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Squirrels Shutout Altoona on Thursday Night 

Jared Jones tossed six no-hit innings in the loss for Altoona.
By Preston Shoemaker
June 8, 2023

RICHMOND, Va. – Jared Jones tossed a season-long 6.1 innings for Altoona on Thursday night and took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before a lead-off home run by Brandon Martorano halted the effort as the Curve fell to Richmond, 2-0, at The Diamond. Jones struck out five batters in

RICHMOND, Va. – Jared Jones tossed a season-long 6.1 innings for Altoona on Thursday night and took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before a lead-off home run by Brandon Martorano halted the effort as the Curve fell to Richmond, 2-0, at The Diamond.

Jones struck out five batters in the outing and threw 89 pitches with 64 strikes. He hit Andy Thomas with a pitch in the first inning before retiring 10 batters in a row. Riley Mahan drew a lead-off walk in the fifth, but Jones induced a double-play ball to erase the baserunner and worked a perfect sixth inning. Martorano cleared the wall in left center on a 1-0 pitch to break the no-hitter in the seventh. Of the 19 outs recorded by Jones, 15 did not leave the infield.

The Curve bats could not pick up their starter as Richmond struck out 13 batters for the second night in a row. Mason Black tossed the first four innings, allowing just two hits with six strikeouts. Wil Jensen earned the win with three perfect innings before Jose Cruz earned the save with two perfect frames. Cruz struck out the side in the ninth to complete the save.

Abrahan Gutierrez had the lone extra-base hit for Altoona, a ground-rule double to the opposite field off Black in the fourth inning. Liover Peguero singled off Black in the third inning. Matt Gorski, Lolo Sanchez, and Mason Martin all saw on-base streaks of 13, 14, and 15 games end in the loss.

Noe Toribio tossed the final 1.2 innings for Altoona, allowing a run on two hits in the eighth inning. He struck out one batter to get out of the frame. The game was played in 1:54, which matched the fastest game in Richmond history and missed the fastest game in Curve history by three minutes.

Altoona continues its six-game series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, on Friday evening at 6:35 p.m. Altoona will send RHP Sean Sullivan to the mound to face Richmond’s RHP Kai-Wei Teng.

The Curve is proud to celebrate 25 years of memories in Curve, PA throughout the 2023 season. 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.