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RICHMOND, Va. -- With Altoona trailing Richmond 4-2 with one out in the top of the ninth inning, Abrahan Gutierrez hit his first Double-A home run, a two-run shot, to tie the game as the Curve came from behind to pick up an extra-inning victory, 5-4, on Sunday at The Diamond.
Mason Martin had a one-out single off reliever Jose Cruz to get on before Gutierrez came to the plate. Cruz quickly retired the side with the game tied following the shot.
Travis MacGregor worked another strong relief appearance in the win for Altoona. He entered in the eighth inning and tossed the final three frames, allowing no runs on two hits with five strikeouts. He allowed a lead-off single in the ninth before striking out the next three batters to send the game to extra innings. MacGregor worked a perfect 10th to earn the win.
In the top of the 10th, Lolo Sanchez reached on a bunt single that advanced placed runner Matt Fraizer to third base. Claudio Finol then scored Fraizer on a sacrifice bunt to give the Curve the 5-4 win.
Altoona won three games in the series with the Flying Squirrels, coming from behind in each of them.
Martin put Altoona on the board in the fourth inning with an RBI single to score Connor Scott, who doubled to lead off the frame. The next Altoona run did not come until the eighth inning, when Liover Peguero extended his on-base streak to 10 games with an RBI single.
Kyle Nicolas got the start for the Curve and allowed two runs on two hits in four innings with four strikeouts. Both runs came off the bat of Marco Luciano on a two-run home run in the third.
Brad Case and Noe Toribio each worked a scoreless inning of relief before Richmond tacked on two late runs off Tyler Samaniego in the seventh inning on a Simon Whiteman double.
Gutierrez, Scott, and Martin each finished the game with two hits.
The win improves the Altoona record to 30-25 as the Curve remain in first place in the Southwest Division with 13 games remaining in the first half.
Altoona is off today before continuing a 12-game road trip on Tuesday with the Somerset Patriots
Saturday's game
Peguero hit his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot in the eighth inning, but the Flying Squirrels used two Luciano home runs to defeat the Curve, 11-2, Saturday night.
Richmond scored five runs in the second inning and six runs in the eighth to cap their scoring.
Luciano hit a grand slam in the second off Curve starter Aaron Shortridge and followed the act with a two-run home run to center field off Bear Bellomy in the eighth.
Peguero and Dylan Shockley each had three hits in the loss for Altoona.