Last week, the SeaWolves — the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, in their 25th year — celebrated the third no-hitter in club history, with one of the organization's top prospects, Alex Faedo, throwing the front seven innings.

And on Monday, they celebrated the fourth.

Casey Mize, the No. 1 overall draft pick last June and the consensus top prospect in the Tigers' system, made his Erie debut in grand style, tossing the complete-game no-hitter. He allowed just two base runners, a hit batter in the first, and a walk in the seventh.

And Mize, the right-hander out of Auburn, did all that in front of the watchful eyes of Tigers GM Al Avila and fellow front-office members Jim Leyland and David Chadd.

Erie won at Altoona, 1-0.

Mize, 23, was promoted to Erie after absolutely dominating High-A Lakeland, with a 0.31 WHIP, 0.35 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 26 innings. He allowed seven hits, one walk and one earned run.

The Tigers announced last week he was getting promoted, putting the team's last three first-round picks on the same staff: Mize, Faedo and Matt Manning, who gets the ball Tuesday night. (No pressure, eh?)

"Being part of that rotation is really cool," Mize said last week.

"I know what we could be capable of."

Mize needed just 98 pitches to get through his Erie debut, making it a "Maddux" — the feat named after Greg Maddux, who was a master at tossing complete games and needing fewer than 100 pitches to do it. Of the 98 pitches, 70 were strikes.

The contact was mostly soft all night, with only a couple exceptions. That said, Mize did get some help from several defenders, including center fielder Derek Hill, a human highlight reel out there. He finished with seven strikeouts.

At one point, Mize had retired 19 batters in a row.

Mize will make his Erie home debut Saturday at UPMC Park.