Squirrels Soar over Altoona in Curve Shutout Defeat

August 2, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Altoona Curve News Release

CURVE, Pa. - After Altoona delivered a one-hit shutout of Richmond on Tuesday night, the Flying Squirrels responded with seven runs on 15 hits as the Curve were shutout on Wednesday night, 7-0, at PNG Field.

Richmond scored three runs off Altoona's starter Anthony Solometo across five innings of work. Vaun Brown brought the first run across in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to score Shane Matheny, who tripled in the prior at-bat. Victor Bericoto brought two runs home in the fifth on a triple to center field off Solometo, who walked one batter and struck out three in his third Double-A loss.

Noe Toribio saw a 12- inning scoreless streak come to an end in the seventh inning when he allowed a two-run double to Carter Aldrete to make it a 5-0 Richmond lead. Toribio tossed two innings of relief before Geronimo Franzua worked a scoreless eighth inning. Tyler Samaniego allowed two runs in the ninth to cap off the scoring with a Jimmy Glowenke two-run double. Richmond recorded a hit in all nine innings in the win.

Tsung-Che Cheng extended his hitting streak to 10 games, matching Matt Gorski for the longest by a Curve batter this season. Cheng finished the game 1-for-4 with a single in the sixth inning, one of just four hits by the Altoona offense in the defeat.

Altoona continues a six-game series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, on Thursday with a 6:00 p.m. first pitch. RHP Sean Sullivan takes the ball for the Curve against RHP Wil Jensen for Richmond. Pre-game coverage gets underway at 5:45 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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