ALTOONA, Pa. (Interstat) — Ryan Degges allowed two runs over five innings to earn the win and Aaron Walton drove in two runs as the Akron RubberDucks beat the Altoona Curve 3-2 on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Eastern League Double-A play at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Degges struck out four and yielded two hits. Dylan DeLucia threw a scoreless inning for the save. Jarod Bayless took the loss after allowing one earned run in 1 2/3 innings. Yonleg Gaetano gave Altoona four innings with two runs, two hits and two strikeouts. Akron outhit Altoona 5-3.

Murf Gray hit a two-run homer in the fourth for Altoona, scoring Keiner Delgado. Akron answered in the fifth. Jaison Chourio singled to score Alex Mooney and move Christian Knapczyk to third. Walton followed with a single that scored Knapczyk and Chourio.

Akron improved to 67-68. Altoona dropped to 60-76. Attendance at Peoples Natural Gas Field was 5,076. The game took 1 hour, 55 minutes.