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It runs in the family: Baseball still keeps Siani brothers close

​Growing up 1 year, 5 months apart from each other has produced a multitude of shared experiences for the Siani brothers, Michael and Sammy, who hail from Glenside, Pa. Some of those include the same favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles, and being teammates regularly throughout ...

Curve winning streak ends; losing skid starts

https://youtu.be/LgPZ82WalPI?si=h9NVGqYC0r4EYT1g https://youtu.be/CH868QBbC28?si=ya2ijP_b-paINjix Nick Cimillo hit his 19th home run of the season and second at the Double-A level on Sunday afternoon for Altoona, but Richmond scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to come from behind and defeat the Curve, 9-7, at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve jumped out to an early 5-0 lead through two innings. Yoyner Fajardo tripled on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning before Kervin Pichardo followed with another triple to give Altoona a 1-0 lead after two pitches. ...

Chandler sparks Curve to easy win

From Mirror reports Righty Bubba Chandler struck out seven in seven innings of one-run ball, and Altoona earned its fourth straight win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 9-3, on Friday night in front of 5,197 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Chandler allowed just three hits and no walks on 91 pitches, dropping his season ERA to 3.70 in the victory. Since May 29, the 21-year-old right-hander has walked just eight batters in 55ª innings since coming off the injured list on May 29. Pirates rehabbing utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa picked up two hits in four trips to the plate in ...

Gutierrez helps Curve get a walk-off win in extras

Abrahan Gutierrez’s 10th inning, walk-off sacrifice fly gave the Altoona Curve a 5-4 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels Thursday night in front of 4,395 fans at PNG Field. While Gutierrez was the hero at the end, it was second baseman Kervin Pichardo who added in the defensive heroics ...

JV hoping to get game at Williamsburg

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com LOYSBURG — Juniata Valley is hoping to take advantage of the fact it has six scheduled home games in high school football this season by playing a game at Williamsburg, the school the Green Hornets have a co-op with. “We have six home ...

Curve make history with huge comeback

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve overcame a seven-run deficit in the seventh inning to overtake the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 9-7, Wednesday afternoon in front of 4,311 fans at PNG Field. As the Flying Squirrels were scoring runs in the top of the seventh inning, Curve manager Robby Hammock was contemplating what his next move was going to be pitcher-wise. “I was thinking, ‘if it stays like this, what position player can I throw in the ninth?’ was what was going through my head because we need to preserve some innings for later this week” Hammock said. ...