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BOWIE, Md. -- The Altoona Curve finished off one of their best weeks of the season with a 7-2 win over the Bowie Baysox on Sunday afternoon at Prince George's Stadium.
With the win, Altoona (29-40) has won 13 of its last 16 games of the first half of the Eastern League season, and earned its fifth straight victory over Bowie.
Altoona built an early 3-0 lead in support of starter Po-Yu Chen, who tossed five innings of one-run ball in the victory. Chen earned his second win of the season and struck out four batters.
Jase Bowen was one of three Curve hitters to record a multi-hit game with a double and a pair of singles in the win. Jackson Glenn drove in a pair and recorded his first multi-hit since May 4 at Harrisburg with a pair of singles.
Carter Bins went 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run in the win. Kervin Pichardo picked up a single as well, extending his season-long hitting streak to ten straight games.
New call-up Charles McAdoo smacked his second home run in as many games with the Curve with a massive shot to right-center in the seventh inning.
On the mound, Grant Ford fired two scoreless innings, and Emmanuel Chapman added a scoreless ninth inning to pace the Curve.
The Curve head home to begin a six-game series with the Akron RubberDucks, Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Altoona will send righty Drake Fellows to the mound in the series opener.
Saturday's game
In his first game with Altoona, McAdoo, fresh off his strong showing at High-A Greensboro, went 3-for-5 with a double and a two-run homer and the Curve rallied for their second extra-inning victory of the week at Bowie with a 7-6 win in 11 innings.