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Angle reflects on travels through world of wrestling

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com The transition from amateur to professional wrestling can be a very difficult and taxing one, but Kurt Angle accomplished it seamlessly. Angle was on hand to discuss that, along with many other viewpoints about his illustrious wrestling ...

Pitching, defense propel Curve

Altoona’s pitching held strong on Friday, as the Curve arms allowed just two hits in a 6-0 win over Harrisburg at Peoples Natural Gas Field. In the bottom of the second, Curve second baseman Andres Alvarez hit a home run into the grass behind the left field stands to give Altoona a 2-0 ...

Curve defensive miscues costly

Next stop Tonight: Harrisburg at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Senators TBA vs. Curve RHP Aaron Shortridge (0-0) Record: 2-1 By Adam Babetski For the Mirror Altoona’s poor fielding performance led to a late-inning collapse, as the Curve lost to Harrisburg, 9-3, in front of a crowd ...

Power hitter Gorski carted off field in Curve’s win

Next stop Tonight: Harrisburg at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Kyle Nicolas vs. Senators RHP Steven Fuentes Record: 2-0 Radio: WRTA-AM 1240 & 98.5-FM By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com The Curve played great for the second straight night to improve to 2-0 in the second half, ...

Altoona has banner day with Pirates in town

Next stop Tonight: Harrisburg at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Carmen Mlodzinski vs. Sens RHP Jake Irvin Record: 1-0 By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com We’ve seen a lot of Pirates rehab guys with the Curve over the past two decades, but never anything like what took ...

Curve heading home after victory

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Curve wrapped up the first half of the season with a slugfest road victory Sunday, ending it in style with a big ninth inning. Altoona scored three runs in the ninth for a 9-6 getaway day win over New Hampshire at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. The Curve finished the first half with a 33-36 record. The second half will begin Tuesday when the club returns home for a series against Harrisburg. The record will reset, with everyone in the Eastern League starting over. Henry Davis homered in the second inning and hit a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth. Another ...