Altoona had to withstand a last inning flurry to beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 8-7 at PNG Field last night.
In that top of the 9th inning Will Kobos walked two batters before getting the first out via a strike out of Will Robertson. Then a groundout hit by Stewart Berroa rang up the second out. Tanner Morris walked in a run, and that brought in Emmanuel Mejia. Spencer Horowitz then reached on a fielding error that scored two runs. After the bases were loaded again, Luis De Los Santos hit a groundball to Jared Triolo to end things.
The Curve scored early in the game with homers by Tucupita Marcano and Aaron Shackleford (a 2-run shot) as part of a four-run stretch in the second and third innings. The curve also had a four-run stretch in the 7th and 8th innings as well.
Luis Ortiz got the win, going five innings and allowed two runs on four hits, striking out six in the process.
The two teams play again tonight.
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