From Mirror reports

The Altoona Curve announced home dates for the 2025 season at Peoples Natural Gas Field, as well as season ticket information for the upcoming season.

The Curve will play 69 home games at PNG Field in 2025.

“It’s so exciting to look ahead to what 2025 has in store for us and we’re already in the planning process for unique giveaways and the premium experience that Curve baseball has to offer,” said Curve General Manager Nate Bowen. “We are looking forward to giving fans the best possible experience over our final 18 home games of this season.”

The home schedule features each Southwest division opponent: Akron, Erie, Harrisburg, Richmond and Bowie. From the Northeast division, the Curve will host Somerset, Portland, Hartford, and Reading.

April features 11 home games at PNG field, including a three-game opening weekend series against the Bowie Baysox from April 4-6. The Somerset Patriots and Akron RubberDucks also come to town in April. May is the busiest of the summer, featuring 15 total home games with games against the RubberDucks, the Harrisburg Senators and the Portland Sea Dogs.

June will see a two-week homestand, featuring the only visit to Altoona for the Erie SeaWolves from June 10-15. The Richmond Flying Squirrels make their first of two visits from June 17-22.

The Curve will host the Harrisburg Senators for a three-game series beginning on Tuesday, July 1. The Independence Day celebration will occur on Thursday, July 3. Coming out of the All-Star break, Altoona will be home for nine-straight games, with a three-game series against the Akron RubberDucks from July 18-20 and a full six-game series against Bowie from July 22-27.

August will feature the return of two Northeast opponents who did not travel to Altoona in 2024. The Hartford Yard Goats come to town from Aug. 5-10 before the Reading Fightin Phils arrive from Aug. 19-24.

The Curve will play their final home series against Richmond from Sept. 2-7.

Curve blanked

PORTLAND, Maine — Altoona was shut out for the 10th time this season, 7-0, in the series opener against Portland on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field.

Nick Cimillo picked up three hits and a walk, but the Curve left 11 runners on base, including the bases loaded in the second and two runners in each of the sixth and seventh inning.

Dominic Perachi returned to the Curve rotation and pitched into the fourth inning but was charged with the loss. Perachi struck out five, walked three and allowed four hits in his start. Portland’s Blaze Jordan drove home a pair with a single in the third inning, and after a single and hit batsman to begin the fourth, Perachi was lifted for Justin Meis.

Meis allowed one inherited runner to score, thanks to a throwing error by Brenden Dixon, and was tagged for four runs in the loss.

Emmanuel Chapman and Jack Carey tossed scoreless innings to wrap up the night on the mound.

Harrington honored

Curve right-hander Thomas Harrington was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month, as announced by Minor League Baseball on Tuesday.

Harrington allowed just two earned runs during July in four starts, going 2-0 with a 0.70 ERA. He allowed just 15 hits, six walks and struck out 32 batters while holding opponents to a .170 batting average.

The righty led all Double-A pitchers in ERA (0.70) and strikeouts (32) in July. Harrington was a leader on Altoona’s pitching staff, which recorded a 2.84 ERA in July; ranked sixth-best among all full-season minor league teams.

Transactions

The Pirates have made the following changes to the Curve roster on Tuesday: Outfielder Dustin Peterson was released, and LHP Dominic Perachi was transferred from Greensboro to Altoona.