From the Altoona Curve web site
The Curve solidified its lead with three runs in the fifth.
A sacrifice fly by Jose Castillo preceded a two-run homer to right center by Brett Roneberg.
The blast was Roneberg's first of the season.

......and another note from the Curve's site
Offensively, Brett Roneberg provided the key blow of the game, a two-run home run off Reading lefty Brent Billingsley as part of a three-run fifth inning.

From the USA Today Minor League Baseball web site
Brett Roneberg gave Altoona a 4-0 cushion with his first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fifth inning.

From the Reading Phillies web site
Sean Burnett pitched 5.2 scoreless innings and Brett Roneberg hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run fifth in Altoona's 4-1 win over the Phillies Thursday night at Blair County Ballpark in the opener of a four game series.

Game report from the Altoona Mirror newspaper (by Cory Giger)
Roneberg helps Curve win home opener
Sean Burnett seemed right at home in his Blair County Ballpark debut, and Brett Roneberg cozied up to it eventually.
Those two made sure the Curve opened the new and improved Lakemont ballyard in style Thursday night as Altoona two-hit Reading in a 4-1 win before 5,539 fans.
"I just went out there and played my game and pitched," said Burnett, the 20-year-old phenom who has his sights set on pitching for the Pirates this season.
The lefty carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and departed after 5 2/3 frames of two-hit ball while earning his first Double-A win.
"He was pretty impressive tonight," Curve manager Dale Sveum said.
Also impressive is the finished left field expansion project, the more than 1,000 seats and amenities that shortened the fences by 10 feet.
But while hitting a home run that way has gotten easier, it remains just as difficult in the remainder of the park.
Roneberg learned that in the first inning after walloping a ball to right-center.
"When I hit it, I was like, that's gone," Roneberg said.
"Then all of the sudden you look up and (right fielder Jorge Padilla is) catching the thing."
Roneberg did a double take jogging off the field, dumbfounded by the lack of carry that Curve fans have come to expect over the years.
"I said 'welcome to Altoona,' " Curve manager Dale Sveum told Roneberg.
For one of the few times, the hitter got the last laugh on this night as Roneberg later drilled a two-run homer to the same spot for a 4-0 lead in the fifth inning.
"I thought I hit the first one better," he said, "but I'm just happy one of them went out."
Roneberg's blast, off reliever Brent Billingsley, capped a three-run frame that also included a sacrifice fly by Jose Castillo.
Altoona had scored first on Shawn Garrett's triple and Josh Bonifay's sacrifice fly in the fourth against Reading Phils starter Taylor Buchholz (0-1).
The four-run cushion proved to be plenty of support for Burnett (1-0) and the Curve bullpen.
"We battled for four innings 0-0, and that first run was huge," Burnett said. "If you can get a 1-0 lead, 2-0 lead, you feel a lot better, you can go right at the hitters."
The Curve starter did just that, controlling the game in his first Blair County Ballpark start.
He held Reading to a run on four hits over five innings in a losing effort April 4 and came back even more impressive this time around.
Burnett, who struck out five with one walk, toiled with a perfect game until walking Juan Richardson with one out in the fourth. The no-hit bid ended on Russ Jacobson's bloop single with one out in the sixth, and Burnett departed two batters after Uriel Casillas beat out an infield hit.
"Burnett pitched fantastic," Reading Phils manager Greg Legg said. "He was rolling, and you don't turn the lineup over, your horses aren't getting to hit with guys on."
Reading hadn't played in three days because of snowouts, but Legg declined to use that as an excuse for his team's offensive problems.
"We could have been playing every day, and the way he was throwing the ball tonight, we would have had similar results," Legg said.
Burnett also had a memorable day at the plate, collecting his first pro hit on a single to left in the third.
Former Reading Phil Todd Ozias struck out four over 2 1/3 innings for the Curve, giving up an unearned run in the eighth after an error by Roneberg at first.
Mike Johnston finished off the two-hitter with a scoreless ninth for his first save.
Buchholz turned in a strong performance in his season debut, giving up a run on two hits over four innings.
He struck out two with no walks.
A home run helped win the game for the Curve, but Sveum expressed concern over his team's penchant for flyballs.
More often than not those turn into outs at 'BCB', even the long ones.
"That's stuff you have to deal with in this place, and it gets frustrating as a hitter," Sveum said.
"The guys learn after a while that there's no reason trying to hit the ball in the air in this ballpark."

