Shortridge Shines in Series-Clinching Victory
August 5, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Altoona Curve News Release
CURVE, Pa. - Aaron Shortridge struck out a career-high-matching nine batters for Altoona on Saturday night as the Curve clinched their series with the Flying Squirrels with a 9-1 win in front of 6,560 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
Shortridge allowed one run over six innings in the win, his sixth of the season. He walked one batter, allowing seven hits with the lone run crossing home on a sacrifice fly. Geronimo Franzua, Justin Meis, and Tyler Samaniego each delivered a scoreless inning in relief to close out the contest.
Tsung-Che Cheng extended his hitting streak to 13 games, a season-long for a Curve batter and the longest active streak in the Eastern League. Cheng had two hits in the win for Altoona, his 10th multi-hit game at the Double-A level.
Matt Fraizer finished the contest with three hits and three RBI. Will Matthiessen knocked an RBI-double in the third inning off Hayden Birdsong for the game's first run before Fraizer hit him home with an RBI-single. Fraizer scored on a Chavez Young single and he later doubled in the eighth to bring two more insurance runs across for Altoona.
Jackson Glenn had two RBI on a single in the fifth inning off Ben Madison in relief. Glenn and Young each finished the contest with two hits in the win. Lolo Sanchez added an RBI-single in the eighth inning for the Curve, wo improved to 14-15 in the second half and 48-49 on the season.
Altoona concludes a six-game series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, on Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch. LHP Jackson Wolf takes the ball for the Curve in his Pirates organization debut against RHP Ryan Murphy for Richmond. Pre-game coverage gets underway at 12:45 p.m. on Talk Radio 98.5 WRTA and online at www.bit.ly/CurveRadioNet.
The Curve are proud to celebrate our 25th Anniversary season in 2023. 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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