Senators Outlast Curve in 10-Inning Thriller

ALTOONA, Pa. (Interstat) — The Harrisburg Senators scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning and held off a furious Altoona Curve rally in the bottom half to secure a 6-5 victory Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Harrisburg, which took a 2-0 lead in the second, broke a 2-2 tie in the 10th. Cayden Wallace and Branden Boissiere delivered key RBI singles before a run scored on an error.

Altoona answered with three runs in its half, highlighted by Mitch Jebb’s RBI triple, but fell short. Winning pitcher Valentin Linarez moved to 1-0 for Harrisburg (2-0). Emmanuel Chapman took the loss for Altoona (0-2) before a crowd of 4,466. The game lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes.