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READING -- Altoona's bullpen fired five scoreless innings of relief, and Murf Gray cranked a long solo homer in his Double-A debut to lead the Curve to a 6-2 win over the Reading Fightin Phils on Friday night at First Energy Stadium.
The Curve wasted no time getting the offense rolling in the top of the first. Keiner Delgado singled on the third pitch of the game and eventually scored on Callan Moss's RBI single.
In the fourth, Gray homered to push the Curve lead to 2-0. Gray, who ranks in the top 8 in the minors in home runs, recorded his 23rd homer of the season between Bradenton, Greensboro and Altoona.
Dominic Perachi began the night with just two hits allowed over three innings before the Fightin Phils tagged him for two runs in the fourth. Perachi struck out three over his four-nning outing.
Altoona quickly re-took the lead in the top of the sixth when Derek Berg scored on a wild pitch and put the game away with a two-run homer from Keiner Delgado in the seventh and an RBI double from Lonnie White Jr. in the eighth.
Delgado (two hits), Moss (three hits) and White Jr. (two hits) paced the 10-hit attack for the Curve.
Dominic Pipkin tossed two dominant innings of relief to follow Perachi and earned the win. Landon Tomkins followed with two scoreless frames, and Jake Shirk finished the win with a seven-pitch ninth inning. Pipkin, Tomkins and Shirk combined for just one hit and one walk.
Alfonzo activated
Catcher Omar Alfonzo, who had been on the temporary inactive list following the deaths of his sister and step-mother, was activated and transferred to the FCL Pirates.
Up next
Altoona continues its series with Reading on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. with Peyton Stumbo slated to start.