Thursday 24th May

The Result
Aeros - 7 runs to 6
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The Curve - Year-to-Date
19 wins and 24 losses

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Game Reports

The Curve blew a late-inning three-run lead and stretched their losing streak to eight games as the Akron Aeros took the series finale, 7-6, in ten innings Thursday at Canal Park in Akron, OH

Altoona's losing streak now stands as the second longest in team-history trailing only a stretch from April 15-26, 2000 in which the Curve dropped 11 consecutive ballgames

The winning run scored in the bottom of the tenth against losing pitcher Justin Vaclavik (1-4)
With two outs in the inning, Jordan Brown singled and advanced to second base as Vaclavik hit Brian Barton
That brought up Ryan Goleski, who singled through the hole on the left side of the Curve infield to score Brown with the winning run

The win gave Akron the series sweep and improved their record to 7-3 against Altoona on the season

The loss, which places the Curve a season-high seven games back in the Southern Division, can be traced back to the eighth inning
Trailing, 6-3, the Aeros stormed from behind against a pair of Altoona relievers in the bottom of the eighth inning
Jon Van Every doubled off of Romulo Sanchez to lead off the inning and Trevor Crowe reached on a bunt single to put men on the corners
Jason Roach relieved Sanchez and promptly walked Wyatt Toregas to load the bases
Pat Osborn then shot a double down the line in left field to clear the bases and tie the game, 6-6
Roach hit the next batter, Asdrubal Cabrera, and was taken out of the ballgame by Tim Leiper
Matt Peterson came on and got out of the jam to keep the game tied

The Curve had used a big inning in the sixth to put themselves in position to win
T.J. Burton came on in relief of Akron starter Joe Ness and promptly walked Randy Ruiz to lead off the inning
Ruiz advanced to second on a ground-out by Steven Pearce
He scored from there on a two-out single from Alex Fernandez to cut the Aeros lead to one, 3-2
Brian Peterson reached on an error by Brandon Pinckney and Brandon Chaves followed with an RBI single that scorerd Fernandez to tie the ballgame
Jason Bowers then singled on the infield to load the bases
Burton walked Andrew McCutchen to force in Peterson and give the Curve the lead, 4-3
Burton was removed in favor of Reid Santos who permitted a two-run single to Adam Boeve and Altoona led, 6-3

The Curve had grabbed the lead with the game's first run in the fourth inning when Fernandez's two-out single scored Neil Walker

The Aeros response was immediate
Barton blasted the first pitch of the bottom of the inning out of the ballpark to center field to tie the game, 1-1
Akron scored two more runs off of Curve starter Josh Shortslef in the inning to lead, 3-1

Neither Shortslef or Ness factored in the decision, as Shortslef (0-5) remained winless on the season

Randy Newsom (2-0) threw a scoreless tenth inning for Akron and received his second win

The Curve will continue their eight-game road trip Friday night as they open a four-game series in Bowie at 7.05pm
RHP Luis Munoz (5-1, 2.68) will make the start for Altoona against LHP Craig Anderson (3-1, 4.50) for the Baysox

Ryan Goleski's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning sent Akron to a 7-6 win over Altoona on Thursday

Goleski delivered the decisive hit when he shot a single through the left side of the infield that allowed Jordan Brown to score from second
Goleski went 2-for-6 and scored a run

Pat Osborn's three-run double in the eighth tied the game for the Aeros
Osborn went 2-for-3 with four RBIs

Brian Barton added a solo homer, his fifth, in the fourth for Akron (27-18)

Reliever Randy Newsom (2-0) picked up the victory, working around a hit and a walk in a scoreless 10th

Starter Joe Ness tossed five solid innings, allowing a run on five hits and two walks while fanning six

The Curve (19-24), who have lost eight straight, built a 6-3 lead behind a five-run sixth

Adam Boeve's two-run single and Alex Fernandez's RBI single highlighted the frame

Justin Vaclavik (1-4) took the loss after giving up a run on two hits and a hit batter in the 10th

Tim Leiper scoffed at the notion five days ago, refusing to acknowledge his struggling team might be in a dangerous position as it embarked on an eight-game road trip
Everything will be OK over the long haul, the Curve’s ever-positive manager said with blanket assurance

While that still may be the case, there’s no denying that, right now, everything is far from OK
Altoona lost its eighth straight game, the second-longest skid in franchise history, and did so in incredibly disappointing fashion Thursday

The Curve blew a 6-3 lead in the eighth inning against Akron and lost, 7-6, in the 10th as the Aeros swept a four-game series at Canal Park

The worst skid in Curve history was 11 games in 2000
Altoona has between today and Sunday to win at Bowie to avoid matching that dubious drought

The Curve were 19-16 and closing in on first place in the Southern Division just a week ago
Now they’re seven games behind the frontrunning Aeros
The only bit of good news is that the rest of the division is hovering around .500, so Altoona is only 3-1/2 games out of second place

The Curve scored five runs in the sixth inning to erase a 3-1 deficit Thursday
Alex Fernandez and Brandon Chaves had RBI singles, Andrew McCutchen walked with the bases loaded and Adam Boeve’s two-out, two-run single capped the rally

Altoona’s struggling bullpen couldn’t protect the lead

Akron loaded the bases off Romulo Sanchez and Jason Roach in the eighth, then Pat Osborn doubled off Roach to score all three runners and tie the game

Randy Newsom (2-0) won in relief for Akron