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From Mirror reports
ERIE -- Kervin Pichardo hit his eighth home run of the season for Altoona on Sunday afternoon, but the Curve could not overcome an early 5-0 deficit as Erie won its fifth game of the series, 5-2, at UPMC Park.
It is the eighth loss for Altoona in its last eight games since returning from the all-star break.
Pichardo's two-run shot came in the eighth inning after Nick Cimillo drew a walk to lead off the frame. It was the first sign of life for Altoona, who had not had a baserunner to that point since a third-inning single. The Curve managed just three hits in the defeat.
Hunter Barco started the contest for Altoona but left in the second inning with an apparent injury after allowing a lead-off single to Jake Holton. Barco worked a scoreless first inning with a strikeout prior to his exit.
Emmanuel Chapman entered for the Curve and allowed Erie to score all five of its runs in the inning. Trei Cruz drew a bases-loaded walk before Brady Allen lifted a sacrifice fly. A few batters later, Hao-Yu Lee hit a three-run double.
Eddy Yean was dominant in relief, tossing three scoreless innings with four strikeouts before Jack Carey threw a scoreless eighth inning.
Troy Melton struck out eight batters in six scoreless innings for Erie to earn the win.
Saturday's game
Pichardo's RBI double for Altoona in the second inning on Saturday night, was the only offense in a 5-1 loss to Erie.
Bubba Chandler took the loss for the Curve, allowing four runs on six hits in 4ª innings with seven strikeouts.
Erie scored three in the bottom of the first on a Gage Workman two-run triple and a balk which scored Workman. Chandler then worked three scoreless innings before allowing an RBI single by Holton in the fifth.
J.C. Flowers tossed 2• innings of relief for Altoona, allowing one run on a Workman single in the seventh. Grant Ford threw a scoreless inning of relief following Flowers.
The Curve offense was limited to just five hits in the loss, with Pichardo's early double making up all of the scoring. The Curve were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.