MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -  (Altoona, PA) – Kyle Bloom (5-7) retired 21 of 23 batters over seven  
 scoreless innings, aiding the Altoona Curve (60-72) to a 4-3 victory  
 over the Portland Sea Dogs (69-59) in the series finale on Thursday  
 night at Blair County Ballpark. The Sea Dogs dropped two of three to  
 the Curve and travel to Harrisburg on Friday night.

 Bloom earned his first victory at home in 2008 and his third  
 straight win overall. Portland had two hits off Bloom - both with  
 two outs. Juan Apodaca (2-for-3, RS) singled in the third and Josh  
 Reddick (2-for-3, RS) doubled in the fifth.

 Ryne Lawson (1-1) gave up four hits and three runs over five innings  
 to take his first loss of the year with Portland. The righty issued  
 three walks, hit a batter and fanned four.

 Portland rallied for three runs in the eighth inning off Altoona  
 lefty Josh Shortslef. Reddick and Apodaca set the table with  
 singles, giving Portland just their second at-bat with a runner-in-
 scoring position all night. Mickey Hall cracked a 3-run homer over  
 the right-field wall, cutting the deficit to 4-3. Shortslef closed  
 out the game by pitching a perfect ninth inning, retiring Zach  
 Daeges, Aaron Bates and Lars Anderson (0-for-4, 3 SO).

 Angel Gonzalez knocked in the first run of the game with a bloop-
 double down the left field line, scoring Jonel Pacheco in the second  
 inning. In the third, Shelby Ford singled, Jose Tabata walked and  
 Jim Negrych executed a sacrifice-bunt. Jamie Romak clubbed a 2-run  
 double inside the third-base bag to give Altoona a 3-0 advantage.  
 The Curve added the game's final run in the seventh inning on  
 Negrych's run-scoring double off Miguel Asencio.

 T.J. Large and Daniel Haigwood worked scoreless frames for Portland  
 in relief. The Sea Dogs lost two 1-run games in the series and fall  
 to 36-33 on the road.

 Portland will travel to Harrisburg on Friday night to meet the  
 Senators in game one of a weekend series. LHP Dustin Richardson  
 (7-7, 7.03) takes on RHP Jordan Zimmermann (6-2, 3.32). Catch all  
 the action on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network beginning at  
 6:10 PM - first pitch is 6:35 PM.

 Notes...Lars Anderson had his on-base streak snapped at 19  
 games...Mickey Hall ties Bubba Bell for the team lead in home  
 runs...Clay Buchholz joined the Sea Dogs before the game but was not  
 added to the active roster...Juan Apodaca picked up his first multi-
 hit game.

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