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Curve blanked by Senators in 14th consecutive setback

HARRISBURG — The dreadful stretch continued for the Altoona Curve on Friday night as the Harrisburg Senators handed them a club-record 14th consecutive loss, 2-0, at FNB Field. The Curve bats were held quiet for until the ninth inning. Nash Walters entered in relief to open the inning for Harrisburg and allowed a lead-off double to Joe Perez and a single to Seth Beer to put runners on the corners with no outs. After a strikeout and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases, Mike Jarvis flew out to left fielder Andrew Pinckney, who threw out Perez tagging at the plate to end the game. Matt ...

Twinbill defeat for Curve puts historic losing streak at 13

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Altoona hit two home runs in Harrisburg Friday night, but the Curve were swept in a doubleheader for the first time since 2022 as the Senators took game one, 6-5, and game two, 7-2, to extend Altoona’s historic losing streak to 13 games. Altoona fell to 5-18 with the twinbill setback. In the opener, Altoona jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, thanks to the efforts of Joe Perez. After back-to-back first-inning singles, Perez knocked a base hit to give the Curve a 1-0 lead. In the third, Perez launched his first home run of the season, a two-run ...

Curve loss reaches historic mark

From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Brenden Dixon smashed his first home run of the season in a four-run seventh inning for Altoona on Wednesday, but Harrisburg’s Brady House hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Curve an 11th consecutive loss, 5-4. The defeat matches their longest losing streak since 2000. The Curve dropped to 5-17. That mark is the team’s worst start to a season since 2009 (6-16). Altoona entered the seventh trailing 1-0 when Harrisburg went to its bullpen for righty Ty Tice. Dixon tied the game leading off the frame with a home run to ...

Sens score in eighth to defeat Curve

Next stop Today: Altoona at Harrisburg, noon Pitchers: Sens LHP Andrew Alvarez vs. Curve RHP Sean Sullivan Radio: WRTA-FM 98.5 From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg Senators scored two late runs — in the seventh and eighth innings — Tuesday night in defeating the Altoona Curve, 3-2, in Eastern League play. The loss was the 10th straight for Altoona, which fell to 5-16. Tsung-Che Cheng drove in a go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning for the Curve to make it 2-1. However, the bullpen could not hold the lead. With Altoona trailing 2-1 in the ...

Losses still piling up for Curve

The Altoona Curve fell for the ninth straight game courtesy of a 6-5 loss to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 5,097 fans at PNG Field Sunday afternoon. The loss provided Altoona with the organization’s first ever winless six-game series. A four-run second inning put the RubberDucks ahead early, but the Curve offense chipped away at the deficit throughout the game, trimming the lead to two in the fourth inning. “We went through a tough stretch there,” Altoona manager Robby Hammock said. “We’ve kind of rerouted and got back on simplifying the message and the bats ...

Curve look for little victories inside long losing skid

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve losing streak stretched to seven games with a 6-2 loss to the Akron RubberDucks in front of 3,809 fans at PNG Field Friday night. It marked their 11th loss in 12 games, and for Curve manager Robby Hammock, the early part of this season and this series against Akron has certainly been a grind. “We’re working through it each day and it’s a crawl before you can walk type thing right now,” Hammock said. One of the positive takeaways in the 13th loss was the performance of starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft. Ashcraft took ...