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Curve head home on win streak

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Dustin Peterson knocked a three-run homer and a solo shot in Altoona’s 6-4 series clinching victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond. The Curve head back to Altoona and will host the Erie SeaWolves starting Tuesday after winning the final four games in Richomond. Joe Perez accounted for the first runs of the game with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, and after two more singles in the inning against left-hander John Michael Bertrand, Peterson swatted a three-run homer to left field to give the Curve a ...

Chen’s strong outing too much for Squirrels

From Mirror reports RICHMOND — Po-Yu Chen delivered a career-long eight innings in a 3-1 win for the Curve over the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Friday night at The Diamond. Chen retired 15 straight hitters after a second inning single to Andy Thomas and his lone blemish, a solo homer by Carter Howell in the fifth. He struck out a season-high nine batters, three shy of matching his career-high, and walked just one batter to earn his first Double-A win. Chen walked just one batter and tossed 87 pitches, 62 strikes. Altoona earned the lead with an RBI single from Joe Perez in ...

Richmond has no solution for Ashcraft

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Braxton Ashcraft set a new career-high with 12 strikeouts on Thursday night as the Curve snapped a five-game losing skid with a 10-4 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels at the Diamond. Ashcraft threw 93 pitches in his seven innings of work, with 74 going for strikes. His 12-strikeout performance came without a walk, making him the sixth pitcher in all Minor League Baseball this season to punch at least 12 batters without a free pass. Ashcraft was one shy of Tom Gorzelanny’s Curve franchise record of 13 strikeouts in a game. It was the ...

Pitching has hiccup on night Curve score a lot

From Mirror reports RICHMOND, Va. — Jase Bowen picked up three hits and drove in a pair for Altoona in a 10-6 loss to the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Wednesday night at The Diamond. Altoona played from behind early, but rallied to within a run twice, including in the seventh inning when four runs crossed home. Bowen’s two-run double into the left-field corner plated a pair, and Joe Perez added a run-scoring double of his own after a pitching change to bring Altoona within a run. Richmond put the game away with three runs in the eighth inning off Thomas Harrington and Eddy ...

Curve bats go silent

RICHMOND, Va. — John Michael Bertrand threw his fifth scoreless start of the season as the Richmond Flying Squirrels shut out the Altoona Curve, 1-0, on Tuesday night at The Diamond. The Flying Squirrels (25-27) picked up their third shutout win in the last seven games to open the series against the Curve (16-36). Bertrand tossed six scoreless innings and struck out eight batters, tying his career high set with the Flying Squirrels last September. The Curve’s Bubba Chandler allowed just one unearned run in five innings. Chandler struck out five batters in his outing and ...

Bullpen blues continue to haunt Curve

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve fell 10-4 to the Portland Sea Dogs in front of 3,597 fans at PNG Field Sunday afternoon. The Curve’s loss was their third straight loss to the Sea Dogs, the first two of which were devastating extra-inning defeats. It was yet another game where Altoona manager Robby Hammock and his staff were left scratching their heads, much like they have throughout the 2024 season. “We have no answers,” Hammock said. “We’re waiting for somebody to step up. We actually need more than one person. We need multiple people to step up ...