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Rodriguez glad to be back playing

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Endy Rodriguez was all smiles after the Altoona Curve’s 8-1 victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels Thursday night in front of 3,814 fans at PNG Field. That’s as he deals with the ebbs and flows of his return to the field following offseason Tommy John surgery. “Shoot, Tuesday was his first time behind the dish since injury and he’s in a game,” Hammock said. “That’s tough to do. And he’s even said ‘I missed some balls and dropped a bunch of balls’ and all that stuff’s gonna go away the more ...

Curve victory all part of festive world with team’s mascots

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror There’s a saying around PNG Field expressed nightly throughout the Altoona Curve’s season, everybody loves Curve baseball. On Tuesday night, in front of 3,547 fans, Al Tuna and Altoona delivered with an 8-7 win over the Richmond Flying ...

Four errors costly for Curve in loss at home to Squirrels

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve’s 6-2 loss to the Richmond Flying Squirrels Tuesday night in front of 3,801 fans at PNG Field was a microcosm of the 2024 season as a whole. The team was unable to play complementary baseball and struggled at times, even with the ...

Curve take 2 over weekend

From Mirror reports HARTFORD, Conn. —The Curve earned a split of their six-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday afternoon with a 9-5 win at Dunkin’ Park. Working against Rockies rehabbing right-hander Antonio Senzatela, Altoona plated four runs in the top of the first inning on four hits and a walk to snag the early lead that it nevered surrendered. With Sunday being a bullpen day on the mound, Emmanuel Chapman tossed the first three innings for the Curve, scattering eight baserunners and earning a pair of strikeouts. Brad Case followed with 2-plus scoreless ...

Curve falls flat at Yard Goats

HARTFORD, Conn. — Termarr Johnson was 2-for-4 hitting to record his first multi-hit game at Double-A Friday night as Altoona fell to the Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin’ Park. Anthony Solometo allowed six runs on six hits in one inning to take the loss for the Curve. After a scoreless first inning, Solometo allowed six hits and a walk without recording an out in the second inning. Jaycob Deese entered in relief and tossed three scoreless innings. Blake Townsend fired three scoreless innings to follow Deese before J.C. Flowers tossed a scoreless eighth inning for the ...

Curve score late to get victory over Goats

From Mirror reports HARTFORD, Conn. — Brenden Dixon hit his eighth home run of the season in the ninth inning on Thursday night to give Altoona a 3-2 win over Hartford at Dunkin’ Park. The game was tied 2-2 entering the ninth inning when Dixon hit a lead-off home run off Zach Agnos to give Altoona its first lead of the game. Altoona had seven hits in the win, with Yoyner Fajardo recording two. After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Curve scored two runs in the third to tie it. Termarr Johnson lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Eli Wilson before Matt ...