Brady House Hits Walkoff HR to Lead Sens to 5-4 Win

HARRISBURG SENATORS POSTGAME NOTES

Senators 5 Altoona 4

SUMMARY

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Altoona Curve 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon in walkoff fashion at FNB Field. The Senators struck first on a run in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead. Altoona then took a 4-1 lead with four runs in the seventh inning. Harrisburg bounced back with two two-out runs in the seventh inning and then tied the game in the eighth inning on a bases loaded walk.

THE BIG PLAY

Leading off the bottom of the 9^th, Brady House drove the second pitch of the at bat into the Senators’ bullpen for a walk-off home run.

FILIBUSTERS

Andrew Alvarez threw 6 scoreless innings in the start, making for 2 consecutive scoreless starts of 5 innings or more… Robert Hassell III extended his on-base streak to 15 games… Both Brady House and Robert Hassell III have now hit home runs in back-to-back games… Jack Sinclair threw 3 hitless innings in relief to close out the game, earning his first win of the season… Jordy Barley hit his first home run of the season and drove in 2 runs to highlight a 1-for-3 day at the plate... It was the third walk off win this season for the Senators and it gave Altoona their 11^th consecutive loss.

ON THE DOCKET

The Senators and Altoona Curve play games three and four of their seven-game series in a doubleheader Thursday afternoon at FNB Field beginning at 5:00 p.m. Game two is scheduled to start approximately 30 minutes after game one. The games can be heard on 1400am, 96.5 FM, & 95.3 FM, Sports Radio Harrisburg, beginning at 4:45 p.m.

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