Austin Meadows and Barrett Barnes came up big for Double-A Altoona Wednesday in the first round of the Eastern League playoffs, with each player connecting on a late-inning home run as Double-A Altoona rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat Bowie, 8-7.
Pirates No. 16 prospect Barrett Barnes led the comeback with a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning to put Altoona within two runs. The home run was the 10th of the season -- his fourth in 38 games with the Curve -- for the 24-year-old outfielder, who finished the game 3-for-4 with three runs scored.