Craig RBIs, Reynolds Hits Keep Coming in Curve Victory
Published on July 29, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
CURVE, Pa. - Bryan Reynolds and Will Craig delivered during a decisive three-run sixth inning of a 4-3 win for the Altoona Curve over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Sunday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
Reynolds broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI single followed by Craig's second sacrifice fly of the game, which moved him into a tie for the fifth-most RBIs in a single season by a Curve hitter. Craig's 84 RBIs match Carlos Rivera's total in 2002.
The Curve (56-47) stand a season-best nine games over .500 with the victory and complete the season series with a 6-1 record against the Rumble Ponies (49-57).
After a single by Reynolds moved Ke'Bryan Hayes to third and Craig's first inning sacrifice fly put Altoona on top 1-0, Franklyn Kilome (Loss, 4-7) sat down 11 straight batters until Logan Hill singled to start the fifth. In his debut with the Mets' organization following a trade on Friday with Philadelphia, Kilome went seven innings and surrendered four runs, three earned, with five strikeouts and one walk.
Altoona's third run of the sixth resulted from a gaffe by Kilome covering first base on a ball hit by Jordan George. The grounder was fielded by first baseman Joey Terdoslavich but Kilome mishandled the toss while George reached safely and Reynolds scored a decisive insurance run.
Will Toffey hit a game-tying, infield single in the third with two outs and the bases loaded. Toffey doubled in the ninth, representing the tying run but was one of 13 runners left on base. Binghamton made it a one-run game with a two-run double from Andres Gimenez in the eighth against Sean Keselica.
The Rumble Ponies loaded the bases twice in the ballgame. Keselica stranded the base full in the seventh after he hit two batters and walked one. In the third, three straight singles loaded the bases against Luis Escobar with no outs. Escobar struck out one and worked an infield popup before Toffey's two-out single to score the lone run against the Altoona starter.
Craig saved a run defensively in the fifth inning with Logan Sendelbach (Win, 3-2) on the hill in his first of two scoreless relief innings. With runners on first and third, Toffey bounced a ball toward Craig playing first when Terdoslavich broke for home. Craig threw home to hang the runner up between third and home and applied the tag for the out after a toss from Hayes at third.
Tate Scioneaux (Save, 6) recorded the final three outs to complete the win. Keselica surrendered two runs over two innings while Escobar worked four innings in the start, walked three, struck out two and allowed one run on four hits.
With another two-hit day for Reynolds, the outfielder has collected seven multi-hit games over his last 11 played. Cole Tucker singled and stole his league-leading 28th base during the sixth inning.
After an off-day on Monday, the Curve travel to Harrisburg for a three-game series against the third-place Senators beginning on Tuesday. Left-hander Cam Vieaux (6-2, 3.21) will start for Altoona with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. on City Island.
The Curve begin a three-game home series on Friday, August 3 against the first-place Akron RubberDucks. For tickets or more information, visit AltoonaCurve.com, call 877.99.CURVE or stop by the PNG Field box office.
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