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Curve use this, that for victory

Sometimes a little luck and a dash of chaos go a long way. For the Altoona Curve, they made their own luck en route to a 2-1 victory over the Bowie Baysox in front of 3,183 fans at PNG Field Thursday night. Lolo Sanchez led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk before moving to second on a single by Andres Alvarez, setting up for some Drew Maggi magic. Trailing by a run, Maggi dropped a bunt down, only for Baysox pitcher Connor Loeprich to throw the ball into foul territory, allowing all runners to be safe and Sanchez to score from second base to tie the game. “First and ...

Curve hurt by Bowie HRs

The Bowie Baysox blasted two home runs in the first inning off Justin Meis and never looked back as Altoona fell on Wednesday afternoon, 9-3, at PNG Field. In his third start of the season, Meis allowed four runs on five hits and three walks in 4• innings. Coby Mayo launched a solo home ...

Curve get big inning in victory

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror A Matt Gorski grand slam put the exclamation point on a 6-1 Altoona Curve victory over the Bowie Baysox Tuesday night in front of 2,474 fans at PNG Field. “The message that we talked to the group about today was playing 27 outs,” Altoona manager Callix Crabbe. “If we play 27 outs, we’re a really good team. We smother the pitchers with good swing decisions, but overall, it was nice to be back home and, and put together a good game on both sides of the ball.” Until Gorski roped a first-pitch fastball beyond the bleachers in left field, ...

Curve drop final two games of trip to Erie

From Mirror reports ERIE — The Altoona Curve dropped a pair of games over the weekend to split a six-game series against the Erie Seawolves. Henry Davis and Domingo Leyba each slugged their second home runs of the season in two-hit games for the Curve on Sunday afternoon, but Erie’s offense was too much for Altoona to handle in a 7-3 loss at UPMC Park. Davis’s second home run of the week came in the fourth inning off Erie starter Sawyer Gipson-Long, a solo shot to center field to make it a 3-1 game. Davis finished the week with four RBI and four walks to go with five hits ...

Roche: Automated strike zone is coming to MLB parks soon

By Walt Frank wfrank@altoonamirror.com Technology has changed the way the game of baseball is played and more changes are coming in the future said Marc Roche, Pittsburgh Pirates Technology/Video Coordinator for the minor leagues. “The automated strike zone is coming to Major League ...

Maggi gifts Curve a victory

From Mirror reports ERIE — Drew Maggi delivered his first multi-hit game of the season, finishing 3-for-4 with two RBI as Altoona defeated the Erie SeaWolves, 4-2, on Friday night at UPMC Park. Maggi was the only Curve batter to record multiple hits in the contest, with Altoona finishing with nine hits as a team. It was the 10th game with 3-plus hits in Maggi’s Altoona career, with the last coming on August 10, 2014, in a game against Reading. With the bases loaded in the sixth inning, Maggi singled back up the middle off reliever Michael Bienlien to score two runs and tie the ...