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BOWIE, Md. -- Aaron Shortridge continued to build upon his strong month of August for Altoona on Thursday night.
The right-hander tossed six innings in a 6-3 win for the Curve over the Baysox at Prince George's Stadium in Eastern League baseball action.
In his first start since his nine-inning complete game for Altoona against Erie a week ago Friday, Shortridge allowed just two runs on seven hits without walking a batter.
He gave up two runs in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single from Greg Cullen and a sacrifice fly by Maxwell Costes. In the month of August, Shortridge has a 1.71 earned run average. He has given up just four earned runs in 21 innings of work.
Altoona scored in the top of the first inning for the third game in a row when Joe Perez knocked an RBI double off Bowie starter Ryan Long to score Matt Fraizer.
The Curve added five runs in the second inning to put the game out of reach. Andres Alvarez led off the frame with his seventh home run of the season to make it a 2-0 game.
Later in the frame, Tsung-Che Cheng brought another run home on a sacrifice fly before Fraizer tripled with the bases loaded off new reliever Kade Strowd to score three runs and make it 6-0. Fraizer finished 2-for-3 with a double and a triple.
Michell Miliano tossed a scoreless seventh inning of relief before Geronimo Franzua followed with a scoreless eighth inning.
Tahnaj Thomas allowed a solo home run to John Rhodes in the ninth inning before closing out the game for Altoona. The solo shot snapped an 11-inning scoreless streak for Thomas out of Altoona's bullpen.
The standings
Altoona improved to 18-22 in the Southwest Division but are still in last place. Bowie fell to 22-20, which is good for a tie for third place with Richmond and Harrisburg. Erie, which is in first place, was rained out Thursday at Akron and will play a twinbill tonight.
Next up
Altoona continues its six-game series with the Baysox tonight at 7:05 p.m. Bowie is yet to announce a starter, with Altoona sending southpaw Jackson Wolf to the mound.