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Akron's offense came to life with 13 hits and defeated the Curve, 7-2, in front of 6,897 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Wednesday morning.
Matt Gorski continued his hot stretch at the plate for Altoona with his fifth home run and second of the series with the RubberDucks.
Gorski is sporting an eight-game hitting streak after his 1-for-3 day. His second home run in as many games came in the bottom of the fourth inning, a solo shot off Akron starter Tanner Burns. Gorski has three home runs to go with a double and six RBIs in the current hitting streak for the Curve.
Mason Martin smashed his fourth home run in the bottom of the first inning off Burns to tie the game 1-1. Martin also finished 1-for-3. The Curve managed just two more hits in the contest.
Altoona's Jared Jones returned from the injured list and allowed one run on two hits in 2.1 innings with no walks and one strikeout. Bryan Lavastida knocked an RBI single in the first off Jones to get Akron on the board.
Akron took charge of the game in the fourth inning when it scored four runs off Nick Dombkowski, who gave up six hits in 2.2 innings.
Braeden Ogle followed in relief and struck out five batters in 1.2 innings. He gave up a two-run home run to Gabriel Rodriguez in the sixth to cap off the scoring for Akron. Travis MacGregor threw 2.1 scoreless frames in relief with two walks and a strikeout.
Altoona continues its series with the Akron RubberDucks, Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, at 6 p.m. tonight.