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Curve hope to put losing skid behind them

Next stop Today: Somerset at Altoona, 11 a.m. Pitchers: Patriots RHP Bailey Dees vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan Radio: HANK-FM 96.1 By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror ​At long last the Altoona Curve’s 15-game losing skid came to a merciful end with a 6-2 win over Harrisburg Sunday afternoon. The streak spanned three series and locations and included the first six-game sweep in franchise history. It also tied the the longest streak in the Eastern League since 2005. At 6-21, the Curve are off to as horrid a start as ever in franchise history and have now lost 18 of their ...

Sunday victory ends Curve’s losing streak at 15 games

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The streak is over for Altoona. Anthony Solometo and Bubba Chandler, two of the top pitching prospects in the Pirates organization, combined to toss three scoreless innings apiece on Sunday as the Curve snapped a franchise-record 15-game losing streak with a win over the Harrisburg Senators, 6-2, at FNB Field. Solometo started the game with three scoreless innings, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out a season-high five batters. Chandler, who started last Tuesday for the Curve, entered for the final three innings to earn his first ...

Curve blanked by Senators in 14th consecutive setback

HARRISBURG — The dreadful stretch continued for the Altoona Curve on Friday night as the Harrisburg Senators handed them a club-record 14th consecutive loss, 2-0, at FNB Field. The Curve bats were held quiet for until the ninth inning. Nash Walters entered in relief to open the inning for Harrisburg and allowed a lead-off double to Joe Perez and a single to Seth Beer to put runners on the corners with no outs. After a strikeout and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases, Mike Jarvis flew out to left fielder Andrew Pinckney, who threw out Perez tagging at the plate to end the game. Matt ...

Twinbill defeat for Curve puts historic losing streak at 13

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Altoona hit two home runs in Harrisburg Friday night, but the Curve were swept in a doubleheader for the first time since 2022 as the Senators took game one, 6-5, and game two, 7-2, to extend Altoona’s historic losing streak to 13 games. Altoona fell to 5-18 with the twinbill setback. In the opener, Altoona jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, thanks to the efforts of Joe Perez. After back-to-back first-inning singles, Perez knocked a base hit to give the Curve a 1-0 lead. In the third, Perez launched his first home run of the season, a two-run ...

Curve loss reaches historic mark

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Brenden Dixon smashed his first home run of the season in a four-run seventh inning for Altoona on Wednesday, but Harrisburg’s Brady House hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Curve an 11th consecutive loss, 5-4. The defeat matches their longest losing streak since 2000. The Curve dropped to 5-17. That mark is the team’s worst start to a season since 2009 (6-16). Altoona entered the seventh trailing 1-0 when Harrisburg went to its bullpen for righty Ty Tice. Dixon tied the game leading off the frame with a home run to ...

Sens score in eighth to defeat Curve

Next stop Today: Altoona at Harrisburg, noon Pitchers: Sens LHP Andrew Alvarez vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan Radio: WRTA-FM 98.5 From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg Senators scored two late runs — in the seventh and eighth innings — Tuesday night in defeating the Altoona Curve, 3-2, in Eastern League play. The loss was the 10th straight for Altoona, which fell to 5-16. Tsung-Che Cheng drove in a go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning for the Curve to make it 2-1. However, the bullpen could not hold the lead. With Altoona trailing 2-1 in the ...