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ERIE -- Eddy Yean earned his fourth win of the season as the Curve rallied from a 3-2 deficit after five innings and cruised to an 8-3 win over the Erie SeaWolves on Friday night at UPMC Park.
With the win, Altoona has its first three-game winning streak of the season.
Seth Beer got the scoring started with a two-run homer in the first in support of starter Thomas Harrington. The shot was Beer's third home run of the season,which gave the Curve the first lead.
Harrington, making his third start for the Curve, allowed three runs in 4ª innings pitched, scattering seven hits during his outing. Yean relieved Harrington after he hit his hard pitch limit for the night, and set down seven straight hitters to allow the setup for the Curve rally. Yean has been unscored upon in six of his last seven outings.
Altoona plated a pair of runs in the sixth with the tying run scoring on Beer's bloop single to left. Later in the inning, Connor Scott beat out a potential inning-ending groundout to give the Curve a 4-3 advantage.
The Curve put the game away with four runs across the eighth and ninth innings. Tsung-Che Cheng singled home a key insurance run, and Jase Bowen reached on a potential inning-ending double play to plate another run. Carter Bins put the cherry on top of Altoona's third straight win with a two-run homer in the ninth.
Justin Meis finished off the game with two scoreless frames on the mound, needing just 33 pitches to lock down the victory.
After entering the series in the bottom-four in Double-A in total home runs, Altoona now ranks 22nd after they've hit a combined seven home runs over the last two games. The Curve have 29 home runs in 42 games this year.
Altoona will continue a six-game series Saturday at 6:05 p.m. with Braxton Ashcraft taking the ball for Altoona against Carlos Pena for Erie.