HARTFORD, Conn.– After winning Saturday, the Altoona Curve dropped their series finale to the Hartford Yard Goats, 9-0, on Sunday afternoon at Dunkin Park.

Khristian Curtis tossed 3 2/3 scoreless frames for the Curve with four strikeouts, one hit allowed and two walks, on 63 pitches, but Hartford scored nine runs off the Curve bullpen, all coming after the sixth inning, to secure the victory.

Alessandro Ercolani was charged with the loss after allowing three runs in his lone inning of relief. The Yard Goats got two runs off Jaycob Deese in the seventh inning and added four runs off Mike Walsh in the eighth.

Offensively, Altoona stranded four baserunners over the first four innings against Hartford starter Eiberson Castellano, who tossed six scoreless innings to earn the win.

Omar Alfonzo had two singles for the Curve, marking his fifth multi-hit game of the season. Derek Berg and Titus Dumitru each extended their season-long on-base streaks to 14 games.

Saturday’s game

Trailing 2-0 after five innings, Altoona scored five unanswered runs over the final four innings to earn a 5-2 win over the Yard Goats on Saturday night.

Berg smashed a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth inning. Curve relievers Josh Loeschorn, Jaden Woods and Derek Diamond combined for 4ª scoreless innings and just one baserunner allowed.

In the eighth inning, Dumitru broke the 2-2 tie with an RBI single, and Callan Moss doubled home two more.

Up next

Altoona continues its longest road trip of the season on Tuesday night at New Hampshire at 6:03 p.m.