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RICHMOND, Va. -- Tsung-Che Cheng hit his team-leading 11th home run of the season, while Kervin Pichardo launched his 10th of the year for Altoona as the Curve defeated the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 7-5, on Tuesday night at the Diamond.
With Altoona trailing 3-0, Cheng's fourth-inning home run was a two-run shot off Richmond's starter Dylan Cumming to make it a 3-2 game.
The Curve tied the game in the fifth when Mike Jarvis scored from third base on a wild pitch, and took the lead on Pichardo's two-run shot in the seventh inning off reliever Nick Swiney.
After Richmond tied the game 5-5 in the seventh, Matt Fraizer and Tres Gonzalez each added RBI singles in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to give the Curve the come-from-behind win in the series opener.
Jack Carey earned the victory in relief for Altoona, tossing 2• scoreless innings with two strikeouts before Eddy Yean recorded the final out to earn the save.
Southpaw Anthony Solometo struck out five batters over 4 • innings in the start, allowing three runs with two earned on two hits and four walks. Justin Meis allowed two runs in two innings of work in relief.
Cumming, the Richmond starter, was charged with two earned runs in 4ª innings of work. He gave up only two hits but walked five batters and struck out four. Swiney wound up with two earned runs in just one-third of an inning out of the pen for the Squirrels.
Altoona continues a six-game series with the Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, tonight at 6:35. Southpaw Nick Dombkowski is slated to start for the Curve and righty Nick Morreale will go for the Flying Squirrels.
Game notes: Before the game, the Pittsburgh Pirates transferred pitcher Beau Sulser from Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis. …. With the win, Altoona improves to 19-27 in the second half of the Eastern League while Richmond falls to 17-29. … The Curve left 11 runners on base in the game while Richmond stranded seven runners.