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Late walks bury Altoona Curve in 4-1 loss at Akron

AKRON, Ohio — Five walks in the eighth inning led to three runs as the Altoona Curve lost to the Akron RubberDucks, 4-1, on Monday night at Canal Park.

The Curve (6-3) dropped the series opener despite hold the RubberDucks (4-4) to just four hits in the game.

With the game tied 1-1 in the eighth, Jake Brentz walked the first three batters he faced before Bobby Bradley hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly to put Akron ahead, 2-1. Brentz followed with two more walks, including a bases-loaded, run-scoring walk to Connor Marabell to extend the lead to 3-1.

Jesus Liranzo replaced Brentz to make his season debut and surrendered a sacrifice fly to Tyler Krieger for the second out and stranded a pair of runners on base with a inning-ending flyout by Daniel Salters.

The Curve opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly by Ke’Bryan Hayes in the fourth inning.

Altoona starter Mitch Keller worked 5.2 innings and allowed one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Akron evened the score at 1-1 in the sixth inning. With two outs, Sicnarf Loopstok hit a go-ahead triple to bring home Willi Castro.

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