Callan Moss

The Altoona Curve, playing as the Altoona Mud Turtles, took a rain-shortened win over the Chesapeake Baysox, 7-1, on Sunday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Altoona earned a series victory after the teams played six innings on Sunday.

Callan Moss picked up a career-high four hits in four trips to the plate, drove in a run and scored twice.

Following a 17-minute rain delay beginning the night, the Curve bats broke out for four runs on five hits in the bottom of the first.

Facing Ben Vespi, Moss singled home Duce Gourson with the first run. Javier Rivas, Ivan Brethowr and P.J. Hilson then each drove in a run to take a 4-0 lead.

After Anderson De Los Santos slammed a solo homer for the Baysox, the Curve picked up two runs in the second inning on an RBI single from Titus Dumitru, and another run scored when Brethowr was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Altoona added another run in the fourth when Moss scrambled home from first after a throwing error.

Josh Loeschorn tossed three innings and allowed one run as the starter for the Curve. Jaycob Deese earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief.

Saturday’s game

The Curve got a brilliant pitching performance and cruised to a 4-1 win over the Baysox on Saturday night in front of 4,582 fans at PNG Field.

Lefty Connor Wietgrefe began his outing with 4• hitless innings before allowing singles in the fifth and sixth inning. Wietgrefe, who matched his season-long with six innings, set a new career-high with eight strikeouts and allowed just four total base runners.

Altoona scratched out the game’s first run in the third inning when Gourson doubled home Matt King with a shot off the center field wall.

The Curve added three more runs off Chesapeake starter Evan Yates in the fifth inning to take a commanding 4-0 lead. With a runner at second and one away, Gourson again doubled home a run and trotted home easily on an RBI double from Will Taylor. Moss put the final touch on the inning with a run-scoring single.

Moss picked up his 19th double of the season, the most by a Pirates minor leaguer this season and good for second-best among Eastern League players.

Brandon Neeck followed with two innings of solid relief, permitting an unearned run in the eighth inning, and earned two strikeouts before Emmanuel Chapman wrapped up the win with a scoreless ninth inning.

Up next

Altoona begins a six-game series at Akron to wrap up the first half of the season on Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m.