Shairon Martis News

The top four hitters in the Curve lineup combined for four hits and five runs batted in, Tim Alderson pitched five effective innings in his first start of the year, and Altoona snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Bowie Baysox in the first of three at Bowie Tuesday night.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels beat Altoona 1-0 in eight innings Saturday in Game 1 of a doubleheader in Pennsylvania.

P.J. Forbes got to watch the Curve enjoy the kind of "good win" Thursday that he hopes will springboard the club on its upcoming road trip, which the manager will not be making.

Perhaps it's a good thing they get to take on the troubled Boston Red Sox tonight on MLB Network.