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Tonight: Altoona at Bowie, 6:35 p.m.
Pitchers: Curve TBA vs. Baysox RHP Connor Gillispie
Record: 17-21 (2nd half)
From Mirror reports
BOWIE, Md. -- In his third game in the Pirates organization, Joe Perez socked a solo homer in a four-hit game as Altoona defeated Bowie, 8-4, on Tuesday night at Prince George's Stadium.
Perez was signed by the Pirates as a minor league free agent on Aug. 11 after he was designated for assignment by the Houston Astros, after the acquisition of Justin Verlander, and later released.
His home run came in the seventh inning off reliever Houston Roth to add insurance runs for Altoona. He finished the contest 4-for-5 with a double, a home run, and two RBI.
Altoona's offense capitalized off a strong first inning. Facing Baltimore Orioles starter John Means, who is on a rehab start, Jackson Glenn opened the game with a double and scored on a Tsung-Che Cheng RBI single.
After a two-out walk by Matt Fraizer, Carter Bins knocked a two-run double off Means to make it a 3-0 first inning lead for Altoona.
The Curve added a run in each of the second and third innings on a pair of wild pitches.
Perez added an RBI single in the fourth inning before Cheng brought a run home in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly. Altoona had 11 hits in the contest.
Curve starter Sean Sullivan earned the win, allowing two runs on four hits in five-plus innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
Noe Toribio followed in relief and struck out six batters in 2-plus innings of work, allowing one unearned run.