Curve Outlast RubberDucks in Series Opener
July 18, 2025 - Eastern League (EL)
Altoona Curve News Release
CURVE, Pa. - Altoona earned a 2-1 win in ten innings over the Akron RubberDucks in front of 5,111 fans on Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
After Mitch Jebb tied the game with a hustle RBI double in the seventh, the Curve bullpen kept the Rubberducks without a baserunner in their final four innings at the plate. Wilkin Ramos tossed a scoreless top of the tenth, stranding the placed runner at third, the Curve used a balk and wild pitch thrown by Zane Morehouse in the bottom of the tenth to plate the game-winning run.
Pirates right-hander Johan Oviedo tossed 3.1 innings of one-run ball in his rehab start as he recovers from 2023 Tommy John surgery. Oviedo struck out three, allowed three hits and did not walk a batter in his outing, firing 53 pitches, 36 strikes. Akron's lone run off him came when he balked with a runner at third in the fourth inning.
Alessandro Ercolani tossed 3.2 scoreless innings of relief after Oviedo wrapped up his outing. Ercolani worked around three walks and struck out three batters of his own on 57 pitches in relief. Blake Townsend followed with two perfect innings of relief, picking up two strikeouts, to hold the line for the Curve.
The Curve offense managed four hits and four walks in the victory, led by Duce Gourson who earned a second straight multi-hit game.
The Curve continue their series with the Akron RubberDucks on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. RHP Antwone Kelly takes the ball for the Curve with RHP Trenton Denholm slated to start for the RubberDucks.
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