Reading evens series as Curve let early lead slip
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve jumped out to an early 5-1 lead but could not quiet the Reading Fightin Phils in an 8-6 loss Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.The Fightin Phils (70-48, 31-20) scored seven straight runs with the help of three homers to flip a four-run
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve jumped out to an early 5-1 lead but could not quiet the Reading Fightin Phils in an 8-6 loss Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
The Fightin Phils (70-48, 31-20) scored seven straight runs with the help of three homers to flip a four-run deficit to a three-run advantage over the Curve (59-59, 23-27).
After two solo home runs from
Reading took over for good in the seventh with back-to-back doubles, resulting in three runs. After a one-out walk and a pinch-hit single from
With the Curve trailing, 1-0, after a half inning,
Parkinson settled in afterwards, facing the minimum over his next four innings to close out a six inning, nine strikeout performance. Reading received scoreless innings in relief from
Reading pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts of Curve hitters. The Curve struck out nine, including three over 1.2 scoreless innings by German and one in a scoreless ninth by
Tolman, Sweeney and Oliva all had multi-hit games in the loss.
Altoona and Reading complete their season series with the rubber match on Sunday night. Right-hander
Gates will open for fans at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. It's Faith Night at the ballpark, presented by Element Church, with postgame FIREWORKS set to a Newsboys theme, also presented by Element Church. Red Letter Hymnal will kick off the festivities with a pregame concert. There will also be a guest appearance by Daniel Tiger and it's another Ritchey's Dairy Kids' Club Game, free for kids ages 3-12, presented by Ritchey's Dairy. For tickets or more information about upcoming promotions, visit AltoonaCurve.com, call 877.99.CURVE or stop by the PNG Field box office. Additionally, the Stockyard Team Store is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., during every home game and online 24/7/365.
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