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Jones’ solid outing wasted by Curve offense

From Mirror reports

RICHMOND, Va. – Jared Jones tossed a season-long 6• innings for Altoona on Thursday night — and took a no-hitter into the seventh inning — before a lead-off home run by Brandon Martorano halted the effort as the Curve fell to Richmond, 2-0, at The Diamond.

Jones struck out five batters in the outing and threw 89 pitches with 64 of them going for strikes.

He hit Andy Thomas with a pitch in the first inning before retiring 10 batters in a row.

Riley Mahan drew a lead-off walk in the fifth, but Jones induced a double-play ball to erase the baserunner. He then came back and worked a perfect sixth inning.

Martorano cleared the wall in left center on a 1-0 pitch to break the no-hitter up in the seventh inning. Of the 19 outs recorded by Jones, 15 did not leave the infield.

The Curve bats could not pick up their starter as Richmond pitchers struck out 13 batters for the second night in a row. Mason Black tossed the first four innings, allowing just two hits with six strikeouts.

Wil Jensen earned the win with three perfect innings before Jose Cruz earned the save with two perfect frames. Cruz struck out the side in the ninth to complete the save.

Abrahan Gutierrez had the lone extra-base hit for Altoona, a ground-rule double to the opposite field off Black in the fourth inning. Liover Peguero singled off Black in the third inning. Matt Gorski, Lolo Sanchez, and Mason Martin all saw on-base streaks of 13, 14, and 15 games end in the loss.

Noe Toribio tossed the final 1.2 innings for Altoona, allowing a run on two hits in the eighth inning. He struck out one batter to get out of the frame. The game was played in 1:54, which matched the fastest game in Richmond history and missed the fastest game in Curve history by three minutes.

The Curve remain in first place at 28-24 because the Erie SeaWolves lost 10-8 to Bowie.

Altoona continues its six-game series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

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