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Curves fall to Wolves again

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve fell to the Erie Seawolves 5-2 in front of 4,061 fans at PNG Field Wednesday night. It wasn’t quite the throwback night the Curve were looking for as they simply threw it back to Tuesday night’s two-run offensive output. Much like Tuesday against the Seawolves, the Altoona offense got on the scoreboard in the first inning with two runs to put the home team up 2-0. Also, just like Tuesday night, Altoona’s starting pitcher yielded a soul-crushing three-run home run and saw a lead once again evaporate. “The same thing ...

Errors lead to Curve setback

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve saw their four-game win streak come to a close with an 11-2 loss to the Erie Seawolves Tuesday night in front of 4,101 fans at PNG Field. Against Curve starter Thomas Harrington, Erie plated five runs, all unearned, in the fifth to swing the game in its favor and take the lead. “I thought he pitched really well,” Curve manager Robby Hammock said of Harrington. “Early on he had good command of all his pitches. He was making pitches when he needed to. Then in the fifth inning, too, we lost a play there on an error.” The ...

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 ...