From the Indiana Gazette newspaper
Curve Beat Phillies in Home Opener, 4-1
Burnett holds Reading in check
Sean Burnett showed why so much has been made of him.
The 20-year-old left-hander took a perfect game into the fifth inning, leaving with a four-run lead and giving the Altoona Curve the cushion they needed in a 4-1 victory over the Reading Phillies in the home opener Thursday night.
A Blair County Ballpark crowd of 5,539 saw Burnett, the two-time pitcher of the year in the Pirates organization, retire the first 13 men in order.
A one-out walk to third baseman Juan Richardson in the fifth inning foiled hopes for a franchise-first perfect game.
But Burnett promptly induced Jeff Inglin to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
"He really made things happen," said Curve manager Dale Sveum. "He wasn't messing around at all. He's showed a lot in both starts so far."
"I had a good sinker," said Burnett, who pitched the first 5 2-3 innings, striking out five. "I kept the ball down and was getting ground balls. And, fortunately, I struck a few guys out today, which is not really my game. But I kept getting them to swing and miss."
"His fastball has a lot of movement, but he throws it in the zone," said catcher Chris Heintz. "So hitters have to swing at it. And when the ball's moving the way it is, it's hard for them to square one up. He went right after them with the fastball."
Burnett (1-1) allowed sixth-inning singles by Russ Jacobson and Urial Cassillas, the only hits Reading managed, and walked one batter. He struck out the side in the third inning.
"He was awesome," said first baseman Brett Roneberg, who hit a two-run homer off Brent Billingsley in the fifth inning.
"He went right at the guys, he got ahead on the count, and it showed by his numbers.
Getting ahead of guys and throwing strikes is the key to the pitching staff.
And he did a great job for us tonight."
Burnett lowered his earned-run average to 0.84.
He allowed only one run in an April 4 start at Reading.
He even picked up the game's first hit, a leadoff single as he beat out Anderson Machado's long throw from the hole at short in the third inning.
"He's a great athlete," said Sveum. "He showed with the bat tonight, getting the bunt down and getting the base hit.
He's got that aura about him."
Josh Bonifay converted Shawn Garrett's one-out triple in the fourth with a sacrifice fly, giving Burnett the early lead.
The Curve stretched the lead to 4-0 in the sixth.
Jose Castillo scored Joe Caruso with a sacrifice fly, and Roneberg added a two-run homer that also scored Chris Duffy.
Duffy had reached base on his second hit batsman of the night.
"It was a first-pitch fastball in," said Roneberg, who was deprived of possible extra bases in the first on a leaping catch by Jorge Padailla.
"I've played with Billingsley for a few years, and I got a good pitch to hit.
I didn't think I was going to get a pitch that good.
But he got it in there.
"I didn't feel too bad.
It was a bit of change from last night in Erie, where it was about six degrees out there.
It definitely was a lot easier to hit tonight than it was last night."
"He said he actually hit the first one better than the second one," said Sveum. "The ball started carrying a little bit better later in the game when the wind started blowing out."
Todd Ozias took over in the sixth inning.
He allowed an unearned run in the eighth.
Left-hander Mike Johnston pitched the ninth for his first save.
The three hurlers combined to strike out nine men.
A throwing error by Roneberg led to Reading's only run.
His wild relay throw to second enabled Brian Hitchcox to reach third.
Hitchcox scored on a grounder by Cassillas.
Reading's Taylor Buchholz (0-1) worked the first five innings, allowing only one run and two hits but striking out only two.
Four relievers pitched one inning apiece for the Phillies.

From the 'PhillyBurbs.com' web site
Altoona 4, Reading 1
Sean Burnett allowed two hits over 5 2-3 shutout innings, and Brett Roneberg hit a two-run homer to lead the Altoona Curve over the Reading Phillies Thursday night.
Burnett, a left-hander rated the Pittsburgh Pirates' No. 2 prospect by Baseball America, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Russ Jacobson ended the bid with a one-out single, and Uriel Casillas followed with an infield hit.
Burnett (1-1) departed one batter later and earned his first Double-A victory.
Reading right-hander Taylor Buchholz (0-1) yielded a run on two hits over four innings.
Roneberg nearly hit a homer in the first inning in a flyout to the wall in right.
His shot to the same spot in the fifth, off reliever Brent Billingsley, gave Altoona (3-3) a 4-0 lead.
The Curve's other two runs came on sacrifice flies.
Reading (2-3) scored its lone run in the eighth as Brian Hitchcox walked and later came home on an RBI groundout by Casillas.

Internet radio was not working!!! - email to Brett
Hi,
and for the first time this season the internet radio is not working.
AND YOU DECIDE TO HIT A HOME RUN
Jesus, I'm pissed I did not hear it!!!
SWEARING VERY LOUDLY HERE!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

......and a note from Diane Renner - Illinois, USA
I heard the swearing over here!
So sorry you missed it!
Diane

Email to Brett
The game is over.
And I did not hear one pitch!!!
Anyway, I guess you feel pretty good to have #1 over the fence!!!
But you can write and tell us all about it!!!
Bye, bye.

A note from Tanya to Brett
Hello Home Run Hitter!
Congrats on number one.
I bet it felt really good to get that first one.
and I am sure that 30 or so will come around really fast!
Tanya.

The Game Report from Brett
Yeh, that felt great to get that first one, that's for sure.
Anyway you missed the first great day I have had this year.
First at-bat I flew out to the wall in right - crushed it too!!! - hit it better than I hit the home run - so 0 for 1.
Then I lined out to the track in centre - pissed off now - 0 for 2.
Then I hit the home run - felt great!
Then I grounded out on a 3-1 pitch - tried to pull it to much.
But I also made an error.
Tried to throw the ball to second and it tailed off a little and the shortstop couldn't get it.
But I am happy to get my first one!

Another email to Brett
Hi,
I read your email about the game, and it sounds like nearly THREE HOME RUNS!!!
If that happened I would have to get all dressed up and go out and celebrate!!! - and spend money!!!
From your email it seemed like a great game for you and I wish I had heard it!!!
Hope the radio links are sorted out by Friday's game!!!
Sharon will be listening, too!!!
Two errors so far - both throwing to second!!!
Guess that means a bit of work for us next off-season!!!
Bye, bye.

......and a note from his Mum!!!
Hi,
and as usual I am the last to find out about your home run and the last to be able to congratulate you.
Still Tanya did ring me and it was great news!
At least I don't have to wait til I get home from work!
Hope the broadcast works tomorrow.
It is a decent hour of the morning - I might have breakfast in bed while I am listening!
Good luick tomorrow and all the tomorrows after .
Love,
Mum

'Congratulations' from Diane Renner - Illinois, USA
I am so glad you have been able to see, feel and drive in snow.
Try to imagine a foot of it.
Robin has been pulling up game reports daily and calling with details.
He rang me at 7 this am and told me about the 2 run homer.
Congratulations - what a way to start!!
I know you'll do your best to keep it up.
I'm looking forward to Nashville!
Diane