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HARTFORD, Conn. --The Curve earned a split of their six-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday afternoon with a 9-5 win at Dunkin' Park.
Working against Rockies rehabbing right-hander Antonio Senzatela, Altoona plated four runs in the top of the first inning on four hits and a walk to snag the early lead that it nevered surrendered.
With Sunday being a bullpen day on the mound, Emmanuel Chapman tossed the first three innings for the Curve, scattering eight baserunners and earning a pair of strikeouts. Brad Case followed with 2-plus scoreless innings to earn the win.
Nick Cimillo smacked his 21st homer of the season, this one in the seventh inning. His two-run shot pushed the Curve to a 7-3 lead at the time. Altoona added another in the eighth on an RBI single from Matt Frazier and Tres Gonzalez's third hit of the game came in the ninth to set the final score.
Altoona scored just 13 runs on 37 hits during its week-long series with the Yard Goats, but managed nine runs on 10 hits on Sunday.
Saturday's game
Termarr Johnson hit his second home run with the Curve, finishing with three hits in a 4-2 win Saturday over the Yard Goats. Nick Dombkowski worked six innings to get the win. He struck out five while giving up one run on three hits.
Up next
Altoona returns to Peoples Natural Gas Field on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to take on the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Righty Po-Yu Chen is slated to start the game for Altoona, with southpaw Jack Choate going for the Flying Squirrels.