TRENTON, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Tony Derosso hit a pair of homers and Paxton Crawford threw eight strong innings as the Trenton Thunder beat the Altoona Curve, 5-2. Derosso hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and added a solo shot in the eighth. Crawford (2-2), who retired the first 14 batters he faced, took a two-hit shutout into the ninth inning. Crawford (2-2), who struck out eight without walking a batter, allowed hits to the first two batters he faced in the ninth before exiting. Garry Maddox contributed an RBI single for Trenton, which won for just the second time in its last five games. Rob Mackowiak hit an RBI single and Derrick Lankford had a run-scoring groundout in the ninth inning for Altoona. Steve Sparks (1-3) surrendered four runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings to take the loss, the Curve's third in their last five games.