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HARRISBURG - Oliver Garcia struck out two batters in a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth inning for Altoona to pick up his seventh save of the campaign in a 3-1 win for the Curve over the Harrisburg Senators on Wednesday afternoon at FNB Field.
Garcia is now 7-for-8 in save attempts this season for the Curve as he turned in his 22nd scoreless outing this year for Altoona in 30 appearances.
Nick Dombkowski earned the win, tossing 2ª innings of scoreless work with four strikeouts. Since June 4, Dombkowski is 3-1 with a 1.69 ERA in 32 innings over 10 appearances, including three starts. He has allowed six earned runs, seven walks, with 23 strikeouts. Neither Garcia nor Dombkowski have been scored upon in the month of July.
Beau Sulser started the game for Altoona and allowed one unearned run in the first inning. He tossed a season-long four innings for Altoona in his third appearance on the campaign, striking out four batters with just four hits allowed.
Altoona answered the unearned run in the second inning to tie the game. Mike Jarvis and Tsung-Che Cheng both reached base on singles before Claudio Finol layed down a sacrifice bunt to score Jarvis from third base.
The Curve rallied for two runs in the fifth inning to take control of the game. After a Dylan Shockley walk and a Lolo Sanchez single, Chavez Young hit an RBI single to put the Curve ahead. Jacob Gonzalez followed two batters later with an RBI single of his own to make it a 3-1 game. All three of Altoona's runs came against Senators starter Dustin Saenz, who gave up seven hits in five innings.
Jarvis finished the day with three hits, his second-consecutive multi-hit game for the Curve in his fourth game at the Double-A level. Gonzalez and Young each finished with two hits as Altoona's offense recorded 10 hits for the second game in a row against the Senators.
Cameron Junker tossed 1• scoreless innings of relief without allowing a hit and adding three strikeouts.
Altoona continues its six-game series on the road tonight at 6:30. Anthony Solometo takes the ball for the Curve against fellow southpaw Alex Troop for Harrisburg.