 With the Altoona Curve report, I'm Preston Shoemaker. Tough one for the Curve on Saturday night as Akron shut out the Curve by a final of 3-0. Altoona got its first hit of the game in the sixth inning and rallied for two hits in the eighth but could not bring a run across in either attempt as twice the Curve had a runner tagged down at the plate in the shutout defeat. It's the eighth time the Curve have been shut out this season and the fifth time that Akron has shut out Altoona.