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 ...
One of the biggest parts of Minor League Baseball involves seizing opportunities when they come up. That’s exactly what Derek Berg has been doing the last month-plus. Picked in the 10th round of the 2024 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Berg is getting his chance to catch for the ...
There is plenty of optimism in the Altoona Curve clubhouse as the team feels it has what it takes to make a run in the second half of the Eastern League season. On Wednesday night, in the second game of the series against Richmond, the Curve took an early lead, allowed the Flying Squirrels to ...
The Altoona Curve played Tuesday’s game against Richmond, a 3-2 Flying Squirrels win, at Peoples Natural Gas Field with catcher Omar Alfonzo on their minds. Alfonzo was placed on the temporarily inactive list on June 25 a day after devastating earthquakes in Venezuela after he learned his ...
Minor League Baseball announced that ex- Altoona Curve pitcher Connor Wietgrefe was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for the month of June on Monday. Wietgrefe, who was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on June 25, threw 18 consecutive scoreless innings over his final three ...
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland pitchers racked up 17 strikeouts, and the Sea Dogs defeated Altoona, 10-0, on Sunday afternoon at Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field. The Curve dropped the series, 4-2, with Portland after losing Friday and Saturday, too. Portland scored five times off Curve starter Kyle Robinson in his team debut. Robinson struck out four in his outing, however, Portland scored four times in the second on a two-run homer by Marvin Alcantara, an RBI single from Ahbram Liendo and a wild pitch. Dominic Pipkin fired two perfect innings of relief after Robinson and picked up ...
