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AKRON, Ohio -- Carter Bins lifted a sacrifice fly to score Jackson Glenn in the eighth inning to break a tie game as Altoona won its sixth-straight game on Tuesday night, 3-2, over the Akron RubberDucks at Canal Park.
Glenn opened the inning with a double. Tsung-Che Cheng moved him to third on a sacrifice bunt before Bins hit the sacrifice fly to right field.
Working against rehabbing Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber, the Curve took advantage of a first inning error to plate the game's first run. With two outs, Carter Bins was hit by a pitch and promptly stole second base. Matt Fraizer hit a bouncing ball to the first base side and Akron first baseman Joe Naranjo threw wildly to first, allowing Fraizer to reach and scoring Bins.
The Curve added a second run off Bieber in the fourth inning using a two-out walk and hit by pitch. Bieber hit his pitch limit on the hit batsman and Connor Scott greeted Akron righty Ross Carver with a double to right to take a 2-0 lead.
Akron drew even with two runs in the bottom off the fourth off Michell Miliano.
Justin Meis tossed three scoreless innings in his ninth start of the season. Meis tossed 60 pitches, allowing two hits and one walk with three strikeouts.