PORTLAND, Maine — Portland pitchers racked up 17 strikeouts, and the Sea Dogs defeated Altoona, 10-0, on Sunday afternoon at Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field.

The Curve dropped the series, 4-2, with Portland after losing Friday and Saturday, too.

Portland scored five times off Curve starter Kyle Robinson in his team debut. Robinson struck out four in his outing, however, Portland scored four times in the second on a two-run homer by Marvin Alcantara, an RBI single from Ahbram Liendo and a wild pitch.

Dominic Pipkin fired two perfect innings of relief after Robinson and picked up four strikeouts.

The Sea Dogs put the game away with four runs across the sixth and seventh inning against a pair of Curve relievers.

Altoona managed just two hits and four walks off Portland pitching. Starter Blake Wehunt struck out nine over five scoreless frames, and reliever Jedixson Paez followed him with four scoreless innings of relief and picked up eight strikeouts.

Saturday’s game

Despite getting one of their best pitching performances of the season from starter Matt Ager, the Curve dropped a 3-2 decision to the Sea Dogs in 10 innings on Saturday night.

Ager allowed a run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to Franklin Arias and then proceeded to set down 10 straight hitters until an infield single from Jack Winnay in the seventh.

Ager struck out five, allowed just three hits and one walk in his outing.

The Curve bats were held quiet by rehabbing Red Sox starter Patrick Sandoval, who spun five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to start the game. Anthony Eyanson entered after him and similarly kept the Curve off-balance until the eighth inning when the Curve finally struck.

After a two-out single by Matt King, Ryan McCarty slammed a two-run homer over the Maine Monster to take a 2-1 lead.

Portland tied the game in the bottom of the eighth when Liendo drove in the tying run against Jaycob Deese. After the Curve were held scoreless by Eyanson in the ninth and again in the 10th, Liendo came back to the plate with one out in the 10th and reached on an infield single to plate the game-winning run.

Friday’s game

The Sea Dogs notched a 9-3 win over the Curve on Friday night.

The Curve bats were held hitless until the fifth inning against Sea Dogs starter John Holobetz, who struck out seven over 5• innings. Altoona scratched two runs across in the sixth on RBI singles from Titus Dumitru and Callan Moss. Derek Berg doubled home a run later in the eighth.

Peyton Stumbo was touched for six runs on a career-high 14 hits over 4ª innings. The 14 hits matched Altoona’s franchise record for most hits allowed by a starting pitcher. The Sea Dogs scored four times in the third and twice in the fifth off Stumbo.

Cristhian Tortosa allowed two unearned runs in 1• innings in relief before Emmanuel Chapman tossed the final two frames, allowing one unearned run with three strikeouts.

Up next

Altoona returns home on Tuesday to host the Richmond Flying Squirrels at 6:30 p.m., the final series for the team before the All-Star break. The Curve will send LHP Connor Oliver to the mound with Richmond starting RHP Trystan Vrieling.