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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 ...

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 ...