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Rollercoaster ride in first half of season for Curve

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Momentum is a wild ride in Minor League Baseball, and the Altoona Curve epitomized that in the first half of the 2023 season. The Curve finished 34-34 in the first 68 games of the season, good for third place and three games behind Southwest Division leader Erie, but until the last week were in position to possibly win the division and clinch a playoff spot. “It was like this real big rolling hill the entire time,” Altoona manager Callix Crabbe said. “It felt like we should have been in a better position to come out down the stretch and win, ...

Curve rally past Baysox

The Altoona Curve used a five-run sixth inning to catapult them to an 8-4 victory over the Bowie Baysox Sunday night in front of 6,260 people at PNG Field. It was the hitting and heads up baserunning of Matt Gorski that flipped the tide for the Curve. Gorski singled home two runs scoring Liover Peguero and Ji-Man Choi setting the stage for a wild rest of the inning. Tsung-Che Cheng hit a grounder to Bowie first baseman TT Bowens who subsequently stepped on first base for the out, but Gorski got caught in a rundown allowing Abrahan Gutierrez to score to put the game at 4-3 in ...

Player movement comes with the territory for Curve

https://youtu.be/7qLMCTRL9ng By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror For the Altoona Curve, the amount of guys coming and going has been much like a turnstile this year. By no means is that a bad thing as the Curve have had many players deserving of their promotions, whether it be straight to ...

Curve can’t close the door late in loss

By Jarrod Prugar The Associated Press An impressive start by Anthony Solometo got spoiled by a struggling bullpen as the Altoona Curve fell to the Bowie Baysox 7-6 in front of 4,171 at PNG Field Friday night. Solometo, in only his second Double-A start, went five innings striking out six while walking one and allowing only two hits. “It was nice being in Altoona feeling the fan support,” Solometo said. “I had people coming up to me all week telling me welcome and good job. It’s just great energy so coming in here, I knew no matter what happened, I was gonna have the ...

Curve score late runs but not enough for victory

https://youtu.be/p0kWE8DgYvE By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror A late ninth-inning rally came up short as the Altoona Curve fell to the Bowie Baysox 9-8 in front of 5,040 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. Trailing 9-7, shortstop Liover Peguero led off the ninth inning reaching on a ...

Curve get enough offense for sweep

https://youtu.be/KVQmd3_-VJU By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror Liover Peguero and spectacular pitching paved the way as the Altoona Curve swept the Bowie Baysox in a doubleheader Wednesday night with scores of 3-2 and 1-0 in front of 4,113 fans at PNG Field. In game one, it was timely hitting that helped propel the Curve over the Baysox with Peguero lacing a double to put runners on second and third to start the third inning. Lolo Sanchez notched a two-run single to put Altoona up 2-1 before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jacob Gonzales later in the inning. It was a pitcher’s duel ...