From Mirror reports

AKRON, Ohio — The Altoona Curve suffered a 13-1 loss in their series finale at Akron on Sunday afternoon at Canal Park.

Altoona’s record dropped to 3-6.

Termarr Johnson picked up two infield singles and a walk in five plate appearances as part of a six-hit day for the Curve offense.

Akron picked up a first-inning run off starter Po-Yu Chen and added three more in the third inning when Chen left with two men on base and Akron’s Dayan Frias smacked a three-run homer off Valentin Linarez to make it 4-0 game.

The Curve rallied with a walk from Imanol Vargas, who walked three times in the game, and a single from Shawn Ross in the fourth inning. Tres Gonzalez singled home Vargas with a solid single to left-center to make it a 4-1 game. Gonzalez went 2-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in his four plate appearances.

Akron put the game away with four runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and three in the eighth inning.

On the mound, Cam Sanders tossed a scoreless seventh inning, working around two walks. Sanders was the lone pitcher to toss for the Curve without allowing a run. Hudson Head picked up the final out on the mound, finishing the eighth inning.

Saturday’s game

Anthony Solometo struck out five batters over five one-run innings in his second start of the season, but the RubberDucks scored three runs off the Curve bullpen to hand Altoona a 4-3 loss on Saturday night at Canal Park.

Solometo left the game after allowing just one hit and one walk in his five innings of work. He gave up a triple to C.J. Kayfus in the fourth inning, who scored on a sacrifice fly from Jorge Burgos. Through 10 innings to begin his season, Solometo has allowed just one run on two hits with seven strikeouts.

Johnson had two hits for Altoona, including an RBI-single in the eighth inning to score Gonzalez. Jase Bowen hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot in the ninth inning off reliever Trent Denholm, who earned the win for Akron. Sammy Siani also recorded two hits with an RBI.

Emmanuel Chapman took over for the Curve in the sixth inning and gave up a triple to Travis Bazzana, who scored on a Cooper Ingle sacrifice fly to give Akron the lead. Chapman walked the first two batters he faced in the seventh before exiting the game. Cy Nielson entered for Altoona and allowed both runners to score.

Up next

The Curve head back to PNG Field to start a six-game series with the Somerset Patriots on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. The Curve will send RHP Alessandro Ercolani to the mound.