By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates tried to take their time with Henry Davis. His bat wouldn’t let them. The top overall pick in the 2021 amateur draft was to make his major-league debut on Monday night, playing right field while batting seventh against ...
From Mirror reports SOMERSET, N.J. — The Altoona Curve allowed a late home run to the Somerset Patriots to fall by a final of 4-3 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. Altoona dropped five of six games on the road in Somerset and went 4-8 on the 12-game road trip. The Curve fell to 31-30 on the season, two games behind Erie for a first-half title with just one week remaining to play. Matt Gorski went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI for the Curve. Altoona took an early lead on a Matt Fraizer RBI single in the first to score Gorski, who doubled with two outs ...
From Mirror reports SOMERSET, N.J. — Southpaw Nick Dombkowski tossed 4ª innings of one-run relief, and Matt Fraizer combined with Liover Peguero for five hits at the top of the order, to lead the Curve to a 6-2 win over the Somerset Patriots on Friday night at TD Bank Ballpark. With the win and Erie’s victory, the Curve remain one game back of first place in the Southwest Division with nine games remaining in the first half of the season. Altoona got solo home runs from Fraizer and Matt Gorski in the early innings and built a 3-1 lead after six innings. The Curve put ...
From Mirror reports SOMERSET, N.J. — A two-run home run in the seventh and an eighth-inning grand slam — both by Eric Wagaman — fueled a comeback as Somerset defeated the Altoona Curve, 6-3, at TD Bank Ballpark Thursday night. The Curve fell to 30-28 as Altoona remains in second place in the Southwest Division with 10 games remaining in the first half. The Curve carried a 3-0 lead through six innings after a strong start by righty Aaron Shortridge. The Curve starter tossed six innings of scoreless ball, allowing just three hits on three walks and six strikeouts. Liover ...
SOMERSET, N.J. — Somerset hit three home runs and totaled 11 hits to edge the Curve, 5-4, at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night. It was the second consecutive loss for Altoona to open the series, dropping the Curve’s record to 30-27 and knocking them into second place in the Southwest Division. Abrahan Gutierrez and Matt Gorski each recorded three hits for Altoona. Gorski finished the day 3-for-4 with three singles and a run scored, while Gutierrez was 3-for-5 with a three-run double. With the Curve trailing 4-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Altoona loaded the bases on a ...
From Mirror reports SOMERSET, N.J. — Abrahan Gutierrez launched his second Double-A home run of the season, a solo shot in the second inning. That was probably the highlight for Altoona Tuesday night. Despite the home run, the Curve could not hold off the Somerset bats in a bullpen game as Altoona dropped the opener of its series with the Patriots, 8-4, on Tuesday Night at TD Bank Ballpark. Gutierrez homered for the second at-bat in a row, going back to his game-tying blast in the ninth inning on Sunday in Richmond. The home run came off Somerset starter Gray Fenter to give the ...
