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Curve can’t close the door late in loss

By Jarrod Prugar The Associated Press An impressive start by Anthony Solometo got spoiled by a struggling bullpen as the Altoona Curve fell to the Bowie Baysox 7-6 in front of 4,171 at PNG Field Friday night. Solometo, in only his second Double-A start, went five innings striking out six while walking one and allowing only two hits. “It was nice being in Altoona feeling the fan support,” Solometo said. “I had people coming up to me all week telling me welcome and good job. It’s just great energy so coming in here, I knew no matter what happened, I was gonna have the ...

Curve score late runs but not enough for victory

https://youtu.be/p0kWE8DgYvE By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror A late ninth-inning rally came up short as the Altoona Curve fell to the Bowie Baysox 9-8 in front of 5,040 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. Trailing 9-7, shortstop Liover Peguero led off the ninth inning reaching on a ...

Curve get enough offense for sweep

https://youtu.be/KVQmd3_-VJU By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Liover Peguero and spectacular pitching paved the way as the Altoona Curve swept the Bowie Baysox in a doubleheader Wednesday night with scores of 3-2 and 1-0 in front of 4,113 fans at PNG Field. In game one, it was timely hitting that helped propel the Curve over the Baysox with Peguero lacing a double to put runners on second and third to start the third inning. Lolo Sanchez notched a two-run single to put Altoona up 2-1 before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jacob Gonzales later in the inning. It was a pitcher’s duel ...

Davis’ teammates not surprised at all

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Just before the Altoona Curve left for their 14-day road trip a few weeks ago, catcher Henry Davis was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis. Now, the Curve are back home and Davis isn’t in Indianapolis anymore, he’s in Pittsburgh where he made his Major ...

Bowie uses homers to take care of Curve

https://youtu.be/DJV91idlXDk By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror For the second game in a row, it was the longball that took down the Altoona Curve as they fell 4-1 to the Bowie Baysox in front of 4,308 fans at PNG Field Tuesday night. It was a late homer that did the damage Sunday night, but ...

Bucs finally bring Davis, his bat, to the big leagues

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates tried to take their time with Henry Davis. His bat wouldn’t let them. The top overall pick in the 2021 amateur draft was to make his major-league debut on Monday night, playing right field while batting seventh against ...