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Third baseman Neil Walker became the first
Curve player this season to hit two home runs in a game and Brandon
Chaves knocked in the game's winning run on fielder's choice in
the top of the 10th inning as Altoona halted the second-longest
losing streak in franchise history with a 7-6 win over the Bowie
Baysox Sunday afternoon at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie
The win ended the Curve's 10-game losing streak, which was just
one loss shy of matching the longest skid in club history
Prior to Sunday's win over Bowie, Altoona (20-26) had not won
since the first game of their May 17th doubleheader against Portland
at Blair County Ballpark
Walker homered in both the third and seventh innings to give the
Curve a two-run advantage in each frame
In the third, with the game tied at 2-2, he drilled a fastball
from Bowie starter Radhames Liz over the right-center field fence,
then, in the seventh touched up reliever Felix Romero for a longball
to straightaway center
The two home runs were Walker's seventh and eighth of the season,
moving him past teammate Randy Ruiz for the team lead in that
category
The second of Walker's two homers gave Altoona a 6-4 lead, which
it carried into the bottom of the eighth inning
But, in the eighth, the Baysox cut the Curve lead in half on an
RBI single by Val Majewski, which scored pinch-runner Travis Brown
The run was charged to Curve reliever Mike Nannini, but Matt Peterson
stranded the tying run at third base to get out of the inning
In the bottom of the ninth, Peterson, who had converted each of
his first seven save opportunities, retired the first two men
he faced to bring the Curve within one out of victory
However, Peterson walked Ruddy Yan and gave up a game-tying double
to Paco Figueroa, which sent the game to extra innings
Peterson was charged with his first blown save of the season
But the Curve wouldn't be denied victory as Adam Boeve led off
the top of the tenth with a double and later scored on Chaves'
fielder's choice grounder to first
On the play, Baysox' first baseman Brandon Sing threw to the plate,
but his throw pulled catcher Eli Whiteside away from the plate,
allowing Boeve to score the eventual winning run
Rommie Lewis (1-2) allowed the winning run and was tagged with
the loss
Romulo Sanchez held the Baysox off the board in the bottom of
the tenth inning to earn his first save of the season
Peterson (2-0) was credited with the victory
Yoslan Herrera made his ninth start for the Curve and pitched
4-1/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits to pick up a no-decision
Luis Munoz, who was bounced from Friday's game after retiring
only two batters in a seven-run Bowie first inning, returned to
the mound to aid a tired Curve bullpen and tossed 1-2/3 scoreless
innings
Offensively, in addition to Walker's big day, Andrew McCutchen
continued to climb out of his season-long slump at the plate,
collecting three hits in five at-bats on the afternoon
The Pirates' top prospect is hitting .359 (14-for-39) over his
last nine games
Boeve and Alex Fernandez each added two hits
The Curve will look for back-to-back wins as they take on Bowie
Monday afternoon in the finale of the four-game Memorial Day weekend
series at Prince George's Stadium
Curve righty Kip Bouknight (4-2, 3.78) will take the mound against
Bowie left-hander Oscar Alvarez (6-1, 3.38) in the 2.05pm contest
The Baysox entered today’s contest with
the Curve, looking for their seventh straight win over their division
rival, but it was not in the cards as the Baysox dropped game
three of their series with Altoona, 7-6, in 10 innings
Baysox starter Radhames Liz got knocked out of the game early
following some early struggles, including a bases loaded walk,
plating one run in the top of the second, giving the Curve a 1-0
lead
Jason Bowers would bring across another run in the frame on an
RBI groundout, scoring Adam Boeve, making it 2-0 Curve
The Baysox would even things up in the bottom of the frame, coming
in the way of an Eli Whiteside double, scoring both Val Majewski
and Brandon Sing, tying the game at, 2-2
The Curve would take a two-run lead in the top of the third when
3B Neil Walker connected for his seventh home run of the season,
a two-run blast off of Liz, putting Altoona ahead, 4-2
Liz would depart the game after three innings, giving up four
hits and four runs, with two walks
The Baysox also plated two runs in the third inning, the first
on an Oscar Salazar ground out, scoring Ruddy Yan, cutting the
lead to 4-3
Jeff Fiorentino, would then even the score for the second time
in the game, smacking an RBI single to right, scoring Paco Figueroa,
who reached on a single, making it, 4-4
Felix Romero would enter the game in the seventh relieving Fredy
Deza
And the Curve would take advantage, scoring two runs on a Neil
