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Bowen defensive gem secures Curve’s win

A leaping grab at the wall by right fielder Jase Bowen helped preserve a 4-3 Altoona Curve win over the Harrisburg Senators in front of 3,758 fans at PNG Field Friday night. With no outs and a runner on first base, Bowen tracked down a ball roped toward the right-field wall by the Senators’ Daylen Lile. He leapt and snagged the ball before it hit the wall and went for extra bases. “I went straight back, and we actually just did those exact balls in practice two days ago,” Bowen said. “Just being close to the wall, being comfortable with it, and just giving my best effort, ...

Harrington tosses seven scoreless to lead Altoona

https://youtu.be/Y49r88AEwHk?si=KLhg6Ad-pPfZ1HD7 It was the right arm of Thomas Harrington who helped pave the way for the Altoona Curve in a 1-0 win over the Harrisburg Senators in front of 8,905 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. Harrington wrote off Harrisburg to the tune of only allowing three hits in seven shutout innings of work. The righty also finished with six strikeouts. “I really didn’t have command or control today so I was just trying to pick a spot on the catcher and throw it through him and let the results be the results,” Harrington said. Harrington being able ...

Curve’s Chandler hurls gem

HARRISBURG — Bubba Chandler set a new career-long outing on Wednesday night with 7ª scoreless innings to lead Altoona to a 3-0 win over the Harrisburg Senators at FNB Field. Chandler faced the minimum over his frames, allowing just two hits on seven strikeouts. Onix Vega singled to open the third inning before Jordy Barley grounded into a fielder’s choice and was later thrown out attempting to steal second by Abrahan Gutierrez. Chandler then sat down 11 in a row before Andrew Pinckney singled with one out in the seventh inning. Brady House then grounded into a double play to end ...

Altoona offense stifled

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Activated from the injured list prior to the game, Abrahan Gutierrez made an immediate impact in the Curve lineup, singling home the team’s lone run, but Altoona dropped its Tuesday night game at Harrisburg, 3-1. Emmanuel Chapman started a bullpen day for the Curve and held his own, allowing just two runs in a career-long four innings. Chapman allowed five hits and walked one before handing the ball off to Eddy Yean. Yean lasted two innings in relief, allowing a solo homer to Dermis Garcia which made it 3-0 Harrisburg in the sixth. Altoona ...

Chandler, Johnson selected for Futures game

Curve right-hander Bubba Chandler, the No. 62 prospect in all of baseball according to MLB Pipeline, has been named to the National League roster for the All-Star Futures Game to be held at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, on Saturday, July 13. Chandler is joined on the National League roster by fellow Pirates prospect, INF Termarr Johnson, Pittsburgh’s first round draft choice in 2022. The projected Futures Game rosters also include eight players from various Eastern League clubs including INF Brady House (Harrisburg/Washington Nationals), C Samuel Basallo ...

Curve off to slow 2nd half

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The Altoona Curve’s start to the second half of the season continues to be unsuccessful. The Curve have lost 6-of-7 games to start the second half after a 2-1 loss to the Harrisburg Senators on Monday night at FNB Field. Drake Fellows tossed a career-long seven innings and struck out a career-best nine batters in suffering the loss. Tsung-Che Cheng drove the first pitch of his second inning at-bat over the right-field wall for Altoona’s only run. The infielder leads the Curve with eight home runs this season, which have all come on the road. ...