-- Indianapolis moved to 16 games over .500 by beating Gwinnett, 4-2. Chris Volstad (pictured) had his second straight strong start, allowing one run on six hits and a walk in seven innings. He struck out four. Brent Morel was 3-4 with two doubles and Jaff Decker 2-3 with one double. Alen Hanson was 1-4. John Bowker returned to the Pirates' organization with an 0-4 showing.
-- Altoona blew a three-run 9th inning lead when John Kuchno allowed a three-run HR. That tied the Curve's game with Reading at 7-7. After that, there was no more scoring until the 18th inning, when third baseman Edward Salcedo walked in the winning run in an Altoona 8-7 loss.