Yates Strikes out Eight; Baysox Fall to Curve on Saturday Night in Altoona

Baysox right-handed starter matches a career-high with eight strikeouts on Saturday

By Chesapeake Baysox

June 13, 2026

BOX SCORE Altoona, PA (June 13, 2026) – The Chesapeake Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, fell to the Altoona Curve, the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by a 4-1 final on Saturday night. Chesapeake (25-36) managed five hits on Saturday. Griff O’Ferrall’s two-out, eighth inning single

BOX SCORE

Altoona, PA (June 13, 2026) – The Chesapeake Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, fell to the Altoona Curve, the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by a 4-1 final on Saturday night.

Chesapeake (25-36) managed five hits on Saturday. Griff O’Ferrall’s two-out, eighth inning single got the Baysox on the board. Willy Vasquez also notched a multi-hit effort in the defeat.

The first Baysox knock came off the bat of Tavian Josenberger in the fifth. Chesapeake’s bats were neutralized by Altoona left-handed starter Connor Wietgrefe (W, 3-1), who completed six shutout frames with just two hits allowed and eight strikeouts.

Altoona broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third on the first hit of the game – an RBI double from Duce Gourson. Baysox right-handed starter Evan Yates struck out a Double-A best and career-high matching eight batters in four and two-thirds innings. Altoona plated its additional three runs in the fifth inning off Yates (L, 3-3) to the tune of three RBI hits, including a second RBI double of the night from Gourson.

Right-hander Ryan Long starred out of the Baysox bullpen with two and one-third innings of perfect relief work with three strikeouts. Chesapeake brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth, but Altoona right-hander Emmanuel Chapman (S, 4) induced a game-ending double play ball to end the threat.

Chesapeake wraps up its six-game series in Altoona on Sunday night by trotting out left-hander Joseph Dzierwa (1-1, 2.49 ERA) for a second time this series, after the southpaw tossed five shutout innings on Tuesday. First pitch on Sunday is scheduled for 6:00 pm from Peoples Natural Gas Field.

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