EL1 Altoona Curve

Curve Back to Winning Ways with Win over B-Mets

Published on July 5, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release


CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve snapped its modest two-game skid by pounding out 15-hits en route to a, 6-1, win over the Binghamton Mets on Monday night at BCB in the first game of an eight-game homestand. Justin Wilson (7-4) earned the win for Altoona in his piggyback outing with five innings of scoreless baseball.

Rehabbing Pirates left hander Zach Duke started the game for Altoona and finished his scheduled three innings, allowing one run on three hits with one strikeout. He gave up the run in the first inning but then settled in for his final two frames. The Texas native threw 29 total pitches.

The first-inning run would be the only one that Curve pitching would surrender on the day as Wilson and Ramon Aguero continued to blank the B-Mets the rest of the way. Altoona answered Binghamton's first-inning run with two of its own in the bottom of the first with the first coming when Matt Hague hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Chase d'Arnaud to tie the game at one. Hector Gimenez followed with an RBI double that scored Gorkys Hernandez and it gave the Cure the lead at, 2-1.

It would stay a one-run contest as Duke, along with Wilson, dueled Binghamton starter Mike Antonini (5-7) through the middle innings. The Curve finally cracked Antonini again in the sixth when Shelby Ford scored on a Miles Durham single to make it, 3-1.

With the lead at two, Wilson had to battle out of a jam in the top of the seventh as Binghamton had the tying runs on with one out but he got Raul Reyes to ground into a fielder's choice for the second out and then struck out Michael Fisher to end the inning and the threat.

In the bottom of the seventh, Gimenez did the damage off Mets' reliever Scott Shaw by singling in Hague after he doubled with two away. Altoona added two more runs charged to Shaw in the eighth for the final of 6-1.

Durham and Hague each had three hits in the game for Altoona while Gimenez drove in two of Altoona's six runs and was 2-for-3. Aguero worked the ninth inning for the Curve and struck out two batters.

Altoona (53-30) and Binghamton (44-40) will mix it up in the second game of the four-game series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night from Blair County Ballpark. The Curve will send RHP Tim Alderson (7-4, 4.63) to the mound in search of his eighth win while the B-Mets counter with southpaw Mark Cohoon (1-0, 5.06).

Tuesday is a Two-for-Tuesday at BCB presented by Atlantic Broadband and KRAFT Singles. Fans can receive two-for-one offers on hot dogs, tickets and popcorn during the game. Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on flagship ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM and the Curve Radio Network.

Check out the Altoona Curve Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Eastern League Stories from July 5, 2010


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central