EL1 Altoona Curve

Walking in the Rain: Curve Walk-Off with Walk in Home Opener

Published on April 16, 2015 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release


CURVE, Pa. - Baseball returned to Peoples Natural Gas Field for the first time in 2015 on Thursday night, and the Altoona Curve walked off with a 2-1 win in extra innings over the Akron RubberDucks. Dominant pitching once again was the story for most of the night, but Altoona third baseman Eric Wood worked a bases-loaded, two-out walk in the bottom of the eleventh to lift the Curve over the RubberDucks.

After three walks by Akron reliever Grand Sides (0-1) loaded the bases with two outs in the eleventh, Wood took a 3-1 fastball above the strike zone to force home the winning run. Max Moroff walked to open the inning and was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Josh Bell. After an intentional walk to Willy Garcia and a fly out by Stetson Allie, Sides walked Edward Salcedo on four pitches to load the bases and set up the game-winning free pass.

The Curve took the first lead of the night in the fourth inning on an RBI groundout by Salcedo, but Akron tied the game with a two-out RBI triple by Jake Lowery in the top of the ninth to force extra innings and end a streak of 17 consecutive scoreless innings by Altoona pitchers.

Altoona reliever Jhondaniel Medina (1-0) pitched scoreless tenth and eleventh innings. Jason Creasy tossed five scoreless innings in his start, allowing just two hits. Curve starting pitchers have now allowed just one earned run in 37 innings this season, posting a combined 0.24 ERA.

The Curve (4-3) and RubberDucks (3-4) play the second of the four-game series on Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Top Pirates prospect Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00) makes his second Double-A start for Altoona. Lefty Shawn Morimando (0-0, 0.00) takes the mound for Akron.

Black & Gold WR Martavis Bryant will be in the house on Friday night thanks to Holiday Inn Express & WTAJ-TV. He'll sign autographs on the Budweiser Party Deck for an hour once the game has started. In addition to the Bryant appearance, the first 1,000 fans into the game will receive a set of Curve texting gloves courtesy of Premier Cleaning & Restoration.

Airtime on ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM and the Curve Radio Network is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit AltoonaCurve.com, call 877.99.CURVE or visit the box office at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

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