Eastern League Southwest
Altoona Curve
The Altoona Curve are the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing in the Eastern League Southwest at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This is where the Pirates’ next wave arrives — the arms and bats that will be argued about in Pittsburgh in two years’ time are, right now, working through a Tuesday night in Altoona.
Relay Sports writes a recap of every Curve home game: the scoreline, the innings that decided it, and the performances worth remembering, published the same night.
Altoona articles
HomeAkron RubberDucks defeat Altoona Curve after late collapseAltoona erased a four-run deficit before walks, hits and defensive mistakes spoiled the comeback. Luke Hill delivered the go-ahead single for Akron.ALT 7–AKR 11HomeAkron RubberDucks rally past Altoona Curve in rain-shortened 3-2 victoryAkron scored 3 runs in the fifth to erase Altoona's lead and win 3-2 after rain ended the game following 6 innings. Aaron Walton supplied the deciding single.ALT 2–AKR 3