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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 ...

Big hits delivered by Curve

ERIE — Matt Gorski and Carter Bins each hit home runs, while Joe Perez belted a three-run double to help the Altoona Curve outlast Erie on Tuesday night, 7-5, at UPMC Park. It was a scoreless game entering the fifth inning when Altoona loaded the bases with one out against Erie starter Adam Wolf. Perez then cleared the bases with his third double in 14 games. The Curve expanded their lead with a pair of two-out home runs in the seventh inning. Gorski knocked his 17th of the season on an opposite-field shot off Michael Bienlien to make it a 4-1 game. Perez then drew a walk before ...

Sveum’s Curve memories are nothing but positive

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Minor league baseball isn’t just designed for the players, it also serves as development for the coaches, too. Former Altoona Curve manager Dale Sveum embodies that development having gone from Double-A Altoona to Boston after the 2003 season, but his time at the helm of the Curve helped shape what was to come. “My managing job in Altoona was a lot of good things,” Sveum said. “Obviously, It’s a great stadium and in my second season, they changed owners which really changed the franchise around and made things a lot better and brought a ...

Top prospect Skenes has ‘bad outing’ in Double-A debut

All eyes were on Altoona Saturday as the Curve took down the Akron RubberDucks with a walk-off 9-8 win in front of a record-setting crowd of 10,164 people at PNG Field. Fans from far and wide packed the park to see the first overall pick of the 2023 Draft, RHP Paul Skenes make his ...

Community sets attendance record on special night

Excitement filled PNG Field well before the gates opened and continued throughout an exhilarating game put on by Altoona and Akron in front of a record crowd of 10,164 people. “Thank you to everyone in Altoona and Central Pennsylvania for being a part of the all-time single game attendance record with Saturday’s game,” Altoona general manager Nate Bowen said. The crowd was lined up hours before the gates opened at 4:30 and stayed well beyond Skenes’ debut that lasted only two-thirds of an inning and those that stayed were rewarded with a walk-off single by Carter ...