CURVE, Pa. – Altoona dropped an 11-4 decision to the Chesapeake Baysox on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in front of 4,985 fans. The attendance number marked the highest for a Curve night game so far in 2026.

Starting a bullpen day Josh Loeschorn took the loss after tossing three scoreless innings to start his day. Loeschorn left after allowing two runs to start the fourth on a double by Doug Hodo III. Loeschorn allowed three runs on three hits, two walks and struck out a pair in his third start of the season. As a starter, Loeschorn has allowed just four runs in 9.1 innings pitched.

Brandon Neeck was the first arm to follow Loeschorn and allowed the runner he inherited to cross home on a wild pitch. Neeck came back with a 1-2-3 fifth inning and a pair of strikeouts to hold the game at 3-0 Chesapeake.

The Baysox added five runs off Jaycob Deese across the sixth and seventh innings to take a commanding 8-0 lead at stretch time in the middle of the seventh.

The Curve’s first runs came in the seventh via a Titus Dumitru triple to score Duce Gourson and a Callan Moss sacrifice fly which made it an 8-2 game.

In the eighth, Altoona tacked on two more as Gourson walked with the bases juiced and Will Taylor drove home Javier Rivas with a sacrifice fly. They threatened the Baysox five-run lead with the bases loaded, but Moss grounded into a fielder’s choice to end the inning.

Rivas logged three hits for the second time this season. Dumitru, Ivan Brethowr and Gourson each added two apiece.