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71 won and 58 lost

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The Curve fell to the Harrisburg Senators by the score of 3-2 at Commerce Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening

LHP Mike Connolly (7-7) suffered the loss for the Curve after allowing three runs on seven hits, while walking two and striking out three through his seven innings of work

Nyjer Morgan was the offensive catalyst going 2-for-4 including his first home run since joining Altoona in June

The Altoona Curve wasted no time getting on the scoreboard on Thursday night, as Morgan started the game with a lead-off home run to give Altoona the early 1-0 edge
It looked as though they would tack on more runs in the frame when the Curve loaded the bases with nobody out, but they were unable to get another run home

Harrisburg answered quickly, scoring twice in their first at bat to take a 2-1 lead, but the Curve used their second long ball of the game, this one off the bat of Ray Sadler, to draw even at 2-2, in the third

The see-saw scoring continued in the fourth as Harrisburg manufactured a run courtesy of Seth Bynum’s lead off double before a sac bunt and a sac fly scored the go ahead run to put Harrisburg in front 3-2

That is how the game would end, as Harrisburg relievers Daniel Foli and Gerald Plexico held the Curve to only three hits through the final six innings to close out the win for the Senators

The Curve will look to rebound on Friday evening in the second game of four with the Senators before returning to Blair County Ballpark for the final eight games of the 2006 regular season
RHP Wardell Starling (4-3, 2.83) will toe the rubber for the Curve and he will be opposed by southpaw Matt Chico (1-0, 3.94) for the Senators

Marcos Yepez went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored as Harrisburg edged Altoona, 3-2, on Wednesday at Commerce Bank Ballpark

Yepez tripled and scored in the first inning and snapped a 2-2 tie in the fourth with a sacrifice fly

Kory Casto went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for the Senators (60-70), while Seth Bynum smacked two doubles and scored a run

Harrisburg reliever Daniel Foli (5-1) picked up the win with three scoreless innings
He allowed two hits and a walk while striking out four

Zechry Zinicola tossed a perfect ninth for his second save

The Curve (71-58) scored their runs on solo homers
Nyjer Morgan belted his first homer in the first and Ray Sadler slugged his fifteenth in the third

Altoona starter Michael Connolly (7-7) yielded three runs on seven hits and two walks in six innings

The Curve continue to limp toward the finish line as their comfort margin continues to become more uncomfortable

Altoona, which has lost five of six, blew a golden opportunity just minutes into Thursday night’s game and paid dearly as Harrisburg posted a 3-2 win at Commerce Bank Park

The Curve’s magic number to clinch a playoff berth remains at eight, and Reading closed to within four games in the standings with a win at Connecticut

Nyjer Morgan homered leading off the game, then the Curve went on to load the bases with no outs on a double by Brian Bixler and walks by Andrew McCutchen and Simon Pond
Altoona had a chance to blow the game open, but instead saw the momentum disappear as it failed to produce another run in the inning
Ray Sadler struck out swinging, Javier Guzman flew out to short center field and Brant Ust grounded out to shortstop

Harrisburg trailed 1-0, but as is often the case, the Senators used that escape as a springboard to their own big inning

Harrisburg battered Mike Connolly with a leadoff triple by Marcos Yepez and RBI double by Frank Diaz
A walk to Robert Fick and single by Prentice Redman loaded the bases with no outs, and Kory Casto’s groundout scored Diaz for a 2-1 lead
Connolly minimized the damage by holding the Senators to two runs, but the home team still had the momentum edge

The Curve also left the bases loaded in the second inning and stranded twelve runners on the night

Ray Sadler pulled Altoona even with a solo homer in the third, but the Curve offense fizzled after that

Harrisburg was going with a bullpen day, and four Senators relievers combined to limit Altoona to two runs

Harrisburg manufactured the decisive run in the fourth off Connolly (7-7)
Seth Bynum led off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Daniel Foli and scored on Yepez’s sacrifice fly

Foli (5-1) tossed three scoreless innings for the win, and Zechry Zinicola worked the ninth for his second save

The Senators beat Altoona on Thursday night 3-2 in front of 4,280 at Commerce Bank Park

Thursday night was game one of a four-game series that will conclude the home portion of the 2006 schedule

Alex Morales made a spot start for the Senators and gave up a lead off home run to Nyjer Morgan to give Altoona 1-0 lead
Altoona went on to load the bases with no outs, but Morales was able to pitch out of the trouble without giving up anymore runs

The Senators scored twice in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1
Marcos Yepez tripled to lead off the bottom of the inning and then Frank Diaz doubled him in to tie the game
Eventually the Sens loaded the bases and then Kory Casto drove in Diaz on a ground out

Altoona tied the game in the third when Ray Sadler homered leading off the inning to tie the game at 2-2

But the Sens came right back in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-2 lead when Yepez drove in Seth Bynum with a sacrifice fly

Bynum had a big night with two doubles

Yepez and Casto both had two hits as well

Dan Foli picked up the win going three innings and Zechry Zinicola earned his second save as a Senator, pitching a scoreless ninth inning

Game two of the series is Friday night at 6.35pm
The Senators will send Matt Chico to the mound against RHP Wardell Starling