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McAdoo’s heroics go for naught as Curve defeated

From Mirror reports ERIE — Charles McAdoo hit his fifth Double-A home run as part of a three-hit day, and started the third triple play in Altoona Curve franchise history, but it wasn’t enough as the Curve fell at Erie, 5-2, on Wednesday afternoon at UPMC Park. It was the seventh multi-hit game for McAdoo with Altoona. He accounted for all the Curve offense, with an RBI single in the third inning to score Tres Gonzalez and a solo home run in the sixth. He very nearly hit a second home run in the eighth inning with a double that hit off the wall in left field. Altoona’s triple ...

Curve bullpen can’t hold lead late

From Mirror reports ERIE — Nick Cimillo hit his first Double-A home run with Altoona on Tuesday night to headline a six-run, 12-hit effort for the Curve offense, but it was not enough to overcome a late SeaWolves rally as Erie defeated the Curve, 8-6, at UPMC Park. Altoona jumped out to an early first-inning lead on an Abrahan Gutierrez RBI single four batters into the game. It was the only run the Curve could bring across in the frame, as they left the bases loaded. Gutierrez added an RBI double later in the game to tie it at 6-6 in the eighth. Kervin Pichardo hit his sixth home ...

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 ...