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BOWIE, Md. -- Matt Fraizer and Aaron Shackelford each hit home runs in the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon for the Curve, but a three-run home run by Dylan Beavers was too much to overcome as Bowie defeated Altoona for the fifth time in the series, 5-4, at Prince George's Stadium.
Beavers came to the plate with the game tied 2-2 in the seventh inning and drove the fifth pitch of his at-bat against Po-Yu Chen over the wall to give Bowie the lead. Chen entered in relief to begin the fifth inning and tossed 2.1 frames, allowing the three runs off the Beavers home run on five hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Altoona began to rally in the ninth inning with a lead-off home run from Fraizer off new reliever Keegan Gillies. It was Fraizer's second home run of the season. Two batters later, Shackelford hit his third home run of the season to bring the game within a run.
After Jase Bowen lined a single off Gillies' leg, Bowie went to left-hander Ryan Hennen, who stranded the game-tying run at third base with two flyouts to end the game and earn the save.
Anthony Solometo started the game for Altoona and was pulled with two outs in the third inning. After working a scoreless first two frames, Solometo allowed a one-out single and walked three batters to allow a run to score before Valentin Linarez entered in relief. Linarez allowed one inherited runner to score on another bases-loaded walk, tossing 1.1 innings with two strikeouts and no runs on his line. Solometo struck out three in the start.
The Curve scored two runs off reliever Nick Richmond in the seventh inning, with Bowen reaching on an infield single that scored Joe Perez and Jackson Glenn. Perez and Bowen each had two hits.
Altoona returns home on Tuesday to begin a six-game series with the Akron RubberDucks.
Saturday's game
With two outs and the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Jud Fabian crushed a walk-off grand slam for the Bowie Baysox as the Curve fell in walk-off fashion for the second straight night, 6-2, on Saturday.
Cameron Junker entered in the ninth inning for the Curve with the game even at two runs apiece. After recording two quick outs, he allowed a single to Collin Burns before issuing back-to-back walks to load the bases for Fabian, who drove the fourth pitch of the at-bat over the left-field wall.
Altoona's two runs both came off the bat of catcher Abrahan Gutierrez. In the second inning, he drove an RBI double to left field off Bowie starter Trace Bright, scoring Kervin Pichardo. Later, Gutierrez tied the game in the eighth inning on an RBI single.