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Curfew wipes out Curve-Akron game

AKRON, Ohio — Due to Akron’s city-wide curfew, the Akron RubberDucks postponed the game against the Altoona Curve scheduled for Monday. The curfew is in place due to protests that escalated after nightfall on Sunday. “Early yesterday, we had several peaceful protests in the downtown footprint related to the officer-involved shooting of Jayland Walker,’’ Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a statement released to the media. “These protests did not escalate to violence and destruction. ... However, as night fell and others began to join, the protests became no longer peaceful. ...

Curve make quick work — literally — of Senators

Next stop Tonight: Altoona at Akron, 7:05 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Carmen Mlodzinski vs. Ducks RHP Hunter Gaddis Record: 4-2 Radio: WRTA-AM 1240 & 98.5-FM By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com The Curve had such a good and fast game on the field Sunday that it made for quite an unusual situation off the field. Altoona beat Harrisburg, 7-3, in only 1 hour and 57 minutes before a huge crowd of 8,344 at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The game started at 6 p.m. and was done before 8, which in just about every other circumstance would be welcomed by all involved. But not ...

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, ...