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"Fisher Cats Press Release: \u00A0Brian Van Kirk hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to give the Fisher Cats a lead for the first time all night, but Altoona tied the game in the bottom of the frame and won the game 5-4 in 10 innings\u00A0 on Tuesday night. \u00A0\u00A0Altoona's Adalberto Santos delivered the game-winning single off Tyson Brummett (0-4), the hit coming after the teams waited out an 88-minute rain delay which started with New Hampshire batting in the top of the 10th inning. \u00A0It was the sixth consecutive win for the Curve (31-37).\u00A0The starting pitchers were tremendous.\u00A0 Altoona's David Bromberg blanked the Fisher Cats over the first seven innings, allowing four hits, walking one with seven strikeouts.Marcus Walden matched his career-high for New Hampshire (33-37) working 7.2 innings, leaving after allowing a two-run home run to Santos in the eighth that gave the Curve a 3-1 lead.\u00A0Altoona could not close out the game at that point. \u00A0New Hampshire's Kevin Nolan started a ninth inning rally with a single and Adam Loewen walked.\u00A0 Van Kirk then took a 1-2 pitch into the bleachers above the left field wall for his first home run of the season and a 4-3 lead.\u00A0Altoona tied the game in the bottom of the ninth.\u00A0 Alex Dickerson doubled, moved to third on a fly out by Jarek Cunningham, scoring on a single by Andy Vazquez through a drawn in infield.\u00A0Earlier in the game, the Curve's Charlie Cutler tripled and scored on Carlos Paulino's single for a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth.\u00A0A.J. Jimenez delivered a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning for the first New Hampshire run.\u00A0 Kevin Pillar (3-for-5), who had singled, scored to tie the game at 1-1.\u00A0Kevin Kasparek (3-1) earned the win in relief for Altoona.\u00A0The series continues on Wednesday with a 7:05pm game against the Curve at Peoples Natural Gas Field.\u00A0 RHP Deck McGuire (3-6, 5.45) starts for the Fisher Cats against Altoona LHP Eliecer Navarro, who will be making his Double-A debut. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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