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PORTLAND, Maine -- The Altoona Curve are now 0-3 in Maine after dropping a 4-2 decision on Thursday afternoon to the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field.
Despite picking up at least nine hits for the sixth time in the last nine games, the Curve offense left nine runners on base and went just 2-for-7 with men in scoring position.
A highlight for the Curve was J.C. Flowers setting down 10 straight hitters out of the bullpen.
Altoona earned a run in the top of the first inning when Matt Fraizer drove in Tsung-Che Cheng with a sacrifice fly. Altoona added another in the second when Yoyner Fajardo singled home Tres Gonzalez.
Curve lefty Anthony Solometo was touched for two runs in the bottom of the second to draw the game even.
Solometo, in his first start back from a stint on the Development List and with the Bradenton Marauders, allowed two runs on two hits and walked a pair in 1ª innings.
Portland snagged the lead in the sixth inning when Tyler Miller drove in a run with a groundout off of Grant Ford. The Sea Dogs added another run in the seventh when Philip Sykes singled home Corey Rozier. Jack Carey finished the day on the mound for the Curve with a scoreless eighth.
Nick Cimillo extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a pair of singles in the defeat. Fajardo and Sammy Siani each had two hits to pace the Curve offense and extend their hitting streaks to seven games.
The two teams meet tonight at 6 p.m. Altoona sends LHP Nick Dombkowski to the mound against RHP David Sandlin.
Also on Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates transferred RHP Bubba Chadler from Altoona to Indianapolis.