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The New Hampshire Fishercats finished off a three-game sweep of the Altoona Curve Saturday at PNG Field with a 4-2 win that concluded the season-opening series.
Trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Altoona's Henry Davis ripped a line drive under the dive of New Hampshire left fielder Steward Berroa that resulted in a two-run triple for Altoona, but the late efforts fell short for the Curve.
Jared Jones dazzled in his Double-A debut for the Curve. The 21-year-old struck out six batters and allowed just one hit in 4 2/3 innings. The lone hit, however, was a two-run home run by Luis De Los Santos, scoring Will Robertson, who was hit by a pitch the at-bat before.
Jones allowed just four baserunners in the outing.
Nick Dombkowski allowed one unearned run in 1 1/3 innings of relief following Jones. Leo Jimenez scored on a Damiano Palmegiani infield single and a throwing error by Dombkowski, who fielded the softly hit ball and threw it into right field.
New Hampshire added a fourth run Tyler Samaniego in the eighth inning, when Berroa hit a double, stole third, and scored on a dropped third strike to Palmegiani. Tahnaj Thomas and Matt Eckelman each tossed scoreless innings in relief.
New Hampshire starter Jimmy Robbins earned the win, tossing five scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Jimmy Burnett earned his first save of the season, working a scoreless ninth inning.
The loss capped an ugly series for Altoona in which it scored just six runs and batted .178 as a team.
The Curve will travel to Erie on Tuesday to begin a six-game series with the SeaWolves. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. at UPMC Park.