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Skenes won’t let MLB debut weigh heavily on his mind

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The phrase ‘built different’ is thrown around all too loosely throughout the sports world these days, but if there ever was a player who fit that definition it would be Paul Skenes. Skenes, the rookie phenom, will have his contract selected prior to this Saturday’s game and there is sure to be electricity throughout PNC Park and Pittsburgh as a whole with the Chicago Cubs in town. After all, just less than a year ago he was selected as the first overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft. Now, he’ll be on the mound for the Pirates. With that ...

Chen’s six strong innings lost by Curve bullpen

From Mirror reports Starter Po-Yu Chen tossed a season-long six innings with three strikeouts for the Altoona Curve on Tuesday afternoon, giving up just one run. It wasn’t enough. The Somerset Patriots put six runs up on Altoona’s bullpen across the seventh and eighth ...

’Craft work: Curve pitcher hurls 5 scoreless innings

The Altoona Curve notched a 3-0 win over the Somerset Patriots Wednesday night in front of 3,236 fans at PNG Field. It marked their first shutout of the season behind the stellar pitching of righty Braxton Ashcraft. “I thought he did a really good job of pitching to good spots with ...

Patriots knock around Curve pitchers in win

From Mirror reports Sammy Siani knocked an RBI triple for his first Double-A hit, but it was the only bright spot generated by the Curve on Tuesday morning in an 8-1 defeat to the Somerset Patriots at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Somerset (13-14) slugged seven extra-base hits in the contest, the most allowed by the Curve this season. The Patriots had 10 hits in the win, with five doubles and a pair of two-run home runs from Agustin Ramirez and J.C. Escarra, both hit off Altoona starter Sean Sullivan. Sullivan allowed a lead-off double to Spencer Jones to open the game before Ramirez ...

Curve hope to put losing skid behind them

Next stop Today: Somerset at Altoona, 11 a.m. Pitchers: Patriots RHP Bailey Dees vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan Radio: HANK-FM 96.1 By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror ​At long last the Altoona Curve’s 15-game losing skid came to a merciful end with a 6-2 win over Harrisburg Sunday afternoon. The streak spanned three series and locations and included the first six-game sweep in franchise history. It also tied the the longest streak in the Eastern League since 2005. At 6-21, the Curve are off to as horrid a start as ever in franchise history and have now lost 18 of their ...

Sunday victory ends Curve’s losing streak at 15 games

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The streak is over for Altoona. Anthony Solometo and Bubba Chandler, two of the top pitching prospects in the Pirates organization, combined to toss three scoreless innings apiece on Sunday as the Curve snapped a franchise-record 15-game losing streak with a win over the Harrisburg Senators, 6-2, at FNB Field. Solometo started the game with three scoreless innings, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out a season-high five batters. Chandler, who started last Tuesday for the Curve, entered for the final three innings to earn his first ...