron 1B Beau Mills, possibly in retaliation for Tabata being hit. �Dugouts emptied and glares and words, but no swings, were exchanged, and eventually everyone went back and sat down, and the game resumed. �

The Curve finally got hits and runs in the 7th inning, after Lofgren was relieved due to reaching his pitch count limit. �Jim Negrych extended his hitting streak to 9 games with a single, and Tabata followed with another single, moving Negrych to third. �Tabata was caught stealing second base when he overslid the bag. �Delaney walked, and runners were again on the corners. �RF Brad Corley missed a 3-run home run by inches, as he smashed a fly ball off the top of the left field wall. �It fell in for a double, scoring Negrych and moving Delaney to third. �C Steve Lerud zipped the first pitch he saw into center field, scoring Delaney and Corley to tie the game at 3-3. �A wild pitch moved Lerud into scoring position at second base, but he got no further before the inning ended. �

In the bottom of the 7th inning, with one out and a runner on first base, �a sharp grounder right at 2B Jim Negrych took a nasty hop and hit Negrych in the upper chest or neck, and he had to come out of the game. �Negrych was charged with an error, and the Aeros had runners on first and third bases. �Anderson Machado moved from third base to second for Negrych, and Angel Gonzalez came in to play third. �At the same time, Moskos was relieved by Lincoln Holdzkom. ��Moskos had thrown about 80 pitches, and had given up 6 hits and 2 walks in 6.1 innings. �Holdzkom gave up an RBI single to the first batter he faced, scoring the runner�

from third base, and Akron regained the lead (run charged to Moskos). �The inning ended when a sharp liner came right back to Holdzkom on the mound, and he quickly fired over to first base to double off the base runner there. �Holdzkom retired the side in order in the 8th inning. �

The Curve only put one runner on base over the last two innings, on a walk to Delaney in the 9th, but were held scoreless, and the Aeros took the win. �Moskos was charged with the loss, his first of the season. �The Curve had only 4 hits in the game, and they all came in the 7th inning. �

Matt McSwain struggled through 3.2 innings in his start, allowing 5 runs on 10 hits and a walk. �He got out of a jam in the 1st inning with two runners on base, but it went downhill from there. �He gave up one run on a double, a ground out, and a sacrifice fly in the 2nd. �Then 2 runs came in on 3 consecutive singles and a double in the 3rd inning. �That inning could have been worse, but CF Alex Presley and SS Jordy Mercer combined on a throw in from the outfield and a relay to the plate, where C Kris Watts was able to tag out another runner trying to score. �A single, a double, a wild pitch, and a walk brought in one run in the 4th inning, and that was all for McSwain. �Mike Colla came on in relief, and he gave up another RBI single (run charged to McSwain) before ending the inning. �

Colla pitched the next two scoreless innings, allowing 2 walks in the 6th. �Mike Felix took over next. He pitched a scoreless 7th, then gave up 3 more runs in the 8th inning, on a single, three walks, and another single. �

The Hillcats were held to only 5 hits. �Their only run came in the top of the 8th, on LF Maiko Loyola's solo homer. �Mercer doubled and 1B Matt Hague singled in the first inning, but both were left on base. �3B Pedro Alvarez singled in the 4th, but was erased in a double play. �Watts singled in the 7th, and was also left on base. �

Power SS Chase D'Arnaud homered in the bottom of the 8th inning with CF Robbie Grossman on base, to give the Power the only power they needed to overcome the Grasshoppers. �G rossman and 3B Bobby Spain both had two singles in the game, and 1B Calvin Anderson doubled in the game. �The Power managed to put two runners on base in the 2nd and 5th innings, but both times a double play ended the inning. �They also had two runners on in the 7th, but couldn't get them around to score. �

Duke Welker made the start for the Power, and he gave up Greensboro's only run. �Welker had at least one runner on base in each of the first 3 innings, and again in the 5th, not on hits, but on 4 walks and a hit batter. �Welker gave up a solo homer in the 4th, the only run and only hit he would allow in his 4.2 innings of work. �Owen Brolsma, Brian Leach, and Eduardo �Pena did not allow a run in the rest of the game, though Leach, who took the win, gave up 5 hits in his 2 innings of work. �