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Peguero sent to Triple-A

Altoona Curve infielder Liover Peguero, considered the Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 6 prospect, was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday. Peguero, 22, was hitting .260 for the Curve with 11 home runs and 34 RBIs. He also played a full season with the Curve last year — except for a brief appearance with the Pirates — and hit .259 with 10 homers and 58 RBIs. To take his place, infielder Jackson Glenn was promoted from Single-A Greensboro to the Curve. Glenn was hitting .289 with six homers and 31 RBIs. Glenn was a fifth-round selection by the Pirates in 2021. He went 0-for-5 ...

Curve heading home after dropping road-series finale

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Altoona jumped out to an early first-inning lead on Monday afternoon, but the Harrisburg Senators scored eight runs over their final three at-bats to defeat the Curve, 9-2, at FNB Field. Altoona’s offense scored in the first and seventh innings, getting a pair of runs on sacrifice flies in the loss. Lolo Sanchez singled in the second at-bat of the game against Harrisburg starter Alemao Hernandez and advanced to second on a Mason Martin walk. Both base runners advanced on a throwing error by Hernandez before Gorski scored Sanchez on a ...

Curve pick up shutout

HARRISBURG — Altoona starter Aaron Shortridge matched a career-high with nine strikeouts across five scoreless innings on Sunday night as the Curve picked up a second consecutive win over the Harrisburg Senators, 2-0, at FNB Field. It was the third shutout victory of the season for Altoona. The nine strikeouts for Shortridge matched the career-mark he set on July 16, 2018, while pitching with the West Virginia Black Bears in his first professional season. Grant Ford, Cameron Junker, and Noe Toribio completed the shutout for Altoona, with Ford and Junker each tossing an inning and ...

Sens’ trio of pitchers hurt Curve

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The Altoona Curve lost their third game in a row on Friday night, falling to the Harrisburg Senators, 5-1, in an Eastern League game played FNB Field. Mason Martin knocked his team-leading 12th home run of the season for Altoona, but the Harrisburg Senators used 12 hits to keep Curve winless since the second-half of the season began earlier this week. The home run for Martin came in the sixth inning off reliever Garvin Alston to make it a 3-1 game. Altoona managed just five hits, including two from Martin. Senators starter Mitchell Parker allowed ...

Commitment made Lozinak’s dream come true

BY Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com The Lozinak family has sold the Curve, and the only thing left for them to do is take a bow. All the way back to the early 1970s, Bob Lozinak had a vision to bring minor league baseball to his hometown of Altoona, and although his dream was ...

Bullpen can’t hold lead for Curve in defeat

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Jacob Gonzalez and Abrahan Gutierrez each hit home runs for Altoona on Thursday night, but Harrisburg scored three runs across in its final two at bats to defeat the Curve, 6-5, at FNB Field. Gutierrez knocked his third home run with Altoona in the first inning, a two-run shot off Senators starter Dustin Saenz, to score Matt Gorski and put Altoona on the board first for the second day in a row. The Curve added two more runs off Saenz in the third inning, when Mason Martin and Gonzalez hit back-to-back RBI singles to give Altoona a 4-0 lead. The ...