https://youtu.be/p6rI0Q6YUFE By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona Curve offense struggled mightily en route to a 4-1 loss to the Reading Fightin’ Phils Friday night in front of 4,908 people at PNG Field. Leading the Fightin’ Phils is a name familiar to Pirates fans of the ...
https://youtu.be/EQ4jbtazBsw By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Timely hitting propelled the Altoona Curve to a 4-3 victory over the Reading Fightin’ Phils Thursday night at PNG Field. Reading starter Mick Abel shut down the Altoona offense through five innings, allowing only two hits while walking three. Those walks proved costly as they elevated Abel’s pitch count and knocked him out of the game after the fifth inning. “As soon as we got Abel out of the game, we jumped on the board,” Curve manager Callix Crabbe said. Matt Fraizer got it started with a walk to lead ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror A look around PNG Field on any given night can show the most popular jersey is not one of a current player or even a current Pirate, it’s of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. Tonight, Clemente’s No. 21 will be retired by the Altoona Curve in a pregame ceremony that will feature Clemente’s son and grandson, Roberto Clemente, Jr. and Roberto Clemente, III. It will also feature Duane Rieder, founder and curator of the Clemente Museum located in Pittsburgh. “Even around Altoona, anything we do involving Roberto Clemente is very well received, ...
https://youtu.be/dt2JmaApRyE By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Reading Fightin’ Phils used four home runs to catapult them to a 8-2 victory over the Altoona Curve Wednesday afternoon in front of 4,527 people at PNG Field. It was an uncharacteristic outing for Curve starter Aaron ...
https://youtu.be/Sd-LSeuQEJw By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror After a season hampered by injury, Domingo Leyba’s two-run home run set the tone for a 4-0 Altoona Curve victory over the Reading Fightin’ Phils Tuesday night in front of 6,158 people at PNG Field. Leyba blasted his third home run of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie. Tuesday’s game was only Leyba’s third since leaving due to injury on May 31st and fourth since his initial injury May 7th. Prior to his injury, he was hitting .329 with two home runs. He picked up right where he ...
By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror PITTSBURGH — Last year, Blake Sabol was handing Pirates outfielder Jack Suwinski his car keys through the left field net. Over the weekend, he was facing off against his former roommate and teammate at PNC Park as a member of the San Francisco ...
