Curve blanked to cap four-game sweep, fifth straight loss
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve's offensive struggles on Thursday morning in a 2-0 loss to the Akron RubberDucks at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The loss was the fifth straight four the Curve as the RubberDucks completed a four-game sweep.
CURVE, Pa. - The Altoona Curve's offensive struggles on Thursday morning in a 2-0 loss to the Akron RubberDucks at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The loss was the fifth straight four the Curve as the RubberDucks completed a four-game sweep.
Altoona (24-20) scattered only four hits throughout the day and matched a season high with three errors on the defensive side. Akron (21-21) starter
With a 1-for-4 day,
Akron scored the only two runs of the game in the top of the sixth against Curve starter
On the play, Altoona center fielder
Waddell finished the day working a season-high 5.2 innings, allowing two earned runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
The Curve's best scoring chance came in the bottom half of the seventh after Jordan Luplow led off with a single and advanced to second on an error by Pannone. A fielder's choice pushed him to third, and a walk put runners on the corners with only one out, but
The Curve travel to Erie to take on the SeaWolves for the first of a four-game set. The SeaWolves will start
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