Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Curve starter Po-Yu Chen has his hands checked by first base umpire Kevin Mandzuk after the top of the fourth inning.

From Mirror reports

Starter Po-Yu Chen tossed a season-long six innings with three strikeouts for the Altoona Curve on Tuesday afternoon, giving up just one run.

It wasn’t enough.

The Somerset Patriots put six runs up on Altoona’s bullpen across the seventh and eighth innings to defeat the Curve, 7-4, at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

The game began in a one-hour, 33-minute rain delay before Chen took the mound, allowing just one run on four hits and one walk in his six innings of work. Chen threw a season-high 81 pitches with 51 strikes. His lone run allowed came on an RBI double by Elijah Dunham in the fourth inning to give Somerset a 1-0 lead.

Altoona responded with four runs over the next two innings off Somerset starter Blane Abeyta. Tres Gonzalez collected an RBI single in the fourth inning to tie the game at 1-1.

In the fifth, Brenden Dixon and Connor Scott both reached to start the inning before Wyatt Hendrie laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance them into scoring position. scored on a wild pitch, with Scott scored on a fielder’s choice. Tsung-Che Cheng scored on a Kervin Pichardo groundout to give the Curve a 4-1 lead.

That lead stood until the seventh inning when the Patriots rallied for four runs. Grant Ford entered in relief and faced three batters without recording an out. After an RBI double by Anthony Seigler, Altoona summoned Valentin Linarez into the game, who allowed both inherited runners to score before allowing two runs of his own in the frame.

Linarez walked five batters in 1ª innings, with three runs allowed on two hits. Eddy Yean tossed the final 1• innings for the Curve without allowing a run.

Game notes: For fans who sat through the rain delay, any ticket for the game can be exchanged for any other 2024 regular-season game, excluding July 4, for equal or lesser value based on availability. Tickets can be exchanged in person at the box office or over the phone. Fans with digital tickets may stop in person or call the box office to receive a new digital or printed ticket for the date of their choosing. … First pitch for tonight’s game is 6 p.m. Altoona will send Drake Fellows to the mound to face Brock Selvidge.