ALTOONA WALKS OFF AGAINST SENATORS, 3-2
Harrisburg strands eleven in ten-inning loss
Altoona, PA – The Harrisburg Senators squandered several scoring opportunities in a ten-inning 3-2 loss to the Altoona Curve, Saturday at Blair County Ballpark. RHP Adrian Alaniz pitched six strong innings in a no-decision. For the second consecutive night, the Curve struck early. Jason Delaney drilled a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the 1st to put Altoona up, 2-0. The Senators were held scoreless through five innings by Curve RHP Luis Munoz. He was replaced after five innings and Harrisburg touched reliever Dave Davidson for a run in the top of the 6th. Bill Rhinehart and Edgardo Baez ripped back-to-back one-out singles and a wild pitch moved them up to second and third. Garrett Guzman singled to plate Rhinehart and cut the deficit to 2-1. Davidson induced an inning-ending double play to short-circuit the rally. Harrisburg clawed back to tie the game in the top of the 7th. Javi Herrera and Mike Daniel drew back-to-back walks with one out. An infield single by Marco Yepez loaded the bases and Herrera scored on a fielding error to tie it at 2-2. With the bases still loaded, the Senators failed to score as an infield flyout and a groundout ended the inning. In the bottom of the 10th, James Boone doubled down the right-field line and a sacrifice bunt was misplayed to put runners at the corners with nobody out. The Senators intentionally walked the bases loaded for Brad Corley, who lined a walk-off hit to right field to give the Curve a 3-2 win. RHP Tristan Crawford took the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season. RHP Josh Shortslef fired three scoreless innings to notch the win and go to 2-1. The Senators dropped to 47-39. The Curve upped their record to 37-49. The Senators and Curve continue the series Sunday at 6:05 PM. LHP Justin Jones makes his first Double-A appearance of the year against Altoona RHP Derek Hankins (1-5, 3.84 ERA).
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