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Today: Altoona at Harrisburg, noon
Pitchers: Sens LHP Andrew Alvarez vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan
Radio: WRTA-FM 98.5
From Mirror reports
HARRISBURG -- The Harrisburg Senators scored two late runs -- in the seventh and eighth innings -- Tuesday night in defeating the Altoona Curve, 3-2, in Eastern League play.
The loss was the 10th straight for Altoona, which fell to 5-16.
Tsung-Che Cheng drove in a go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning for the Curve to make it 2-1. However, the bullpen could not hold the lead.
With Altoona trailing 2-1 in the seventh inning, Harrisburg went to its bullpen with Samuel Reyes, who allowed a lead-off single to Jase Bowen before Cheng hit his second home run of the season to give the Curve its first lead of the game.
The Senators responded with a solo home run from Robert Hassell III in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Justin Meis, and three base hits in the bottom of the eighth off of Chris Gau to score the go-ahead run.
Bubba Chandler went 4• in the start for Altoona, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts. The lone score came on a Brady House home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Meis struck out five in relief over 2• frames before Gau took the loss after striking out one in 1• innings.
Harrisburg starter Michael Cuevas held Altoona scoreless over six innings with nine strikeouts and only three base hits allowed. Reyes earned the win with two innings of relief before Orlando Ribalta tossed two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth for his first save of the season.
Kervin Pichardo extended his hitting streak to 10 games in the loss for Altoona, tied for the third-longest streak in the Eastern League this season. The loss continued Altoona's longest streak since losing 10 games in-a-row in 2014. The longest losing-streak in franchise history is 11 games in 2000.