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Curve fall in extra innings

ERIE — The Curve managed only two hits Sunday, but still amazingly scored five runs and played 11 innings. The offensive issues still cost Altoona in a 6-5 loss to Erie at UPMC Park in the series finale. The Curve will enter the final six games of the season trailing co-leaders Erie and Bowie by 3½ games in the Southwest Division, and trailing Akron by 1½ games, so the playoff hopes are on life support. The SeaWolves had 13 hits to only two for Altoona on Sunday, but the game was still tied at 3-3 after nine innings. Both teams scored in the 10th, Altoona scored once in the ...

Priester has strong outing in Curve ‘W’

From Mirror reports ERIE — Quinn Priester turned in an excellent outing Friday in his next-to-last start of the season for the Curve. Priester shut out Erie on two hits over seven innings, and Altoona finished with a three-hitter in a 3-1 victory over the SeaWolves at UPMC Park. Priester (4-3) struck out five, walked two and lowered his ERA to 2.13 over his 14 starts for the Curve. The right-hander has allowed just 60 hits in 71ª innings, striking out 70 with 20 walks. The Curve scored twice in the third inning, getting RBI singles from Endy Rodriguez and Malcom Nunez. Altoona ...

Loss hurts Curve’s chances

Next stop Tonight: Altoona at Erie, 6:05 Pitchers: Curve RHP Quinn Priester vs. Wolves RHP Ty Madden Record: 32-27 Radio: WRTA-AM 1240 & 98.5-FM From Mirror reports ERIE — The Curve got some good news in the personnel department Thursday, but there was bad news on the field as they had their four-game winning streak. Erie pounded Altoona, 9-2, at UPMC Park, blowing things open with five runs in the fourth inning to snap a tie game. With the win, the SeaWolves remain tied with Bowie for first place in the Southwest Division. The Curve dropped to 4 ½ games back with nine ...

Curve continue hot streak

Next stop Tonight: Altoona at Erie, 6:05 Pitchers: Curve TBD vs. SeaWolves RHP Brant Hunter Record: 31-26 From Mirror reports ERIE — The Curve are closing the season on a strong note, and while their playoff hopes may not be great, there are other goals to play for down the stretch. Altoona pounded Erie, 8-1, Tuesday night UPMC Park to open this week’s series with a victory after taking four of six last week against Akron. The Curve are still 4½ games back in the playoff chase with only 11 games to, and they’d have to beat out three teams in order to claim a spot. ...

Alvarez starts Curve’s 20-20 club

It’s amazing, really, that it took this long, since the Curve have had a whole bunch of outstanding players over the past 22 seasons. But it took until season No. 23 for the franchise to produce a 20-20 guy, and the milestone was finally achieved Sunday afternoon by a player that no one would have guessed when the season started. Andres Alvarez hit his 20th homer in the fifth inning, and made history in doing so since he already had reached 20 steals. Alvarez etched his name into the Curve history books forever with the feat, and helped the team beat Akron, 5-2, before 3,896 fans ...

MiLB union could come at a cost

By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com We need to talk about the future of minor league baseball and future of the Altoona Curve, because we soon could enter an era of unprecedented uncertainty regarding both. I don’t want to sound like an alarmist here, but Curve fans need to be aware of what is happening right now in the minor leagues and the possible ways it could impact Altoona’s fantastic Double-A franchise. If you’ve been paying attention in recent days, you may be aware that the Major League Baseball Players Association is trying to unionize minor league players. ...