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Curve fall to Yard Goats to end series

The Altoona Curve dropped the series finale to the Hartford Yard Goats, 11-4, on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field. With 30 games remaining in the second half of the Eastern League, the Curve hold a 1¢-game lead in the Southwest Division race for the second half title. Hartford took a commanding 9-0 lead after the top of the sixth inning. Hartford’s Braylon Wimmer (four hits) and Charlie Condon (three hits, double, homer) led the Yard Goats offense, which racked up 11 runs on 15 hits and drew nine walks. For the Curve, Duce Gourson picked up two hits, including a ...

Curve’s 9th-inning rally goes for naught in loss to Hartford

Despite a ninth-inning rally to force extra innings, the Altoona Curve fell to the Hartford Yard Goats 3-2 in 10 innings Friday night in front of 5,256 fans at PNG Field. Hartford scored a run in the third on a sacrifice fly by Jared Thomas to give the Yard Goats a 1-0 lead. They carried ...

Yard Goats too much for Curve pitching

The Altoona Curve couldn’t come back from allowing five first-inning runs in a 10-5 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats at PNG Field Thursday night in front of 3,736 fans. It was the opposite type of game from Wednesday night’s pitcher’s duel and it was mucked up from the beginning as ...

Curve literally walk away with win over Goats

Nick Cimillo drew a walk-off, bases-loaded walk as the Altoona Curve took down the Hartford Yard Goats, 1-0, in front of 3,567 fans at PNG Field Wednesday night. The walk put the finishing touches on an impressive pitcher’s duel between Altoona starter Antwone Kelly and Hartford starter ...

Former Penguin coming to PNG Field Thursday night

When Darius Kasparaitis came to Pittsburgh via a trade from the New York Islanders in November 1996, he was not a beloved figure in the city. What happened next was a team and city falling in love with Kasparaitis and his blue-collar, physical style of play, and Kasparaitis falling in love ...

Jebb, Siani combo leads Curve to win

Altoona rallied from a 3-0 deficit after the top of the first and earned a 6-5 win over the Hartford Yard Goats on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in front of 6,037 fans. Mitch Jebb recorded his second four-hit game of the season in the victory out of the leadoff spot. Sammy Siani ...