Baysox Take Series with Saturday Night Bombs
Published on June 24, 2023 under Eastern League (EL)
Altoona Curve News Release
CURVE, Pa. - The Bowie Baysox crushed three home runs and 13 total hits to set a new season high for runs allowed by the Curve in a 15-1 defeat at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Saturday.
The Baysox scored all 15 runs in the first five innings of the game, with a pair of five-run innings. Coby Mayo hit his 14th home run of the season in the first inning off Brad Case, who opened the bullpen game for Altoona. Case would go on to allow seven runs, four earned on seven hits in 2.2 innings. Mayo finished 3-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored.
Jud Fabian hit his third home run of the series off Matt Eckelman in the fifth inning. Later in the frame, Zach Watson hit a grand slam to make it a 15-1 game. Eckelman allowed eight runs on five hits in 2.0 innings with five walks and no strikeouts. Watson had five RBI in the game for Bowie, with Anthony Servideo finishing 3-for-5 with four RBI.
Andres Alvarez had three hits in the loss for the Curve. Connor Scott knocked an RBI-double in the fourth inning to score Abrahan Gutierrez for the only run of the game. Omar Cruz was dominant in relief, retiring all 10 batters that he faced after entering in the fifth. Bear Bellomy worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close the game. Pittsburgh Pirates rehabbing first baseman Ji Man Choi went 0-for-3 in the contest in his second game played with Altoona.
Altoona concludes its seven-game Homestand with the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, on Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. Altoona will send RHP Aaron Shortridge to the mound to face Bowie's RHP Alex Pham.
The Curve is proud to celebrate 25 years of memories in Curve, PA throughout the 2023 season. For tickets or more information, 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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