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Shackley finishes up short at Trials

From Mirror reports INDIANAPOLIS — Leah Shackley came up short on her final day at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium Thursday morning. The Bedford Area High School graduate competed in the 200 backstroke preliminary race and missed the cut for Thursday night’s semifinals. She finished 17th in 2:11.52. “I won’t make excuses but I just didn’t feel it (Thursday) morning,” Shackley, who trained at the Blair Regional YMCA, said. “The 200 has always been one of my better events, but I could not get out of the funk I was in during warmups, and I missed the ...

Siani keys offense in Curve win

From Mirror reports BOWIE, Md. — Sammy Siani hit his third Double-A home run of the season on Wednesday night in a three-hit game as Altoona’s offense combined for 12 hits in a 6-4 win over Bowie at Prince George’s Stadium. Bowie scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning to force Altoona to play from behind early. Altoona starter Drake Fellows allowed all three runs, with two scoring on wild pitches. Fellows threw 31 pitches and only recorded two outs in the start, forcing the bullpen to cover 8• innings. Grant Ford tossed 1• scoreless innings of relief before ...

Curve manage just three hits in falling at Bowie

BOWIE, Md. — Po-Yu Chen struck out five batters over six innings for Altoona on Tuesday night, but the Bowie Baysox rallied for a run in the seventh inning to defeat the Curve, 3-1, at Prince George’s Stadium. Chen allowed three hits in the bottom of the first inning but did not allow a run after Sammy Siani earned his second outfield assist of the season by throwing out Samuel Basallo at third base. Chen also picked off Matthew Etzel at first base to end the inning. Bowie picked up two runs in the bottom of the second inning on a Collin Burns two-run home run. Chen only allowed ...

Curve head south with good vibes

The Altoona Curve offense came alive late to defeat the Erie SeaWolves with a 6-2 win in front of 6,813 fans at PNG Field Sunday night. Both teams were scoreless through five as Altoona starter Thomas Harrington and Erie’s Austin Bergner went toe-to-toe in a pitcher’s duel. It wasn’t until both hurlers were taken out after the fifth inning when the game opened up offensively. “They have a good bullpen,” Curve manager Robby Hammock said. “I was looking at their bullpen stats today, and their bullpen leads the league and era. We just have been able to turn up the bats ...

Curve survive early deficit to record win over Wolves

The Altoona Curve outlasted the Erie SeaWolves with a 6-5 win in front of 3,372 fans at PNG Field Friday night. It was a back-and-forth battle that saw the Curve trail by three after a three-run third inning by the SeaWolves. Altoona got two runs back in the fourth and then took the lead in the fifth inning. Erie scored two in the seventh before Altoona came back in the home half of the inning to score two runs to take the lead. “It’s a good confidence boost to go down and then come back, go down again and then come back,” Curve manager Robby Hammock said. “It was stuff that ...

Hammock able to find all kinds of positives

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve defeated the Erie Seawolves 2-0 in front of 4,656 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. The win marked the first of the homestand against Erie, and provided the Curve with the total team effort necessary to get the job done. “We did our job today,” Curve reliever Jack Carey said. “We’ve been improving all year long, today we locked the door down and were able to celebrate afterwards.” Altoona plated a run in each of the second and third innings, courtesy of some sloppy play by the SeaWolves. In the second, Curve left ...