Corporate Bullpen Shuts Down Curve Bats in Workplace Night Defeat
September 15, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Altoona Curve News Release
CURVE, Pa. - Quinn Priester allowed a career-high seven runs on eight hits as Reading avenged its shoutout loss from Wednesday night with a shutout win over Altoona, 9-0, Thursday night at PNG Field.
Reading scored twice off Priester in the second inning and five more times in the fourth, as he went 3.2 innings with five strikeouts and two walks. Ethan Wilson hit a solo home run in the second inning, his first with Reading this season. Johan Rojas later hit an RBI-single in the frame.
Priester walked home a run with the bases loaded before Wendell Rijo brought two runs home on a bases-loaded single in the fourth. A third run would score on the play on a throwing error by Endy Rodriguez. Jhailyn Ortiz hit an RBI-single off Brad Case in the next at-bat.
Omar Cruz tossed 2.1 hitless innings of relief with five strikeouts in the outing. Jeff Passantino allowed two runs in relief on four hits and one walk. Cameron Junker tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
Reading used five pitchers in the bullpen game shutout: Taylor Lehman, Adam Leverett, Brett Schulze, Matt Seelinger, and Billy Sullivan. The Curve had six hits, all singles, and drew one walk with one hit-by-pitch. Rodriguez saw a 15-game on-base streak and a four-game RBI streak end in the loss.
Liover Peguero stole a base in the contest, matching his career-high of 28 on the season. It leaves Altoona with 157 stolen bases on the season, two shy of the franchise record of 159.
The loss officially eliminates Altoona from playoff contention, sitting -3.5 games back from Erie with three games to play in the regular season.
Altoona continues a six-game series with the Reading Fightin' Phils, Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. in the final regular season series of the year. Curve will send RHP Carmen Mlodzinski to the mound, while Reading has RHP Andrew Painter scheduled to start.
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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