Pacheco

The Curve fell behind 7-0 before getting their bats going, but it was too late in a 10-6 loss to the Erie SeaWolves on Wednesday afternoon before 5,743 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Curve right-handed Khristian Curtis started the game with three dominant innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five, before running into trouble in the fourth.

Erie earned three walks to start the inning, and after Chris Meyers singled home a run, SeaWolves third baseman Izaac Pacheco hit a grand slam to push Erie ahead 5-0.

Curtis struck out six in 3ª innings.

Erie added two more runs in the fifth when John Peck hit a two-run homer, which opened a 7-0 lead for the SeaWolves.

The Curve got on the board in the sixth inning when Derek Berg brought Keiner Delgado home when he reached on a fielding error.

Altoona picked up three runs in a lengthy seventh inning at the plate. Javier Rivas started the inning with a solo homer off lefty Lael Lockhart, and after a double from P.J. Hilson, a walk from Matt King and a wild pitch, Altoona plated a run on a sacrifice fly from Duce Gourson following an 11-pitch at-bat.

Samuel Escudero singled home another run to cap off the inning and make it an 8-4 game.

Catcher Derek Berg added a long solo homer off the video board in left-center in the eighth inning. Berg’s third homer of the season marked the 12th game this season that the Curve have hit at least two homers.

Titus Dumitru added an RBI double in the ninth.

Curve relief pitcher Emmanuel Chapman was touched for one run in two innings.

Curve outfielder Will Taylor was activated from the seven-day injured list.

Altoona continues a six-game series with Erie at 6 p.m. tonight. Left-hander Connor Wietgrefe takes the ball for the Curve with right-hander Max Alba on the mound for Erie.