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Curve lose all three games to Somerset

SOMERSET, N.J. — The Altoona Curve dropped a 3-2 decision to Somerset on Sunday evening at TD Bank Ballpark and were swept in their three-game weekend series with the Patriots. Hunter Barco tossed three scoreless innings in his Curve debut, allowing just one hit and no walks. Barco struck out five and needed just 33 pitches to work through his outing. Bubba Chandler followed Barco and tossed five innings, suffering the loss. Chandler allowed three runs on four hits and three walks and struck out three on 79 pitches. Altoona picked up the game’s first run with an RBI double ...

Curve waste Chen’s solid start in loss to Somerset

SOMERSET, N.J. — Po-Yu Chen turned in his team-leading sixth quality start of the season, but Altoona dropped its series opener at Somerset, 2-0, on Friday night at TD Bank Ballpark. Chen held the Patriots without a hit into the fourth inning before allowing back-to-back singles with one out but bounced back with a pair of strikeouts to finish the frame. Chen struck out six and allowed just four hits and a pair of walks in his outing. He struck out six and needed just 75 pitches to get through his evening. Somerset starter Trystan Vrieling held the Curve bats quiet through six ...

Curve take 5-of-6 from Baysox at PNG

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve won their ninth game in the last 10 outings with a 5-3 win over the Bowie Baysox on Sunday afternoon in front of 4,114 fans at PNG Field. Charles McAdoo’s three-hit afternoon paced the Curve as they took five of six from the Baysox on the week. “We followed up the series we had against them at their place,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “It was nice to be able to follow that up.” The bats of McAdoo and left fielder Dustin Peterson did a lot of work against Bowie, accounting for five of Altoona’s 10 hits, ...

2023 draft pick McAdoo rising through the ranks

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft will go down in history for the Pittsburgh Pirates because of drafting phenom pitcher Paul Skenes with the first overall pick. It’s not just one pick that makes a draft, and a little less than a year since the draft, others are starting to make more of ...

Errors contribute to Curve’s streak ending

The Altoona Curve’s seven-game win streak came to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Bowie Baysox Friday night in front of 4,610 fans at PNG Field. It was an uncharacteristically bad night defensively for the Curve, who had three errors against the Baysox, two of which led to both runs being unearned. “We didn’t make plays when we needed to,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “We’ve been able to cover it up a little bit offensively, but tonight they pitched a really good game and kept us at bay and made the errors hurt.” A fielding error by Joe Perez in the first inning ...

Chen pitches Curve to seventh straight win

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror A three-run seventh inning pushed Altoona to a 3-1 Eastern League win — its seventh straight — over the Bowie Baysox in front of 3,579 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. The inning was set up by Curve starter Po-Yu Chen getting out of the top half of the frame by allowing only one run. “We were in trouble there and it was a great job by Po-Yu to get out of that inning with only one run,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “We got the big double play there and were able to capitalize on their baserunning mistake and get out of that ...