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Skenes shut down for rest of season

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Prior to Tuesday’s 6-4 loss to Harrisburg, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that Altoona’s Paul Skenes would be shut down for the remainder of the season. Skenes, the first overall pick in this summer’s MLB Draft, made two appearances with the Curve and five overall in affiliated baseball this summer. He breezed through six of his 6ª innings of action in the Pirates’ organization. The ª innings of struggle came in his Double-A debut where he allowed four runs on three hits. Skenes finished the summer with 10 strikeouts and allowed only ...

Thursday start with Curve off: Pirates shut down Skenes for season

From Mirror reports The Pittsburgh Pirates are shutting down Paul Skenes for the season. The team announced this afternoon that they placed Skenes, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, on the Development List, and he will not pitch again in 2023. Skenes was slated to pitch for the Altoona Curve on Thursday night against visiting Harrisburg, which features Skenes' teammate at LSU, outfielder Dylan Cruz. "We're excited and encouraged by the positive things Paul has been able to accomplish in his short time in the Pirates organization," GM Ben Cherington said in a statement. "He's ...

Wolves’ big first inning sinks Curve

ERIE — Tsung-Che Cheng belted two home runs for Altoona on Sunday afternoon, but the Erie SeaWolves sailed to a 13-5 victory after an early offensive attack at UPMC Park. The SeaWolves scored six runs in the first inning, with three runs in the second and four runs in the third to jump out to a 13-3 lead. Curve starter Aaron Shortridge was touched for all 13 runs, with 12 earned on 12 hits in 2ª innings with two walks and four strikeouts. Danny Serretti hit a grand slam in the first inning with Luis Santana hitting a two-run home run in the second. The loss marked career highs for ...

Skenes tosses two shutout innings in helping Curve to win

From Mirror reports ERIE — Paul Skenes tossed two scoreless innings in his second outing with the Curve Friday night en route to a 6-3 win for Altoona over Erie in an Eastern League contest. Skenes, who did not make it out of the first inning last weekend in his first start with the Curve, struck out the first two batters he faced before surrendering his lone baserunner with a single allowed to Erie’s Jace Jung. Skenes returned for a second inning and set down the side in order with his third strikeout. He finished the outing with a tidy 25 pitches, 18 for strikes. In ...

Curve leave 2 on in ninth inning in defeat

On deck Tonight: Altoona at Erie, 6:05 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Paul Skenes vs. Wolves LHP Lael Lockhart From Mirror reports ERIE — Erie’s Luis Santana swatted a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth inning and Altoona stranded two men on in the ninth inning in a 4-3 defeat on Thursday night at UPMC Park. Santana led off the eighth inning with a solo shot off Cameron Junker to break a 3-3 tie. Altoona mounted a ninth-inning rally with singles from Matt Fraizer and Mike Jarvis, but Erie right-hander Blake Holub struck out the final two batters of the game, stranding two in ...

Wolves topple Curve

ERIE — Erie broke open a 3-2 game with five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and beat the Altoona Curve, 9-2, on Wednesday night at UPMC Park. Justin Meis was strong in relief for Altoona, retiring all nine batters that he faced in three innings. Meis followed Jackson Wolf for Altoona, who allowed three runs on seven hits in three innings with three walks and a strikeout. Erie scored a run in each of the first three innings off Wolf to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Meis entered in the fourth to keep Erie quiet until the seventh inning, striking out one batter. Jacob Gonzalez ...