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Losses still piling up for Curve

The Altoona Curve fell for the ninth straight game courtesy of a 6-5 loss to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 5,097 fans at PNG Field Sunday afternoon. The loss provided Altoona with the organization’s first ever winless six-game series. A four-run second inning put the RubberDucks ahead early, but the Curve offense chipped away at the deficit throughout the game, trimming the lead to two in the fourth inning. “We went through a tough stretch there,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “We’ve kind of rerouted and got back on simplifying the message and the bats ...

Curve look for little victories inside long losing skid

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve losing streak stretched to seven games with a 6-2 loss to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 3,809 fans at PNG Field Friday night. It marked their 11th loss in 12 games, and for Curve manager Robby Hammock, the early part of this season and this series against Akron has certainly been a grind. “We’re working through it each day and it’s a crawl before you can walk type thing right now,” Hammock said. One of the positive takeaways in the 13th loss was the performance of starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft. Ashcraft took ...

Curve leave 13 on base in setback

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror​ The Altoona Curve struggled offensively en route to a 4-0 loss to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 2,604 fans at PNG Field on Thursday night. It marked the sixth loss in a row and 10th in the last 11 games for the Curve. Offensively, it was another evening where Altoona couldn’t get hits with runners on base, leaving 13 on while going 0-for-9 in a game that saw Akron improve to 10-8. “It’s tough,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “We’re trying to focus on hitting the fastball right now and we’re a little bit behind on ...

Curve drop fifth straight game as late-inning rally falls short

From Mirror reports Kervin Pichardo connected on his first home run of the season for Altoona on Wednesday afternoon, but the late surge from the Curve was not enough to avoid dropping a fifth-straight game in an 8-7 loss to the Akron RubberDucks at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve ...

Curve fall to 1-8 in last nine with loss

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve’s losing streak extended to four games with Tuesday night’s 4-0 loss to Akron in front of 3,329 fans at PNG Field. “These guys are grinding every day. There’s a lot of work that goes on that people don’t see,” Altoona manager ...

Ninth-inning rally falls short for Curve

From Mirror reports 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 ...