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ERIE -- Altoona's offense had its best game of the season on Thursday night, slugging five home runs to help the Curve defeat the Erie SeaWolves, 11-5, at UPMC Park.
In the win, Altoona set season highs in runs (11), hits (16), home runs (5), runs in an inning (6) and margin of victory (6). Altoona had not won consecutive games since April 9 and April 10.
The Curve took an early 6-0 lead in the second inning off Erie starter Troy Melton. Joe Perez led off the inning with his third home run of the season before Dustin Peterson hit his first home run with Altoona, a three-run shot, to make it 4-0.
Jase Bowen added an RBI single in the frame off reliever Jake Higginbotham before Perez returned to the plate to score Bowen with an RBI single of his own.
Peterson added an RBI single in the third and a double in the fifth, finishing 3-for-5 with four RBI and a triple shy of the cycle. Altoona added three runs in the seventh after Tsung-Che Cheng hit his fifth home run of the season off Joel Peguero, a two-run shot.
Two batters later, Sammy Siani launched the first Double-A home run of his career to make it 10-1. Carter Bins homered off position player Jake Holton in the ninth.
Starter Drake Fellows was solid in the start for the Curve, tossing five innings and allowing one run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts. The SeaWolves added four runs in the bottom of the ninth off Cameron Junker with a grand slam by Brady Allen.