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Curve win streak halted

HARRISBURG — The Curve entered the All-Star break riding a four-game winning streak, but that came to an end in the first game back from the break Friday night. Harrisburg built a cushion early and held on late for a 7-5 win over Altoona at FNB Field. It was the Curve’s first game since Sunday, and the loss knocked them out of first place as Bowie moved a half-game ahead in the Southwest Division standings. Aaron Shackelford hit his team-leading 16th homer for the Curve, while Andres Alvarez hit his 14th, which is second on the club. Shackelford went 2-for-3, and Fabricio Macias ...

Curve in first at All-Star break

By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com The Curve have entered the All-Star break in first place, riding a four-game winning streak and playing their best ball of the season. “We feel like we’re the best team (in the league),” Curve home run leader Aaron Shackelford said following Sunday’s 8-3 win over Richmond before 4,168 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The victory gave Altoona a 12-6 record in the second half of the Eastern League season, and a half-game lead over two other teams in the Southwest Division heading into a four-day break. Coming around There has ...

Homers and strikeouts a big part of Curve victory

Next stop Saturday: Richmond at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitching matchup: Flying Squirrels TBD vs. Curve RHP Quinn Priester (1-1) Record: 10-6 Sunday: Richmond at Altoona, 1 p.m. Radio: WRTA-AM 1240 & 98.5-FM By Adam Babetski For the Mirror Altoona starter Luis Ortiz threw an immaculate inning and the Curve bats out-slugged Richmond in a game where every run was scored via the longball, as the Curve defeated the Flying Squirrels, 4-2, in front of a crowd of 4,613 Friday night. Altoona got off to a blazing start in the first against Richmond starter Matt Frisbee. Blake Sabol launched a ...

Ironing out a victory: Curve top Richmond

Blake Sabol and Andres Alvarez homered, and Altoona put on a power show as the Curve defeated the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 8-3, in front of a crowd of 4,322 on Thursday. After Curve right fielder Fabricio Macias legged out a hustle double in the bottom of the first, second baseman Jake ...

Old school used to beat Curve

By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com Small ball can still play a big role in helping win baseball games, even a good old sacrifice bunt, which has sort of become a dinosaur in the modern game. Richmond chose to sacrifice bunt twice late in Wednesday’s game against the Curve, and doing so in the ninth inning helped the Flying Squirrels escape with a 5-3 win before 4,023 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Now, a whole lot went into that ninth-inning bunt, and the Curve didn’t make the right defensive play a few seconds later, which also played a role in the outcome. The ...

Poor first inning sinks Curve at home

Next stop Today: Richmond at Altoona, Noon Pitchers: Curve RHP Kyle Nicolas vs. Flying Squirrels RHP Trenton Toplikar Record: 8-5 By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com The Curve got off to a wild start Tuesday night — not of the good variety — and couldn’t quite overcome ...