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 ...
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. ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Jase Bowen’s two-run home run in the second inning helped propel the Altoona Curve to a 5-1 victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels Tuesday night in front of 5,183 fans at PNG Field. Bowen deposited a pitch from Richmond’s John Michael Bertrand over the wall in left-center field to plate Nick Cimillo and give Altoona a 2-0 lead. It was important to get to Bertrand early as the Richmond starter was 3-1 in his last four starts according to Curve manager Robby Hammock. “He’s tough. He knows how to mix it up,” he said. “He hit his spots, ...
Next stop Tonight: Idle Next up: Richmond at Altoona, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Pitching matchup: Squirrels LHP John Michael Bertrand vs. Curve RHP Drake Fellows From Mirror reports ERIE — Kervin Pichardo hit his eighth home run of the season for Altoona on Sunday afternoon, but the Curve could not overcome an early 5-0 deficit as Erie won its fifth game of the series, 5-2, at UPMC Park. It is the eighth loss for Altoona in its last eight games since returning from the all-star break. Pichardo’s two-run shot came in the eighth inning after Nick Cimillo drew a walk to lead off the ...
From Mirror reports ERIE — Yoyner Fajardo knocked an RBI triple in the top of the ninth inning Friday night, and later scored on a sacrifice fly to give Altoona two late runs and snap a six-game losing streak for the Curve in a 3-1 win over Erie at UPMC Park. Thomas Harrington continued his strong ways in the start for the Curve, spinning 5ª scoreless innings with five strikeouts. He walked two batters and allowed four hits, leaving the game with two on and two outs in the sixth inning with the Curve holding a 1-0 lead. The Pirates No. 5 prospect has allowed just two runs over ...
ERIE — Po-Yu Chen tossed seven innings, allowing just one run on five hits with three strikeouts, but the Curve dropped their sixth consecutive game to Erie on Thursday in 10 innings, 5-4, at UPMC Park. It was the seventh consecutive start that lasted at least six innings for Chen, who has allowed one run or fewer in seven of his last 11 starts. Chen allowed an RBI single in the second inning before spinning off five scoreless innings to leave the game with a 3-1 lead. Luis Peralta tossed a scoreless eighth inning and recorded two outs in the ninth inning before Eliezer Alfonzo hit ...
