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ERIE -- Paul Skenes tossed two scoreless innings in his second outing with the Curve Friday night en route to a 6-3 win for Altoona over Erie in an Eastern League contest.
Skenes, who did not make it out of the first inning last weekend in his first start with the Curve, struck out the first two batters he faced before surrendering his lone baserunner with a single allowed to Erie's Jace Jung.
Skenes returned for a second inning and set down the side in order with his third strikeout. He finished the outing with a tidy 25 pitches, 18 for strikes.
In relief of Skenes, Sean Sullivan permitted just three runs in 5-plus innings of work to earn his sixth win of the season. Sullivan struck out four and threw 93 pitches before handing the ball off to Tahnaj Thomas and Geronimo Franzua for the final five outs.
Catcher Carter Bins smashed a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning and added an insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth inning in the win.
Bins led the rally for Altoona from a 2-0 deficit after five innings as the Curve rallied for three straight hits with two outs in the sixth. Bins capped off the frame with a three-run shot that landed on top of the arena for a 3-2 lead.
Matt Fraizer added an insurance run for the Curve with an RBI single in the seventh inning, Fraizer has reached base safely in 14 straight games and owns the league's longest active hit streak at 13 games this season.
The Curve added two additional insurance runs in the eighth inning of the SeaWolves bullpen. Bins singled home Matt Gorski and then after a double play ball, Connor Scott reached on an infield single to plate Joe Perez.
Altoona banged out 11 hits on their way to victory on Friday night. Bins, Perez and Gorski each picked up two hits in the win.
The Curve continue their series with the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, on Saturday night. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. with LHP Nick Dombkowski set to take the ball against RHP Ty Madden for Erie.