HARTFORD, CT. — The Hartford Yard Goats rallied for a late run and stole a 4-3 win from the Curve on Tuesday evening at Dunkin Park.
Altoona took the primary lead of the sport when Ivan Brethowr drove residence Titus Dumitru with a sacrifice fly in the second inning.
The Curve added one other run in the fourth inning when Will Taylor drove residence Omar Alfonzo with Altoona’s third consecutive hit to begin the inning.
Hartford held a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning till Duce Gourson re-tied the sport with a clutch two-out knock.
After walks from Taylor and Brethowr to start the inning, Gourson rolled a base hit again via the center to even the sport at 3-3.
Righty Khristian Curtis set down seven straight hitters to begin his outing and confronted the minimal via the primary three innings. Hartford took benefit of a pair of errors dedicated by the Curve in the fifth inning to draw even.
The Yard Goats added a run on a sacrifice fly from Roc Riggio in the sixth, however it didn’t overshadow one among Curtis’ finest performances of the season.
Curtis struck out seven and tossed a career-high seven innings, permitting only one earned run.
The Yard Goats scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning in opposition to Jaden Woods. Andy Perez singled and stole second base and with two outs, he flew round third and scored on an infield single hit by Aidan Longwell.
The Curve almost rallied for the tying run in the highest of the ninth when Will Taylor reached on an error to begin the inning and superior to second when Brethowr was hit by a pitch. After Javier Rivas flew out to middle, advancing Taylor to third, Keiner Delgado bounced right into a game-ending double play.
With the win, Hartford moved into first place in the Northeasst Division at 24-20, whereas Altoona dropped to 19-27 in the Southwest Division.
Taylor paced the Curve with two hits, a stroll and a stolen base. Duce Gourson reached in three plate appearances and Omar Alfonzo had a double.
Altoona continues its sequence in opposition to the Yard Goats tonight at 7:10. The Curve will ship LHP Connor Wietgrefe to the mound, Hartford is slated to ship RHP Jake Brooks.