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RICHMOND, Va. -- Dominic Perachi began his outing with three perfect innings en route to a quality start in Altoona's 6-1 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Friday night at The Diamond.
Altoona earned its second win of the week-long series with the Flying Squirrels.
The Curve took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Sammy Siani drove in Matt Fraizer and Nick Cimillo with a two-out double to left center.
Siani picked up three hits in the game and has reached base safely in 10 straight games dating back to Aug. 11.
Altoona added to its lead in the fifth inning when Kervin Pichardo hammered a solo homer down the left field line off lefty Nick Swiney. Pichardo's 11th homer of the season pulled him into a tie for the team lead with Tsung-Che Cheng.
The Curve earned three more runs in the sixth off of Swinney. With the bases loaded, Cimillo crossed home on a throwing error by catcher Zach Morgan, and Jackson Glenn drove in two with a solid single to right field to take a 6-1 advantage.
Perachi turned in his best outing of the season in a Curve uniform. He worked his three strong innings at the outset before allowing one run on three hits in the fourth inning. After stranding a pair, Perachi set down the side in order and overcame an error and two walks to strand the bases loaded in the sixth.
All told, he allowed just one run on four hits and a pair of walks with four strikeouts: firing 85 pitches, 50 strikes.
Drake Fellows tossed two scoreless innings in relief, earning one strikeout, before handing the ball off to Jack Carey who needed just nine pitches to set down the side in order in the ninth inning.
The Curve play again Saturday night with first pitch at 6:05 p.m.