Walker two-run home run, his second of the game, putting the Curve
ahead, 6-4
The Baysox would pull to within one run of Altoona in the bottom
of the eighth, when Val Majewski scored Travis brown on an RBI
single, making it 6-5 Curve
The Baysox would tie the game up again in the bottom of the ninth,
when Paco Figueroa delivered with a two out RBI double to center,
off of Curve reliever Matt Peterson, plating Ruddy Yan who reached
on a walk, tying the game at 6-6
Figueroa went 3-for-5 on the day, leading the Baysox 14-hit attack
The Curve got out of the inning though getting Ryan Hubele, who
pinch-hit for Travis Brown, to fly out to deep left, taking the
game into extra innings
Rommie Lewis, who came on in relief in the ninth, remained in
the game for the Baysox and yielded a lead off double to Adam
Boeve
Brandon Chaves then plated the winning run, putting the Curve
ahead for good, 7-6
Val Majewski was the only base runner the Baysox got on board
in the bottom of the tenth on a single to right field as Romulo
Sanchez, picked up his first save of the season, ending the game
getting Brandon Sing to pop out to Brandon Chaves for the final
out
With the win the Curve avoided tying their longest losing streak
at 11 games, while the loss dropped the Baysox to 26-23 on the
year
The Baysox remain in second place in the division, one game ahead
of Erie
The Baysox and Curve wrap up their four-game set tomorrow, with
a special Memorial Day matinee starting at 2.05pm at Prince George’s
Stadium
LHP Oscar Alvarez (6-1, 3.38) will get the start for the Baysox
opposing RHP Kip Bouknight (4-2, 3.78)
Neil Walker ripped a pair of two-run homers
and Adam Boeve scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as visiting
Altoona edged Bowie, 7-6, on Sunday
Walker launched his shots in the third and seventh innings, breaking
ties in both frames
Despite going 2-for-19 in his previous five games, the 21-year-old
third baseman leads Altoona with 46 hits, eight home runs and
81 total bases
Adam Boeve led off the 10th with a double down the right-field
line, advanced to third on Brian Peterson's sacrifice bunt and
scored on Brandon Chaves' grounder to first base
The 26-year-old right fielder also singled and scored in the first
for the Curve (20-26), who snapped a 10-game losing streak
Andrew McCutchen went 3-for-5 and is hitting .359 over his last
nine games
Alex Fernandez added two hits and a run
Curve reliever Matt Peterson (2-0) surrendered a run on two hits
while striking out one and walking one in two innings for the
win
Romulo Sanchez gave up a hit and struck out a batter in a scoreless
ninth for his first save
Starter Yoslan Herrera gave up four runs on eight hits while walking
one and striking out one in 4-1/3 innings
Baysox reliever Rommie Lewis Jr (1-2) yielded a run on three hits
while striking out one and walking two in two innings
Starter Radhames Liz allowed four runs on four hits while fanning
one and walking two in three frames
Eli Whiteside belted a two-run double in the second and Paco Figueroa
went 3-for-5 with a game-tying RBI double in the ninth for Bowie
(26-23)
Oscar Salazar went 2-for-4 to extend his hit streak to 11-games
The second-worst losing streak in Curve history
is over - barely, and not without plenty of drama
Altoona lugged a 10-game skid into Sunday afternoon’s contest
at Bowie, and one more defeat would have matched the team record
of 11 straight losses set in 2000
The Curve were in control much of the day but three times blew
a two-run lead, only to hang tough for a 7-6 win in 10 innings
at Prince George’s Stadium
Neil Walker blasted a pair of two-run homers, the second giving
Altoona a 6-4 lead in the seventh inning
The Baysox, who had erased a 2-0 deficit in the second and 4-2
deficit in the third, once again fought back
Bowie scored a run in the eighth off reliever Mike Nannini, with
Curve closer Matt Peterson escaping a first-and-third, one-out
jam in the inning to keep it at 6-5
Peterson wasn’t as fortunate in the ninth
He walked Ruddy Yan with two outs, then blew his first save in
eight chances when Paco Figueroa tied the game on an RBI double
The Curve didn’t get down, though, showing the same kind
of resiliency they have at numerous points during the losing streak
Those other times didn’t pay off in terms of victory, but
Sunday it did
Adam Boeve led off the 10th inning with a double against reliever
Rommie Lewis (1-2), and Brian Peterson bunted Boeve to third
Brandon Chaves bounced a ball to Baysox first baseman Brandon
Sing, whose throw to the plate wasn’t in time as Boeve scored
the go-ahead run
Romulo Sanchez worked around a one-out single in 10th for his
first save
Peterson (2-0) wound up getting the win
Chaves walked with the bases loaded, and Jason Bowers’ groundout
scored Boeve for a 2-0 Curve lead in the second
Walker’s first two-run homer of the day made it 4-2 in the
third