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Curve unable to hold on to late three-run lead

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron RubberDucks completed a miraculous rally to earn a 7-6 win over the Curve on Wednesday night at 7 17 Credit Union Park in Eastern League baseball action. Altoona held a 4-1 lead with two outs and the bases empty in the ninth inning before the Ducks managed to start ...

Reading home runs too much for Altoona Curve in defeat

READING — Catcher Derek Berg knocked a two-run homer in the sixth inning, the third home run of the game for the Altoona Curve Sunday, however, Reading hit four home runs of its own in a 10-6 Eastern League victory. Ryan McCarty started the day offensively with a two-run homer off Fightin ...

Curve’s Gray blasts homer in debut

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 ...

Curve getting 3B prospect Murf Gray

Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Murf Gray is being promoted to Altoona and will be joining the team ahead of their series in Reading after the All-Star break. Sources confirmed to the Mirror on Tuesday that the Fresno State product will be jumping another level this season having already ...

Loss to Richmond puts Curve at 7-11 heading to break

The Curve fell 5-3 to Richmond in the series and pre-break finale Sunday afternoon before 3,845 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field to drop their second-half record to 7-11. Richmond scored three times off starter Connor Oliver, who made his second start of the series, and spun two innings. He allowed three earned runs on four hits, including a two-run homer from Richmond’s Jean Carlos Sio. Altoona stole four bases in the game, two after a first-inning single from Keiner Delgado, who scored on a sacrifice fly from Derek Berg. The Curve offense was held quiet by starter Trystan ...

Winning solves any issues for Altoona Curve

It’s often said that Minor League Baseball is about development far more than winning. But standing outside the Altoona Curve’s locker room following Friday’s 5-4 win over Richmond, that seemed more like the opinion of someone not on a baseball diamond than anyone actually ...