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Bullpen implodes in 11th

https://youtu.be/xMCCSBljXHM By Jarrod Prugar The Associated Press Home runs by Henry Davis and Matt Gorski weren’t enough to overcome a seven-run 11th inning by Akron as the Altoona Curve lost 12-6 Tuesday night in front of 2,348 fans. “Generally speaking, it was a good game, a 5-5 game until the 11th,” Altoona manager Callix Crabbe said. “The score is not indicative of what the game looked like, but real close.” Of the nine hits the Curve offense recorded, six of those went for extra bases. Gorski got in on the slugfest with a double and home run while Fabricio Macias ...

Curve fall in series’ last game

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Altoona’s pitching staff struck out 12 batters on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond, but the Curve offense was kept quiet as Richmond defeated the Curve, 4-1, to split the series. The one run in the contest for Altoona came with two outs in the fourth inning. Domingo Leyba opened the inning with a double and Matt Gorski singled to move him to third. Leyba was then thrown out attempting to tag up on a flyout to right fielder Luis Matos from Mason Martin, but Drew Maggi came through for the Curve with a single up the middle to score Gorski and ...

Curve bats silent in Richmond loss

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Aaron Shortridge completed five innings for the fourth time this season but allowed three runs to the Flying Squirrels, who held Altoona’s offense to just three hits in a 3-1 loss on Friday night at The Diamond. Shortridge allowed two runs in the first inning on a pair of hits. Luis Matos hit a one-out single and scored on a Riley Mahan RBI double. Marco Luciano, who drew a walk, scored on a groundout from Carter Aldrete to make it 2-0. Mahan added a third run to Shortridge’s line in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly to score ...

One-time Giants prospect helps Curve pick up the victory

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Jacob Gonzalez launched the first pitch of his fourth-inning at-bat over the left field wall for a two-run home run, that propelled Altoona ahead for good as the Curve defeated the Flying Squirrels, 6-3, on Thursday night at the Diamond. The former Giants farmhand went 1-for-3 with a walk and his second home run of the season in the win for the Curve. His two-run shot off Richmond starter Mason Black scored Matt Gorski, who reached on a one-out single in the prior at-bat. He later scored the sixth run of the game for the Curve in the sixth ...

Curve escape with win

RICHMOND, Va. — Noe Toribio worked around the game-tying run at third base in the bottom of the 10th inning with three-straight strikeouts as Altoona picked up a series-evening win in Richmond, 5-4, on Wednesday night. Toribio entered in the ninth inning for Altoona with the Curve holding a one-run lead. Hayden Cantrelle was hit by a pitch with one out and Robert Emery drew a critical two-out walk to extend the inning. Simon Whiteman then drove a ball into left field to score Cantrelle and tie the game, but Emery was thrown out at third base to end the inning. In the top of the ...

Strikeouts not enough for Curve

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Kyle Nicolas struck out 10 batters for the first time as a Pirates minor leaguer on Tuesday night in Richmond, but a Riley Mahan three-run home run pushed the Flying Squirrels passed the Curve, 6-2, in the opening game of the six-game series at the Diamond. It was the third time in Nicolas’s career that he struck out 10 or more batters and the first since 2021, when he was pitching in the Miami organization. He is the first player to strike out 10 batters for Altoona since Luis Ortiz in August of 2021. Altoona got on the board first in the ...