Craig, Reynolds power Curve in twinbill split

READING, Pa. - The Altoona Curve split a double-header with the Reading Fightin Phils on Friday night at FirstEnergy Stadium, winning the first game with a pair of late homers, 10-8, and dropped the second game, 7-4.  

Game 1
Win: Bret Helton (5-5)
Loss: Luis Garcia (0-1)
Save: --
TOG: 2:18
Box Score
Game 2
Win: Scooter Hightower (0-1)
Loss: Ranfi Casimiro (4-2)
Save: --
TOG: 2:04
Attendance: 6,448
Box Score
The Curve (51-44) saw a three-game winning streak snapped with the loss in game two to the Fightin Phils (45-53).
Tweet from @AltoonaCurve: BACK-TO-BACK @WCraigers22 knocks a solo homer, his second of the game, and we're now ahead 10-8 in the seventh pic.twitter.com/MfdgZ96aVD
Game 1
Bryan Reynolds and Will Craig hit back-to-back, solo homers in the top of the seventh to power the Curve to a 10-8 win.
Tweet from @AltoonaCurve: How 'bout another?Bryan Reynolds goes oppo with a solo homer, his second of the gameWe're back in front, up 9-8 in the seventh inning pic.twitter.com/OzszvlJCG5
The Curve opened an 8-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth, but the Fightin Phils rallied to score six runs over the next three inning and lock the score at 8-8.
Reynolds led off the top of the seventh inning with an opposite-field homer, and Craig followed with a solo shot to left. It was the second homer of the game for both players.
Craig hit his first homer of the game in the third inning, a three-run shot, to put the Curve ahead 3-0. He now has 16 homers this season and has picked up a league-best 76 RBIs.
Tweet from @AltoonaCurve: Bye. 👋@WCraigers22 blasts his 15th homer of the season, a three-run shot We're up 3-0 in the third inning pic.twitter.com/UqT3Iy5K7Z
Reading closed with a run with an RBI groundout by Connor Seabold and a run-scoring double by Cornelius Randolph in the bottom of the third.
In the top of the fourth, Cole Tucker drove a two-run single and Ke'Bryan Hayes followed with an RBI single to extend the Altoona lead to 6-2. Reynolds capped the five-run inning with a two-run homer to open an 8-2 Curve lead.
Tweet from @AltoonaCurve: Two-run 💣 for Bryan Reynolds to the seats in left fieldFIVE runs home in the fourth and we're leading 8-2 in Reading #FullSteamAhead pic.twitter.com/LcrwcNqYKW
Drew Stankiewicz closed the gap to 8-4 with a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning. In the fifth, Adam Haseley hit a solo homer and Damek Tomscha added a two-run homer to close within 8-7. Haseley tied the score in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single against Bret Helton (Win, 5-5).
Tate Scioneaux (Save, 5) closed out the game with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
Game 2
The FIghtin Phils scored five runs in the third and two runs in the fourth to beat the Curve, 7-4, in game two of the double-header.
After a sacrifice fly by Logan Hill opened a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, Reading plated five runs in the bottom of the inning against Curve starter Scooter Hightower (Loss, 0-1).
Trailing 7-1 entering the seventh, Cole Tucker reached on a fielding error that brought in Stephen Alemais. Bryan Reynolds added a sacrifice fly and Jordan George drove an RBI single to close the deficit to 7-4.
With the potential tying run at the plate, Seth McGarry struck out Tyler Gaffney to end the game.
Reading starter Ranfi Casimiro (Win, 4-2) pitched five innings and allowed one unearned run while issuing five walks and striking out five.
The Curve and Fightin Phils play the fourth of the five-game series on Saturday night. Lefty Taylor Hearn (3-5, 3.23) will start for Altoona, opposed by Reading right-hander Franklyn Kilomé (4-6, 4.23). First pitch is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading.
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