Fans listening to Altoona Curve games on the radio during Thursday home games might feel like it’s 1996 and they’re at Veteran’s Memorial Field again. That’s because not only are the Curve on the field as the Altoona Rail Kings, but a familiar voice is on the headset, Dave Shannon, ...
The Altoona Curve’s mascot, LOCO, was nominated for induction into the Mascot Hall of Fame’s 2025 class. Voting opened this past weeekend at mascothalloffame.com and runs through May 24. The 2025 inductees will be announced in June. Each of the 28 candidates announced by the Mascot Hall of Fame have been recognized for more than a decade of excellence, energy and commitment to their communities. Joining LOCO on the ballot this year includes several other minor league and major league mascots, including the Pirate Parrot. LOCO has entertained fans for 10 seasons, emerging when ...
ERIE — Altoona grabbed an early 3-0 lead and six Curve pitchers made it stand up in a 3-2 win over the Erie SeaWolves on Sunday afternoon at UPMC Park. After dropping the first four games of the series, Altoona came away with back-to-back wins to finish off the series. The Curve jumped all ...
BOWIE, Md. — Curve starter Hunter Barco struck out eight batters in three scoreless innings and the Curve cruised to a 4-1 win over Chesapeake on Sunday afternoon at Prince George’s Stadium. Barco has now thrown 20ª consecutive scoreless innings to begin the season and stands five ...
The Curve scored nine times on eight hits in the bottom of the seventh inning, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 9-2 lead and eventual 9-3 win over the Somerset Patriots on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona earned a series win against Somerset, four games to ...
The Altoona offense was stymied for the second time this week against the Somerset Patriots in a 12-1 loss in front of 3,707 fans at PNG Field Friday night. “I thought we hit a couple balls hard, but we really just couldn’t get anything going,” Curve manager Andy Fox said. “Somerset ...
