RICHMOND, Va — Former Altoona Curve general manager Todd “Parney” Parnell hasn’t changed since he left Altoona back in 2008. Well, that’s not entirely true seeing as he’s no longer participating in any hamsterball races or competitions, but he’s still the ubiquitous “Parney” ...
The Richmond Flying Squirrels took down the Altoona Curve, 7-0, in front of 3,591 fans at PNG Field Wednesday night. Curve pitchers had no answer for a Richmond offense that scattered 15 hits, including six that went four extra bases. Leading the way for the Flying Squirrels was third baseman Shane Matheny who went 4-for-5 with a triple. Matheny had as many hits himself as the entire Altoona offense. “Hitting is hard, right?” Curve manager Callix Crabbe said. “Playing the game is hard in general and I think you hate seeing when someone has four hits, but ultimately me being a ...
The Altoona Curve were walk-off winners taking home a 1-0 victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels Tuesday night in front of 5,618 fans at PNG Field. Connor Scott worked a walk with the bases loaded to score pinch runner Lolo Sanchez for the game’s lone run. It had been an unremarkable game for the Curve offense which struggled against the Flying Squirrels staff for most of the night. That changed in the ninth inning. Shortstop Tsung-Che Cheng struck out to start the inning, but then the wheels began to fall off for Richmond’s Jose Cruz. Jacob Gonzalez reached on an error, ...
On deck Tonight: Richmond at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Richmond RHP Carson Seymour vs. Altoona RHP Beau Sulser Radio: WRTA-AM 1240 & 98.5-FM By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Paul Coffey played with — and won Stanley Cups with — Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux during an ...
From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Matt Fraizer tied the game for Altoona in the top of the ninth inning on an RBI single, but the Senators responded in the bottom of the frame with a walk-off sacrifice fly from Jacob Young as Harrisburg defeated the Curve, 4-3, Sunday at FNB Field. The Curve got solo home runs from Tsung-Che Cheng in the first and Jacob Gonzalez in the seventh to score their first two runs of the game. It was the first at the Double A level for Cheng and seventh of the season for Gonzalez. The Senators scored a run in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings ...
From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — It was a little too late for the Altoona Curve Friday night in the team’s Eastern League matchup with the Harrisburg Senators. Matt Fraizer smacked his first triple of the season and scored on a Chavez Young groundout in the seventh inning for Altoona, but the late spark was not enough to overcome a four-run fourth for the Senators as Harrisburg topped Altoona, 6-3, at FNB Field. Altoona jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after Fraizer chopped an RBI-single to the first baseman Frankie Tostado in the second inning to score Jackson Glenn, who ...
