Sea Dogs rally late, even series with Curve
CURVE, Pa. -- The Altoona Curve and Portland Sea Dogs were scoreless through five innings, but the Sea Dogs pushed across six runs over the final four frames and defeated the Curve, 6-1, on Wednesday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.The Sea Dogs (22-39) took a 2-1 lead into the eighth
CURVE, Pa. -- The Altoona Curve and Portland Sea Dogs were scoreless through five innings, but the Sea Dogs pushed across six runs over the final four frames and defeated the Curve, 6-1, on Wednesday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
The Sea Dogs (22-39) took a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning when they scored three times off Curve (31-31) reliever
The Curve scored their only run of the night in the seventh. After
Altoona loaded the bases again in the eighth on three straight walks by Weems, but
Curve starter
Brady allowed two runs on three hits with five strikeouts, three walks and hit two batters in his fourth quality start since joining the Curve in early May. Houck, despite getting into trouble in the seventh, allowed just one run on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks in six innings.
Four Curve hitters finished with two hits, including
The Curve and Sea Dogs will wrap up their three-game series on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The Curve will send right-hander
Gates for Thursday's game will open to fans at 5:30 p.m. The action-packed series finale will be highlighted by an appearance from the online sitcom star, PITTSBURGH DAD, presented by Q94. It's the third Yinzers night of the season, as the Curve will become the Allegheny Yinzers and wear special black and gold jerseys, presented by Keller Engineers and fans will be able to get Pittsburgh-Style concessions upgrades. The food and drink options continue with Thirstday, featuring $2 select drafts and regular-sized sodas, plus $1 Juniata Brand by Kunzler hot dogs. It's also Peoples Customer Appreciation Night, presented by Peoples, Bedford County Night, and fans can enjoy live pregame music from RailTowne as part of the Unlimited Cycle Curve Concert Series.
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