Offense struggles as Curve drop series to Baysox
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve dropped the series finale, 9-1, against the Bowie Baysox on Sunday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona.
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve dropped the series finale, 9-1, against the Bowie Baysox on Sunday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona.
The Curve (47-46) lost three out of four games in the series and are now just 2-9 in 11 games against Bowie (50-43) this season.
The Baysox scored first with two runs in the first inning off of Curve starter
Altoona cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first.
Bowie added a run in the third inning and extended their lead to 5-1 after
In the eighth, the Baysox scored four more runs. Hays hit his second two-run home run of the game and
Yastrzemski finished the night going 4-for-5 and 10-for-19 in the four-game series. Hays drove in four runs and hit his fifth and sixth home runs of the year.
Altoona mustered just six hits on Sunday, with two of them coming from
Altoona is now two games behind the Baysox in the Eastern League Western Division, tied for second place with Erie.
Anderson went 6.2 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits, striking out eight, matching his career high.
Bowie starter
The Curve will continue the homestand with game one in the three-game series against Harrisburg on Monday. Left-hander
Monday is Buy Here, Live Here Night, presented by Stuckey Ford. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase $1 Grandstand/UPMC Health plan Home Run Junction Tickets. It will also be Cast Night, and anyone with a cast to come enjoy the game for free! Monday is also Military & First Responder Night, presented by the Altoona Mirror. The Curve salute active duty military and first responders with half-price tickets with proper I.D. (up to four tickets). Exclusively on Monday's, Meatball Subs will be available for purchase at Curve concessions.
For tickets or more information, visit AltoonaCurve.com, call 877.99.CURVE or stop by the PNG Field box office.
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