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Alvarez sparks Curve ‘W’

AKRON — Andres Alvarez hit his eighth home run of the season in a six-run fifth inning on Wednesday night as the Curve defeated Akron, 7-5, to earn their seventh-straight win. Altoona scored the game’s first run on an RBI groundout by Jackson Glenn in the top of the third. After Akron drew even in the bottom of the third, Altoona broke the game open with the six-run frame against the Ducks bullpen. Alvarez started the rally with a solo homer before Altoona loaded the bases with a pair of walks a single from Glenn to set up Tsung-Che Cheng. Cheng reached on a hard ground ball ...

Curve win 6th straight

AKRON, Ohio — Carter Bins lifted a sacrifice fly to score Jackson Glenn in the eighth inning to break a tie game as Altoona won its sixth-straight game on Tuesday night, 3-2, over the Akron RubberDucks at Canal Park. Glenn opened the inning with a double. Tsung-Che Cheng moved him to third on a sacrifice bunt before Bins hit the sacrifice fly to right field. Working against rehabbing Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber, the Curve took advantage of a first inning error to plate the game’s first run. With two outs, Carter Bins was hit by a pitch and promptly stole second base. Matt ...

Curve attendance reaches 308,000

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Carter Bins hit a walk-off book-rule double to help the Altoona Curve to a 5-4 win over the Harrisburg Senators in front of 4,651 fans at PNG Field Sunday afternoon. The large home crowd put an exclamation point on a season that featured a total attendance of 308,003 fans. That total marked the third time since 2008 the Curve had more than 300,000 in attendance. It also marked the largest attendance for Altoona since 2019 when the Curve hosted 308,464 fans over the course of the season. “What a nice way to end a season on a really fun ...

Impressive debut for Chandler

From Mirror reports Bubba Chandler brought a perfect game into the fifth inning and struck out eight in his Double-A debut, as the Altoona Curve cruised to a 6-0 win over the Harrisburg Senators on Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. It was Altoona’s ninth shutout win of the season. Chandler retired 13 straight batters to begin his outing, electrifying the home crowd with fastballs in the mid-to-high 90’s. Harrisburg finally got a baserunner against him when catcher Israel Pineda lofted a single over the leap of shortstop Tsung-Che Cheng. Chandler came back with ...

Skenes, Crews back together at PNG Field

For the first time since walking off Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. as national champions at LSU, Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews shared the same field this week. Their journeys will forever be intertwined, forged first as teammates then as national champions and as the first players taken in the 2023 MLB Draft. “It’s been a crazy couple of months for sure,” Crews said, who was in town Thursday night as a member of the Harrisburg Senators, who lost, 9-3, to the Altoona Curve at PNG Field. “Just from everything from the national championship to getting drafted, and then now ...

Home runs carry Curve

An early longball coupled with a late longball helped propel the Altoona Curve to a 5-4 victory over the Harrisburg Senators in front of 3,187 fans at PNG Field Wednesday night. Matt Fraizer got the scoring started with a three-run shot in the home half of the first inning. “That was really big. I think when you look at what Andrew Alvarez ended up throwing seven innings with two hits so clearly at that point getting a three one lead early helps,” Curve manager Callix Crabbe said. “You know they’re gonna score again. They have a really good offense, but it was definitely ...