By Matt Michelone For the Mirror Friday night’s game between the Altoona Curve and Portland showed just how crazy of a sport baseball can be sometimes. For the first seven innings, the 5,164 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field were treated to a pitcher’s duel. Once the bottom of ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve came back from a 3-0 first-inning deficit to outlast the Portland Sea Dogs, thanks to a 6-5 win in front of 3,863 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. It was a back-and-forth night after the Curve overtook the Sea Dogs with a four-run fifth inning. One of the key hitters was Altoona right fielder Sammy Siani who had an RBI single in the fifth and finished the game going 2-for-4 with two RBI. “We had a lot of guys put together a lot of really good at bats,” Siani said. “Guys are seeing the ball and taking their walks when we ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve offense was held at bay in Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Portland Sea Dogs in front of 3,063 fans at PNG Field. The offense struggled mightily against Sea Dogs starter Isaac Coffey and his funky side arm delivery. “He just gave us a different look,” Curve manager Robby Hammock said. “We just couldn’t quite square him up. We had some opportunities with runners in scoring position, but it was all with two outs mostly and we just needed that big knock and couldn’t quite come through.” Coffey allowed only one ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve scored two runs in the first inning and never looked back en route to a 6-4 win over Portland Tuesday night in front of 3,887 fans at PNG Field. Centerfielder Jase Bowen knocked home shortstop Tsung-Che Cheng to get the first run across. It was the first of three RBIs for Bowen on the evening, and was the start the Curve needed to get only their sixth win at home on the season. “It’s huge,” Bowen said. “We really haven’t put a lot of runs up for our pitching staff. To get them some runs early is some stress off ...
ERIE — The Curve’s four-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday. The Curve bullpen allowed 11 runs in the final four innings as the Erie SeaWolves defeated Altoona, 12-5, at UPMC Park. Wyatt Hendrie collected two base hits and had two RBIs for Altoona. The Curve held a 3-0 lead after three innings, thanks to a three-run third frame. Hendrie opened the inning with a single before Francisco Acuna knocked a double early in the inning to put runners on second and third for Tsung-Che Cheng. Hendrie scored on a wild pitch before Cheng drove in Acuna on a single. Dustin ...
From Mirror reports ERIE — Eddy Yean earned his fourth win of the season as the Curve rallied from a 3-2 deficit after five innings and cruised to an 8-3 win over the Erie SeaWolves on Friday night at UPMC Park. With the win, Altoona has its first three-game winning streak of the season. Seth Beer got the scoring started with a two-run homer in the first in support of starter Thomas Harrington. The shot was Beer’s third home run of the season,which gave the Curve the first lead. Harrington, making his third start for the Curve, allowed three runs in 4ª innings pitched, ...
