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Curve lose at home to start second half

Next stop Tonight: Akron at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Ducks RHP Aaron Davenport vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan Radio: WRTA-FM 98.5 By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve began the second half of the Eastern League season on Tuesday night by falling 4-3 to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 5,772 fans at PNG Field. The Curve offense got on the board early with two runs in the third inning, but the RubberDucks answered with two runs off Altoona starter Drake Fellows in the top of the fourth. Left fielder Yoyner Fajardo’s RBI single in the fourth inning put the ...

SportsNet Pittsburgh will show select Curve games

The Altoona Curve announced on Tuesday that seven home games at Peoples Natural Gas Field and three road contests will air on SportsNet Pittsburgh during this season. “We are excited to partner with SportsNet Pittsburgh to make our home games more accessible to fans all across central Pennsylvania and the Northeastern United States,” said Nate Bowen, General Manager of the Curve. “It is a great opportunity to reach out to a larger fan base and draw more interest from fans outside of Blair County and bring them out to the ballpark for a game.” SportsNet Pittsburgh is the ...

Going 13-3 should give Curve fans hope for second half

Next stop Tonight: Akron at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Akron (TBA) vs. Curve RHP Drake Fellows (2-0) Radio: WRTA-FM 98.5 By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The first half of the 2024 slate for the Altoona Curve could be summed up simply as a quote by author Charles Dickens. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” A franchise-record 15-game losing streak from late April into May provided the worst of times to the extreme for a Curve team boasting what some considered the best rotation in the Pirates’ organization. Losses mounted and piled up early in the ...

Curve back home as win streak continues

From Mirror reports BOWIE, Md. — The Altoona Curve finished off one of their best weeks of the season with a 7-2 win over the Bowie Baysox on Sunday afternoon at Prince George’s Stadium. With the win, Altoona (29-40) has won 13 of its last 16 games of the first half of the Eastern League season, and earned its fifth straight victory over Bowie. Altoona built an early 3-0 lead in support of starter Po-Yu Chen, who tossed five innings of one-run ball in the victory. Chen earned his second win of the season and struck out four batters. Jase Bowen was one of three Curve hitters ...

Altoona’s Chandler dominates

From Mirror reports BOWIE, Md. — Bubba Chandler struck out a career-high 10 and matched his career-long outing with seven scoreless innings in a 5-0 win over the Bowie Baysox on Friday night at Prince George Stadium. After allowing a leadoff double in the first, Chandler struck out seven ...

Curve score five in extra innings to take down Baysox

From Mirror reports BOWIE, Md. — Kervin Pichardo became the second Curve batter to record four hits in a game this season, ending his day with a go-ahead two-run single in the 12th inning as Altoona outlasted Bowie, 10-8, Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium. The Curve offense set a new season-high with 18 hits, with six batters in the lineup recording multiple hits. Pichardo went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, including his fifth home run of the season and numerous defensive gems. Altoona trailed 5-1 in the fifth, with the lone score coming on a Brenden Dixon second-inning home ...