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BINGHAMTON -- Easton Carmichael swatted his third Double-A home run, a two-run shot to tie the game in the second inning, but it wasn't enough as Altoona was walked off in Binghamton on Tuesday night, 4-3, at Mirabito Stadium.
Altoona entered the bottom of the ninth inning with a 3-2 lead. Justin Meis, who tossed 29 pitches and worked around traffic in the eighth, struck out Kevin Parada to open the ninth before Mitch Voit was hit by a pitch.
Marco Vargas followed with a single before Jefferson Rojas doubled home the game's tying run. It was the third run batted in for Rojas, who launched a two-run home run in the first inning.
Meis intentionally walked Jacob Reimer before Chris Suero walked it off with a sacrifice fly to left field.
Curve starter Peyton Stumbo tossed 3ª innings, allowing the two-run home run to Rojas on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Cristhian Tortosa tossed 1• scoreless innings of relief before Andrew Moore and Jaycob Deese each delivered scoreless innings with two strikeouts apiece.
It was the 19th home run of the season for Carmichael, who hit 16 with High-A Greensboro to begin the season. He finished the game with two hits, along with Titus Dumitru and Jesus Castillo.
Team standings
With the loss, the Curve fell to 18-27 in the Southwest Division of the Eastern League, still in last place. Binghamton is 22-23 in the Northeast Division.
Team notes
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the following changes to the Curve roster on Tuesday, including: Robert Hassell III (OF) moved up to Indianapolis, Sean Sullivan (RHP) activated from rehab assignment list, Ryan McCarty (INF) reinstated from development list and Po-Yu Chen (RHP) has begun a rehab assignment with Bradenton.
Up next
Altoona continues its six-game series at Binghamton tonight at 6:07 p.m. RHP Matt Ager will start on the mound for the Curve with RHP Dakota Hawkins slated to start for the Rumble Ponies.